Mark Chao received death threats from ad vendors
March 18th, 2010
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Mark Chao is getting too hot and popular for his own good.
As the new favourite face of advertisers, endorsement deals have been constantly knocking on his door ever since he, a relative newcomer to acting, bagged the Best Actor award at the Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards last year. So far, he has been loaning his star power in ads for coffee, jeans, electronics, and oddly, feminine products.
Following his win, Mark was also offered a lead roles in recently-released gangster flick, Monga, which also stars fellow Taiwanese actor Ethan Ruan.
While it seems like his career, fame and wealth can only go up, things are apparently not as smooth-sailing as they seem for the 26-year-old actor.
Over the last few months, Mark has had intimidating threats and unreasonable demands from various unscrupulous vendors, despite the stated terms on his advertorial contract. Said vendors have even threatened to…
