[2011.05.05] RICHIE JEN BELIEVES IN KARMA

The Johnnie To Kei Fung produced, Law Wing Cheong directed film PUNISHED (PO YING) opens today. Earlier Law Wing Cheong along with actors Richie Jen (Yam Yin Chai) and Janice Man Wing Shan were interviewed. Siu Chai complained to reporters that the director was

merciless. He not only beat him until he was begging for his life, one time falling metal almost hit him and the director asked him for another take. He was like a murderer. Thus the next time he directed, he definitely would make Law Wing Cheong the lead so he could properly return the favorite.

Siu Chai said that every time he made Law Wing Cheong's film he had to fight. Earlier with 2 BECOME 1 (TIN SUN YUT DUI) he and Chin Wa fought for three days. His head was swollen while Chin Wa injured her leg. He could not help but ask whether the director disliked him. This time Siu Chai played a bodyguard, naturally he had to fight. Finally he truly fought until he beg for his life. He recalled, "Once metal fell from above and almost hit my collarbone. At the time I was really scared, but the director asked him for another take. He truly is merciless, he has to know that I rely on my face to make a living! He is just like a murderer." Siu Chai honestly said that if in the future he had money to direct, he definitely would ask Law Wing Cheong to be the lead and also asked Ah To to participate. He even suspected Law Wing Cheong suffered too much with Ah To so he took it out on actors. Law Wing Cheong denied that he took it out on actors and said, "Ah To tortures him even worse! I am OK!" However he agreed for Ah To be the actor so he could experience how tough it was. He suggested, "With Ah To, he won't need to be hit or yell at, just fill his entire body with reaction bullets. He always says he wants to play a hit man in movies!" Siu Chai also said that he believed in karma. This time he was lucky enough to escape the metal fall because he did a lot of good deeds.

Janice Man did not have much movie experience but many scenes in the film had to done for real. For example she truly had to lie in the dirt for the burial and relied only on the tube on her back to breathe; she also had to pretend to take drug with glucose, took a slap from

(Anthony Wong) Chau Sun, a kick to the chest. The scene in which Chau Sun slapped her, Chau Sun suggested to slap her earlier for her most natural reaction. Thus her reaction was the most realistic. She said, "Every time was for real. Chau Sun slapped me eight times because it had to coordinate with different camera angles. (Was your face swollen?) It was very red! I didn't apply ice, only mask!" She also said that even though form day one she knew that the performance would be real, she never thought it would be so real. Would she be afraid of making movies? She said, "No, instead after the production I am even braver so I should thank the director."

Law Wing Cheong thought Janice Man's performance was OK for a film industry new comer. She was very smart, able to understand the importance of each scene. However he would not go easy on her because of that, otherwise he could not achieve the result that he wanted. Janice Man was not only smart but also ran into good co-stars. Law Wing Cheong said that Chau Sun helped her a lot. At first she was very afraid of Chau Sun. Janice Man said, "When his fire rages it is frightening, I as a new comer of course would be afraid. Yet the more frightened I was the less smooth the performance was, so I told myself not to be afraid." In addition, this time Chau Sun and his son Wong Yat Yat performed together for the first time. Yat Yat's performance was a pleasant surprise to the director, but Yat Yat's dream was to become a doctor. He had no interest in following his father's footstep in show business.