[2026.08.12] MARIA LAI GANGS UP ON STEPHEN CHOW WITH CARINA LAU

Stephen Chow, Lam Tsz Chung, Sisley Choi and Louis Cheung promote their new film in an interview
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Maria Lai jokes that Carina Lau has become her "strongest asist" as they interrogate Stephen Chow one after another
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The Stephen Chow Sing Chi written and directed new film KUNG FU SOCCER (GONG FU NUI JOOK) has been a big mainland box office hit, the film would open in Hong Kong tomorrow. Earlier Chow Sing Chi made an extremely rare appearance on the TVB Entertainment interview program STAR WEEKLY and accepted an interview with Maria Lai Chi Shan. Chow Sing Chi and co-director Lam Tsz Chung, actors Carina Lau Ka Ling, Sisley Choi Si Bui and Louis Cheung Kai Chung appeared together. It was Choi Si Bui's first "home" interview since leaving TVB. The program would air on the 16th.

Lai Chi Shan said, "We thought that sending me would have a higher success rate, who knew we really succeeded. Maybe he saw someone familiar and agreed." After the completion of the visit, Chi Shan revealed that her connection with Chow Sing Chi began with the children's program "430 SPACE SHUTTLE". She recalled that when she just joined the program at that time, during her introduction he "nonsensically" went to play with jellyfish. She also praised Chow Sing Chi for being able to dramatize life's trivialities anytime, anywhere, with very high creative and observation abilities. He even treated her like a "punch line tester" to test jokes. Chi Shan frankly said that interviewing Chow Sing Chi had psychological pressure, the difficulty index was 8 points as she worried that he would only say a few words. Yet after meeting it felt like seeing old friends. "After we started all the worries were gone, because as soon as he got into the studio he greeted everyone. It felt like seeing an old friend." She even revealed that every time he saw her, the first thing he must ask was, "Why your appearance hasn't changed at all?" and made Chi Shan very happy. She revealed that because Lau Ka Ling was also present, Lau became her "strongest assist'. Whenever she ran into subjects Chow Sing Chi wanted to avoid, Lau Ka Ling would continue the attack. Chow Sing Chi under her and Lau Ka Ling's assault agreed to an unprecedented feat.