Lin Hsiu-wei recalls with a chuckle: "When they put on The Kingdom of Desire in Hong Kong, people there didn't dare touch the lavish costumes because they thought they were fabulously expensive antiques!" Such things are a reflection, notes Lin, of Wu's romantic outlook and love of beauty.
「在香港演出《慾》劇時曾展出作工細膩的劇裝，大家以為那是價值昂貴的古董，竟沒有人敢觸碰，」林秀偉笑說，這都是愛美、浪漫的吳興國所堅持出來的成果。