 Rahman-Hughes signed on to the project in December 2005, barely two months before opening night.The challenge lay in coaching Rahman-Hughes in Malay, a language he was not fluent in.In the original Legend of Gunung Ledang, Sultan Mahmud of Malacca sends his emissary, Hang Tuah, to Gunung Ledang to present his royal proposal of marriage to the mystical Princess of Mount Ledang.