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Directed by wong jing11/22/2023 ![]() ![]() However, since TVB’s ratings were threatened, I added in Liza’s character since she is a ratings guarantor. Originally, the script did not include Liza Wang’s character and the only swindlers were Patrick Tse Yin and Yeung Kwan. When the first episode was broadcast, there were only five episodes that had been filmed. The series, “Five Easy Pieces” (輪流傳) had to be pulled quickly off the air, to be replaced by (千王之王). At the time, RTV’s “Fatherland” (大地恩情) pulled the audience away from TVB. “When I started writing ‘The Shell Game’ (千王之王), I was not prepared to launch the series so quickly. Converting to today’s ratings standards, the series pulled 40+ points in ratings. ![]() Liza Wang’s classic TVB series, “Yesterday’s Glitter” (京華春夢) was written by Wong Jing. Apart from these two series, I have learned early not to sacrifice myself in my onscreen characterizations.” In the situational comedy (一屋兩伙三人行), the ground stewardess (played by Wong Hang Sau) was based on my wife. We never knew what trouble she would get into.” “My mother’s had considerable impact and put our family in terrible finances. ”Ĭhow Yun Fat’s gambling mother (played by Tang Bik Wan) in “The Good, Bad, and Ugly” was based upon Wong Jing’s own mother. The script only required the pair to ‘hug and kiss passionately.’ The actors need to have chemistry together in order to produce such. In ‘The Good, Bad, and Ugly,” she had several French kissing scenes with Chow Yun Fat. She had amazing talent and was an open actress. Wong Jing laughed and said that Dodo was the first generation of “Jing Girls.” He continued, “Dodo was not beautiful back then. Thus, I devoted myself to behind-the-scenes production work instead.”Ĭhow Yun Fat and Carol Dodo Cheng Yu Ling became enormously popular after the release of “The Good, Bad, and Ugly” (網中人). In that era, which young twenty-something man did not consider becoming an actor? However, when I met Chow Yun Fat and noticed how handsome he was, I realized I will never be able to compete against him. When I was young, I participated in theater and considered becoming an actor. “Chow Yun Fat and I were both born in May 1955. Later in the 1990’s, their collaboration on the movie “God of Gamblers” (賭神) created box office magic. She was that quick.”Ĭhow Yun Fat Destroyed Wong Jing’s Acting Dreamsįrom TVB’s “Giant,” “Conflict” (奮鬥) to “The Good, Bad, and the Ugly,”Wong Jing worked closely with Chun Yun Fat. By the time camera number three was ready for close-up shots, Louise would shed tears. Within a few seconds, she would quickly put the eye drops in her eyes. When we transferred to camera number two, it was her cue to cry. She is the ‘Queen of eye drops.’ With three cameras rolling on the scene, camera number one filmed the entire set. Her timing is good, but she could never cry in front of the camera. “Among TVB’s fadans, Louise has always been one of the best in dramas. The first TVB series Wong Jing scripted was family saga “Giant” (強人), starring Louise Lee See Kei. Wong Jing wanted to transfer to the drama department, but he did not get a chance until Leung Suk Yee pulled TVB’s talent into RTV. Later, I wrote 《摩登地保》which Lo Hoi Pang starred in on ‘Enjoy Yourself Tonight’ for three years.” In 1975, I started writing comedy sketches for ‘Enjoy Yourself Tonight.’ During the first week at my job, I wrote an eight-minute skit, which was delivered by Adam Cheng Siu Chau. Thus, my father’s skills were passed on to Johnnie To and Ringo Lam. But he did not allow me to work together with him. “At that time, my father was very famous for the TV series he produced. He filmed a lot of martial arts films.”ĭuring his freshman year at the City University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Wong Jing asked his father, Wong Tin Lam to refer him a summer job at TVB. Yuen Wo Ping was the martial arts choreographer and Heung Wah Keung was the male lead. The production company went bankrupt and, the bank seized the film. “That movie was never screened in Hong Kong. He worked with veteran actors and superstars such as Fung Wong Nui, Tang Bik Wan, Liza Wang, Chow Yun Fat, Stephen Chow Sing Chi, Chingmy Yau Suk Ching, Kelly Lin, etc.īefore entering TVB in the 1970’s, Wong Jing worked for his father, famed Producer Wong Tim Lam, as a movie log keeper. Wong Jing’s stories take many forms and he created many memorable characters over the last three decades. His 2009 movie, “On His Majesty’s Secret Service” (大內密探靈靈狗) grossed $100 million in the mainland box office. Thirty-five years ago, he worked as a scriptwriter for TVB’s “Enjoy Yourself Tonight” as a summer job. He has a lot of stories within him and a casual story from him can be very entertaining. If you can tell a story in an interesting way, then it will become a nice movie. ![]()
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