How actor Jerry Yan achieved washboard abs for steamy scene in drama Count Your Lucky Stars

Jerry Yan baring his body in a bathtub scene for his new drama Count Your Lucky Stars. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM YOUKU/WEIBO
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SINGAPORE - It may have been a fleeting scene - several seconds of Taiwanese actor Jerry Yan and his washboard abs soaking in a bathtub, deep in thought, but it was one which made waves on the Internet.

The steamy scene from romance drama Count Your Lucky Stars inspired much enthusiastic discussion of the 43-year-old's physique, but it was the toughest scene to shoot for Yan.

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