Showing posts with label Raymond Wong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raymond Wong. Show all posts
Priscilla Wong takes on a leading role once again, but can no longer use the 'newcomer' excuse, which puts greater pressure on her. When asked if she's afraid she may get a lot of gossips? She said: "I'm already prepared for these types of news. I hope to do better!" As for the rumor that she has Yu Wing Shan (head of the TVB Variety Shows department) backing her and is getting boycotted due to this. Priscilla said helplessly: "Can't help it. I'm just a small potato. Audience can remember me more if I have some sort of nickname. However, I have nobody backing me." She expressed earlier on her birthday, she had a crab fest celebration with the cast and crew of Heart Road GPS, which proves she's not being boycotted.
First time in a costume drama, Whitney Hui (2011 Miss HK second runner-up) expressed she does not mind having to hide her beauty because she plays a female constable in this series. She boasted that she has good Chinese and won't need a translator. She just has bad memory, so she has to copy down all her lines for it to absorb.
Jessie expressed she got a text message from CTI before, but never got an official invite. As for Father's Day, she said her father is out of the country on vacation, and will only be able to celebrate with him when he gets back. However, she has alrady prepared the Father' Day gift. Raymond said: "On Father's Day, I have to work. I will only be able to celebrate with my son in late-July."
It was understood that when the two were filming GCO, they already had conflicts. Off-cameras, Kevin didn't talk to Master Sin's two apprentices Raymond Wong and Brian Wong at all. Up until Master Sin's recent switch over to Ricky Wong's CTI, he had no more apprehensions and freely exposed his previous grudge. Also, Netizens criticized Kevin's performance in GCO, that he was only able to 'chok' and even crowned him as 'Rubber Wing' (Kevin Cheng Ka Wing).
A few days ago, Kevin was back in HK for promotions, but after work he didn't go home to rest, instead he headed to Causeway Bay for a dental cleaning. Perhaps its because of the abundance of negative news lately that he has to wash them all away with a dental cleaning. Kevin said: "After so many years in the industry, must have some maintenance, same goes for the teeth." The day before, he went for a haircut, it looks like the most important is to maintain his handsome looks. As to publicly criticizing Sin Ho Ying, yesterday Kevin was back in Mainland for work and responded over the phone: "Different people have different views. People that don't know me will misunderstand me, I won't comment too much. After all, it's enough that people who know me well, knows the situation."
GCO's producer (Law Wing Yin) expressed he has seen the reports. Regarding Kevin's words being too over and severe, Producer Law said: "Sin Ho Ying voluntarily helped us by being our boxing adviser, of course there will be different opinions among us, but the shooting process went smoothly. Master Sin has his own principle that he has to express his opinions, while Kevin can get very tense towards his work. Towards filming he won't go easy and gets very tense. This type of personality, you can't say it's good or bad, but after discussing as a group, Kevin still does it. This time, I can see where Master Sin is coming from, Kevin's words were a little too severe. I will talk to Kevin about it!"
As Master Sin's apprentice, Raymond Wong, strongly supported his teacher and said Kevin has an ego: "When we were filming, I didn't hear any arguments between them. (What do you think of Kevin as a person?) We usually just nod as a greeting! He is self-centered! We don't come into contact much, and when we do, its at the boxing stage because we are opponents in the series!"
Kevin is one of TVB executive Virgina Lok's favorites. Yesterday in regards to Master Sin madly scolding Kevin, she said: "Martial artists are just that direct!" Then Virgina expressed that Raymond has been learning martial arts with Master Sin, but its new to Kevin, so having to box like a pro in a short period of time is not easy: "Kevin has been injured after all, so he wants a clear understanding of all action scenes. He's not like Raymond Wong, who has such good chemistry with Master Sin!"
Female Co-Stars Support Kevin
Kevin's female co-stars Selena Li, Natalie Tong and Kate Tsui strongly supported Kevin's character. Kevin's girlfriend from the series, Selena actually praised him instead: "I didn't see any arguments between them. It's just for the good of the series that they all have opinions. The Kevin I know is not like that, actually his personality is very real and direct. We can actually become true friends. (Master Sin was madly scolding him?) I don't believe he would say that!"
Natalie expressed there are several boxing scenes in the series and they all are feeling exhausted and just don't have the strength to argue. As for Kevin described as being self-centered and arrogant, Natalie said: "I haven't heard of that. Each artist has their own views and attitudes. Artists need to have some self-centeredness. I don't think Kevin would take out his bad moods on other people." As for guest star Kate Tsui, yesterday she said over the phone: "Is there some sort of misunderstanding? I have known Kevin for so long, I know what type of personality he has, he's just rather frank."
The finale of Bottled Passion reached a high peak of 40 points. Raymond immediately teased Niki saying that she promised before that she'll wear a bikini to celebrate the high ratings and this is something audience want to see the most. Niki said: "I never said that, I said anything except for a bikini." But Raymond continued to teased her: "Even want you to take off the bikini? Let's not go there! (You really want to see?) I will avoid!"
Lately Niki has been busy shooting for new series, Policewoman's Love Battlefield and sprained her ankle while shooting for a chasing thief scene prior to this event. She said: "Because I had to chase a thief in the cultural center with heels on. At the time, it suddenly started drizzling and I had to jump a few hurdles, so I accidentally sprained my ankle. (Because you don't exercise on a regular basis?) No, actually I like shooting action scenes. In the past, I have tried hanging on wires, this time it's just that I'm wrestling with male artists, so bruises are difficult to avoid." Raymond, who was besides her, joked again: "Actually you can't really move, not sure why they asked you to be a police officer, but there is someone worse in TVB, that is Natalie Tong." However, Niki expressed she loves being a policewoman: "It's not that big of a deal, just need to be in a bath and loosen the muscles."
Regarding this, Tim Gor smiled and said he was not upset: "It's just a small issue, this broadcast period really doesn't have too many viewers, Christmas, Lunar New Years and Easter periods also have less people watching, but there will still be series releasing. Since I'm the chosen one, my path is chosen as well. I've experienced this many times in the last many years that I've been working in this industry."
Raymond felt the broadcast time is out of artists control: "I'm not sure if Tim Gor is upset, but luckily the series is getting good response, I'm am personally very happy."
Speaking of Rose Chan Ka Wun's incident, Wong Pak Ming said that he was uncertain about the matter. How did he manage the group of girls then? He said that artists who he managed were very nice because he was very strict, like no smoking or foul language on the set. If he knew someone was smoking he would inspect handbags. He also revealed that once he heard a girl went to a dance club and he immediately went to retrieve her. Finally he saw Fennie Yuen Kit Ying. Did he teach the girls how to protect themselves? He said that the times are already different, teaching protection would be hard. In the past he promoted across many countries without any similar incident. He also praised Ng Chin Yu as very nice. This time after the shoot she immediately returned home.
Ng Chin Yu heard about Chan Ka Wun's encounter, but she was not afraid of promoting in the Mainland because she was under the care of the boss and the director. Her assistant would also accompany her. Was her family worried? She said that they would not be because she often talked to her family about her working conditions. Her parents would also communicate with the boss. She also said that the after the shoot meals were with people who she was familiar with. Embraces with good friends were very normal. If she was with strangers she would leave first.
Raymond said frankly he has received phone calls inviting him over to the the TV station, but TVB also didn't mention about a contract renewal. He said: "Last year TVB gave me so many opportunities. I had to invest some time for the accomplishments I have now. We all know the salary for working in a TV station is rather low, but to have the time to practice my acting skills and gain a group of fans, I am not hurried to leave. I am very satisfied now." Raymond stressed he is not saying this because he's trying to be a sweet talker, but it is because he feels TVB 'biological children' does have a lot of opportunities. Some artists signed a life contract with TVB? He said: "It's an individual's choice! Some people aren't getting the ideal treatment in TVB, but other TV stations have better treatments for them, of course they would choose to leave. It's all based on the money to be able to put food on the table."
Joyce said she has a singer's contract with TVB, but stressed she grew up drinking TVB's milk. She is TVB's daughter. She said: "If it wasn't for TVB that asked me to shoot a series, nobody would know me."
Tavia is very pleased with the TV ratings and the public opinions. As there are complaints that some artists in the series have lazy sounds, she takes the seat and asked back: "Are they talking about me? When I was shooting the series, I lost my voice, so I had to dub over a lot of it, but no one said I had lazy sounds. I didn't find any either, but actors can easily become role models, so should play close attention and improve."
Currently busy shooting new series 36 Hours On Call, Tavia had a lot of pimples on her face. She explained she has not been getting enough sleep, and is having endocrine disorders. Asked if she's too dry because she hasn't been in a relationship for a long time? She said: "Its normal to be dry when you have endocrine disorders. (Ask co-star Him Law to help you get balanced?) He told me to exercise, but he is really cute!"
Kenneth Ma will just be making a guest appearance in the last 4 episodes, but is still very pleased for winning Producer Amy Wong's admiration and is set to have him if there is a sequel.
During pictures, Kevin appeared a little embarrassed when asked to show his nipples, often covering up. He joked: "My nipples are small, hard to find!" He continues: "I'm not fit enough yet, but I will definitely get more and more fit later. Boxing can be healthy, just as long as you got the body figure, it can be pretty." Reporters teased that Kevin and Raymond look 'brokeback', Kevin joked: "How do you all know we're not? The chance of a 'turning point' for us is small."
Now as a father, Raymond mentioned his beloved son and could not hide his joy. He said: "The first time I held my son, it felt so strange and unfamiliar. I was thinking is he really mines? I haven't given him a Chinese name yet though. Although I'm busy with work and could only take a day off on the day my wife went into labor, I still help change diapers. Giving baths, feeding and brushing baby's back is left for my wife to do. I'm still confused as ever, so I'm reading baby books now, but I can handle it." Will Raymond have to push to make more milk money for his baby? He said: "No need, he is currently breastfed, I have a sponsor for formula milk."
Nancy Wu plays a deaf and mute boxer. Nancy said: "This series will be a big challenge for me. Besides having to practice my boxing, I also have to learn sign language." Natalie Tong said she won't have to box, but she plays a single teenage mother that is only 18 years old. She is worried that she won't be convincing enough in a role 10 years younger than her actual age.
Also, Raymond said expressed over a phone interview that he will later host a 100 day feast. Asked if he wants to get a daughter too? He said: "My wife likes a girl, if we can handle all the baby care, I don't mind."
On Wednesday (3/23), Raymond's wife successfully gave birth to an over 7 pound baby girl. Raymond insists on announcing the good news next week, but yesterday he replied to reporter's congratulations phone call, he laughed: "I will accept your congrats!" As for TVB executive Virgina Lok said Raymond already told her the good news. As for Raymond Cho who is often passing on his baby care experiences, expressed that he knows about it too and already gave them a gift.
Although it doesn't matter if the baby is a boy or a girl, Raymond exposed earlier that his wife likes girls more. Now that everything went as desired, Raymond, the loving husband, can finally put down the heavy rock. Raymond himself took the balanced approach and gave his daughter an English name, Kaydon, that is more for boys. Looks like for the next child, he hopes to have a boy, building the word "good".
Raymond avoided talking about if his wife will be having a boy, he was only willing to reveal that he's currently cleaning the house during his break and will buy baby supplies early. He said: "Currently we are preparing for the postpartum period, won't need to live together because mom and aunt will be helping out. (Taken off from TVB yet?) Yes I took 10 days off."
Raymond Wong joined TVB over 3 years ago, and has filmed several TVB series, this year he is nominated for Best Supporting Actor, My Favorite TV Male Character and Most Improved Male Artist. However, Raymond supports Evergreen Mak for Best Supporting Actor and for Most Improved Male Artist, he supports Joel and King Kong.
Regarding the good ratings and feedback to TVB's hit series Can't Buy Me Love, Raymond frankly said that he didn't think the response would be that good. He said: "When we were filming I knew comedies are well-welcomed by audience, but couldn't believe that it would be that popular. I've received more shopping mall jobs, even someone from Guangdong offered me stage jobs. I hope to film a sequel with the original cast."
Raymond was asked if he's worried that his wife will be jealous, so he was reluctant to do the proposal? He helplessly said: "I have to fulfill everyone's wishes! I also knelt to propose to my wife in the past too." As for the series is getting pretty good response, Raymond felt that it is all because of Kent Cheng's efforts. He said: "He's a two time Film King, before filming he told me to go to his house and rehearse the scenes. After the series broadcast, he calls me every day to discuss how we could do better, I really learned a lot from him."
In real life, Kate does not hope that her boyfriend will kneel to her when proposing. She also is not desperate for marriage, but is desperate to start dating. She said: "I have already been single for a period of time, currently there are pursuers, but I have not decided."
Fala Chen reveals that she plays a couple with Raymond, the story is very romantic and she is really looking forward to it. She said: "My role in this new series is very similar to the muted girl in [Moonlight Resonances]. I play a girl who has heart attack, very pitiful. I am not sure if my performance is good or not yet, but I don't dare to hope for any awards." Towards Leon Lai's record company AMusic filing a lawsuit against Neway? As Neway's young master's girlfriend Fala was asked about the issue. She said: "My boyfriend and I do not talk about his business, I am completely clueless, but it's nothing strange to be involved with lawsuits when doing business, I believe that he will have a solution to handle it."
