[2013.06.02] VICKI ZHAO LOOKS FORWARD TO A CHARACTER THAT LEAVES HER DYING WITHOUT ANY REGRET

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Vicki Zhao (center) leads Mark Chao (left) and Han Geng to promote their new film

Vicki Zhao (center) is happy to have the support of Leo Ku (left) and Kenny Bee

Hacken Lee never expects his old song RED SUN still catches someone's eyes
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The Vicki Zhao Wei directing debut SO YOUNG made 700 million yuan RMB in the Mainland and will open in Hong Kong on June 13. Two nights ago its Hong Kong premiere was held. Aside from Zhao Wei, producer Stanley Kwan Kam Peng, Mark Chao (Chiu Yau Ting) and Han Geng, Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To), Leo Ku Kui Ke and Hacken Lee Hak Kun also showed their support.

Zhao Wei admitted that she thought that SO YOUNG would perform well at the box office but she never imagined as much as 700 million RMB. For her directing debut it is an encouragement. She did not dare to hope for the film to perform that well in Hong Kong. She only hoped to show how Mainlanders live and how their youth was spent to Hong Kong viewers. She for now has no intention to make a sequel or direct again, because she also liked her acting job very much and never thought about quitting. Later she will star in the Kwan Kam Peng directed FONG LONG GEI. The film originally was slated for production in 2012. Ah Kwan said that because Zhao Wei had to make her graduation work SO he could only make way. When asked fi the lead actor will be Chen Kun, Zhao Wei said that since she will not direct the film she asked everyone to ask Ah Kwan. Zhao Wei most recently got some weight, will she lose it before returning to acting? She covered her face with hair and said with some embarrassment, "Don't say that."

Ah Kwan said that he wanted a script first before deciding a lead actor and estimated that the production will not begin until the end of the year. He also praised first time director Zhao Wei for her ability to understand quickly, her high intelligence and emotional quotients, which made her very suitable to be a director. Yet Zhao Wei had no plan to direct again for now because she still has not reached her goal as an actress. "Fame isn't my goal, and I have won awards. I want to play once a character that is explosive and leaves no regret. So far I have yet run into a character like this, so I never thought about quitting."

Lee Hak Kun's RED SUN was a song in the film. Hacken said, "Zhao Wei called me and wanted to use my song in the movie, but its copyright ran into a little problem and she asked me for help. I never would have guessed that a song with 20 year old history would still catch someone's eyes. Due to the film being a Mainland hit, now when I attend Mainland events and perform I am asked to sing RED SUN." Zhao Wei saw her ROMANCE IN THE RAIN co-star Ku Kui Ke and was so happily that she hug him; Gei Jai said that he has not seen Zhao Wei in a long time but they stayed in touch online.