[2010.03.02] ARAIF LEE GETS ACTING HELP FROM SIMON YAM

New comer Araif Lee Chi Ting was nominated for Best New Performer with the film ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (SHUI YUET SUN TAU) at this year's Hong Kong Film Award. Yesterday on a Commercial Radio interview he expressed that when he attended the Berlin Film Festival he did not know that the film could win an award. Was he confident about his nomination? He expressed that he did not know because it was his first movie and he had no concept of winning an award. He said, 'Actually before making this film because I was working on my new record I often thought about quitting to focus on the music, but Chan Sin Chi told me that the opportunity was not frequent."

Did boss Leon Lai Ming give him any opinion? He expressed that so far he has not seen him. Did Lai Ming congratulate him? He said, "I haven't communicated with him yet, I don't know whether he would come and watch." He said that the boss was a low key person, even if he goes he might do so quietly. Did the boss visit the set during the shoot? He expressed no. Lee Chi Ting expressed that he lived very close to his on screen father Simon Yam Tat Wa, so during their ride to work he would provide some guidance. He said, "Brother Wa said the film was about the 60s, the human flavor was heavy. So our performance had to be naturally and could not be too contrived. However I had less scenes with (Sandra Ng) Kwan Yu, she too is a senior colleague."