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For
fans of TVB HK dramas, the time of the year has come-
The annual event of meeting the stars from TVB organized
by local video distributor Scorpio East was held over
the past weekend. This time round (see our coverage of
2006 TVB Star Tour too), crowd-favourite Roger Kwok Chun
On, Steven Ma Chi Wai, Tavia Yeung and Shirley Yeung Sze
Ki were present to meet eager fans. But before that, let
moviexclusive.com pry more juicy tidbits out from the
mouths of Roger and Steven. Read on to know more…
Up
close with Roger Kwok:-
Mentioned
Roger Kwok Chun On and many aunties or even little kids
will remember him as Ah Wang. The innocent, dim-wit
character he so famously portrayed on-screen. But Roger
is quite concerned being stereotyped, however he laments
since his boss finds it profitable, he will have to
adhere to the requests. Positively, he sees it as an
opportunity for him to instill minor changes and creative
freedom to the Ah Wang mould rather than sticking to
the same old formula.
Mentioned
about his latest drama (“Glittering Days”)
where he plays a heartthrob star Ling Fung, his character
is a combination from the characteristics of the late
flamboyant singer, Roman Tam and Adam Cheng according
to Roger. He adopted Roman’s manner of brushing
his eyebrows and Adam’s empowering stage appearance
as some of the main traits of Ling Fung. His fave song
in the serial happens to be “Wo De Xin Li Zi You
Ni” loosely translated as “My heart has
only you”, a classic love song which has passionate
lyrics about suppressed emotions and love regrets.
Roger
who also acted in the recent “Kungfu Mahjong 3”
preferred to act in dramas as compared to movies. Dramas
allowed audience to feel and get involved with the character
as the plot evolves, movies on the other hand is a bit
stressful on him added Roger, as he needs to get into
character readily given the short shooting time.
For
the man who loved our little island resort, Sentosa
and the nice view Fullerton Hotel offers to one of his
fave drama serials, “Shanghai Bund”, Ah
Wang aka Roger Kwok in real-life is the no-airs, simple
man akin to his usual screen characters.
But
to producers, who are reading this article, give this
man a role that requires him to act in the grandiose
Forbidden City. He is really looking forward to that.
Up
close with Steven Ma:-
In
recent times, there’s only one question anyone
who comes close to Steven Ma will ask, “How’s
your eye?” You see, Steven has a freak accident
some time ago while shooting a scene on a horse which
causes him to injure his right eye. The entertainment
headlines state that Steven might go blind because of
it. But Steven himself rest assured that his eye is
pretty all right now not exactly in tune with those
exaggerated reports.
Steven
who received rave reviews for his role in “Safe
Guards” revealed that he needs to memorize at
least 6 pages of script for every episode, a task that
gets too dizzy for him to handle (even for him who possess
quite a good memory in his school days) if the director
request for a similar take at different angles. But
still at the end of the day, Steven prefers period dramas
to contemporary ones. The former allows him to have
a free rein over the character as it’s detach
from reality although he admits the latter is of course
more comfortable minus off the layers of clothing and
heavy head gear.
As
with many actors, a villain role is what they most look
forward to playing. Steven is no exception. But his
company is too cautious for that, insisting that wicked
roles are not for him just yet. When prompt for his
less than impressive profile on the papers, Steven brushed
it off saying he has no need for that kind of gossipy
appearances in the papers, what matter most to him is
his acting credibility in dramas. At the end of the
day, audience will remember a memorable drama or role
but not some forgettable gossips.
His
role model in fact is Gallen Lo who was once the “Number
Two” actor in TVB (but has since left for greener
pastures), Steven admires Gallen not only for his acting
ability but also his down-to-earth manner of handling
matters.
It
seems that the handsome Steven Ma looks set to be the
next generation of must-watch actors in TVB. Remember
to catch Steven in “Land Of Wealth” and
“The Brink of Law”.
We
wish Roger and Steven all the best in their television
careers and here’s a toast to the success of TVB
Start Tour 2007!
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