Dear friends, I found a message (no. 839) by Van Chow on Leslieinn guestbook and since it was in Chinese, I asked my friend Wing to translate it for me. Since I think it's so worthy and it's from Ming Pao Weekly (referred on the guestbook by Van Chow), I decided to upload the translation on my Pillow. Hope you'll like it!

From Ming Pao Weekly no. 1735 - 2002

Cheung Kwok Wing established a strong team for a film directed and acted by himself

After the film "Ghost diary" (now the name is changed to "Alien space") Gorgor Cheung Kwok Wing now is busy preparing the first film to be directed by himself and a new album together with Anthony Wong. Both projects are at the hot heat stage: album will be released in April, and the film will kick start in China in May. It is a love story in the sixties, the leading actress will be Ning Jin. Although he has indicated before with his debut as director, lots of things he needs to care about, he won't be acting at the same time, but eventually it was decided he will be the leading actor.

"Because after reading the script, many people think the role would be more suitable for me, so it must be a strong team with me, for example the Japanese lady for the costume, Cheung Suk Ping as art director, they are my good friends, when I tell them my concept, they can understand immediately and I don't need to elaborate further", as to the leading actress Ning Jin, Gorgor is full of praise, "When I work with her in 'Shanghai Grand', I already felt she is pretty ambitious. I can't explain it in words but she is the kind of actor who are the best, beautiful with a special feel, know how to act from the inner heart, such is rare... I have to direct and act at the same time, I must find an excellent partner whom I have no worry about, all in all, all the people in my team are better than me in their respective roles."

Gorgor is very demanding, he accepts nothing less than perfect in everything, but he has not thought about how people will evaluate this first film of his. "I only want to follow my heart to make a film, to try my best to put in what I learn and absorb in the last 20 years into a story for the Hong Kong audience, I have not thought of making an artistic film, nor with the ambition to get an award, gain or loss is not that important. Of course, ambitious person like me, I hope to have more gain than loss!"

P.S. this issue also reported on Gorgor attended to the opening of the company by famous designer Chan and to the birthday of Eunice Lam.  Gorgor's birthday present to her is an expensive watch; the story goes, there was a time Lam saw Gorgor's watch and was full of praise for it, she didn't realized that a detailed person as Gorgor remembers it and bought her exactly the same watch for her as birthday present, she was deeply touched.

many thanks to Wing

picture from 'Shanghai Grand'

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