[2026.04.19] GARNDER TSE FINDS SLAPPING WU KANG-REN OVER 30 TIMES MEMORABLE

Fish Liew competes for Best Actress tonight and admits that she is getting more and more tense

Fish Liew, Gardner Tse and Wu Kang-ren exchange their slap experience
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Gardner Tse and Wu Kang-ren in COLD WAR 1994 play father and son

Fish Liew and Carlos Chan collaborate again and play husband and wife
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Actors of the movie COLD WAR 1994 (HONG JIN 1994) Wu Kang-ren, Gardner Tse Kwan Ho, Fish Liew Chi Yu and Carlos Chan Ka Lok went to the cinema yesterday to participate in the promotional activities. The 44th Hong Kong Film Awards will be announced tonight, and the Best Actor and Actress nominees Chan Ka Lok and Liu Chi Yu were full of confidence in winning the award, but Liu Chi Yu admitted that she was the most nervous about this competition. On the other hand, Chan Ka Lok was still calm.

Onscreen father and son Tse Kwan Ho and Wu Kang-ren met again yesterday. Wu Kang-ren joked that he was very familiar with Tse Kwan Ho's right hand because Tse slapped him in the film. Tse Kwan Ho immediately explained the actual shoot. "The script stated that I have to slap him 6 times, and we both decided to really slap; but for the first take after 6 slaps, the director said to go again and 6 more times. He thought the take was good but could be better, so he changed the camera position and the close-up shot each got 6 slaps, all of which were more than 30 slaps! My right hand hurt a lot from hitting, and his face hurt even more. After we finished his face was red and a little swollen, but the first slap must not be soft for him to immediately get into the role. Playing the father I hurt, then out came the acting!" He joked that all the slapping was very 'satisfying', while Wu Kang-ren smiled bitterly and said, "I had to apply ice immediately when I returned to the hotel after work, and I needed to rest for three days! Actually the script stated that I was slapped 6 times, and I was curious about how Brother Ho would slap. The first time I sensed his heartache, then came the second slap and it was my turn to hurt." He praised Tse Kwan Ho for his excellent acting. Another challenge this time was the all Cantonese dialogue performance, so before the shoot he was very nervous. In addition his mainland drama THE DARK ROMANCE's rating has been mediocre, Wu Kang-ren admitted that he has not paid the attention to the data. He felt that the most important task for an actor was to meet the director's demand and promoted to the best of his abilities. Although the audience reaction was hard to predict, the work had social meaning and he still looked forward to the audience to be able to savor it in time.

The 44th Hong Kong Film Awards were held tonight, and Best Actor and Actress nominee Chan Ka Lok and Liu Chi Yu asked each other if they were confident that they would win the award. Both expressed confidence, but Liew Chi Yu admitted that she was the most nervous this time, and hoped to win the Best Dressed Award. When she learned that the judge would be her good friend Louise Wong Dan Nei, she joked that she would send her a text message to tell her that she would dress very prettily; Chan Ka Lok said that he has not started writing a speech, so he has yet not felt that nervousness; but his wife would accompany him to the award ceremony.

Fish years ago has publicly expressed her desire to work with Wu Kang-ren. This time her wish came true, and Fish excitedly admitted that she was a lucky actor. She even jokingly described it as "begging for 'ren' and getting 'ren'", revealing that she has planned this "gag" for a very long time. "This was the first thing I thought of when I got the role. I thought that during interviews I would definitely have to say this." They had many scenes together and as his aunt they would even had an abnormal relationship, which gave Fish's acting bug its fill!

In addition, Chan Ka Lok and Liew Chi Yu revealed that COLD WAR 1994 was filmed in the same year as their Hong Kong Film Awards nominated SOMEONE LIKE ME (JEUNG NGOR JEH YEUNG DIK OI CHING). They played husband and wife for the first time. Ka Lok still remembered that when they shot the first romantic scene in the rain for COLD, it was on he and his wife Shiga Lin Sze Nga's wedding anniversary; but he dedicated the whole day to his onscreen wife Liew Chi Yu. However the two did not share the screen much after that, because he was kidnapped shortly after he appeared. Liew Chi Yu joked that when the director came to her and said that he wanted her to play a beautiful and smart role, she grew suspicious. Chan Ka Lok and Tse Kwan Ho immediately coaxed her and said, "You are so beautiful, you can't think of anyone who could play it if you didn't!" Liew Chi Yu was so happy that she covered her face bashfully. Liew Chi Yu admitted that she was worried and stressed when she made COLD WAR 1994. She said, "If I have to play a stupid, impulsive, and neurotic role, I would master it. This time is more difficult to grasp than A GUILTY CONSCIENCE (DUK SIT DAI JONG)'s role; because as the stepdaughter in a big family she had to be careful and held back at every turn, psychologically it was very complicated."