Jimu News Reporter Rong Yu
That legendary man won again!
On the evening of April 14, the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center. Major awards were won by various companies. Among them, the 2023 high-reputation film " Vicious Lawyer " won the most important award in the audience. The best film and best director were won by Cheng Baorui ("Homicide"); "The God of Acting" Tony Leung won the best actor with the movie " Golden Finger ", winning the "Golden Best Actor" for the 6th time in his life Hong Kong actress Yu Xiangning became the third "post-90s" best actress in the history of the Academy Awards for her work in " under the sun".
Tony Leung stills
Tony Leung: I am not a great actor
Among the nominations for this year's Academy Awards, the most discussed category is Best Actor.
This year, Tony Leung ("Goldfinger"), Dapeng (" The Eighth Suspect "), Lin Baoyi ("Under the Sun"), Lu Zhenye (" Youth Diary "), Huang Zihua (" The Eighth Suspect ") "Vicious Lawyer") five male actors compete on the same stage. No matter who wins, there is a good reason. For example, Dapeng once won the "Best Actor" at last year's Shanghai International Film Festival for his "face-changing" performance in "The Eighth Suspect", and shared the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor with Hu Ge. Honor; Lin Baoyi, who has become famous all over the country for her roles in TVB classic dramas such as "Forensic Record", "Wonderful Hands", "Golden Branches" and other classic TVB dramas, received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a sanctimonious perpetrator in the movie "Under the Sun". The movie "The Vengeful Lawyer" can become a highly discussed masterpiece in 2023, and the wonderful performance of "all-round entertainer" Huang Zihua is indispensable...
At the awards ceremony on the evening of April 14, award guests Anita Yuen and Louis Koo The name that came out was still his old friend "Tony Leung" from the Academy Awards, and this was Tony Leung's first appearance after "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", " In the Mood for Love ", " Infernal Affairs ", "2046" He won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor 6 times, far ahead in the number of awards, and wrote a new history for the Hong Kong Film Awards.
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Tony Leung did not attend the award ceremony as he was still busy filming. He delivered his acceptance speech via video link, and his wife Carina Lau went on stage to receive the award on his behalf. After listening to Tony Leung's speech, Carina Lau took the initiative and asked, "I want to say a few words, okay?" Tony Leung replied without hesitation: "Okay!" This interaction between the couple also made the film colleagues in the audience extremely happy.
Carina Lau expressed generously on the stage that she knew that once Tony Leung won the award, many people would say, "No, it's him again! Give others a chance." "But I have been with him for so many years, and I feel that Tony Leung is really A great actor." When Tony Leung heard the word "great", he quickly declined in the camera, "It's okay to say I'm a good actor, not a great actor."
Carina Lau did not pick up her husband's tone and continued to sigh, "Ordinary. An actor may put in 100 or 200 points of effort, but Mr. Tony Leung Chiu-wai put in 500 or 1,000 points of effort. I think it is rare to have such a great actor in Hong Kong." Hearing that his wife was "promoting" himself again, I was shocked. The word "embarrassed" seemed to appear on Tony Leung's face, and he emphasized again to the camera: "I have said that he is not a 'great actor', just a good actor."
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They are all thanking Louis Koo
Tony Leung won again, allowing him to Fans of Lin Baoyi and Huang Zihua were all proud of the movie, but at the same time, fans of Lin Baoyi and Huang Zihua were quite upset. The entry "Lin Baoyi is a pity" also appeared on the hot search list at midnight that day.
Still photos of Yu Xiangning
Although Lin Baoyi failed to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, he and his castmates seemed to have a little more luck, and they were able to win back the victory for "Under the Sun".Best Actress Yu Xiangning, Best Supporting Actor David Jiang, and Best Supporting Actress Liang Yongting - three actors from the "Under the Sun" crew all received their first gold statues on the evening of April 14 Among them, the 76-year-old Hong Kong veteran actor David Jiang won the award, which also became one of the high ratings of the award ceremony that night.
David Jiang was born in an acting family, and his parents were both well-known actors. He entered the industry as a child actor and starred in many Shaw Brothers movies in the 1970s. He became very popular in the Chinese entertainment industry and was once dubbed the "Asian Superstar". His elder brother Qin Pei and younger brother Er Dongsheng are also "big brothers" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. The three brothers are rated as "three heroes in one discipline" by netizens. Interestingly, David Jiang and his brother Qin Pei both won awards for participating in films produced or directed by their younger brother Er Dongsheng.
David Jiang stills
After making movies all his life, he finally won his first Academy Award in 2024. Standing on the podium, David Jiang was filled with emotions. He concluded that he "only does one job in his life," and that job is to be a "filmmaker." "Movies have given me everything, including a job and a family. If I have another life, I hope to continue to be a filmmaker."
Worth it It should be mentioned that "Under the Sun", a niche movie that received great acclaim in 2023, was invested by the famous actor Louis Koo. The film's director Jian Junjin revealed in a previous interview with the media that eight years ago he saw a news about an abuse incident in a nursing home for the disabled and decided to make it into a movie. However, because the subject matter was too unpopular, he could never find anyone to invest. Later, at the suggestion of producer Er Dongsheng, he passed the script to Louis Koo. Unexpectedly, just one day later, Louis Koo replied that he would invest and told Jian Junjin to concentrate on creation and not think too much about the box office.
Later, "Under the Sun" became a big surprise for Chinese-language films in 2023, and received 16 nominations for this year's Academy Awards. Therefore, at the Academy Awards ceremony on the 14th, every winner from the "Under the Sun" crew will express their gratitude to Louis Koo on stage.
On April 12, "Under the Sun" was released in mainland theaters, but the current box office results are not very satisfactory. I wonder if the results of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards will attract more viewers to the theaters and support it. "Goo Jai" is "worried" about Hong Kong movies.
(Picture source: public information from the film company)
(Source: Jimu News)
