[2022.07.21] SEAN LAU CALLS HIMSELF SLOW MOTION ACTION ACTOR

Sean Lau is so fit that he can only Fit Lo many times over

Albert Yeung and Hins Cheung attend the premiere

Kathy Yuen in the film gets to fire her first on screen shot, but it misfires and almost scars her

Deep Ng and Margiela Kwok go against tradition and listen to supernatural stories as in utero lessons for their child

Cya Liu 
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Wai Ka Fai fell in love with Sean Lau at first sight.  In the future they would definitely work together again.

Kathy Yuen reveals that Carlos Chan was so scared that he held on to the life saver tightly
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When Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai founded Milky Way Pictures, many of the earlier films starred Sean Lau.  Now Sean Lau and Wai Ka Fai worked together again after 9 years, Johnnie To comes to watch.

Sean Lau met his wife Amy Kwok while working on the series THE GREED OF MAN

The DETECTIVE VS SLEUTHS Hong Kong premiere has the support of many in the business like Hins Cheung, Sammo Hung and Cya Liu

Deep Ng promises his wife Margiela Kwok that he would go into the delivery room with her

Kathy Yuen, in pursuit of a sense of satisfaction, wants to make more action movies
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The film DETECTIVE VS SLEUTHS held a premiere two nights ago. Director Wai Ka Fai led actors including Sean Lau Ching Wan, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yee), Deep Ng Ho Hong, Stephanie Che Yuen Yuen, Tony Wu Tsz Tung and Kevin Chu Kam Yin in attendance. Investor Albert Yeung Sau Sing, Sammo Hung Kam Bo and his wife Joyce Godenzi (Go Lai Hung), Johnnie To Kei Fung, fresh out of the oven Best Actress Cya Liu, Hins Cheung King Hin and Irene Wan Bik Ha were among the guests who showed their support. DETECTIVE after over a week in release in the Mainland made over 400 million yuan RMB. Director Wai Ka Fai and lead Lau Ching Wan both were pleased.

Best Actor Sean Lau Ching Wan two nights ago attended the film DETECTIVE VS SLEUTHS (SUN TAM DAI JIN)'s premiere alone. He said that he would watch the movie again with his wife Amy Kwok Oi Ming later. Speaking of all the stunts in the film, he joked that he has always been a "slow motion action actor" and said that he could continue to make action films with slow motion.

Lau Ching Wan and his best partner director Wai Ka Fai worked together again after 9 years. The new film in the Mainland since its released has already made over 400 million yuan RMB. They were both pleased. Wai Ka Fai said, "The summer competition is very strong. I am already very pleased with this box office. In addition it was the single day champion for several days. I am very happy about this performance." Ching Wan said, "If everyone are pleased then I am pleased. For a Hong Kong film this is a pretty good phenomenon, a pretty good performance." As for the Hong Kong box office, Ching Wan felt that it would be hard to predict as it would depend on the pandemic progressed in Hong Kong. "It would depend on Hong Kong's pandemic numbers. I wish the audience would go to the movies, but I also want everyone to watch under safe conditions!"

Director Wai admitted that Lau Ching Wan was his favorite actor. "I am very faithful, I fell in love at first sight with Ching Wan. I like that he is unfathomable, after a few years he would feel me a new impression." Ching Wan said that he did not accept Director Wai's films without looking at the script. "When I get his call to talk about working together, I would stop for 4 seconds before giving him a response."

Speaking of Ching Wan being in great shape, some joked that it was the result of Wai Ka Fai's training since he had action scenes galore in the film. Wai Ka Fai said, "He really is getting more and more fit. As soon he took his mark he gave a full 100 point score. I then made him do more and get more points! This time I got 101, next time he would hand in 102 or 103 points." Ching Wan said that action scenes have not scared him off. He joked, "I have always been an action actor, just a slow motion action actor. My action wouldn't be fast, even if I have a lot of them I wouldn't be fast. I don't need to be so fast. Mr. Wai is also very clear on what I can and cannot do, with trust and safety I would dare to do more. If the audience wanted I could keep making them, but they would be slow motion too."

Aside from DETECTIVE's summer release, the Ching Wan starred WARRIORS OF FUTURE (MING YUT JIN GEI) would also open in August. However SONS OF THE NEON NIGHTS (FUNG LUM FOR SHAN) has not been confirmed for release yet. "I still have two more movies in stock on my hands. Among them WARRIORS OF FUTURE has been arranged for an August summer release. The film spent two years on special effect. I too am looking forward very much to watching them." Ching Wan admitted that many films due to the pandemic could not confirmed their release date. "However they have to wait to dock like cruise ships. Because they have been adrift for over two years, their time to dock has come." Wai Ka Fai during the pandemic still wrote two to three scripts that are waiting for Mainland inspection. The one that would start production sooner would also be an action film. Perhaps he was already addicted to the genre.

In addition, Director Wai said that he has always wanted to make the movie version of THE GREED OF MAN (DAI SI DOI). "I want to come up with THE GREED OF MAN's film version script, but I haven't had too many inspirations. Instead DETECTIVE VS. SLEUTHS flooded in, so I made this movie first. I would keep working on THE GREED OF MAN movie script, but this baby is very naughty. It wouldn't be born so easily." Would he ask Ching Wan to play the role of Fong Chin Pok again? He said, "Fong Chin Pok originally is him, of course it would be him!"

Tong Yee in the film played a cop. She had to chase after criminals and fired a real gun. When she fired her first shot she was almost disfigured. She said, "I fired my first shot on Temple Street and felt a little pain in my ear. Actually the bullet shell scratched me. I was worried about being disfigured. I didn't know how much damage the bullet shell could cause." However this accident has not scared away Tong Yee. Instead she wanted to make more action scenes and fight people. Tong Yee also said that in DETECTIVE she had a scene in which she had a chase and gun fight scenes on a ship's crane arm. Even with the wires locked in she was so frightened her knees went weak. Later she and Carlos Chan Ka Lok had to jump into the sea. "Although we both know how to swim, at sea I was still a little scared. In the end I gave the life saver for Ka Lok to hold onto tightly."

Ng Ho Hong attended with his 8 month pregnant wife Margiela Kwok Si Lam. Kwok Si Lam was very careful, but she said that the baby has been rather nice and the pregnancy has been comfortable. She would like a natural birth. With the impending birth, they both said that they began to get nervous since it would be their first. Ng Ho Hong pointed out that he would accompany his wife into the delivery room, but worried that he would behave strangely. He was the most worried about the birthing process would be very painful. Would they watch a movie before the birth to relax a little? Kwok Si Lam said that she has always loved to listen to ghost story and supernatural stories. "I am not afraid, I used ghost stories for the baby's in utero lessons. I like supernatural stuff, so we listen to ghost stories every night." Friends suggested that she should not teach in utero like this and urged for her to listen to more Mozart or Beethoven's music. Deep said, "I gave her the Bible to read, and played some fast songs. I would sing to her for a little balance." Kwok Si Lam said that before birth she would like to eat a big pile of watermelon or sushi, because she planned to breast feed she would have to watch what she would eat. thus she started to have more watermelon to remove the toxin. As for the baby's name, Deep revealed that Papa would come up with a good Chinese name while he would come up with an English name. However his English is not too great, he hoped to be able to come up with a cool English name for the baby.