Michael Tao, Bobby Au-Yeung and Felix Lok (Ah Gung) became good friends after being in five seasons of
Files of Justice. The three of them sit down together again after 20 years to chat about the past.
Michael: I thought of a good image for us, the three of us come together and give off a different feel.
Bobby:
You act with bow ties, but I can't find my previous hairstyle anymore!
My head is getting rounder and rounder each year, later I'll have to
sleep upside down, so the skin on my face won't loosen...haha!
Ah Gung:
Files of Justice
is already 20 years ago! We're sitting here together again, that is
truly hard to come, very memorable! In the past when shooting series,
mostly it's last minute scripts, but now that I'm with CTI, the company
has a regulation of no last minute scripts!
Kisses Flora Chan nonstop Bobby:
In fact audience like to watch us three brothers at-home scenes, but I
actually like Michael's kiss scenes more! His kiss scenes with Flora
Chan and Jessica Hsuan, wah.. I was still there watching during the
midnight snack!
Michael: I didn't ask for it, but often times my co-stars treats me well. That time it was Flora's first on-screen kiss too!
Ah Gung: They all have a western girl personality, takes initiative. That scene you had with Flora was awesome!
Michael: How do you know its awesome? Only I know it's awesome...haha!
Bobby:
When it comes to kiss scenes, that time when I encountered Esther Kwan,
I really learned something! I'm pretty shy when doing kiss scenes, but
that day when Esther and I had that scene, she was talking while we were
filming the kiss... she told me not to overlap my face with hers.
Behind the scenes, I was even complaining she didn't put enough effort,
but she said talking in between the kiss will be more realistic. Indeed,
the outcome was pretty good! Don't believe me, Michael you try it!
Michael:
No la...at this point in life, I'm afraid to kiss girls on camera. A
light kiss in the morning, I can still do, but those passionate kiss
scenes, wah..too much!
Bobby: I had a passionate kiss scene with
Ada Choi before, very frightening...if I had a curvy chin like Michael,
then the kiss would look good, but I got a flat chin and face, once we
bump into another, nothing can be seen anymore, the eyes, ears, mouth,
nose, none of it. So I thought of an idea to tell Ada: "When we shoot,
I'll kiss your face or if not, I'll kiss your forehead and that's it!"
She unexpectedly answered me: "Aiya... I think so too!" Dang...
Ah Gung fitter than Him Law Michael:
Ah Gung shooting those police scenes is pretty difficult too. Shooting
the investigation scenes, got to run all over Hong Kong, but Ah Gung
really lives life by the rules. Back then when I went to his house, I
saw he had his own private gym in there. He has such a fit body figure
now, even better than Him Law's!
Ah Gung: Back then I can shoot
11 or 12 days of investigation scenes, I was young then, but now I still
keep up with my physical activity and can still look pretty good on
screen!
Michael: Actually we were quite picky on the looks, back then while shooting
Files of Justice we had to change into a new outfit for every scene, all of my bow ties were from my own personal wardrobe.
Pants falls off in public, Filipino bystanders shout: "Small!" Bobby:
You (Michael) even wanted all white silk pajamas, like a White Dragon
King! There was one time, we were filming outdoors...that day it was
Sunday, at the public square in Queens. Me and you were carrying our
costumes, initially we were going to change in the tuxedo store, but
wanted a faster way, so we just decided to change near the TVB van.
Unexpectedly when you unbutton your pants, you forgot your wallet in the
back pocket, and resulted in your pants falling off. The pants fell
right down to your feet, and the large group of Filipino workers saw the
scene and shouted: "oh! Michael...small!" Your eyes grew big! I can
just say: "Next time change your pants more diligently!" Hahah....
Michael:
So, you were wearing shades in the mall and couldn't see where you were
going. You held on the rails as you walked, but still tripped and PK!
Haha!
Bobby: You dare to mention that again, that time if it
wasn't because you were laughing too loudly, the people in the entire
mall wouldn't have known it was me! Everyone looked at me, I was so
embarrassed!
Back then, they were three young men, but they
didn't compete or back stab each other, instead they were good brothers.
Even after work, they got together for coffee and rehearsed the
scripts.
Bobby: Although we were very playful, we had great
teamwork. Every time we finished shooting a scene, we would go to the
nearby coffee shop to discuss the scene. Each one of us had a great
attitude, very fit! I asked producer (Gary Tang) why did he cast us
'second line' actors in this series, he said the first line actors may
have all the screen time to themselves in one episode, but with all the
second line actors, there could be healthy competition!
Ah Gung: I
discovered another phenomenon, not just the producer made good results
out of us, we never quarrel or compete for screen time, we had a good
relationship. And this relationship lasted for all five seasons, didn't
change. That is truly rare. In other series, everyone seeing each other
for such long periods, many would start arguing!
Bobby: That's why I really look forward to having
Files of Justice continue on, do another gathering....
Michael:
We're good old time buddies, stepped into another stage in life, up
until today, we sit down together again, I believe the producers will
have to think of a new refreshing idea to match us!
