[2026.03.20] STEPHY TANG "FORFEITS" DUE TO AGE?

Natalie Hsu, Hazel Lam, Stephy Tang and Hilary Tsui have plenty to say as soon as they talk about movies

The party is full of dazzling beauties

Mandy Tam steps foot in the drama scene for the first time, teaming with Anjaylia Chan and Lillian Ho

Louis Koo, Peter Lam and Andrew Lau

Eliza Sam buries her head in the script and puts in a lot of hard work into the production
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The Rebecca Zhu and Eliza Sam starred Media Asia drama will premiere soon

Mandy Tam, Anjaylia Chan and Lillian Ho attend the "Media Asia Night" party
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Stephy Tang Lai Yan and Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yi) appeared at a large party a few days ago. Hui Yan Yi would compete for the Hong Kong Film Awards for the second time this year, and it just so happened that Tang Lai Yan has been nominated twice as well. Her acting skills were highly recognized. Sharing on the same stage on a rare occasion, their topic was of course inseparable from the movie. Hui Yan Yi even proposed to shoot a back palace harem film together, Tang Lai Yan joked, "The age range jumped a little, I definitely won't be chosen!"

Louis Koo Tin Lok, Tang Lai Yan, Hui Yan Yi, Eliza Sam Lai Heung, Mandy Tam Man Huen and Hazel Lam Hei Tung attended the "Media Asia Night" party at Central a few days ago, and the group boss Peter Lam Kin Ngok also appeared. The Stephy starred new film SPARE QUEENS (DAI FUN JUNG) would open soon, and she stated that she hoped to promote it quickly. "Hazel has a part in the film, and it will premiere at the film festival early next month. This story is about bowling, I put a lot of effort into practicing at that time, and I played well as a result. Everyone can go and see if I play convincingly. In terms of music I will have new songs coming out this year; in terms of art, there will be another exhibition in May, so there is a bit of pressure because the progress is average now." She also declared that she would need to work harder on the three prong development.

Stephy has won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society's Best Actress Award and has been nominated for the Hong Kong Film Awards twice, and it just so happened that Natalie would compete for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress for the second time this year with the movie MY FIRST OF MAY (MO MING JI). They admired each other and chatted nonstop with Hazel and Hillary Lau Pui Hang. Natalie was asked how she felt about competing with seniors such as Ma Li, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Zhang Ziyi and Fala Chen this year. She said, "I am very honored and grateful, because I admire and like the other 4 actresses very much. I have seen all their works, and to be able to sit with them feels like a dream."

Many film company owners and directors attended the party that night, which was a good opportunity for making self introductions. What roles and subjects would the four of them wanted to play the most? They were gossiping, as Hillary said, "When I saw everyone, I thought of the movie TRUTH OR DARE: 6TH FLOOR REAR FLAT (LOK LAU HAU JOR), a story about a group of good friends living together." The currently 22 year old Natalie suggested filming the subject of competing for favor in the back palace harem. Twenty years older than her, Stephy joked, "There are 3,000 beauties in the harem? The age range jumps a little, they definitely won't choose me!" Natalie said, "You can't say for sure!" Stephy and Natalie's acting skills have long been recognized by the outside world, and many online are looking forward to them having the opportunity to work together and surprise the audience.

With a good performance in the movie NIGHT KING (YEH WONG), Mandy has collaborated with Lillian Ho Ka Lei and Anjaylia Chan Ka Bo on a drama earlier. Stepping foot in the drama scene for the first time, she reveale, "The atmosphere of the whole team is very good, and the filming process is very happy. This time my character have huge emotional upheavals, which is very challenging. The pace of making a movie is very different from making a TV series, and the first time I take my mark feels like I am about to suffocate; after that I get used to it gradually, it is a good experience and I learn a lot."