TVB Celebrity News

Elanne Kong, Leon Lai's favorite artist Janice Man, model Samantha Chow and Rose Chan attended the locally popular designer Ricky Kwok and Japanese brand ROSEBULLET's joint fashion show. Famous models Mandy Lieu and JM led the show.

Elanne expressed she recently rewatched her TVB series E.U. She laughed and said she rewatched her own acting from back then, she frankly said: "That time, I was so young, only 19 years old. I was still young and tender, spoke like a little girl." However, she felt back then her age matched the role, and today she actually won't be able to do it again. She smiled: "Currently in Love Lifting (高舉．愛) I already have a role as a mother. Each individual will have different phases where they undergo different experiences. (When will you be a mother for real?) When I'm 30, I've always had plans, but still have 6 more years. I should be able to find someone by then. Fate, if it's right then it will be that person, no need to go search." Also, she reveals she will be focused on producing her new album in the next half year. Currently she is discussing over several scripts and may have an opportunity to shoot another TVB series later in the year.

Elanne Kong Yeuk Lam yesterday revealed on a radio interview that she just returned from promoting her film THE WEDDING DIARY in Malaysia and Singapore. Speaking of her co-star Aniu's divorce, she learned a little about it. Of course Aniu was a little upset but she believed he would be able to handle it. Elanne said that in the film she had many bed scenes with Aniu; did they anger Aniu's former wife and lead to the divorce? Elanne immediately clarified and said that she did not supervise on the set. Their divorce absolutely had nothing to do with her.

Meanwhile, the Kong Yeuk Lam, Aniu, Best Actress Wai Ying Hung starred THE WEDDING DIARY's first week box office exceeded 2 million ringgit and became the champion in Malaysia. Kong Yeuk Lam personally went to Kuala Lumpur for audience appreciation and celebration with Aniu and other actors. The director even agreed that if the box office reached 6 million ringgit he will make a sequel with the original team.

Kong Yeuk Lam was excited about the success of her first film in Singapore and Malaysia and said that this was a good start. Later she would like more chances to make Singapore and Malaysia movies. This film was also the happiest one that she has worked on. She joked that she even thought of the sequel subject already, a movie about her and Aniu having a child called THE PARENTHOOD DIARY.

During the promotion, Aniu publicly flirted with Kong Yeuk Lam and praised this on screen wife and beauty. He even joked about his bed scenes with Kong Yeuk Lam. Aniu even said that if the box office reached 6 million ringgit, the director would be topless in the city. He would remove his pants to thank the audience for its support.

Stars Shine's artists Fala Chen, Linda Chung, Joyce Cheng, Alfred Hui and Elanne Kong got together to attend a special ceremony to celebrate newly joined artist Hubert Hu (from The Voice). TVB executive Virgina Lok and Calvin Choy and his wife were also present to show their support. Also, Alfred Hui was presented with the Gold Disc acknowledgement at the celebration.

Soon to step into the music scene, Fala Chen reveals she has already recorded two songs. When asked if her boyfriend (Sit Sai Hang) got to hear it first? She said: "I haven't let anyone hear the songs yet, it's a business secret. (Do you have any privileges to go out traveling to shoot the album cover?) Why would I? Any girl wants to a beautiful cover, so I do hope I can go on a trip to do the cover shoot."

Elanne had just got off her flight from Singapore and rushed over to the event. Since Fala and Elanne are releasing their albums around the same time, Elanne is not worried the resources used on her album would be reduced. When speaking of the earlier Mainland incident where she was left abandoned on the high way by an angry driver? She said: "It's the past, leave it. I don't plan to take any further action, just considered me bad luck. Not long after, I was filming and got hurt, but the bad luck should be over now."

In the recent year, Elanne Kong concentrated on the Mainland market, shooting series after series up north. It was also rumored, she and Mainland actor Yuan Hong (袁弘) sparked love, making her career and love life run smoothly. However, unfortunate incidents happens to Elanne time after time. Following a burglary late last year, yesterday morning Elanne encounters an angry driver that suddenly refused to drive her and kicked her out of the car. Aside from being unlucky, Elanne was also frightened to death.

Initially, Elanne was in Xiangshan shooting for Mainland drama Mulan (巾幗大將軍), but yesterday on the 7th day of Lunar New Year, she and her colleague Candy Liu, and their two assistants set out on the trip back to Hong Kong. A ride on a 7-seater van was prepared for them to take a road trip from Xiangshan to Hangzhou airport. The four girls also had a lot of luggage, so basically the van only had just enough space to fit the four girls and their luggage. However, the driver was already in opposition the previous night, insisting that he has to bring his two relatives along and squeeze in the 7-seater.


As they were heading to Hangzhou, the driver was speeding on the roads and suddenly he started shouting in the car because he was having an argument with the crew over the phone: "No matter what, you must get a car and send my two relatives back to Hangdian, otherwise you will have to pay for them to leave. If not, I won't take [the girls] to the airport and instead make a speedy U-turn back to drive [my relatives] back to Hangdian myself!" Results, the driver heartlessly, rushed Elanne and her colleagues off the van and left them in the middle of the highway under the cold weather!

Although the girls were able to eventually make it safety to the airport, Elanne was still furious at the driver, Master Xu, for his terrible behavior. She immediately wrote about the whole incident on Weibo. She expressed if there was extra space in the van, she and her colleagues wouldn't have mind if the two relatives tagged along with them, but the 7-seater was already very tight, so packed that there was no leg room at all. Master Xu knew the four of them were in a rush to catch their flight, but he still used them to threaten the crew. Elanne exploded that Master Xu is inhumane: "He abandoned four girls in the middle of the highway and in the cold weather. I took the taxi to the airport myself, that Master Xu! Please, can you be a little more humane?!" Elanne urged other artists to be cautious, if in the future they have to shoot in that location, watch out for those rotten drivers. As for Candy Liu, she replied bawling out: "People like him that can survive until now, consider him good luck! It is because he saw that us girls were easy to bully!"

Last night, Elanne finally arrived safely in Hong Kong. When she accepted [Oriental Daily]'s interview, she was still frightened: "That driver was constantly on the phone while he was driving us, his emotions went up and down, and almost flipped the car! Later, we decided to get off the van because we're only four girls without any strength, it's too dangerous, I would rather drive myself." Elanne is born in the year of the Dragon, her fortune this year says she will encounter unfortunate incidents, she laughed and said perhaps because she hasn't wrapped a peach blossom around herself and walked a circle yet. As for taking legal action, she gives her company full authority to handle it for her.

As Elanne's boss, Lam Siu Ming, when he learned his artist Elanne was bullied in Mainland, he very unhappy and angered. Over the phone, he did not hesitate to say he will get to the bottom of this incident: "How can such incident happen? It is about the personal safety of four girls, how can he just abandon them in the middle of the highway, under the cold weather. He absolutely does not have any sense of responsibility for his job and is completely immoral! Anyway, I will find this driver and take legal action on him!"

Jade Kwan heard the wrong name and went on stage to get Susanna Kwan's award; Gigi Leung walked so fast on stage that she exposed herself; Chin Ka Lok wanted to become Film King and was told straight up that he's not qualified.... anyone will have their embarrassing moments. It's funny when you hear embarrassing stories from others, but sharing your own embarrassing stories is a good deed too to make a brighter day.

Chrissie Chow - heels stuck in a ditch
"Before I entered the industry, I never wear heels, but after I entered, I think I really need to practice. One time, I was wearing 4-inch heels, very thin heels, I was walking alone in Central and carelessly stepped into a ditch. Perhaps that area, the people were used to seeing such sight, but no one came to help me. I bent down and took off my shoes, using both hands to pull the heels out. It was so embarrassing. Now I can wear high thin heels and run."

Miriam Yeung - Called an '8 por' by audience
"I believe that in whatever profession you are in, there will be a chance where people try to make trouble without any reason. I remember several years ago, I was still performing at nightclubs. One night, when I was singing, a customer below the stage pointed at me and said I was really loud. The person even called me a '8 por'. At the time, nobody helped me because they didn't want to offend anyone, I guess. That time, I was just holding in my anger, and smiled embarrassingly, but when I got home I was crying in the corner."

Elanne Kong - embarrassing menstrual period stories.
"I remember when I was still studying in high school, one time I put an used sanitary pad on my teacher's chair. When he came into the classroom and saw it, his face was so red, so embarrassed that he started tearing. He didn't yell at anyone, but I personally felt I've gone too far. I didn't know how to react. My sophomore year, one day I was walking with my brother and suddenly my period comes. I hid in the restroom and asked my brother to buy it for me. I was really in a difficult situation and embarrassed. After this incident, my brother laughed at me for 10 years. Another time, after the award ceremony, perhaps I was sitting for too long and my legs were asleep, but when I was changing backstage, I couldn't take off my boots. I had to find someone to hold me down from the back and one from the front to help me pull it off. It was embarrassing."

Marco Ngai - completely soaked, bulging nipples
"I remember many years ago, TVB notified me to go in for an audition. I was extremely happy. I prepared a white dress shirt and dressed myself like a gentleman. When I walked out the door, it was clearly a bright sunny day, but after walking halfway, it suddenly started pouring hard. Back then, umbrellas weren't sold anywhere. I was afraid to be late, so I just went to TVB with my already soaked clothing. When I entered the recording studio, I was wondering why so many people were measuring me? I looked below and Wah, turns out my white dress shirt was see-through and stuck to my body. My nipples were clearly visible and sticking out, but I had to continue to audition. I really haven't been that embarrassed before."

Him Law - crashes into things
"In the past, I would often chat with people on the streets. One time, I was saying bye while turning around, and unknowingly walked right into the lamppost. That time a tooth fell off. Another time, I was busy chatting and walking and then I crashed into the mailbox. It was painful and embarrassing. Friends were rolling on the floor laughing. Since then I trained myself to become bigger, more built. The most embarrassing was when a female reporter asked me to take off my shirt to take pictures, I immediately felt my face heating up."

Yoyo Mung - known as the 'Auntie'
"When I was in high school, I was like a tomboy, especially one that is exaggerating. I speak loudly and didn't care about the way I dressed. A classmate called me an "Auntie". I didn't mind. It was only until I just got off the bus, and saw that classmate from afar, once he saw me he called me Auntie. I didn't respond, but a 50-60 year old Auntie was next to me at the time, she answered him. When the passengers on the bus all found out that the 'Auntie' was referring to me, I felt weird. I was embarrassed and I knew it was time to re-do my whole image, so I could lose the Auntie nickname."

Kevin Cheng - self-claims he's a Handsome
"One time I attended a promotional event as a guest. I was sitting below the stage, waiting for them to call me up on stage. I suddenly heard the MC shout 'Handsome, please come up'. I subconsciously started walking up on stage, but I saw the MC was looking at another man. I knew then that the "Handsome" the MC was talkinga bout was not me. At the time I didn't know what to do, luckily the MC helped me out and asked me to stay on stage. In the future, I will be more careful before I react."

Tracy Ip - Eats 'added ingredient' dumplings
"I recall an embarrassing and disgusting experience. One time I went to Shenyang to shoot a travel special and had the opportunity to eat the goldfish dumplings. When it was time to shoot, a mosquito came flying at me, the director was a gentleman and helped me shoo it away. However, I accidentally patted his butt and he fell on the goldfish dumplings. We all saw him, but we actually didn't have time to steam the dumplings again, so I had to suck it up and eat the 'added ingredient' scalp dumplings and had to pretend it was so tasty. The others felt bad for me. I was embarrassed, every time I think of it I want to vomit."

Currently in Dunhuang shooting for new Mainland drama 巾幗大將軍, Elanne Kong had an accident during the shoot a few days ago. The accident occurred when Elanne worked with horses for the first time. During the shoot, because Elanne speaking her lines close to the horse, she was unaware when the horse's kick came towards her.

Yesterday Elanne accepted a long-distance phone interview, she said: "Actually it's nothing too serious. You all don't need to be so worried. It was just because I wasn't aware that the horse's patpat (butt) was facing me. Just like that, the horse made a forceful kick on my thigh, which immediately swelled up. And because of that, a horseshoe print was left on me too!"

In fact earlier when Elanne was shooting for the film Holding Love High (高舉愛情), she was injured on the waist by a dumbbell. Asked which accident was more painful for her? She said: "This accident was more painful because the horse's force was just so strong. When the horse kicked me, it felt like a 100 pounds of force went on me, so painful." Elanne said she clenched her teeth to bear the pain, but eventually she was unable to withstand the severe pain and the tears just came running down. She said after the accident, the crew accompanied her to the hospital, fortunately after the doctor treated her, she was fine. She will just need to allow 3-4 days of rest before she recovers. Elanne said: "The crew is great, especially let me take the day off, but tomorrow I will be able to resume work, just can't do the action scenes yet."

Elanna Kong Yeuk Lam in the Herman Yau Lai To directed new film GO GUI OI CHING (HIGH LIFT LOVE) played a weightlifter. In order to coordinate with the weightlifting athlete image, Elanne gained weight and everyday practiced weightlifting for three hours. For the ideal result, even after the shoot she did not dare to rest at home as she continued to keep eating and doing push ups.

In one scene Elanne participated in a weightlifting contest and needed to truly lift up 30 kilogram weights. Before the shoot the director asked her many times whether she was confident that she would succeed. She said, "All the tough training is for this scene to be realistically made, in addition during practice I was able to lift it successfully." Yet during the official shoot, when she lifted up the weight her arms had no strength to support it, her hands loosen and the weight dropped on her back, putting her entire body on the ground.

After the fact she was still frightened. "When I fell on the floor I screamed. The director and the crew were very nervous. Everyone ran over but didn't dare to move me. The director immediately called for an ambulance but I felt I could still move. So I told them to let me rest for a while before deciding." However the director was still worried and decided to halt production, demanding her to go to the hospital to be examined. Luckily she only injured her muscles and not her spine. Thus Elanne quickly put on bandage, took some pain medication and returned to the set to continue the shoot. She believed that this was the most painful film production experience in her career.

The Elanne Kong Yuek Lam, Chapman To Man Jat, Tian Niu and Izz Tsui Chi Hei starred new film GO GUI OI CHING (HIGH LIFT LOVE) yesterday held a production start ceremony. Director Herman Yau Lai To attended the event with the actors.

Kong Yuek Lam in the new film played a weightlifter. She gained weight for the role. Kong Yuek Lam said, "Now I have begun the hellish training. Everyday I have been in class with a coach. My arms also have muscles now. Recently I even gained several pounds. The goal to gain over ten pounds. I am already going all out. I am not worried about unable to lose the weight. Now I have weight gain powder, constantly eat burgers, before sleeping I even have beef chow fun. Actually gaining weight is tougher than losing weight."

Kong Yuek Lam said that the coach thought she had potential in weightlifting. In the film To Man Jat played her husband. He lost 20 pounds to pair with Kong Yuek Lam. To Man Jat revealed that he originally weighed 168, now he is 140 pounds. To Man Jat said that for a 40 year old man losing weight truly was very hard. To Man Jat said, "I played a divorced man who developed a relationship with Kong Yuek Lam."
Tian Niu said that she made two movies and three television series in half a year.

She said, "I just returned from Yunnan, lately I have been so busy but also felt very wonderful."

Recently Elanne Kong is busy shooting a new film and has a new Cantonese song One & Only. The day before, she made a special trip back to HK, because her new song turned into the bridal Ad theme song, she put on a wedding dress again to shoot the MV. In the MV, her male lead is her hairstylist. Elanne laughed and said at first he wouldn't agree to do it, but eventually he gave his first MV appearance to her. Elanne praised that the collaboration is refreshing and praised the hairstylist has potential to be on camera. She joked that she wanted to be his manager.

When speaking of wearing a wedding dress, Elanne felt this year she especially has fate with marriages: "First, the theme of my song is about a girl's mood while waiting to marry, I feel I seem to have so much fate with marriage, so I especially released a song about marriage!" As she still has not found her Mr. Right, asked when she plans to be married? She said: "I have thought about it before, but I'm just too busy with work, and haven't met a suitable partner yet. If I really do get marry, I would choose to do a romantic and low profile one!"

During the shoot, Elanne was in her wedding dress and high heels chasing her male lead by the bus stop. Because they had to accommodate the traffic, she ran back and forth several times. Actually she looked like a runaway bride.

Two weeks ago, Elanne Kong started having headaches and pain in her eyes. She did not pay attention to her condition and it gradually became serious. Recently, her neck started hurting severely, the night before she couldn't withstand it anymore and immediately went to the doctor right after she completed her cell phone event. Yesterday the doctor confirmed her cornea is seriously damaged, and ordered her to stop working for 48 hours otherwise she will damage her vision severely. Under this serious condition, she can end up becoming a blind girl! Unfortunately, yesterday morning Elanne already been scheduled to record the theme song to her endorsement. Yesterday when she left the clinic, she bravely risked becoming a blind girl and went to the recording studio. However, she did listen to her doctor's final warnings and went back to the clinic that evening to wash her wound, otherwise the results could be unthinkable.

When Elanne was leaving the clinic, she was met by [Oriental Daily] reporters. She frankly said she's very worried she'll become a blind girl: "Of course I'm scared, but really don't want to postpone my work and affect others. The doctor said I will have to be use eye drops for several months to control the condition."

Also, the night before when she attended the cell phone event, she was asked about ex-rumored boyfriend Ron Ng being photographed driving ex-girlfriend Viann Zhang back home, Elanne said: "He never helped me carry luggage. (He doesn't treat you well enough?) When we were shooting series, he treated me well, we keep in touch sometimes, and are good brothers. He's not my cup of tea. (He's a playboy?) I don't choose to date people in the industry, don't want to be worried everyday. (You dated him?) I swear Ron and I are impossible, he's not bad, but we don't have that spark."

Since Elanne Kong's debut, she rarely appeared sexy, but this time she makes a breakthrough and gives a breast enhancement spokesperson job a try. Recently, Elanne is rising in popularity because her series is currently airing and caught the interest of an advertisement company strongly inviting her to be a breast enhancement spokesperson.

The conservative Elanne laughed and said she thought it over for a long time. After her manager's persuasion and she learned the company had a positive and healthy image, she accepted the endorsement without hesitation.

Elanne exposed that when she got massage treatment, she was extremely embarrassed. She said: "Although the massager was a girl, the feeling still felt strange, really makes people shy and itchy. The entire time, I was trying hard not to laugh out!" She also reveals that when the massager massaged her for the first time, it felt very painful, but the results were outstanding. She wanted to recommended it to her friends and perform all her duties as a spokesperson!

When she was shooting the TV ads, she did not hide her beautiful body figure and showed her career line. However, after the shoot she was very shy and quickly covered up with her jacket. The staff on the set prohibited people from taking photos with their cell phones or cameras to avoid embarrassment for Elanne. She said she's not used to her body figure being that good and joked: "The first time I saw, I really didn't recognize myself. A friend saw the photos and asked me how come I had good stuff and didn't share it with others. I was so embarrassed!"

Elanne Kong does not know how to cook, but now she has came across Joe Ma, who is skilled in cooking. The two had a long talk about the joys of cooking and their acting careers. Joe said when he encountered a down time in his career, he was fortunate to have Felix Wong and Gallen Lo's encouragement to keep him going.

Elanne: I remember when I first saw you, I really didn't dare to talk to you because at the time you were dressed in the ancient costumes with a beard and looked so aggressive. During shooting, I really did not dare to NG, you were just too familiar with your lines. I felt great pressure while working with you, but towards the middle I realized that you were actually quite playful. However, because you had a fake mustache and beard, you had to watch out when you laughed. I saw your look, when you kept your mouth closed and laughed with hohohoho sounds, it was so cute! So how did you feel when you first saw me?

Joe: I felt you are a very happy person, very optimistic. Some girls gives people the impression that they are a little distant, but you felt very close. Once I saw you, we could chat, a fun girl.

Elanne: Then am I like a man?

Joe: Well you have the attractive feminine qualities too, just your personality is quick and bright!

Elanne: Haha! After so many years being in the industry, no one has told me I had that attraction!

Joe: No really? Don't know what's good?

*After a moment of loud laughter, the interview continues.

Like an army in combat

Elanne: Acting with you, there's a lot of feeling, especially the frightening scenes because you looked so fierce! Getting yelled at by you, I was so scared!

Joe: I am very serious into my acting. Collaborating with you in Relic of an Emissary, I went from a Wong Yeh (Emperor's Uncle) to the Emperor. In the palace, you always have to put up your guard, rarely is there a time to relax, so got to be very fierce.

Elanne: Luckily, I am Princess Wing Yeung in the series, the only one who can whine to Royal Brother 4. In the series, you weren't too fierce towards me, I remember one time you and Skye Chan were doing a scene, you had to pretend to have gone crazy, screaming and yelling, Skye was actually frightened by you, and it was seriously frightened too! After the director called cut, you went to comfort her. I like shooting series, feels like a family, you always hide my shoes too!

Joe: It's like an army, in combat together.

Elanne: Today I'm interviewing you, actually there is something I really want to expose, and it is something personal about you. Because I truly admire you from the bottom of my heart, besides your good acting, you also have really good learning spirit. One time you saw a fan that my assistant's dad made for me, the fan was made out of film, so it's very strong. You thought it was special, and told my assistant's dad to make another one for you. Then the assistant told me that you actually personally called him and wanted to go up to his house to learn how to make the fan. My assistant's parents couldn't believe it, and said: "Huh! Joe Ma wants to come to our house?!"

Joe: I am quite interested in DIY material, when I was young my dad makes things too, and I would follow along. My favorite was disassembling radios and then put it back together.

Elanne: I am curious, after you learned to make the fan, who would you make it for?

Joe: I went to their house not to learn to make one thing because your assistant's dad had a wide range of skills. We have a colleague who's phone got scratched, he helped me fix it. It's like completely new now, the skill he has can help out of people. I learned how to make the fan, and I gave it to my partner. When I went to Mainland to shoot another series, Gallen Lo saw it and wanted one too.

Handsome entering the kitchen, mutual trust with wife

Elanne: You and Ah So (his wife) met 18 years ago. I am also very honored to have participated in your father's birthday party and saw Ah So there. I felt she was very pretty, you two are basically a perfect match, a rare pair. In fact in this industry, always flying back and forth, how do you two maintain the marriage?

Joe: Really have to rely on mutual trust. Some people may need lots of time for themselves, but I just need a little. If I had a few hours break, I would go be a driver, picking up and dropping off my family. When I went back to Mainland to shoot series, my wife would come visit me too.

Elanne: When you look at your wife and son, you look so sweet. You really are an affable father, a good husband. Speaking of that, your son is very handsome, have you ever thought of allowing him to enter showbiz? Fight for girls together with his handsome father?

Joe: Never thought about that. If he wanted to, I will tell him to think through of the vital interest first. When you enter the industry, you have to be committed and there is a lot of pressure. There is pressure mentally and competition. It's very difficult.

Elanne: I know you are skilled in cooking, and even published a cook book before. I love to eat, after eating a plate, I can even add on another plate of pasta, but I don't know how to eat.

Joe: You really can eat a lot. I don't cook as often now, in fact the cooking process is not hard, it's just hard to make time to go grocery shopping.

Elanne: Do you like to make Western or Chinese dishes?

Joe: I like to make Western dishes. I remember one Christmas, I was living in Yuen Long and outside my house I put up a table and made lobster, pig hand and pasta. Added a few candles, we as a family, had a few drinks, some food to eat, very heartwarming.

Elanne: Such a handsome man, and knows how to cook, totally amazing! What does your wife like best of your cooking?

Joe: She's also good at cooking, she taught the house worker at home too, so it's nothing special. Actually my son loves my sweet corn chicken rice. He has the same taste as me, I like sauce, don't like dry stuff. With more sauce, it's perfect.

Received support during down time, kept it going

Elanne: You worked as a G4 before right, were you very popular? Is it easier to shoot Special Duties Unit?

Joe: Yeah, comes in handy when filming, but before I was not handsome, very skinny.

Elanne: Speaking of that, why did you go from a G4 to an actor? You know my makeup artist loves your old clothing commercials.

Joe: TVB recruited me because of that commercial. At the time, there was an Executive that told me, you come in, we will promote you. But then, after so many years, still didn't happen.

Elanne: When you encountered a down time in your career, did you regret entering this industry?

Joe: Back then I worked in several different divisions in the police department. At the time, I felt that continuing to work will forecast perspectives. I personally like to do new things, change environments and it seems pretty good. They said that I'll get promoted in 1-2 years, after I entered, I had to endure for a long time, but I know it's not TVB's fault. When I saw you, then I knew why. Back then, I really was too stupid. Collaborating with you, you were so familiar with your lines and had good acting. I never seen you NG, since I've been in the industry, honestly I have felt regret from time to time. I had doubts that I couldn't do it, luckily at the time there were Felix Wong and Gallen Lo that encouraged me. That's how I kept myself going.

Elanne: What did they say to encourage you?

Joe: Along the lines of "I feel you can do it". They gave me a shot of encouragement to relax me.

Elanne: Since you entered the industry, you have already participated in 70 series. So many productions, which one do you like the best? My favorite is Triumph In the Skies.

Joe: Triumph script was written well and my partners were top quality. Like Francis Ng, the results came out really well. However, I like Revolving Doors of Vengeance most, I feel it's suitable for me, the feeling of half good, half evil.

Jade Girl Elanne nicknamed 'Strong Explosion'

Joe exposed that the refined Elanne surprisingly has a nickname called "Strong Explosion"! Elanne laughed: "In fact behind the 'Strong Explosion' is Kong Fu Keung. Why do I have this nickname? It is because when I was shooting TVB series, everyone had a box with their costumes in it, the box had their names written on it. One day, I got back to the studio and was exhausted. I sat in front of TVB senior martial artist Kong Fu Keung's box, Michael Tse saw and called me Kong Fu Keung."

How did Kong Fu Keung become 'Strong Explosion'? Joe said: "One time she was in the makeup room and she didn't charge her phone, but surprisingly once she charged it, the phone exploded. At the time, many people heard the explosion sound. The entire makeup room lost power. After that, everyone said they won't let Elanne charge her phone in the makeup room anymore!"

Elanne Kong and Michael Tse became friends after collaborating in TVB new series Relic of an Emissary. Their ages and backgrounds are different, but that did not stop them from having common topics. In reality, they are very compatible, when they get together they can bicker too and talk about what's on their minds. No wonder they are a pair in the new series, and even had a 'roast goose love story'.

Good Fit Partners

Elanne: I'm very happy to have invited my big brother to do this interview with me. We can continue our collaboration from E.U. Although back then I only had 1 scene with you, two years later I can collaborate with you again in Relic of an Emissary. This time we have a lot of scenes opposite of each other, I even have to fall in love with this courageous bodyguard.

Michael: E.U we had one scene and it was the shortest one too, so audience don't know we had that one scene.

Elanne: Haha! Yes, we spent 3 months together shooting for Relic. The most memorable scene for me was when we were stuck in the bottom of the well. It was 40 degrees in there, I saw your face turning green, lips turning white, very difficult. And you even told me to hold on.

Michael: I clearly remember that scene too, it was about you falling into the well, I had to suspend myself on a rope down there to get you. It was honestly very hot in that well, when I was hanging down on the role, I felt like a roast goose. At the bottom of the well, there was another roasted goose waiting for me, adding me, that makes two roasted gooses!

Elanne: That time we were so hot, we really got 'cooked' in there! You told me to hold on, and said if we could get through this, there are many things we can withstand. I really admire you! How can you act out any look or expression and there are even so many people watching. Exactly how can you figure out that character?

Michael: We have friends around us, each with a different personality. Drawing from that resource, already got the differences. Also, every role is designed to have character, just magnify it and make it stronger, then there will be a solid role.

Hard to communicate with some people

Elanne: When I first saw you, I was pretty scared. I felt you were very cool looking, plus your role in E.U is very rude, walking out you are a good big brother, very frightening! However, collaborating with you again this time, I learned that you are actually a very funny and playful person.

Michael: I feel that it's best to think of work like entertainment, time will go by faster, the atmosphere is more relaxed and everyone will get into character more. You and I have so many scenes together, we have to see each other day and night for 3 months, we have to have feelings and be able to chat in order to feel happy while working. It's like some scenes are hard to get deep into, so with good communication, we will be more natural when its time to film. But honestly, it's not everyone that can be communicated with, some people really are all scattered, put up all their gates and when this happens, you will just have to deal with it yourself!

Performance Bounces Up

Elanne: You really know how to communicate with people and make atmosphere. One time after long hours of work and lack of sleep, I was so exhausted I was lying on desk, you told me: "Hey, wake up and eat." And then you tried your hardest to make everyone laugh and boost the spirit. My nickname in acting is "Kong Fu Keung" (Rich & Powerful). You told me to make a song called "Kong Fu Keung" and then you always said: "Kong Fu Keung 2011 Master Piece Super Low Energy, Very Funny" Then you sang "Super low energy energy.... very very funny funny funny...." When you kept singing that, no matter how tired I was, I could still stay awake. One time I was unhappy about something, you used your own experiences to comfort me, I am greatly thankful of that. We both collaborated in two series, how do you think I changed?

Michael: I feel that your acting skills have gradually matured. When you portrayed Yau Yau in E.U, perhaps it was your age, you were a little too narrow. Until recently when I saw you as Princess Wing Yeung, you played a role that went from simple minded to mature. You had good sense of arrangement.

Elanne: You portrayed so many roles, Laughing Gor and the Jean Man (Cheap Man) in La Femme Desperado, these two roles were done very well. Which one did you like more?

Won't calculate which roles to accept

Michael: I really like both roles. Jean Man made many women love and hate him. At first he deserved to die, but in the end it turns out that he was a good man after all. I felt that people had a huge change of reactions, I really enjoyed the results. As for Laughing Gor, he is also a character that I deeply admire. He was an undercover that no one cared for, but in the end when the truth came out, the burst of reactions really made floated into the second floor. These two roles both gave me the same feeling of accomplishment. If I were to choose one between the two, I liked Laughing Gor more because he attracted the audience more.

Elanne: Have you thought of this echo when you accepted the script?

Michael: I do not know how to calculate these kind of things, so why not spend more time to try and figure out how to portray the role. I know some people who would first calculate everything before deciding whether or not to accept a script, I feel that is basically trying to escape from reality. Every role I accept, I will think of all the ways I can to make the role pretty, that's how I get a great sense of accomplishment.

Dancing Makes a Rainbow

Elanne: When you first entered the industry, you were a TVB dancer. You really love to dance, always dancing around on the set in your ancient costumes.

Michael: Yes, I was already very jumpy when I was a kid. When I saw the people on TV dancing, I just followed them. When I was in form 5, there was an announcement that the TV station was hiring dancers, so I applied to try it out. If it didn't work out, it didn't hurt to try.

Elanne: Once you started dancing, you did it for 5 years. When you left was your salary only HK$4000? How could you survive at that time?

Michael: The living expenses at that time wasn't that high, but I had to suffer a little, but I was enjoying the process because I liked this profession and I learned a lot, worth it.

Best friend is his wife

Elanne: Is your wife very helpful?

Michael: Yes, she helps me a lot. We work and work, no time to think. At home, she does everything, so I could stay focus on work. I just sleep every day, as long as there is work to do.

Elanne: Then do you have time to be romantic with her? Like cook up a few dishes?

Michael: When I don't have to work, I cook at home. I cook the common dishes, like Cantonese dishes, meat patties, water eggs, and things like that. Nothing special, but I put my heart into the dishes, she and my son love it.

Elanne: You are married for 6 years, would you think of any special way to celebrate your wedding anniversaries?

Michael: Our first wedding anniversary, we went to Macau for bungee jumping. That time, my wife asked me why are we celebrating like this. I told her, I'm not scared of marriage, why would I be scared to bungee jump? Also, it's a special way to celebrate, we will definitely remember it. It's because that is our first anniversary. Later in our 2nd and 3rd year, I forgot how we celebrated. It's usually celebrated with a normal dinner after work.

From slacking to being competitive

Elanne: About dancing, in 2007 when you participated in Strictly Come Dancing, at the time there was some doubt. You haven't danced in public for a long time, how come you participated in that competition?

Michael: At the time, I was forced to participate, I sid I haven't danced for several years, I don't know how to do it anymore! But in TVB's standpoint, of course they hope to send out an artist who has background in dancing. TVB then told me to go and see how the situation was, that time I just finished shooting a Qing dynasty costume drama, I stuffed myself quite a bit and was chubby, how can I go out in public like that? So I went on the show with an attitude that I'm doing it for fun. I thought it was very possible that on the 2nd or 3rd round, I'll be voted out. Surprisingly, I realized that all the other contestants were very serious about it and preparing as much as they could. That show was really serious, at the time I felt that we were all representing Hong Kong, no reason for us to lose, then my competitive heart came alive. I spent 2 months participating in 9 competitions, in the end I was lucky to have won the first prize.

Elanne: Was the whole process difficult?

Michael: Not too bad, just exhausting. We were rehearsing day and night, every day our clothes are soaked in sweat. When I got back to the hotel room, I was sleeping like I fell into a coma and mostly spent life like a student. I thought it was quite fun actually, nothing too difficult. It was rehearsing in Hunan, then go back to the hotel to sleep. There won't be any friends asking you to go out for a drink at 2-3am, life was very simple and clear, a type of discipline.

Michael is a hypocrite

The day Elanne interviewed Michael, he had a motorcycle's helmet on and choked his way into the restaurant for the interview. It turns out that he just passed the driving test for motorcycle. With a rookie license, Michael was not to have any passengers for a year. He said that he still won't drive anyone even after a year has passed because he's worried of an accident that may affect his passenger.

When it was time to do the interview, Elanne asked him the same question, Michael answered the same: "Motorcycles are toys for me personally, I am quite selfish, don't want to share with people." Michael was a hypocrite, in fact he just didn't want to brag that he was good and was considerate. This is the cute side of Michael!

Singer Elanne Kong has been actively working on the Mainland market lately. Next week, she will officially release her first Mandarin EP. For her new song, she challenged herself on challenging stunts, causing overjoy for fans!

On January 5, 2011, Elanne will be releasing her first Mandarin EP in Beijing entitled Only Love (唯有愛). In preparation of the day of release, Elanne held a press conference and said she has been adding to her rehearsals daily: "For the new song, I asked my good friend Sunny Wong to help out, but he didn't give me face. He gave me several challenging stunts to do, one of them is doing the splits, twisting waist, and piggy backing high up in the air. I look like a stunts double!"

Elanne's intense rehearsals have gotten her great physical strength, but to maintain the figure, she will only have to go on a diet: "Doing hell training to slim down. Within this month, I could only eat egg whites and drink vegetable soup. Seeing so many good foods, I have to hold back and not eat it. Very difficult!"

For the new main song of the EP, Only Love, Elanne was shooting the MV in 8 degrees C while wearing revealing waist dance clothing. The director and staff were all praising that she's very professional. Tomorrow, we are stepping into year 2011, she expressed that she hopes to have a break - eat, drink and play. Even if it's just a day, it is enough for her!

Just got her boob job, Jacqueline Chong and supermodel Jessica C. , Margie Zhuge and singer Elanne Kong attended a Autumn-Winter fashion show as models last night. Jacqueline wore two very deep V dresses revealing her chest and stole the limelight. Jacqueline frankly said that this time everyone can clearly see the results of her boob job, and said: "Before the organizers would not arrange me to wear this dress, worried that I can't handle it."

Elanne Kong admitted that she was attracted by Jacqueline's body figure, and exposed that she's touched her chest area before: "I said I envied her, asked if I could touch it. It's felt good." But, she said that her own body figure is average, no need to get a boob job.

The night before, Elanne Kong was shooting the MV to her new song BaBaYa, where the dance routine was quite challenging. She injured both of her legs as a result. Elanne claimed that her legs are like guy's legs now and that she'll try to avoid wearing short skirts in the next few months. She expressed her hopes to bring a surprise for everyone because the dances this time are challenging.

Madly training for 10 days, Elanne frankly said that she already bought insurance, she said: "My mom added to the insurance from a fee of a few hundred to a few thousands." She said that the dancers also have it difficult because one time she stepped on a male dancer's belly button, making him cry in pain on the floor. She said: "That time was frightening, if I really gave him a serious injury, then I don't know what to do. The dancers should buy insurance too." Seeing her out of breath after dancing, not sure if she'll be able to sing and dance live? Elanne explained: "No problem, I'm out of breath because I've been rehearsing for 2 hours straight, now I'm all wet from sweating." Speaking of going to Thailand after this for a new movie, will it be too tiring? She said that it's temporarily set for July, she's very excited for this new movie because she's collaborating with Sean Lau.

Sammul Chan and Elanne Kwong attended the blessing ceremony for "Hongwu 32" TVB up coming new series yesterday. There has been recent rumor that Elanne is chasing after Sammul, saying that she only bought one bottle of water to share between the two of them. Elanne said that she never shared bottle water with anyone.

In the series, Elanne and Michael Tse are a couple. Reporter asked if she knows about Sammul's sexuality inclination? Elanne replied that she feels Sammul is very "manly". Sammul smiled and disregard the rumor that he is not getting along with the lead female artist. Talking about the rumor that Elanne is chasing after him, Sammul said as Elanne is an extravert, she is friendly with everybody. He hasn't changed his preference for his sexuality, and he reassures the beautiful girls surrounding him all stand a chance to develop with him. Sammul went on to say that unfortunately, Elanne is a bit short in height, if she is taller, he can rest his arm on her shoulder more comfortably.

Elanne Kong revealed at an event that she spent 5 figures on new fashion: "My company always says that I don't dress well when I go out, so I took this opportunity to get some new outfits!"

Also, it was said that Rain Li was not happy with all the company's investment put on Elanne. For this reason, she requested to terminate her contract and have to pay 7 figures termination fee. As her junior, Elanne said: "Of course not, but the rumors won't upset me. I don't know if Rain is leaving because we don't really keep in touch, but we do greet each other when we see one another."