[2025.02.12] FOR CHARLENE CHOI, ENTERING THE INDUSTRY IS THE BIGGEST GAMBLE

Louis Cheung and Charlene Choi play a couple in the Lunar New Year film MY BEST BET, setting off a lot of sparks
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Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin (Ah Sa) played a sick gambler in the Lunar New Year film MY BEST BET (CHEUNG DOH BIT YANG), in reality she also liked to play mahjong with "mahjong mates" of all ages. She has played with Deborah Li and Chan Suk Fun and praised the elders' tile skills, but the stakes were so big that Ah Sa did not dare to play mahjong with them again.

Choi Zhuoyan and Louis Cheung Kai Chung played a couples in the Lunar New Year film MY BEST BET. The former was a pathological gambler, and the latter hated gambling the most. Ah Sa became determined to quit gambling, leading to comedy galore. Both of them said that they were not into gambling, Ah Chung smiled and said that he usually very rarely gambled, and would only try his luck for New Year's money during the Lunar New Year. Ah Sa however liked to "gamble in group", but she laughed and said that it did not matter if she played for money or not. "I like to play mahjong very much, my 'mahjong mates' have a very wide age range like Stanley (Yau Si Chun), Jeremy (Lee Chun Kit) and Jer (Lau Ying Ting) and older ones like Lai Goo (Deborah Li) and Mrs. Chan (Chan Suk Fun). However I have only played with Lai Goo once; they wager relatively big, which really scared me. However playing with them was very fun, they're really sharp!"

Life was like gambling. Both of them said that the biggest gamble in life was to enter the industry. Ah Sa said that she originally had to continue her studies, but because she wanted to enter the industry her father could only let her try for two years. She could not have imagined that she would still be here now. Did she feel that she has already achieved results? Ah Sa joked that she was not at the bottom, but still had room to improve. If she has not entered the industry at the beginning, she could not imagine what she would do now; Ah Chung said that he has always wanted to be an actor, so much so that it already became a disorder. "I have never thought about working on other jobs, I have to enter the industry even if it kills me. I am very grateful to be able to turn my interest into a career, and I feel that I am really lucky!" Ah Sa said that actors and singers look very glorious on the outside, but actually everyone have to bear a lot. Ah Chung heard and said, "I suddenly remembered that when I was filming GOOD TIMES, BED TIMES (LUEN SEUNG NEI DIK CHONG). I was an extra at the time, Ah Sa was already the lead actress. I had to arrive early in the morning and wait. I saw that she was unconscious when she came, she was so tired that she just leaned to the side and has become an object. She was asleep during hair and makeup, but she was very energetic for work as soon as they were done."

Ah Sa recalled the "miserable situation" back then and felt so bleak, "The first few years have always been like this, filming a few movies at the same time, I was very tired. Once I only slept for 3 hours in 5 days, and I couldn't go home to take a shower. I had to wipe my body on the set, and I often fell asleep during makeup until I was filming with Ekin Cheng. He said that falling sleep during makeup was very disrespectful of the make up artists. Although they didn't mind, he asked me to think about under what circumstances would I be made up by someone lying down? After his reminder, even if I was very sleepy I would widen my eyes. So being an actor is continuing to grow, experience and learn." Ah Chung was also shy, saying that it was very rough to make dramas at TVB before. He said with a smile that as soon as he got out of the Tseung Kwan O tunnel, his temper began to rage. "When filming INBOUND TROUBLES, I had to take off my shirt. In order to maintain my figure, I had to work out at home after work. In the end I vomited as soon as I ate and I suffered from stomach bleeding, but I am very grateful for my training in TVB."