[2024.12.23] MIRROR'S ANSON KONG SURPRISES IAN CHAN AT HIS AUDIENCE APPRECIATION EVENT WITH NATALIE HSU

Co-stars Natalie Hsu and Ian Chan attend an audience appreciation event
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Ian Chan, Natalie Hsu and director Jill Leung thank the audience for their movie LAST SONG FOR YOU
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Ian Chan, Natalie Hsu and director Jill Leung

Anson Kong (right) makes an appearance to surprise group mate Ian Chan (left)
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Guy group MIRROR member Ian Chan Cheuk Yin appeared in Sha Tin yesterday to thank the audience of his movie LAST SONG FOR YOU (GAU BIT CHUNG FUNG) with co-star Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yee) and director Jill Leung Lai Yin, attracting a large number of fans waiting outside the cinema. He was pleasantly surprised by the sudden appearance of his good brother Anson Kong (AK) in the audience. Speaking of the most profound scene during the filming, Ian mentioned Dior Cheng Yee Kin. "I saw him on the beach, but at that time I didn't know that Ekin Cheng was the future me; I just thought he was so familiar, but a little strange. Because outsiders have no way to enter So Sing Wa's world, but he and I had a sense of belonging and familiarity, and were able to interact. (If in the real world, you really meet the future you what would you say?) I would shake hands with him, tell him thank you for the hard work and keep working hard." Was this character's emotional scenes very hard to interpret? Ian felt that the character tended to be introverted. When he performed he needed to make the people around him sense the change, but how would he express that. If the performance felt more everyday, he would be even more able to express the emotions.

As for Hui Yan Yee the most memorable scene for her was at the church. She praised Ian for having already thought up different melodies on the guitar before the performance. Ian explained that he improvised them. If he had to play them again later he might not be able to 100%. How did she feel when he faced Cheng Yee Kin? Hui Yan Yee praised Ekin for as a great elder without any idol baggage. " He is very kind, very happy, with him on the set the team become more relaxed. Off camera Ekin constantly looks for people to chat with, jumping around all over the set. Yet as soon as the cameras roll he would be very focused and attentive. Maybe he aw how nervous I was and played with me specifically to ease the tension."

Also, Ian's MIRROR group mate AK snuck into the audience to give him surprise support and then even jumped on the stage to cheer for him. Not noticing from the beginning to the end, Ian was very pleasantly surprised. AK said that Hong Kong has not have this type of fantasy romance films in a very long time, and praised that the movie as entertaining and all the actors for their performance. Director Leung Lai Yin spoke of Ian's character using his birthday 1016 (October 16th) as his cell phone code, which happened to be AK's birthday and said that it was a beautiful coincidence. "LAST SONG FOR YOU began production on October 16th last year, which blessed 'So Sing Wa' with a birthday on this day. I feel it's fate."