2007.10.14 Idy Chan presented flowers to Jin Yong
October 13, 2007 at 21:28
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[OL MingPao] The news report is mainly about Hacken Lee but Idy Chan‘s mentioned & of course the photo with her in it.
Hacken was originally approached by TVB producer Lee Tim Shing to play Kwok Jing in the LOCH 1994 version, which actually played by Chilam Cheung and Athena Chu. But upon trying on the costumes, he didn’t like how he looked & turned down the role right away. Hacken also said he’s a true Jin Yong fan that he read all of his novels, & some even seen 3 or 4 times.
[This is totally new to me that Hacken was considered to play Kwok Jing. I’m glad he turned down the role because he isn’t that tall & doesn’t have much “masculine” look to be Kwok Jing. Even though Chilam is too cute to be Kwok Jing but he delivered the role well. Look at how both Jackie & Idy grinning ear to ear watching Hacken gave 90-degree bow to Jin Yong. Another great photo of all my fav stars.]
Sources: WenWeiPo – cover / SINA / AppleDaily – @ActioNews
The Global Chinese Martial Arts [GCMA] Presentation Ceremony was held last night in Shenzhen, many awards were presented to artists & the night was bright with stars including Jackie Chan 成龍, Jin Yong 金庸 , Jade Leung 梁琤, Julian “Chilam” Cheung 張智霖, Idy Chan 陳玉蓮, Stanley Tong 唐季禮, Hacken Lee 李克勤, Patty Hou 侯佩岑, Vanness Ng 吳建豪, and many others.
Jin Yong was presented “GCMA Prestige Grand Prize”, Jackie Chan received “GCMA Influence Grand Prize”. Jackie solemnly said “Chinese Martial Arts culture continues to reach out to the world, & continue in Chinese people, not only he’s well-known by foreigners, I’m honored to present this to the idol, he’s the pride in Chinese people – Jin Yong Master!” The whole audience immediately stood up & applauded, Jin Yong slowly rose from the dragon chair, Jackie gave an 90-degree bow and presented the award to him. Mr Jin Yong received the award & happily said “Thanks very much to all of you”. Then Jin Yong’s personal favorite “Siu Lung Lui” Idy Chan was invited up the stage to offer flowers to him. Following Hacken Lee started singing theme songs of TV/movie adaptations “Heaven Swords & Dragon Sabre”, “Breadth and Depth of Mountains and Waters” [TVB 1982 The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils], “A Laugh at the World” [Swordman or Smiling Proud Wanderer] in order to pay homage to Jin Yong.
[What a pity that there’s no photos of just Idy herself in this event. But it’s nice to see many stars showed up, esp. my fav Kwok Jing & Wong Yung pair Chilam and Athena. It’s funny that TheSun captioned their photo as “Chilam & Athena Chu Yan arrived together held hands, not afraid of wife gets bitterly jealous”.]
2007.10.11 Idy Chan & Damian Lau have some disagreement?
October 10, 2007 at 16:56
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Sources: Oriental / TheSun / AppleDaily / Headline / Singtao
Yesterday “Thieves With Principles (lit.) 盜亦有道” cast & crew have outside scenes filming at Olympian City. Earlier Idy Chan Yuk Lin told that she wouldn’t act intimacy, scenes, Damian Lau Chung Yan laughing said “There’s way to make her act, if the script required, I believe we can discuss.”
Idy smiling responded to Damian’s leeway in making her playing intimacy “I don’t have professional principles, and I’m not a good actor, come out to act & testing the luck.” (Do you feel disappointed in Damian?) “Can’t say so. No need to feel disappointed. I’m in resistance on acting intimate scenes. Most of the time people making the rules, but also there’s others to drop them. Not necessary that one must coincide with 10 rules in order to be a good actor. Actually each actor has their own way, why has to go with rules by others, I have my own thoughts & ideas.”
Caption: Cheng Tse Sing plays Idy’s husband in the series, though having extramarital affair they end up getting divorced. Damian & Idy have different opinions but when working there’s talks & laughs, happy cooperation.
[I might not translate things correctly, but I feel that Idy seems to respond to the media with vague & confused statements. I hope there’s NO serious conflicts between them, Idy & Damian. Let’s hope for a really “happy cooperation” between them!!! Cheng Tse Sing may not look attractive & often plays “bad” persons on TV, yet he plays “good” guys in many RTHK radio dramas. He does have a very nice, warm voice as I listen to his RTHK program “音樂情人 Music Lover” for an hour M-F ]
Side Note: I happened to stump upon this blog entry with a photo of Idy [back in July] holding the small banner in protest against the demolition of Hong Hong historical landmark, Queen’s Pier. Read more information & battles between HK government & citizens here.
2007.10.10 Idy Chan’s rehearsal made into official shooting
October 10, 2007 at 9:14
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陳玉蓮正式拍攝當排練
【on.cc專訊】 【15:53】2007年10月10日 陳玉蓮繼續抱恙為《盜亦有道》拍外景,期間與拍檔劉松仁有說有笑。對於松哥稱讚她的演技未生疏,很快便進入狀態,蓮妹反讚松哥帶她入戲帶得好,正式拍攝時都當作是排練,令她心情輕鬆容易拍出好效果。
Caption: 陳玉蓮以採排的心情來拍戲,令她更易投入角色。Idy Chan Yuk Lin made herself in the mood to engage the role easily.
Idy Chan continues to shoot outdoor scenes for “Thieves With Principles (lit.) 盜亦有道”, at times she & Damian Lau Chung Yan merrily engaged with talks & laughs. Even though her acting is not yet becoming sharp, but Idy quickly entered the mood. Idy lets Damian leading her into the character. The official shooting is treated as rehearsal so Idy can easily engage into the role to bring out the good outcome.
劉松仁「三不拍」
【on.cc專訊】 【15:53】2007年10月10日 劉松仁與14年沒有拍劇的陳玉蓮在商場拍攝新劇《盜亦有道》,他盛讚蓮妹演技未生疏,NG重拍的次數也不多,相信對方事前一定做足準備。對於蓮妹曾表示有「三不拍」,松哥也笑言自己有「三不拍」,就是冇錢、冇時間、冇好製作都不會接拍!
Caption: 劉松仁大讚陳玉蓮愈來愈入戲。Damian praised Idy for improvement in the play.
Damian praised Idy, who hadn’t acted for 14 years, on her performance, & there isn’t many outtakes [NGs]. He believes that Idy has well prepared. In response to Idy’s claim of “three NOs”, Damian said he has his own “three NOs” too, that is No Fee, No Time, & No good production, he won’t act!
[Looks like Damian & Idy are having good times in filming this series. They both look really young for their ages in these photos. I hope they will have more outdoor scenes for this series than the studio ones.]
2007.10.10 Idy Chan gently dressed up, Fala Chen’s pretty in dress
October 9, 2007 at 22:39
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[Oriental / TheSun] Yesterday Idy Chan Yuk Lin & Fala Chen had an outdoor scene for “Thieves With Principles (lit.) 盜亦有道” in Tsim Sha Tsui. Many passers-by were interested in seeing Idy, while many young men showed approval of Fala’s “nice dress”. Two generations of beauties surely guaranteed the market.
After 4 hours of shooting at a noisy location with Cheng Tse Sing the day early, Idy almost lost her voice & showed signs of having a cold. She thought producer would give her a couple days to rest, but the shooting quickly resumed yesterday. Idy said “The other day bumping into Liu Kai Chi, he advised me mentally prepared for laborious work, but for now I can deal with it. (Did this ever cross your mind things would be like this?) “There’s no original storyline, must read from the scripts, I never experienced this, quite strange, perhaps it’s the trend.”
Though Idy quickly adapts to acting again, probably with good relations with the crew & their encouragement. She even had a jump up to a foot high, & applauded by the staff that she’s not really old, making Idy didn’t know if she should laugh or cry. As for the new Fala, Idy commented “She’s quite initiative, hearing me asking questions on costumes, she gives me advices, very helpful hands.”
In the series, Idy & Fala will be playing a pair of good friends, but Fala on the first day of shooting showed a little anxious “She’s senior, I’m a little nervous. She’s really pretty & has good skin. I asked her about beauty tips at break time. She actually didn’t put on makeup for many years & only used water to wash her face.” Asked if Fala’s afraid that “senior” Idy would steal “the scene”, Fala said “No, she’s very natural in front of the camera, she’s really gentle.”
[I’m glad to see the media seem to cover the filming process of this series. I admire & envy people with good skin either by beauty secrets or genetically & I believe the latter plays the major part in having clear skin. Sadly I inherit bad genes. Good thing that Idy is playing Fala’s friend instead of the aunt or the mom! ha! It’d be totally major if I get to see Idy’s filming outdoor scenes when I vacation in Hong Kong next month, argh probably filming is done by then? Just a wishful thought!]
2007.10.09 Idy Chan @ Shenzhen TV Chinese Global K-Star
October 9, 2007 at 16:50
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[SINA] According to the news, Idy Chan Yuk-Lin will be among other celebrities attending the Shenzhen Satellite TV on October 12 for “Global Chinese Martial Arts Presentation Ceremony” [news], which is part of the reality TV show joint by China’s famed Shaolin Temple, Shenzhen Satellite TV, & Hong Kong’s TVB.
Other names are mentioned are: Jin Yong, Jackie Chan, Tony Ching Siu Tung, Yuen Pao, Paul Chun Pui, Gordon Lau Kar-Fai, Lau Kar Leung, Kara Hui, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Hacken Lee, Ruby Lin, Josie Ho, Athena Chu Yan, etc.
2007.10.06 Gor Yee & Gugu ’til death do them part
October 8, 2007 at 14:02
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[The Sun E+] When speaking of silver screen’s lovers, certainly can’t leave out Andy Lau Tak Wah Yeung Gor & Idy Chan Yuk Lin Gugu [Siu Lung Lui] of The Return of Condor Heroes. The two incisively delivered their roles & have become the 80s Golden Boy Jade Girl. That year Andy Lau’s handsome outlook drawn attraction to thousands of young girls, Idy Chan’s loveliness also captured the hearts of many young men.
2007.10.05 Idy Chan’s telephone interview @ CRHK Eileen Cha
October 4, 2007 at 14:06
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Sources: OL Mingpao – Weekly / WenWeiPo / AppleDaily
[CRHK] 2007.10.04 陳玉蓮復出 劉松仁力追? [Must have paid subscription to CRHK online in order to listen to interview! Sad!]
Yesterday Idy Chan Yuk-Lin accepted telephone interview by Cha Siu Yan (Eileen Lai) of CRHK. Idy revealed that Damian Lau Chung Yan is very caring & even nervous in this cooperation with her in “Thieves With Principles (lit.) 盜亦有道”, that Damian arranged everything for Idy from attires to hairstyling. “Damian & producer put a lot of thoughts into costume fitting, Damian wanted me to have a beautiful image, especially with my hairstyle, even spending hours with me on picking the right wig, he totally put his heart & mind into everything, that I tried on 4 different wigs. Until they satisfied with the image & the hairstyle must retain a little mysterious”. (Damian treats you with so much care, does he want to pursue you?) Idy said “I don’t want to discuss this matter, we’re very close, no need to talk about it.” (What if he pursues you, will you consider giving him a chance?) “Can’t answer hypothetical questions!” Idy disclosed that Damian is very anxious about his character, he even spent 2 months preparing for the role. Earlier Idy went to Hunan for a function [Strictly Come Dancing], but also wanted to see any opportunities to develop there.
[I’m really looking forward to see the chemistry between Idy & Damian on screen. I feel that Damian not only treats Idy as a good, good friend, but also as his younger sister, same for Simon Yam towards her.]
2007.10.04 Disapproval of Idy Chan’s comeback?
October 4, 2007 at 12:03
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[NextMagazine #917] Some netizens expressed that Idy Chan should not resurface the circle because they want to keep the beautiful image of Siu Lung Lui in their memories. The tabloid reported that some even don’t understand why Idy doesn’t need money, why suffers for this comeback?
[I’m too savvy with tabloid stories, most of the time they don’t bother me. I just care about if they have any exclusive, good photos of Idy or any of my other favs.]
Related “old” news, Mingpao just reported a meeting of Idy & Maggie Cheung HY in Changsha, Hunan. See translation @ JayneStars
2007.10.03 Idy Chan @ Sonija Kwok blog
October 4, 2007 at 11:01
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[Sonija Kwok 郭羨妮‘s blog @ TVB] “A Beautiful Memory. ‘Strictly Come Dancing” stayed within me, however it’s not simple for this award, I can’t forget the dancing room. In the past month or so, I’d rehearse there everyday, pouring out all my sweat and energy. These photos showed no good mood? [referring to her dancing photos posted in this entry]. I actually like them very much.

And more, I’m so happy to have the opportunity to take photos with Idy Chan 陳玉蓮 and Maggie Cheung 張可頤. They came to Hunan for “Strictly Come Dancing”. I have always loved Idy, she’s forever Little Dragon Girl – Siu Lung Lui 小龍女 in my heart. She recently made a comeback to TVB for a new series “Thieves With Principles (lit.) 盜亦有道”, what a pity that I have to go to Mt. Everest, so there’s no chance to work with her. Maggie is my old colleague, seeing her back with good health, I’m so happy for her.