How do you make a movie about Malaysia’s greatest ever badminton player? With a lot of effort, patience, and a LOT of shuttlecocks. The upcoming Lee Chong Wei film, took a total of three years to produce, including 50 days of filming. The filmmakers also went through 5,000 shuttlecocks during production, and when they opened auditions for the leading roles, over 2000 aspiring Lee Chong Weis showed up.

A biographical film on Lee’s life, the story starts with his early years as an aspiring young badminton player from Penang, all the way to becoming the No. 1 badminton player in the world. The movie is set for release in the first quarter of 2018. Lee Chong Wei is directed by Teng Bee, best known for hit films like Kepong Gangster and Kepong Gangster 2.