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- Actress Joey Wang is the first person to call Leslie by the name "Gor Gor" while they were the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story."
-Leslie is the first generation of Pepsi stars in Asia.
-Although Leslie has almost perfect vision, he has astigmatism.
-Named after British actor, Leslie Howard in "Gone With the Wind."
-Is one of the top-paid actors in Asia.
-Has a citizenship of both Canada and British National Overseas (Hong Kong).
- He donated all the income from his album Salute to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
-Voted as #1 in Commerical Radio''s "Top 10 Most Beautiful People in Hong Kong."
-Leslie is the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series, Final Encounter of the Legend, which ran for 33 consecutive nights.
-Leslie attended Simon Fraser University when he was in Canada.
-The first Hong Kong actor who acted in a mainland China film, Farewell My Concubine (1993).
-Member of the jury at Tokyo International Film Festival in 1993.
-Supports charitable organizations such as Hong Kong Red Cross, Children's Cancer Foundation Hong Kong, and End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation.
-The first singer to hold 100 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 1997.
-Recognized as the all-time favorite Hong Kong celebrity in Japan and South Korea.
-Leslie sleeps about 9 hours, from 1am to 10am. (That's a good deal of sleep, my dear!)
-Loves to play mahjong.
-The female artists he admires include Maggie Cheung, Faye Wong, and Anita Mui.
-Had a difficult time filming Wong Kar-Wai's "Happy Together" due to both mental and physical discomfort.
-Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998.
-His song "Monica" was crowned as "Song of the Century."
-Named "Asian Biggest Superstar" by CCTV-MTV in Beijing China.
-Set a record of foreign artists of holding 16 concerts in Japan.
-Set a record by holding two continuous night concerts at Shanghai Stadium (capacity of 80,000).
-Voted as the winner of the 10 Hottest Celebrities of the Millennum in Hong Kong.
-Leslie would like to turn to directing one day.
-Loves and is really good at playing badminton.