[2013.09.06] CHOW YUN FAT WILL WORK UNTIL HE CANNOT REMEMBER HIS LINES

Chow Yun Fat calls Annie Wu pretty and young

Chapman To is surrounded by bikini clad girls

Fat Soh keeps Fat Gor company on the set
courtesy of mingpao.com

Chow Yun Fat's return to Hong Kong Lunar New Year film FROM VEGAS TO MACAU (DOH SING FUNG WON) would be his 40th anniversary in the business representative work. He joked that it would celebrate that he was not dead yet. Since he felt that he was very happy making movies he never thought about retiring. He will work until he will not be able to remember his lines.

Chow Yun Fat, Chapman To Man Jat and Annie Wu (Ng Sun Kwan) have been working on location for days in Macau for the Lunar New Year film FROM VEGAS FROM MACAU. Due to weather the production was hindered. Two days ago they continued to shoot the poolside swimsuit scenes, again ran into rain and had to stop midway. Fat Gor prayed for the scenes to be completed successfully. Would the postponement pay extra? Fat Gor joked, "No, when I signed the contract I kept my schedule loose."

With bikini clad women around the pool, only To Man Jat was the only one who got lucky. Fat Gor pointed out that he had a pretty girl Ng Sun Kwan by his side too. He even said that she was very young and that her age was not as large as his career age. Fat Gor said that he joined the TVB training class in 1973 and this year is the 40th anniversary of his career. After over 70 films, his favorite three were A BETTER TOMORROW (YING HUNG BOON SIK), AN AUTUMN'S TALE (CHAU TIN DIK TUNG WA) and THE KILLER (DIP HUET SEUNG HUNG). However his production rate was no match for Kwan Tak Hing's and Andy Lau Tak Wa's. Instead he made more television series. Was FROM VEGAS TO MACAU the representative work of his 40th anniversary in the business? Fat Gor joked, "It is a representative work, the bustiest one, one after another."

How will he celebrate the 40th anniversary of his career? Fat Gor joked, "I will celebrate that I am not dead yet!" However Fat Gor never thought about retirement. He joked, "I will work until I won't remember the lines. Someone would say, 'Uncle go home, don't keep from the world from turning!' Perhaps I would play mute, blind, crossing the street, shaking with Parkinson's Disease in a senior home. Making movies is so fun, with so many people. You can see so many things, eat so much good stuff. At home it's very boring, no matter how I play it's with the old lady."

Did he like to make Hong Kong film or Hollywood film? Fat Gor said, "Definitely Hong Kong film, but I have too much yin air. Whenever I have time I have to breathe so yang (sounds like foreign) air." Yet he might not negotiate too many collaborations for his return to Hong Kong films. He said, "I am so expensive, who would approach me? In addition Fat Soh's conditions are so brutal!"

To Man Jat joked that being able to enjoy the beauty by the pool was completely the advantage of being from the substance school. He said, "Fat Gor is a god, Tse Ting Fung has no girl who dares to get close. Only I am willing to take it." Speaking of Isabella Leong Lok Si who Ah Jat made into a star making a comeback to film in Taiwan, will they work together again? He said, "Don't said it like that, we just worked together before. With the right story I hope to work with good actors. It will depend on fate." He pointed out that he mostly made low budget films, now he might not be able to afford Leong Lok Si. He joked, "Just because she has money it doesn't mean she will charge less, I have to have a budget before I can hire someone. I am an actor too, I don't want others to tap me on the shoulder."