TVB Celebrity News

Kent Cheng, Wayne Lai, Claire Yiu, Raymond Cho and the rest of the cast to TVB series The Greatness of a Hero attended the promotional event. Kent and Wayne appeared for the first time after their bad terms rumor, the two took pictures together happily. On stage during the games, the ill Lee Heung Kam, teased the two saying they are enemies and Kent should slap Wayne. Kent stressed again that he's good friends with Wayne off-cameras. Over 10 years ago, Kent already invited Wayne to work with him.

The Greatness of a Hero peaked at 34 points, Wayne is pleased to see audience is accepting his villain role. He expressed there definitely is a refreshing feeling. He believes that if he gets yelled at in real life, he can't strike back, so he's able to balance out his mental feelings through the villain role. He expressed he just came back from Hengdian after completing The Confidant and has heard about the new popular reality show Bride Wannabe. Regarding the show suspected to be a match-making show? He expressed he's unsure, but believes that won't happen and the show's already successful with all the positive response.

Suggests Chrissie Chau to be in a series

The other night, Wayne attended the 45th Yan Chai Hospital Board of Directors Inauguration banquet. When speaking of the rumors that CTI chairman Ricky Wong offered HK$15,000 per episode to entice Sheren Tang to shoot a CTI series? Wayne heard this and exaggerated: "Wah, HK$15,000 per episode is too convenient, Sheren is worth far more than that? It was also rumored Kevin Cheng earned HK$30 million in the first half year, if Sheren got HK$15,000/episode that would be too uncommon."

Wayne revealed he did the costume fitting for his new series Detective Colombo and admitted that he suggested Chrissie Chow to take a role in the series. "Because there is a headstrong female role in the series, I believe Chrisse's image is suitable for the role. Also, there aren't many actresses in TVB who are like Chrissie's age to choose from (Chrissie was born in 1985, age 27). That's why I suggested to give her a try, not sure of the final decision though. I support TVB to seek external help because nowadays we don't categorize artists if they debuted from movies or television."

Claire Yiu's daughter helps choose a name for little brother

Claire is now 6 months pregnant. Yesterday afternoon, she appeared at the promotion with her bulging stomach. She reveals she gained over 10 pounds, and her stomach is growing fast. Claire said she's carrying a Dragon boy, and because her daughter is calling her unborn child Baby, she already wants to name her little brother 'Baby Baby'. "My daughter prohibits me from naming her brother any other name. Angelababy is so popular, Baby isn't a bad name. However, Baby isn't a really good name for a boy, I'll figure it out later!" She also reveals her husband Thomas Lam will be back to Hong Kong next week to celebrate their daugther's 3rd birthday. They will be celebrating at Hong Kong Disney Land.

Wayne Lai, Kent Cheng and Kristal Tin were at the costume fitting for TVB new series The King Makers. Wayne expressed that the series is like the male version of Beyond the Realm of Conscience. It turns out that in the early years Wayne had already collaborated with Kent Gor before and learned that this time he turned down a Mainland grand production in order to participate in this series: "There's no other in TVB that is like him, only he didn't give up on me. We will have sparks. (Will you and Kent be like ... and Vicki Zhao falling out?) There are no you or I in TVB."

Kent Gor also admitted he lost 2 million for this series: "For a good artist in TVB, Wayne is the number 1 candidate! (He thanked you for not giving up on him.) Why did he use my lines? He's a TV King!"

The two heavyweight actors Kent Cheng and Wayne Lai will soon be arm wrestling in a new series. TVB plans to start shooting a grand production costume drama Make A King (造王者) in August. Both Kent and Wayne play the Prince's mentor to help the him successfully become the Emperor. Each of them comes up with schemes to fight one another. This time it's 'Film King' verse 'TV King', an absolute good show and can really satisfy the acting craving. No wonder Kent Gor turned down two Mainland series for this TVB series, losing an estimated 7 figures.

Following Rosy Business, audience has hope to enjoy the true talented actors once again. Make A King's selling point is a costume drama, and is no longer about handsome guys and pretty girls. This is also a series focused more on men competing each other, replacing the lovely dovey relationship genres. In the series the 'Film King' Kent and 'TV King' Wayne will be wrestling each other, their acting skills takes at least 20 years to develop in the field for them to be considered qualified to take up this job. The other cast must have a good amount of acting experience too, such as Florence Kwok who play the Empress and Kingdom Yuen. There is the eunuch played by Pierre Ngo. Audience have already seen quite a bit of handsome guys, pretty girls and love stories in series and should anticipate a new type of series.

Two years ago, Wayne and Kent collaborated in the costume series Greatness of a Hero. In Wayne's eyes, Kent Gor is a very comprehensive veteran, whether if it's the editing, directing or acting, he takes part in. Rarely collaborating such a good and talented artist, Wayne hopes to steal some tips from him. He said: "This time having such a good co-star, acting is like playing kick ball, need to have some fist and kicks to get through the craving. So, Kent Gor and I will be fighting from beginning to end, our acting and talent be challenged. I will not think about other things during this period of time and focus entirely on shooting this series. I look forward to creating sparks with Kent Gor."

For this series, Kent turned down two Mainland series, while Wayne also values the series greatly spending over HK$200,000 on an used 7-seater van. So why is Wayne investing so much on this series? Wayne smiled: "No other way! The series is focused on Kent and I, I am prepared for it to be very difficult, but for now I have not thought of the actual circumstances. Since I live far, I hope to save time on traffic and use that time to rest. If I won't have time go home, then the van will be my second home. Kent Gor turned down two other series for this one, I cannot afford to lose anything."