[2025.04.22] PHILIP NG USES KUNG FU TO TELL STORIES

Philip Ng has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the first time at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
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Philip Ng Wan Lung was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor" at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time with TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUNG SING JAI JI WAI SING). He described the feeling of learning about the nomination as "a dream come true". After years in the business, he felt that his career was built step by step. He said that the other nominees all had excellent acting skills. He would not see them as competition rivals. He was already very happy to receive the nomination. In the future he would continue to use kung fu to tell the story in film.

The 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards will be held at the Cultural Centre on the 27th of this month. Louis Koo Tin Lok and Ng Wan Lung were both nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" for TWILIGHTS OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN. The former played the honorable and loyal Walled City boss, and the latter's villainous character was wild and arrogant. Ng Wan Lung is an action actor who has slowly established his acting career from stuntman. He never thought that the first Hong Kong Film Award nomination would be from an acting category. He was very surprised but did not feel that it came too late. He was grateful to be recognized, and frankly admitted that the other candidates are all powerful actors. He is already happy to be nominated.

"Wong Gau" had a prominent role, and Ng Wan Lung's performance was impressive. He did not shy away from saying that he has brought him a lot to his surprise. The entire TWILIGHT team only wanted to make a good movie at first, but they never expected this achievement. "I felt like I had made an idol drama. I never thought that Wong Gau would be so popular. Once I was promoting with (Raymond) Lam Fung in a shopping center and saw a lot of fans. I told him that I had never seen anything like this. Even Cheang Pou-Soi questioned why this movie would be so successful, exceeding everyone's expectations. I think some things come by accident, with the right time, the right place, the right people. When all aspects are properly coordinated, and now is the effect of the collision." Speaking of the average results of STUNTMAN (MO TAI DOH) after that, Ng Wan Lung did not feel disappointed. He pointed out that the two different styles could not be compared. STUNTMAN was a new director directed low-budget production, which was considered a success.

Ng Wan Lung after his contract with Wong Jing ended set up his own production company. He said that finding funds was very difficult at the beginning. "Even if there are 100 Nos, it doesn't matter; the most important thing is one Yes. After Wong Gau was released, now talking about stories with people are indeed easier. (Pragmatic?) It's the same in every industry, I don't blame them. In addition film production is a business. Investors of course want to get a return on their money. I can get investors confidence and do what I want to do, which is a win-win situation."