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| Taiwan's Liu Kuan Ting's Cantonese is not great, but that does not affect his exchanges with Chrissie Chau and Louis Koo courtesy of on.cc |
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| Liu Kuan Ting, Chrissie Chau and Louis Koo set off sparks in their new film BEHIND THE SHADOWS courtesy of singtao.com |
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| Liu Kuan Ting, Chrissie Chau and Louis Koo promote their new film BEHIND THE SHADOWS. courtesy of mingpao.com |
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| Louis Koo and Chrissie Chau play an estranged couple. courtesy of mingpao.com |
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| Liu Kuan Ting plays a cop with a normal appearance but with darkness inside. courtesy of mingpao.com |
The Louis Koo Tin Lok (Goo Jai), Chrissie Chau Sau Na and Taiwanese actor Liu Kuan Ting starred crime film BEHIND THE SHADOWS (SI GA JING TAM) was officially released in Hong Kong yesterday. The whole film was filmed in Malaysia. Playing a private detective, Goo Jai was unexpectedly involved in a serial murder case. In one of the cases, the subject of investigation was Chau Sau Na, who played his wife. Making a Hong Kong film for the first time, Liu Kuan Ting had an all new experience and his eyes were opened; Chau Sau Na was also ordered to yell at "the boss" Koo Tin Lok. Goo Jai believed that it would take time for Hong Kong films to adapt to entering the mainland, and he mysteriously said that he has new plans for the future of Hong Kong films.
Goo Jai and Chau Sau Na due to the breakdown of the relationship between the husband and wife were arguing and on the verge of divorce in the film. Chau Sau Na deliberately set up a situation for Goo Jai to investigate her for suspicion of cheating. Chau Sau Na joked that the opportunity to "yell at the boss" was rare. "Usually no one dares to yell at him!" Goo Jai revealed that he repeatedly practiced the scene before filming, and admitted that he rarely quarreled with people in reality. "For several days I asked her to come out and argue. We communicated clearly first. The version now is different from the one in the script. (Since you rarely argue normally, would you feel arguing is very hard?) At meetings I would talk all day, but I rarely yell at people. I don't yell at people, and I don't get yelled at as much. Quarrels only hurt relationships, but cannot solve problems." He lamented that the older generation was accustomed to communicating loudly, while modern people were more inclined to rational dialogue. Chau Sau Na pointed out that it was easiest to say things that hurt each other when quarreling. She pointed out that when she was younger, she would feel that she must win a quarrel; especially in front of the closest people such as family and boyfriends. Now she has learned to replace that with chatting as a test, for everyone to find out where the problem lies. "In the film I set up a scheme to attract my husband's attention, I will ask directly in reality." She even revealed that she had questioned her cheating partner in person. "I saw it with my own eyes, so I rushed up to find out why. (What happened?) It's been so long I don't remember, I was only a teenager at the time."
Liu Kuan Ting made his first Hong Kong film, playing a professional killer and calling it "so exciting". He laughed and said that the Hong Kong film production start ceremony was eye-opening. "There are only biscuits in Taiwan, and there is a whole roast pig here. I didn't expect it to be so rich!" This was the first time that Goo Jai and Lau Kuan Ting have collaborated, and the two even had a lot of action scenes. Kuan Ting said that the crew took very good care of him, but because he was not fluent in Cantonese he did not dare to interact with Boss Koo at first. However he could not forget that Koo Tin Lok shared valuable acting advice in private, which he savored for a long time. What advantage did Goo Jai discover Liu Kuan Ting had? He joked, "He talked even less than me, which is good; by talking less he would focus on what he is doing."
At the end of the film the fight between Kuan Ting and Goo Jai in the pool also shocked Kuan Ting. "The iron pot flew terrifyingly accurate, and I also remind myself to be a little more focused; because the slightest distraction will lead to injury!" Goo Jai admitted that with life and death fights the blows would be hard to gauge, instead the lack of choreography would be the most dangerous. When asked if he would make less action scenes, Goo Jai said that the market would determine that. "The audience would not find Hong Kong-made films with any fight or car chase fun. It's the same with Korean films. Every one has blood all over the face and the body, this concept seems to be difficult to change." Goo Jai also joked that he had a generation gap with young actors. "How surprising would having a generation gap be? However it's all their problem, not mine. Sometimes I ask them if they've seen certain movies, and they say they haven't." Liu Kuan Ting was looking forward to working with Boss Koo again. "Next time I want to act in a comedy and relax a little."
How long has he not taken a holiday? Goo Jai joked, "When I am not making a movie I am on vacation." He pointed out that with the current economic environment and the sluggish film market, he will not take a long holiday during this period. He stressed that it was even more important to focus on future deployment at this time. "We must think about the strategy for the next few years." How would movies keep going in the future? Goo Jai said mysteriously, "I have already thought of it, but I can't say it." Referring to the relaxation of the requirements for Hong Kong films to enter the mainland, Hong Kong investors would be able to set up production companies in the mainland and distribute Hong Kong films as the first producer. Goo Jai said that they were no longer co-productions, being ale to distribute themselves of course would be a little better. However there would be both positives and negatives. He said, "The mainland has many different cinema chains, which would takes time to communicate with. Generalization would be very hard, but there must be advantages and difficulties that we face; they all take time to adapt."
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