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Stephy Tang hopes that the audience can see her focus
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| Carina Lau reveals that Ng Siu Hin would remain in character for awhile |
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| Carina Lau does not dare to grade her film |
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Stephy Tang wants to see the Hong Kong audience's response to her new film
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The Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2017 opening ceremony
took place at Admiralty. Two opening films were both Film Development
Fund's First Feature Film Initiative winners, the Carina Lau Ka Ling
produced and starred, Tam Wai Ching directed teacher student romance
IN YOUR DREAMS (YI CHING CHUN DIK MING YI) and the Derek Yee Tung
Sing produced, the Hong Kong Film Award and the Golden Horse Award
winning director Cheung King Wai directed, Stephy Tang Lai Yun starred
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE MIST (LAN TIN BAK WON).
Two nights ago Lau Ka Ling, Ng Siu Hin and Tang Lai Yun attended
the opening ceremony. Ka Ling said tha she has already seen the film.
What grade would she give him? Ka Ling said, "I won't grade myself.
During edition, I felt that I could shoot it all over again. Because the
entire production was very rushed, every aspect could be improved upon.
So I have a lot of regrets." In the film Ka Ling played a teacher and
thus appeared in light make up in the entire film. She said that she had
to thank William Chang Suk Ping for making getting into character easier
for her with the costume designs.
As a part of the opening and one of the film in competition, would
she feel any pressure? She said, "Now I can withstand unlimited pressure.
This time I have already gone beyond my abilities. As a film worker
myself I would support it, I hope viewers would too. (Would the film
participate in film festivals?) I don't know, I would leave that for the
distributors." Has her husband Tony Leung Chiu Wai seen the film? Ka
Ling pointed out that Wai Jai originally wanted to watch the premiere, but
he was working on Philip Yung Tsz Kwong's film in Guangzhou. Later he
would watch the film, but he already texted her congratulation.
Ka Ling also revealed that later she will work on the Eileen
Chang novel HALF A LIFELONG ROMANCE based series in Shanghai. She planned
to stay there for over three months. She has not made a television series
in over a decade. This time she was very happy to be able to work with a
group of Mainland actors and felt it would be a challenge. Ka Ling this
time would play a tragic character. Sammi Cheng Sau Man suffered from
emotional disorder from playing a tragic character in EVERLASTING
REGRET (CHEUNG HUNG GOR). Was Ka Ling worried about being unable to leave
the character? She said, "I can very easily adapt to the environment.
On the set I would naturally get into it. When I leave the set I can
immediately leave it, unlike Wai Jai and Ng Siu Hin who may have to stay
in character for awhile."
Ng Siu Hing said that he still has not seen the film yet. After
watching it he might feel the pressure. He also said that he planned to
watch it with his family because his parents have been very supportive of
him.
Tang Lai Yun said that earlier at the Busan Film Festival she
has already watched SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE MIST once, but she was not very
focused when she watched it last time. This time she would enjoy the
film purely as a viewer and watch the audience reaction, thus she was
very nervous. "Ultimately I am worried whether the Hong Kong audience
would accept my performance. Because the genre and my character are
considered rather new, very challenging, I don't know how the audience
would feel and thus I am very nervous. I hoped that the audience would
be able to see how serious I act. I hoped to be able to shake off my
performance framework. (Do you want to shake off the shadow of Patrick
Kong (Yip Lim Sum)?) I hope I can."
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