[2025.04.17] THE SMASHING FRANK CAST TALKS ABOUT REBELLIOUS HISTORY AND FILM DOWNTURN

Locker Lam and Kaki Sham have worked together countless times and already have certain amount of chemistry

Hedwig Tam and Renci Yeung become friends from working on movies together

Locker Lam, Kaki Sham, Hedwig Tam and Renci Yeung in SMASHING FRANK forms a small unit to rob the rich
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Hedwig Tam Sin Yin, Renci Yeung Sze Wing, Kaki Sham and Locker Lam Ka Hei starred in the crime movie SMASHING FRANK, which officially released today (17th). This work was selected for the "22nd Sitges Film Festival" competition section, subverting the traditional shooting techniques and performances to attract attention. The four leads not only analyzed the positioning of the characters in the film, but also revealed the alternative rebellious history in their respective growth processes; among them already a father, Kaki learned from it and realized how to make children meet their playful and rebellious mentality in a safe environment.

Tam Sin Yin revealed that the character was cynical and impulsive. As the "mastermind" in the film, she launched the "Frank" incident because of the injustice suffered by her friend, and recruited her first love Lam Ka Hei, Yeung Sze Wing and Kaki Sham to plan a robbery. She also put the process on the Internet to attract attention. Tam Sin Yin even arranged for Yeung Sze Wing to be a "beautiful girl" to collect intelligence with beauty.

Kaki Sham's self-deprecating role as Yeung Sze Wing's "unskilled protector" received complaints from Lam Ka Hei complained. "You are a 'designated driver' and lent a home for our base, which could be regarded as a contribution." Kaki Sham fought back, "Yes, I almost forgot; but you really don't seem to have skills, you can't fight and not skilled enough to shoot." Lam Ka Hei immediately retorted, "My love and dedication to express my love and contributions for Tam Sin Yin. I am 'the assistant of the mastermind', who acted as a buffer for the impulsive mastermind." Kaki Sham continued to laugh and pointed out that he was equivalent to an "assistant". The two showed chemistry in their funny bickering, and even broke the news that the crew had a limited budget, and the shooting scenes were all completed by "faith acting".

How have the 4 experienced rebellious adolescence? Although Tam Sin Yin has not robbed in reality, she secretly dyed her hair every week at the secondary school. She covered it with black on Monday but her hair was found to be so black that it turned blue. Yeung Sze Wing said that at the age of 19, she once traveled to Turkey with 3 girlfriends, and stayed on the deck of a cruise ship to watch the starry sky of the Aegean Sea. Look back now, although she was rebellious but it was worth the effort. Lam Ka Hei revealed that he has deliberately violated the stop and challenged to "get a ticket". Kaki Sham would never forget the exciting time of visiting the campus at night, but now that he is a father, of course he hoped that his son would not learn from himself; On a whim he said, "Instead of forbidding children to explore, it is better to create a safe environment for adventure. If children really want to visit the school at night, they may be able to work with the school to plan an adventure so that the teacher can take care of them from afar."

They would like to play roles with great contrast to themselves when the opportunity would rise. What characters would they like to challenge? Tam Sin Yin felt that this question was very hard to answer. "I won't know how interested I would be in a character when it is in my hands. The role doesn't matter, the most important is it is written with dimension, rich and interesting. The more flesh and blood the character has, the more able I am to discover more and show more directions." She said that she could challenge vampires or zombies. "Earlier I attended the film MONTAGES OF A MODERN MOTHERHOOD (FU DUK BUT) event with Siuyea (Lo Chun Yip). We are both very thin. That day everyone was very tired, very sleepy and both wore dark color clothing like vampires. I thought we could play vampires, and make something like TWILIGHT. Zombie movies work too." Kaki Sham wanted to try costume period films because their generation of actors has not have the opportunity. "I hear the elder say that costume and modern are two different matters. The manner of speech and the style are very different. I really want to experience it." Lam Ka Hei wanted to make a science fiction film. He could even be on the wires, relying in imagination to act in front of a green screen; Yeung Sze Wing wanted to make an action film and a role with physical disability.

As a new generation of actors in the face of the cold winter of film and television, did the production reduction mean that they had less choices? The four of them unanimously said, "Now we are very happy when we get to work." What would they do? Kaki Sham joked that he would spend a little less. "Cherish my time with my wife and son. At work I didn't have time to be with them and experience life with them. I would take the opportunity to watch more movies and improve myself. The only thing I can do now is to live in the now." Lam Ka Hei said that he would have to diversify his investment and discover other skills. "Whether in terms of money and spirit, I can't put everything into this business. Although I really like acting, I can't do anything about running into the cold winter period. The climate is as such, don't make yourself unhappy. Do other happy things. Maybe more positive energy would bring me even more work."

Tam Sin Yin and Yeung Sze Wing felt that they needed to prepare themselves for a the cold winter period. Tam Sin Yin said, "Watch more movies. Now I don't just watch movies as a viewer. I would think why they would do it this way, to train myself to absorb." Yeung Sze Wing leaned toward experiencing life. "Everyone's acting would have their own methods and ways, but actually they are playing another life. So they have to go to different places, come in touch with different people, and the experience would be different."