[2025.09.04] LING MAN LUNG FEELS GUILTY ABOUT DRAGGING PHILIP KEUNG INTO HIS BAD TAKES

Philip Keung, Fish Liew and Ling Man Lung star in THE REMNANT and have a pleasant collaboration

Philip Keung and Fish Liew have many scenes with the child actor in the film
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The project selected from the first season of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers' Keep Rolling scheme, THE REMNANT (NGOK YUN DONG DOH) has been scheduled for release on September 11th. New director Mandrew Kwan Man Hin directed and wrote the film that starred Philip Keung Ho Man, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Cecilia Yip Tung, and Ling Man Lung.

Keung Ho Man played the role of "Brother Tie", a retired mob boss who ran a laundromat in the old district and lived an ordinary life. Yet when he encountered gangsters who bullied the residents of an old building, he found it difficult to simply stand by. In an interview with the media, Keung Ho Man said that actually this time he played an old neighbor who was no longer hostile, but he still had a series of fights to seek justice. In a red paint spilling scene, the shoot had a slippery floor and a lot of physicality. When he fought he had to give the impression of being less than agile due to age. In the end he had some scrapes and bruises, but he had a lot of fun from the fight. Ling Man Lung laughed and pointed out that since he performed in TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY (WONG GUM FA), he often "killed" people. This time the director also took a fancy to his kind appearance and asked him to show a rich second generation who embarked on a path of evil as he resisted his father's oppression. Although he has often played villains in recent years, he was still happy to have different roles for him to try. He thanked the directors for giving them the opportunity. Man Lung also mentioned that he was very happy to work with Keung Ho Man this time, and the two were opposing each other in good and evil. Yet when filming a scene where they cut each other, he felt guilty about dragging Keung Ho Man into bad takes many times. Man Lung pointed out that he came from a stage play background, was and usually used to stage fighting for action scenes. "Every time I got into a performance, I was used to stabbing the knife to the side instead of the middle; but on the movie set the camera would turn. Finally the trick was ruined and the scene had to be reshot. After several takes I still couldn't change my habit. Even I slapped myself and scolded, 'Bad hand!'. Because even using a fake knife was still hard and forceful, I even made Brother Hak say, 'Just stab me! I can take it!'."

Playing a single mother in the film, Liew Chi Yu only had dramatic scenes but still got hurt. She smiled bitterly and said, "In one scene Kumer (So Wai Chuen) violated her. Actually there wasn't much physicality, but after I sat straight down too hard I had to see a doctor about the tailbone. Then the team had to file a claim with the insurance company. The team was very thoughtful, as it had insurance and a stunt team to guide me; but I was too clumsy. Now I also have some side effects, I still have some problems with bending over!" She also had man smoking scenes in the film. "When we made TABLE FOR SIX (FAN HEI GUNG SUM), (Dayo) Wong Tze Wah once criticized my smoking as unconvincing. Later I learned to smoke, I realized that after learning a new skill I kept having these opportunities. However I would only smoke when the role required me to."

Speaking of working with child stars in the film, Liew Chi Yu praised her on screen son So Tin Lok for being well-behaved and professional. He was 9 years old at the time of filming, and he is now in secondary school. She remembered that when they collaborated, he often hugged her and was very "automatically familiar". While brewing emotions before filming, he would not disturb her. He would play with them at the right time, and was really well-behaved. Keung Ho Man also said that So Tin Lok was very thoughtful and sent cards to everyone after filming. He pointed out that many children actually liked to play with him and were not intimidated by his serious appearance. Keung Ho Man had many scenes with Vincent Wan Yeung Ming, Deon Cheung Chung Chi and Yip Tung and said that he was also happy to work with Yip Tung. Although she had an aura, it was not the intimidating kinds but that they could happily complete a scene together. Everyone has talked, laughed and had a few drinks after work. He laughed and pointed out that Yip Tung's character in the film was often drunk, but he did not know if she also drank for real during filming. "I am very happy. I haven't seen them in a very long time, especially Wan Yeung Ming. We didn't work together much before, but he still treats the younger generations very well; giving a lot of advice and analyzing how to perform."

Keung Ho Man admitted that he preferred to work with new directors, because they did not know what type of actor he was and would be able to give him an new ideas. "I like to be tuned by the director on the set. Ultimately it's the director's work, as long as the director says it's OK it's OK."

Liew Chi Yu has been working with Keung Ho Man since the film SISTERHOOD (GWUT MUI), and has had many opportunities to act together in the past 8 years. She felt that while he remained cool, she was no longer a young girl and had to accept that the fact that she has become a "woman". Keung Ho Man joked, "She is a woman, but I have turned into a grandpa!" She even said that she liked to work with Keung Ho Man, "Because I love to be funny, but no one pays attention to me; only Brother Hak would laugh. I think he is nice, this team has created a lot of chemical reaction. I am very happy when I do something right." She laughed at herself for being funny but the rhythm was wrong, "It made me into a joke, but I want people to laugh at the joke instead of laughing at me!"