[2014.01.06] A TAXI DRIVER DOES NOT KNOW CHOW YUN FAT

Chow Yun Fat jokingly tells host Sa Beining that he has a "selfie disease"

Chow Yun Fat takes a selfie with the audience
courtesy of mingpao.com

Chow Yun Fat is known for being the "common man Best Actor" as he constantly takes the bus and MTR. Fat Gor in a Mainland interview joked that he was not important in the hearts of Hong Kong people. When he took the MTR, everyone would only lowered their heads to play with their phones instead of looking at him. Fat Gor even revealed that once in Beijing a taxi driver declined his fare and even asked him, "Who is Chow Yun Fat?" Fat Gor also joked that he had a "selfie disease".

Fat Gor early on the program picked up a viewer's phone, turned around and took a "selfie" with the viewer. Host Sa Beining asked him why he loved to take "selfie"? Fat Gor jokingly whispered in Sa Beining's ear, "Don't you know? I am sick, I have selfie disease."

When asked if he would mind that one day young people would say they do not like Chow Yun Fat, Fat Gor was not worried at all. "Why do I take the MTR everyday? Because Chow Yun Fat isn't important in the hearts of Hong Kong people. Whether I go from South to North, from West to East, no one cares. They don't have the time to look at me. They are truly too busy, as soon as they sit down they play with their phones. When Chow Yun Fat walks around no one would look at me, I am not important at all."

Fat Gor also revealed, "I once took a Beijing taxi, the driver actually declined the fare. His reason was 'I am off duty'. After I used both the carrot and the stick, he finally agreed to give me a ride. All along the way we chatted and laughed, but the driver never recognized me. In the end I could not help but tell the driver, 'I am Chow Yun Fat', he instead asked who is Chow Yun Fat?"

Fat Gor could often be seen online in different people's photos at different places. He said, "When I was little my family was very poor. I worked a dozen or more jobs when I was very little. Acting was a job. How much money I made, how famous I got, I really wouldn't mind too much. Even when I became a top star, I still liked to freely take the MTR, ride the bus, and shop at the market."