TVB Weekly Issue 556
The Most Beautiful August 7th.
Why is “The Seventh Day” the most beautiful? Even main leads Kevin and Niki don’t really know why. This is a mysterious day.
Male lead Yau Chi Wing’s (Kevin Cheng) grandparents met on that day. After they dated, they also ended up getting married. Coincidentally, Chi Wing and Ka Yan also meet on that day. Niki said, “That day, Chi Wing and Ka Yan started their relationship. After Chi Wing’s birthday, they got together. August 7th becomes their anniversary date. Coupled with his grandparent’s romantic experience, that is a very special and lucky day.”
Aside from a special date that connects generations, this is also the day that the other male lead Hui Wai Yan, Don (Bosco Wong) was born. Kevin said, “Chi Wing and Don were both born on August 7th. The two haven’t met each other, but the strange thing is that they both share similar experiences. For example sitting at the same restaurant at the same time or having an argument with their girlfriends on the same day. Two men born on the same day, walk different paths, but encounter similar experiences.”
Every deep and memorable love, cannot lack a series of numbers to record each heartbeating moment, whether it’s happy or sad.
Last year, onscreen couple Kevin and Niki went to Japan and brought magazine readers a passionate White Valentines. This year “The Seventh Day,” will go on the air. Kevin and Niki begin by giving readers some riddles to guess. They each will share numbers that are important to them.
Kevin: “7 and 2, I won’t tell you why. Haha! Seven is because of “The Seventh Day.” Two is a special number for me. Many things happen on the second. Also, number 15 because it’s my birthday. Finally, lucky number 6.”
Niki: “8! Because August is mine and Kevin’s birth month. Next is number 30 because that’s my birthdate. Also, number 1, the first! Why? You guess. Hehe! Combine my numbers with Kevin’s and you can buy a lottery ticket. Get lucky and make some New Year’s money.”
The two of them are teasing us with the true meanings of the numbers. How are these numbers funny? That is kept a secret. However, the mystery of “The Seventh Day’s” “August 7th” has just been revealed. The most beautiful will also bring pain. We believe this will be the year’s most beautiful love story.
Kevin earned the title “Best Actor” for 2006’s UTCOL’s ambitious “Sum Long.” This year he returns with Yau Chi Wing. Kevin continues to be paired up with Niki in this series, but his image here gets a makeover.
“Sum Long has a good image. Even if he didn’t have a nice environment to grow up in, he still would seize every opportunity and is very faithful in love. In contrast, Chi Wing does not have a steady job and always gets into fights. He gives people the impression that he doesn’t really care. On the outside, he seems like he doesn’t care. However, it’s because he had some problems in his family which caused him to have this kind of attitude. So even though he cares about his girlfriend, he wouldn’t use words to express it, but he would use actions to prove it. As a result, no matter how much he loves the girl, no one would believe him. I’m certain no parent would want their daughter to date a man like Chi Wing.”
For Chi Wing, in his heart he cherishes relationships. Friendship is important to him. His friends always come first. For the sake of his ex-gf Yuen Jing (Selena Li), he keeps a secret from his current gf, Ka Yan. Ka Yan ends up going to Japan alone. The three of them end up playing a game of tag.
“Because Yuen Jing has a disease, she stays in Japan for treatment. She doesn’t let her family know. Chi Wing promises her that he will keep it a secret and takes her to Japan. As a result, there are a lot of rumors in Hong Kong. He is even accused of hurting her and taking her money. Later, Chi Wing loses contact with Yuen Jing so he goes to find her. He is only doing this as a friend. The two of them no longer have love between them. At the time, Chi Wing and Ka Yan are dating. She knows that her boyfriend went to look for his ex-gf, but she doesn’t know the truth behind it. As a result, some misunderstandings occur causing their relationship to turn for the worse. Fortunately, the misunderstanding clears up… unfortunately, something happens to Ka Yan. Until the very end, it is filled with twists and turns.
Onscreen, Niki is a happy girl. This is the fourth time that viewers will see her. This time, Ka Yan will give viewers a fresh new feeling. This will be a test of acting ability.
“I didn’t intentionally try to change from UTCOL’s Ko Ya Sze. The story is different this time around. This time she’s a lot tougher. She’s not as naive. Ka Yan experiences many things. She has an inherited disease and is the only daughter, but she remains optimistic and faces the world with strength. She doesn’t get all worried over little things. But there are times when she is vulnerable, but she won’t whine. She isn’t reliant on her boyfriend. She’s independent, but at the same time sweet. So before filming, I did some homework. I thought about how I should portray this role. I can’t be as weak as the past. I am a lot more mature and confident. In the series, Ka Yan does cry often. In reality, even strong people have moments when they show their weak side.
Besides having a challenging role, “Seventh” has brought Niki a lot of freshness. Aside from going to Japan to film a series for the first time, having many touching romantic scenes, and working with “TV King” Kevin again, Niki also met a new friend.
My other male co-star is a dog. We have a lot of kiss scenes. At the beginning, the producer asked me if I mind kissing a dog that I was unfamiliar with. Initially I was a little taken back, but later after meeting Jack, I felt it wasn’t a big deal. He’s very smart, clean, and very sweet. I spent a lot of time to develop a close bond with him to that viewers will get the feeling that he’s been my pet for years. There are scenes that don’t require me to kiss the dog, but I ended up doing it anyway. He kissed me back and it felt pretty okay. It wasn’t awkward at all. I had some chemistry with Jack making this series more close to life and Ka Yan’s character stand out more. The dog adds a bit more happiness in the scenes.
Kevin: “Niki has ‘Weight’ “
From “Hard Fate” to “The Seventh Day,” this is the third time Kevin has worked with Niki. Kevin could only sing praises for her. “The first time was when we first got to know each other. The most important thing was the freshness. It turns out that her acting style is very cute, very different from other tv artists. It’s a very refreshing feeling. In the second collab, we begin to have a tacit understanding. This time even more so! We understand each other’s acting styles and this time the storyline is a lot more passionate. Out of the 3 series, this one is the most emotional. Fortunately we have a lot of tacit understanding because these types of scenes are best when acted out the first time. A retake would go overboard. Luckily, there were many scenes that we only had to do in one take. The results were very satisfying.”
Besides increasing their tacit understanding, Kevin has also seen Niki grow up. “She matured, earlier “Hard Fate” reaired. At the time she was like a girl. The way she acted was very relaxed and funny. Even when crying, it felt like she was a girl. Now she has a very womanly side to her and has added “weight,” in her appearance. She stands out more. This series is a very deep and memorable love story. It goes from very sweet to very passionate and will even be very sad. For love scenes, one needs a very good partner. Because this is the third time we’ve worked together, I believe this is our best performance yet. With a good script, pretty scenery and people, I am confident that everyone will like it.”
Niki: “Kevin has a lot to say”
Kevin was Niki’s first partner when she first set foot in filming tv series. She has picked up a lot from filming with this ”TV King”. “In these few years, we both have matured together. My filming technique has changed through experience. I’ve learned how to go over the script with my co-stars. Also, spending time with Kevin is like spending time with family. There’s no avoidance. Even when something we say can make the other unhappy, we will still say it. When we’re in a bad mood we don’t hide it. We don’t try to act as if nothing is wrong. Don’t think that Kevin doesn’t like to talk. He actually has a lot of things to say. He’s shy? Definitely not! He’s not “cool.” He only chooses when he wants to talk. He’s pretty subjective, but is that a problem? It’s just his personality. Spending time together is very comfortable.”
Niki has filmed 4 tv series and 3 of them are with Kevin. She is not afraid of getting bored and instead believes it increases their tacit understanding. ” ‘Hard Fate,’ was more plain, ‘UTCOL,’ is a touching romance, and ‘TSD’ is even more passionate. There are a lot of scenes that display a great mix of inner feelings. If not familiar with the person then it would be very hard to grasp. This time, we understand really well how the other person wants to do it. I’m not afraid that the audience will feel bored. We can’t even be compared to Andy Lau and Idy Chan. Because I don’t film tv series often and in those 4 times, 3 times it’s with Kevin so everyone feels like that’s a lot. If we work together again next time, why don’t we try being grandfathers and grandmothers!? Haha, it would be quite refreshing and funny.”
Magazine Scans Credit: Zita @ bbs.ka-wing.com
Credits: TheTruthLies
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