[2023.04.05] ANTHONY WONG ADMITS TO BEING OLD

The 61 year old Anthony Wong reveals that earlier an examination reveals that he has high blood pressure.  Now he has to watch his diet and pay attention to his health.

Anthony Wong in order to play the alcoholic taxi driver has two burgers a day for his belly, and praises his co-star Sahal Zaman for his natural performance in his first film

Anthony Wong says his "son" Endy Chow gives a decent performance
courtesy of mingpao.com

Anthony Wong Chau Sun in the film THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET (BAK YUN CHING CHUN) played a middle aged taxi driver who developed a warm and touching interpersonal relationship after running into the Sahal Zaman (Lam Lok) played Pakistani refugee. Although the role was ordinary and his live was simple, many viewers after watching the film praised Chau Sun for his convincing and detailed portrayal. Chau Sun felt that the credit should go to the costume designer, who helped me a lot with the slopping look. In addition professional drivers would be stuck inside the car for a long time and would enjoy a drink, he felt that he could not be without a belly. During the shoot, everyday after work he had two hamburgers. The belly unknowingly appeared. As for playing a grandpa role, he admitted that he was old and did not need to imitate anyone.

Chau Sun was not worried that the audience would compare THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET's taxi driver with STILL HUMAN (LUN LOK YUN)'s paralyzed from a workplace accident character. He said that although the two characters were close in age, their backgrounds and personalities were drastically different. For STILL he was able to make himself and the home smelly; for SUNNY he was able to achieve that old age stench, so old that he believed he would die soon. "An earlier examination revealed high blood pressure, now I have to be careful with my diet, pay attention to my health since I am not a kid anymore."

Chau Sun said that the film actually was not able a taxi driver, but through this taxi driver bring about a stubborn senior. "This type of unreasonable person, like the series THE GREED OF MEN's Ting Hai. I have seen plenty in my life." As for playing an ordinary taxi driver, Chau Sun felt that it was not particularly difficult. The character itself gave up on himself, very dispirited. When he got to the set, he neglected everything. He did not need to act and joked that he could not be more comfortable. He said, "However I analyzed later and realized that actually the hardest from the beginning to the end was giving up on myself, being sloppy. As an actor I would more or less care about my image. During the performance I would unknowingly fix myself, hoping that I wouldn't be too gross. However this time I am not allowed to."

The child actor who worked with Chau Sun, Sahal Zaman (Lam Lok) worked on a movie for the first time. Many actors were afraid of working with children and animals because they were hard to control. They would have bad takes nonstop and go past schedule. Chau Sun said that this time this situation did not appear, and praised Lam Lok as smart and cute. "I don't need to help him. We instead have to learn to be children, not children learning from us. Children's instinct and natural ways are the best. Lam Lok is very cute, his performance is very natural. The first time we met we already had a lot to talk about, we didn't need to build a relationship. During the performance we had great chemistry. As for (Endy) Chow Kwok Yin who played my son, his performance was also decent." In the film he and his son were estranged, but in real life, Chau Sun and his son's relationship has been rather good. Their communication has also been great and they never had any problem.

Chau Sun revealed that THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET production process was very smooth, personally he had no major problems and did not have any scene that he felt was hard to play. "For director Lau Kwok Rui it may be hard to make, because this time is his first feature film. His technique isn't too mature yet, but he is very willing to communicate with everyone, listen to everyone's suggestions. I would give him suggestions too, logically ask him whether this was necessary. He had to take care and resolve many problems, so we would help him solve the minor problems and lighten his load." Chau Sun said that to him, the hardest was to have shampoo on his head for hours. He only had very little hair left, so he was pretty afraid that they would fall out too after the shoot. "It wasn't hard, it was tragic."

Chau Sun has been in film for decades. Not lacking in stage experience, he admitted that he would very rarely say the script is amazing and had to be made. In the past in order to make a living, some films might not be too attractive but he still took them. He also had several favorite films, included EXILED (FONG JOOK), THE MISSION (CHEUNG FOR), IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT (IP MAN: JUNG GIK YUT JIN), and PRINCESS D (SEUNG FEI). He said that THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET was decent. He was very happy to work with new director Lau Kwok Rui and felt that he was very sincere, the script attractive, and the character special. It was a decent experience.