[2024.04.14] TONY LEUNG CHIU WAI'S DIRECTOR DOES NOT LIKE HIS CHANCES

Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Jennifer Yu vie for the Best Actor and the Best Actress Awards
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Director Felix Chong speaks with Che Suk Mui about his Hong Kong Film Awards picks

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE's Dayo Wong receives his first Best Actor nomination
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The 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards would take place today. The director Felix Chong Man Keung directed THE GOLDFINGER (GUM SAU JI) received 12 nominations. Earlier on a radio interview he mentioned Tony Leung Chiu Wai's Best Actor nomination with the film. He joked that he did not like his Best Actor chances. "Wai Jai has won 5 times and has probably had enough!" He felt that according to the Best Actor line order, A GUILTY CONSCIENCE's Dayo Wong Tze Wah should win. Chong Man Keung admired Wong Tze Wa. "I feel his best performance for now is as the informant in BIG BULLET (CHUNG FUNG DUI: NO FOR GAI TAU). That type of bad attitude and seasoned performance in a short scene was very well done. This time his 'Everything is wrong' also can't be topped!" As for Best Actress, Chong Man Keung felt that IN BROAD DAYLIGHT (BAK YUT JI HA)'s Jennifer Yu Heung Ying had the best chance. He felt that the reporter role she played was rather difficult and had many unexpected results. He cited that her acting has reached "Big Sister level". "Her character has a high degree of difficulty. On top of everyone's general impression of a reporter, she has added many unexpected things. Actually she has already reached the big sister level. When I watched FAR FAR AWAY (YUEN LO SHAN KA LA) I already felt she was very sharp, carrying the entire film alone she started to have the 'Best Actress' presence. Of course in order to take that step she would still need timing, location and people. I think it shall be her!"

Even though he was nominated for Best Director, Chong Man Keung was the happiest that his competition was younger than him. He picked MAD FATE (MING ONG)'s Soi Cheang Pou Soi to win "Only his skills and abilities would be able to make that final scene happen. His uniquely heavy emotions and unreasonable power forced Lam Ka Tung to perform very well. He once was (Ringo) Lam Lan Tung's assistant director for a long time, he has inherited that unique film flavor and style. I feel he is worth getting Best Director." As for "Best Screenplay" he would certainly choose to TIME STILL TURNS THE PAGES (NIN SIU YUT GEI). "It is a very personal film, on the surface it is about youth suicide but in its center it is about loneliness. (Nick) Cheuk Yik Him also thoroughly depicts loneliness."