The annual TVB Anniversary
Awards is approaching soon. According to insider news, the TV Queen
battle is between Kate Tsui and Tavia Yeung.
This isn't Kate's
first year nominated for TV Queen, but when the media and audience think
she's qualified for the award, there will bound to be many gossips and
rumors spreading around. Basically, the actresses who are lucky enough
to be on the headlines are either first line FaDans or those seen as
good actresses.
To some extent, even if the FaDan ends up losing the award, they still won the opportunity for more exposure and momentum.
Kate
said honestly: "In the recent year, I haven't had too many gossips, but
that means I don't have anything to do. There will only jobs when you
have more news! It was rumored Tavia and I don't get along, but will
that really make me popular? If so, then I don't mind the rumor!"
Many
artists have said before, "It doesn't matter whether if I'm popular or
not. The most important is that there is always a role for me and songs
for me to sing." Do you believe this? Raymond Lam came from a wealthy
background, but he's still working real hard to gain recognition from
the audience.
Kate is very frank, she wants both the fame and awards. Since
Highs and Lows
began broadcasting, there has been a lot of positive reaction in the
public and many are complimenting Kate's performance. In the series, she
plays a Drug Queen, which is rarely seen in TV series. There were
several beyond television-scale scenes that appeared in this series,
such as Kate injecting drugs and getting gang raped. This is considered
quite risky to an actress' reputation. She said, "Telling an actress to
go do drugs, not everyone can accept it. Audience will either like it or
won't like it."
Earlier Raymond Lam said in an interview that
no other actress fits this role as much as Kate does. It is clear that
Raymond is her supporter. Kate helplessly said: "Many people have been
telling me the same thing within these last two or three years.
Actually, it's kinda difficult on me. Every time I play such an extreme
character, yes there is a lot of room for development, but I will never
be liked by audience. On average, audience like to see more of the Linda
Chung types, the good girls."
Tavia Yeung Cries Amazingly It's
only two months left before the TVB anniversary awards, Kate and
Tavia's news and rumors have already started popping up on the
headlines.
"I really enjoy being on the list because it's quite
nice that people are talking about me. If you're not too stubborn about
it, those fabricated news are actually beneficial to artists. I just
want some noise! Every year at the awards ceremony, I'm just sitting
there. If there is an opportunity for me to say a few words, I would be
happy even if it was just one or two camera shots. I'm dressed so nicely
for the ceremony, don't let it go to waste!"
Tavia has been in
the industry for 13 years, and it's only been 8 years for Kate. Based on
qualification and seniority, Kate loses to Tavia, but recently Tavia's
"car shaking" news has really damaged her image. Perhaps Heaven is
trying to help Kate, her chances of becoming TV Queen suddenly jumped.
"It's
not calculated like that. My image had never been that good either!
Before I entered the industry, I already liked watching Ah Yi (Tavia) in
costume dramas because I thought she really fits with the ancient feel.
I've watched her acting in the studio next door before. Wah! She was
continuously doing a crying scenes for 3 takes and her tears still came
out like a faucet! She's seriously amazing. I'm still training myself,
my goal is to be able to control my tears."
Tears, indeed
requires practice. Actually, a normal person living a happy life won't
just start crying out of the blue, but as an artist, it is necessary for
them to control their emotions just as if they are controlling their
hands and feet.
"When I was young, my nickname was 'Crybaby
Kate'. My dad was fierce, he would beat me until I stop crying. He
disciplined me like I was a boy. The first few years after my debut,
crying scenes gave me a headache. I remember back when I was shooting
Price of Greed,
we were shooting some 10 scenes a day, and I had to be crying in 5-6 of
those scenes. If I couldn't cry, then I get yelled at! The staff would
stand next to you and nag in your ears, 'Hey it's time to eat, are you
done? Still can't cry? Are you serious!' One time, someone stood in
front of me and started yelling at me, using profanity too, but I knew
they were just trying to help me."
Now that Kate's older and has more experience, she can just cry when she's asked to. In
Highs and Lows,
she is the drug queen Chan Ka Bik, a girl coming from a pitiful
background. Kate got too into character that she actually did feel down
emotionally: "When I drive home after work, I would just start thinking
that the lives of humans are so hard, then I start crying."
Newcomer Award Backfired In
regards to awards, it's not like Kate hasn't won one before. In 2004,
she entered the industry as a four-award Miss HK winner. She truly
understands that it's all based on the right timing, so she will first
have to do the best on her own part. "When I was participating in Miss
HK, I thought to myself, its either I don't get any award, or I get it
all. You have to understand the Miss HK system, we start by signing a
contract, if you get an award, then you have to stay with TVB for a
year. As for the salary, it is based on how many awards you win! My
first award was the sponsored, Fitness Award, if I couldn't get the
other awards, then my monthly salary would have been a few thousand
dollars. How will I be able to survive? I told myself, 'No that won't
do, work harder!'"
The so-called hard work, is to treat yourself
like a good student and the Miss HK personal assistant is your
instructor. If they tell you to walk left, then you must not walk right.
"Must handle everything seriously. Attendance is taking daily,
so I tried my best not to get a tardy. One time, we were suddenly given
an assignment, which was to write a 200 word self-introduction. I first
wrote a draft and counted exactly 200 words, no more, no less, before
turning it in."
In 2007, she cut her hair really short for
On the First Beat,
but people heavily criticized her for looking ugly, having a swollen
face and poor acting. Fortunately in 2008, she participated in Johnny
To's
Eye In the Sky working alongside Film Kings Simon Yam and
Tony Leung. She gained recognition and won the 'Best New Performer' at
the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards.
You would think Kate helped TVB
win an honor, but will her colleagues really be happy for her? Sorry,
people weren't waiting to congratulate her, but to give her the cold
shoulder.
"Actually the experience the award brought me was
greater than expected. To me, the newcomer award is given to the
newcomer that had expectional performance, but it wasn't that simple.
Although you gained recognition in the film circle, but back in the TV
circle, people had higher expectations on you. They would say, 'You're
great, won the award, why are you back here shooting TV series?' There
were a lot of nasty comments behind my back. There was actually a
director that once said to me, 'I believe you came back thinking you
know everything and now you're not listening to what you're being told
to do!'"
"My work ethics was the same as before, but people
thought I turned cocky. Then later I realized after I got the award, I
have to be even more modest, low-profile and look down on myself more
than before."
Even if this year, Kate is a hot favorite for TV
Queen, she said: "I have a shadow, I'm really afraid what happened
before will happen again because there will always be people that think I
don't deserve the award."
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