[2024.06.03] LOUIS KOO REFUSES TO GIVE HIMSELF PRESSURE

Simon Yam and Louis Koo attend the worship ceremony of their new film
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Gardner Tse, Louis Koo and Simon Yam are happy to see Hong Kong films perform well
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Gardner Tse, Louis Koo and Simon Yam would have fight scene after fight scene

Amy Lo teaches Ci Sha Cantonese
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The Best Actor Louis Koo Tin Lok starred film has been a box office hit and successfully reached second place among the highest grossing Hong Kong Chinese language films. He stated that he would keep working hard to find a new direction, improve Hong Kong films, and joked that he would not have any pressure. "Giving yourself pressure at work isn't good for your health!"

The three Best Actors Louis Koo Tin Lok (Goo Jai), Simon Yam Tat Wah (Brother Wah) and Gardner Tse Kwan Ho starred suspense movie MASTERMIND (JING JIN) held a worship ceremony yesterday to pray for a smooth production. Ben Yuen Fu Wa, Alan Yeung Wai Lun, Amy Lo Wai Man and mainland actor Ci Sha also attended.

Goo Jai said that in the film he played a detective. He would even be like Sherlock Holmes, use high technology to investigate crimes and would have a lot of fight scenes. He said, "The story is about what happened in a few hours, there are even thunder and lightning. They have a lot of studio scenes, while I have been outside in the rain for a few nights. Although it is summer, but the night shoot is pretty cold. I even had a scene in which I fought six or seven people in black, which turned out like mud wrestling." He pointed out that since director James Hung Ling Ching returned from abroad, so his production technique was different from that of Hong Kong directors. It was very refreshing to him.

Speaking of his film TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING)'s ideal performance, would his confidence in Hong Kong films greatly increase? He said, "We should keep working. We have to come up with some new directions and ideas. (How do you feel about beating your WARRIORS OF FUTURE (MING YUT JIN GEI)?) I beat myself so what more could I ask for? Haha! I'm already very happy that the film has performed well, the most important thing is to improve Hong Kong film." Regarding TWILIGHT's DRAGON THRONE (LUNG TAU) and THE FINAL CHAPTER (JUNG JEUNG), he pointed out that he was still waiting for the scripts to be completed. With such a good performance of the previous film, would the follow up ones have pressure? He joked, "Giving yourself pressure at work isn't good for your health."

With no shortage of scenes opposite Goo Jai in the film, Brother Wa described this role this time as "exulting dominance", while Goo Jai was "deeply hidden". In the end Goo Jai would even become a sacrifice, as the film would be an extraordinary police film. He also joked that he was full of "heat" from filming in a coat in the heat of more than 30 degrees Celsius. "During the shoot I was sweating on the inside, I couldn't let it flow on top. I also have to wear gloves and a coat. Making movies in Hong Kong is unique like that; it's a rather special working environment." In addition, speaking of his daughter Ella Yam recently sharing photos from an university in the U.S. on social media even though she was studying in England, Brother Wah did not want to say much about whether she has switched schools? "She is studying here and there, let's not talk about that today."

Also in a coat in the film, Tse Kwan Ho said that he could do nothing about that. He only revealed that his character was more intriguing, and he rather admired his own costume. Speaking of his film A GUILTY CONSCIENCE (DUK SIT DAI JONG) might be overtaken by TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN at the box office, Kwan Ho said that would be a good thing. "Looking forward to it! It would be the best for everyone's boxd office to rise together." He also said that he agreed with Goo Jai's idea, they had to keep working for the Hong Kong film industry to be able to develop.

Mainland actor Ci Sha would play a law enforcement officer in the film, his relationship with the Amy played forensic assistant would be "they love each other but also want to kill each other". Would they have any intimate scene? Lo Wai Man joked, "Any intimacy in the script is basically fighting." Ci Sha revealed that he would use Mandarin to deliver his lines in the film, fearing that doing so in less than fluent Cantonese would make the character look unprofessional. "I am afraid that the unprofessional Cantonese would affect the performance, so I did a lot of work and memorized my co-stars' lines to avoid not understanding what I heard and give the wrong reaction." The actors in the film have also been teaching him simple Cantonese such as "Good Morning, Thank you, Let's go". He said, "Cantonese is very difficult, I hope to learn it while filming." Lo Wai Man said that his Cantonese score was 5 out of 10.