[2010.03.04] RONALD CHENG HAD A FEVER AS JANE

The film JUST ANOTHER PANDORA'S BOX (YUET GUONG BO HUP) two nights ago held a screening. Later a forum was held after the show at the cinema. Attendees included director Jeff Lau Chun Wai and actor Ronald Cheng Chung Kei. This film's cast included over 60 Mainland and Hong Kong artists, but most of the attention went to rumored couple Alex Fong Lik Sun and Gillian Chung Yun Tung. Although they shared scenes together it was actually due to editing. During the shoot they did not meet at all. Ronald in one scene had to play KING KONG's Jane but he tried his best to cover up his love tattoo.

Ronald claimed that on the day when he played Jane a rare solar eclipse took place, but he had a fever and was tied to a crucifix. Halfway through the shoot, everyone went to see the solar eclipse and completely forgot about him. No matter how he screamed no one noticed. He could only sleep on the cross as he joked that it was the most tragic day for him.

Just returning from Canada, Lau Chun Wai honestly said that JUST's starting point was mischief. Because he saw some Hollywood remakes of some classic scenes, he wanted to try to connect them into a story like EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES (DUNG SING SAI JAU). He said, "The creativity isn't hard, scheduling is the hardest due to the numerous actors." Did he consider cutting Ah Gil's scenes for the Mainland market? He said, "I couldn't, otherwise I would have to reshoot. (Did you think about giving up the Mainland market for Ah Gil?) No because I had to respect Mainland investors. In addition the director is only a creator, the other stuff is left for investors to consider." A viewer asked them what they would do if they found the Pandora's Box? Ronald honestly said that he would like to go to the future. If he discovered that he would be broke, he would work harder when he returned. As for the director he thought about going to the future, but did not go as far as Ronald.

In addition, recent reports claimed that the Lau Chun Wai directed film TIN SIN (HEAVENLY MAIDEN) had financing issues. He honestly said that the film's investor Tsai Chung-Lin had financial mobilization issues. The film originally was to wrap before the Lunar New Year but now its production has halted with one week before completion. Was he afraid that the film would not be finished? Lau Chun Wai expressed that he has never run into anything like this so it probably would not. Reportedly aside from actors, other people also were not paid. He said that nothing like that seemed to have happened. Mainly it was a production budget issue. This film's cast included Dior Cheng Yi Kin, Ronald Cheng Chng Kei, Lam Suet and Sun Li. Lau Chun Wai also pointed out that the film's production halt messed up his plans, but he definitely would make adjustments to finish the film. He also pointed out that the boss has many great contributions to the film industry. He hoped that no one would kick him while he was down. He also called him to console him.