[2010.11.04] LENI LAN DECLINES TO INVITE STANLEY TONG TO WATCH 3D SEX AND ZEN

Leni Lan Yan and Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun along with director Christopher Sun Lap Kei under boss Stephen Shiu Ting Yat's arrangement attended the category III film 3D SEX AND ZEN: EXTREME ECSTASY (3D YUK PO TUEN ji GIK LOK BO GAM) trailer premiere. As for the first 3D erotic film in history, its production effects have been anticipated. Yesterday in the short 5 minute trailer, the effects indeed pleased surprisingly. With the 3D effects, visually it indeed was more shocking than the general category III film. The visuals stood out more and were full of realism. Shiu Ting Yat stated that today he and lead actor Hiro Hayama (Yip San Ho) will head to the U.S. today to promote the film, which already has been sold in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The film's total investment of 25 million has already been half recovered.

Lan Yan said that she planned to invite her parents to attend the premiere. Will she invite Stanley Tong Kwai Lai? She said, "I would invite all male friends, but I no longer had any contact with him. Let's not mention this person anymore! We can talk more about the movie." She said that during her first trailer viewing, she was nervous while watching due to her poor heart. Luckily the effects were pretty and visually shocking. She said that the most difficult was the two day erotic scene shoot under water around 16 degrees Celsius in temperature. After that she was completely exhausted. She has not been scared off yet though. In the future if she had a chance to make another category III film, she still would as long as the team and the script were good.

Lui Hoi Yun also said that she has not seen the trailer before. After two months she was no longer embarrassed. Instead she felt her acting has greatly improved. She said that her family knew the production was difficult and would attend the premiere to watch her performance.

Many male friends have said that their necks were sore from waiting so long. She said, "Online some children left messages that they would like to download it because they were one year from the legal age. I urged them not to download and wait for next year to watch."

Shiu Ting Yat yesterday said, "The film is still being edited. It is very challenging to film censorship standards, but I deeply believe that the European version will definitely be released. If it can't in Hong Kong it will be available on DVD." SEX has been scheduled for an April 21 release in Hong Kong. Currently the film is 2 hours and 20 minutes long but will be cut down to 2 hours. Shiu Ting Yat said that he was considering an extended version.