TVB Celebrity News

Yesterday Wayne Lai, Kent Cheng, Kristal Tin, Janet Chow, Chris Lai, Elaine Yiu, Pierre Ngo and Natalie Tong appeared in their ancient costumes for the promotion of TVB new series King Maker. Lead actors Wayne and Kent put in the most effort into the promotion. Aside from arm wrestling each other, the two played tug-a-war with Kristal and Elaine. Everyone was worried about the pregnant Janet Chow, although Chris took good care of her, she saw the cast having so much fun playing and she wanted to join too, so she asked Chris to carry her. Wonder if her husband Timmy Hung will freak out when he sees that.

Yesterday Janet's growing belly was much more visible than her last public appearance. She said: "My stomach is growing fast. Friends have told me not to eat too much. Timmy is currently out working, as his wife, I don't want him to worry. Last night, I had dinner at Charmaine Sheh's house with a large group of friends. I chatted with Annie Man about our pregnancy experiences and even went shopping online for baby products. (Does Charmaine envy you?) I don't know, but I did urge her to start dating soon, but I won't introduce any guys to her because it feels awkward." Janet reveals her expected due date is February 5, 2013. She already chose the date to get a C-section, but if she's due earlier, she will go for a natural birth.

As the cast for King Makers is similar to The Greatness of a Hero? Wayne said: "Because there is a shortage of artists at TVB, but the story is different. This time Kent and I will have a lot of battle of wits scenes. He's the evil one, and I'm the good guy. (Film King challenges TV King?) Of course, the co-star is very important. Kent is very talented."

Chris Lai and Queenie Chu appeared at TVB new sitcom Come Home Love's promotional event. Chris's 'sister-brother' relationship with Tavia Yeung did seem pretty real before, but for a while Him Law was in between them. It turns out, Chris already had his other half all along, he personally disclosed his relationship at the promotion yesterday:"I already found someone, we are developing as normal. We have been dating for 6 months now and even met the parents." Chris said his girlfriend is outside of the industry, so he hopes to remain low-key and not cause any impact on her.

As for Queenie, this time shooting Come Home Love, she has not had any rumors yet. She said: "Pretty ok! Luckily this series is quite harmonious, we are all well prepared and happily talk about whenever there is an issue. Just like they didn't like me being too tall, so I stopped wearing heels to work. The sitcom is over 100 episodes, even if we're not friends, we still have to maintain a good relationship."

TVB new sitcom Love . Return Home held its costume fitting yesterday. The cast including Lau Dan, Chris Lai, Carlos Ng and Queenie Chu all attended. Queenie plays a lawyer in the sitcom, she expressed the producer came every other day to persuade her to cut her hair short:"Although I feel a little breeze on my neck, but I can save on the shampoo. My role is similar to my background, both started out in a beauty contest, but because of the exhaustion in showbiz, she decided to switch to become a lawyer." Queenie also exposed that she will be continuing the 'fate' with Chris Lai as they are a couple in the sitcom: "When I was in Miss HK, I did a dance performance with him before."

With red eyes, Carlos reveals he suffered from retinal detachment on his eye and had to do surgery: "I thought it was not a big deal, but the detachment was very close to the macula (yellow spot) and I must do surgery. I got 80% of my vision back now, and it depends on the condition if my eye can fully heal."

The sitcom is tentatively set for 180 episodes, but Lau Dan hopes to shoot another sitcom that could go over 1,000 episodes just like the classic The Kindred Spirit. When asked if Ricky Wong tried to poach him over to CTI? He said: "I already signed a two year contract with TVB before Ricky Wong contacted me. I even got a pay raise, if he contacted me earlier, I probably would have gotten a higher raise."

Recently Tavia Yeung and Chris Lai were rumored secretly dating, cohabiting and sharing parking spaces. It was also said that Tavia is supporting Chris. Yesterday Chris was shooting TVB series ATF Terrorism in the hot weather with Ron Ng, Kenny Wong, Aimee Chan, and Leanne Li. Towards the rumor that Tavia is supporting him, he denied: "Tavia and I are just good friends, I'm always having dinner over at her house and very familiar with her mom. One time I was even photographed on the streets accompanying her mom. We are like a family, not a couple. A man and woman does not necessary have to be dating! (You go up for breakfast?) Any photos? It's really not true, I did go up for dinner, and I don't have a guest card, it is Tavia who told someone to open the gates for me. Saying that we share the same parking space, in fact it is because Tavia's car is currently in the body shop, I'm just temporarily using the space since it is free. (Is there a possibility that you two will develop further?) It's hard to answer because we don't know if the relationship may be upgraded to lovers in the future, but work comes first. (Does Tavia's mom want you to pursue her daughter?) No, just told me to go have dinner and soup."

When asked about him often going to Tavia's house, is he worried he'll hinder a real pursuer of hers? Chris said: "I will know how to keep my distance." As for if he has a good feeling for Tavia? He did not deny: "Fate has not come yet, and we have been friends for so many years, in the meantime the relationship won't change."

Chris continues: "We have a series broadcasting this time, so just treat it as promotion. In fact since we collaborated in Heart of Greed, she often invites me over for dinner." Chris stressed that he is extremely good friends with Linda Chung and Fala Chen too, and if they invite him over for dinner, that's fine too.

Earlier Chris Lai and Jack Hui participated in Hunan’s Strictly Come Dancing 3 competition. Chris won first place and second place for Latin dance. In a little over two months, Chris is crowned Dance King, TVB held a celebration for the two winners. Chris said: “I never thought there would be such good results. When I first started I didn’t know how to dance, couldn’t believe I end up getting first place. The whole competition was 11 weeks, I was already injured by the 7th week. There was really blood and sweat in between, danced until my bones fractured, so swollen my shoes didn’t fit anymore. The injuries still haven’t recovered yet, and will have to go in for surgery after I finish shooting ATF Terrorism. (Going to develop in dance?) No, I’m too old!”

Initially going to participate in Forensic Heroes III, Charmaine Sheh had to turn down the role due to her arm injury. Also part of the series, Chris Lai expressed yesterday: "I didn't know! Didn't hear about it either. But I will ask if she's okay because we are just too familiar. I hope her health is fine, get well soon and can get back to work as soon as possible."

Also, the day before Chris was shooting an outdoor scene in Central for FH3, the scene was about Chris having to roll down the stairs from way up high. Then he gets scraped on the face by broken glass on the ground and gets a bloody head. For the best results, he personally rolled down a few steps and made lots of expressions, extremely into character. However, on the day of shooting, when he was rolling down from over 10 steps, he had a stunts double do that for him. Asked why he didn't do it himself? He joked and said he relies on his looks to make a living: "Because at the time, the ground had a lot of broken glass, I'm afraid I'll get hurt! Someone with no acting skills, I have to rely on my looks!"

In TVB series Every Move You Make, audiences' the main focus is on the mind reading "Yiu Sir" Bowie Lam or the crime investigations. But how many people noticed the impulsive "Chow Fun" Bosco Wong or "Ah Hei" Chris Lai? In the character introductions, Ah Hei is only described to have mediocre intelligence and is a flatterer. Chris is responsible to make the most of this "small potato".

Chris entered the industry in 2003, he was once one of the 'heavily promoted' young stars alongside Raymond Lam, Bosco Wong and Ron Ng. But, he had little luck and lack of opportunities, so his roles do not leave a deep impression. Receiving the script for Every Move You Make, Chris makes a strong effort in portraying the "80s after" younger generation role: "I paid attention to the young people around me, how they usually talk or sit. They don't pay attention to how their words comes out, like for example "Yes lor", "Like this lor" and they don't sit properly on the seat, they have to lean or lay on the seat. When portraying this role, I added these little movements and the catchphrases, to make the character more three dimensional."

Chris claims that the "80s after" generation are "little kids", but in fact he is born in 1980 and is considered part of the 80s after generation. "I am not like them. I have suffered from being poor before, I only played with my neighbor by running up to the mountain. Because my dad was ill, he passed away early in my life, my mom had it difficult. If my brother and I wanted to buy something, we have to work part-time. Besides tutoring, I have also worked in the supermarket."

Refuses to start rumors to get attention on the news
Not the type who is playful or go out late at nights, his good friend is Ekin Cheng. Chris has been labeled as a loner and someone not positive. "I don't like to go out at night, but instead Ekin and I like to enjoy a cup of red wine at home, chat all night. I like to go wakeboarding, scuba diving and badminton....actually I am the most playful one. The public misunderstood me, setting their minds to think I'm those types that don't worry about life, or even those lazy people. Actually, I just don't want to start rumors and do things to get in the limelight. Male actors tend to be in acting longer, like Wayne Lai's experience. We all know he's a good actor, but he's just waiting for the right opportunities. The 'Chai Gau' role is brought out by his life experience. I hope my value in the news is from my good series and roles, and not about dragging a female artist into the news to stir up rumors."

Don't mind being labeled as the "奀茄" (little man)
Chris rarely has any rumors with the female stars. Before Ekin and Yoyo Mung's relationship exposed, he was misunderstood to be in a 'sister-brother love' with Yoyo. Another time that made people around him feel that he's being humiliated was because of last year he became popular with Tavia Yeung in Beyond the Realm of Conscience. It was reported that Tavia secretly connected with "little man" Chris. Chris said the name "little man" came up because of him. In reality, he and Tavia are very good friends, she wanted to buy a camera, so he accompanied her to buy one. This resulted in the reports that 'Tavia secretly connects with the "little man"'. The little man (奀茄) name doesn't affect me too much because being in this industry for so long, I know the rules of he game. The report needed a talking point, I responded 'Then I'll work harder and hope to get rid of the little man label.' This incident troubled my mom too, she was very worried, I told her not to buy the magazines and it be fine." (TN: 奀茄 literally means "tiny eggplant")

Peaceful, no murderous look
"There are ups and downs to life, won't be in the high end period for long. During the down times, just calm down and reflect. Because of Ekin Cheng, I met Sean Lau, he said to first do your best on your part, then think about other things. Every person has a different image, Raymond Lam is the wealthy prince, Ron Ng is the cool type and Bosco Wong brings a bad boy feeling. As for me....I'll go down the peaceful path, no murderous path for me. I chose this path, it's difficult, but I can accept it."

Chris Lai was rumoured dating with Tavia Yeung. He laughed and explained that all the pictures were actually taken when they were filming series last time. He is close with Tavia Yeung and the family in the series and he always go out for meals with Linda Chung, Fala Chen, Claire Yiu and other female friends. He said, “I will not avoid her. This is not something that I should hide. (How is your relationship with her?) I will place my career at the first place.” Tavia Yeung’s sister Griselda Yeung came back to work after her postnatal. When asked whether she has confidence on her sister to win Best Actress award, she laughed and said that Sheren Tang and Charmaine Sheh did pretty well too.