[2026.10.22] CATHERINE CHAU AND BOBBY AUYEUNG HELP EACH OTHER WITH "AMNESIA"

Bobby Auyeung (left) arrives to support Catherine Chau (right), as they hope to collaborate again

Jayden Cheung (left) and Yeung Nga Man (right) are happy to work with different elders in the film
courtesy of mingpao.com

Actors Catherine Chau Ka Yee, Yeung Nga Man (THAIMAY) and Jadyen Cheung Dik Man attended the VIP celebrity screening of the movie BIRD OF PARADISE (MA YEUNG NIN WAH) the night before. Ka Yee received the support from a group of friends Bobby Auyeung Chun Wah, Carlos Chan Ka Lok, Raymond Wong Ho Yin, Mani Fok Man Hei, Kathy Yuen (Tong Yee) and Maverick Mak Chau Sing. That night Chau Ka Yee and Auyeung Chun Wah talked about each other about their past collaboration, but both had "amnesia" and needed to remind each other over the air. The scene was funny. Chau Ka Yee said that she is now the same company as Auyeung Chun Wah, and looks forward to working together again.

Chau Ka Yee said that he personally invited everyone to enjoy the film, especially Auyeung Chun Wah because he watched her grow up. Speaking of this, Auyeung Chun Wah, who was interviewed on the other side, asked Ka Yee loudly whether she had performed in "YIU MO CHEUNG SHA" before? Ka Yee responded from a distance, "It is the "FOR MO WONG SHA (THE DANCE OF PASSION), you only got the word 'SHA' right!" Ka Yee also mentioned that she has previously collaborated with Auyeung Chun Wah in a series, but this time it was her turn not to remember the title; so she asked for help over the air. This time Auyeung Chun Wah remembered and immediately replied, "MEN WITH NO SHADOWS (BUT CHOOK JI YUEK)!" Ka Yee admitted that because they have not collaborated with each other for a long time, but now everyone belongs to the Emperor Entertainment; so they very much hoped that the boss will start work on a movie so that the two have the opportunity to collaborate.

As for Yeung Nga Man, she played a classmate who studied pole dancing with Chau Ka Yee in BIRD OF PARADISE. She said that in order to practice pole dancing, she had bumps, bruises and blisters from the grind. Her flesh suffered, but after seeing the final production result she felt that everything was worth it.

Ka Yee revealed that she has never really watched the pole dance performance before the shoot. Initially she was even biased, thinking that most of the people who danced the pole dance performed at night spots and were too sexy. However, when she learned first-hand, she found that the dancers were very focused on their performance and encouraged each other. Earlier, preview screenings also had pole dancers in the audience. They were grateful to the director for shooting this film and making the public change their impression of the pole dance performance. They praised her and Yeung Nga Man for dancing well.

25-year-old Cheung Dik Man played Ka Yee's son in the film, and was also learning pole dancing. He said that at first he was a little nervous in front of the group of elders, but after coming in contact with Ka Yee, he felt that she was bold with also a little "guy like" personality. He even wondered if at her age could she could really have given birth to himself. Ka Yee heard and joked, "Thank you, I will give you lai see later!" Then she calculated and smiled, "It’s all OK, I could have given birth!"

Showing his support, Auyeung Chun Wah said that he has seen Chau Ka Yee play the girl with cleft lips in THE DANCE OF PASSION and was deeply impressed. Later the two collaborated on MEN WITH NO SHADOWS, and in the show Ka Yee had a crush on his role of an uncle. To this day, he still feels that Ka Yee is a lively girl who is forever young.

Auyeung Chun Wah has not made a Hong Kong drama for a long time, he admitted that he still wants to let himself settle. The last TVB series he made was already SHADOW OF JUSTICE. He said that his former home has not beckoned to him yet, but his door would always be opened. He revealed that he signed with the new company after the pandemic, and is currently focusing on mainland development. He participated in many variety shows, and recently worked on the series LIE HUNTER. He said that at present he is more enjoying a "family life". "I am already different from my 40s. I used to work a lot, I would like to go out with my wife to eat on my time off. During the pandemic I was used to eating at home, found that it was pretty good. In addition it was less greasy and healthier, I was already thin. People outside thought I had something wrong with me. Actually my appetite was still as big as ever, only my eating habits have changed. No one needs to worry." He also revealed that he often meets with friends in the circle, and will also go out to celebrate his birthday; as for the regular dinners, mostly they meet and chat at each person's house and have a few drinks. Friends his age have all gone "off duty" and hidden at home.

Auyeung Chun Wah also watched TVB dramas, and in the past he had made a guest appearance of COME HOME LOVE: LO AND BEHOLD. When asked as the audience what he thought of new version LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, he said, "That's very difficult to say. For over a thousand episode everyone has been used to see this group of people, at the middle of the meal they have become accustomed to seeing them. They have already become engrained, at meal time they should see this group of people like one of the 'dishes'. Suddenly that has changed, it's not that it's not delicious. The kitchen has changed, and it takes awhile to get used to it and digest." He believed that the adjustment space of the situation drama was already very large and could be constantly modified according to the audience's reaction, so there would be room for progress slowly.

For the rumor that Jinny Ng Yuek Hei being "exiled" and kicked out of COME HOME LOVE: LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, Auyeung Chun Wah said, "I don't know what happened, nor do I know how the audience feels about her. I can only say what I think. Honestly, Ng Yuek Hei is a pretty hard-working girl in my mind, and earlier her performance in FROM HONG KONG TO BEIJING was pretty good." He said that he has read some of the comments, saying that Ng Yuek Hei deliberately imitated Mandy Lam Suk Man and thought that was unfair to her. "The role needs to be played like this, just because you think they are similar it is not her fault. It has to be slowly corrected. Everyone please take it more time and be a little more lenient."