[2025.12.13] STARS VISIT CINEMAS TO PUMP UP THE BOX OFFICE

Francis Ng and Aaron Kwok talk about being parents
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The Hong Kong film industry winter has not yet thawed. In addition with the Tai Po fire of the century tragedy two weeks ago, many's desire to go to the movies has been reduced. Artists with current releases including Aaron Kwok Fu Sing and Carlos Chan Ka Lok today would visit many cinemas to thank the audience in hopes of "revitalizing" the box office.

The Best Actors Kwok Fu Sing and Francis Ng Chun Yu starred UNDER CURRENT (NOI MOK), Carlos Chan Ka Lok and Fish Liew Chi Yu starred SOMEONE LIKE ME (JEUNG NGOR JEH YEUNG DIK OI CHING) and the Louis Cheung Kai Chung invested and starred GOLDEN BOY (GUM TUNG) have opened one after another, but ran into the market downturn and suffered brutal box office performance. Aside people gradually returned in recent days, stars decided to launch their cinema visit mode and come in close contact with the audience.

Reportedly, the Alan Mak Siu Fai directed Emperor Motion Picture UNDER CURRENTLY since its release on the 6th this month has already surprised HK$ 100 million on the first two days at the box office and topped many film site charts. The director naturally hoped to maintain the momentum and announced on social platforms that today he would lead Sing Sing, Fong Chung Shun and other actors to visit 6 screenings at cinemas in different districts of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories. Chan Ka Lok and Liew Chi Yu also would not miss out, as they would appear at many cinemas today for SOMEONE and come in close contact with fans. The latter even went to all 5 screenings to throw herself into the promotion. However the hardest working had to be Cheung Kai Chung. Since GOLDEN BOY's official release on the 21st of last month, he has spent almost every day at the cinemas to thank the audience and screenings numbered in dozens after dozens. Currently the film has already exceeded HK$ 7 million at the box office.

The three actors of the movie UNDER CURRENT Kwok Fu Sing, Ng Chun Yu, Fong Chung Shun and director Mak Siu Fai were interviewed by the program STAR WEEKLY a few days ago. Sing Sing, Chun Yu and Fong Chung Shun all showed their "house husbands" side.

Sing Sing shared the rumor of his weight being maintained around 62 kilograms over the years. He admitted that for many years, in order to keep fit, he only ate an average of one and a half meals a day. Yet for his three meals a day wife Moka Fang Yuan, he actually made a major concession. He said, "As a husband and a father, I want to accompany (my wife and children) them." Chun Yu personally responded whether his son Feynman was truly a "Ng Chun Yu anti-fan". He laughed and said that his son often took secret photos when he was not paying attention or embarrassing himself, so he named his son as a "natural paparazzi". He also had to be on guard for the long run, saying, "As soon as I saw that he was intentionally not looking at me, I knew there would be a camera pointed at me." Fong Chung Shun laughed and said that he was often stumped by his wife Hoyan Mok and beloved daughter Fu Ka Ching's "Daughter's Common Sense Quiz Competition". The tricky questions included the size of the shoes his daughter wore, at what age she started horse riding lessons, etc. He often answered incorrectly, which made him dare not face reality for a while and also made his status at home "inferior to cats and dogs". He also revealed that his wife actually has ways to keep him on a short leash. Speaking of the production, Sing Sing personally performed many fight scenes. In order to keep from frightening co-star German Cheung Man Kit, he kept quiet even when he had bruises all over from fighting.