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On April 14, at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards, the winners of Best Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress Yu Xiangning, Jiang David, and Liang Yongting were actually from the same movie "Under the White Sun".
While all three of them won awards under the daylight, the most striking thing at the ceremony was something else.
Tony Leung won the Best Actor award for "Goldfinger" released in December 2023, which is already his sixth Best Actor award.
An interesting thing happened in the process of presenting Tony Leung to Tony Leung, Tony Leung was not at the scene and there was no way to receive the award, so did the Best Actor Award fail?
Carina Lau replaced Tony Leung on stage to accept the award
Of course not, although Tony Leung did not come to the scene, his wife Carina Lau was at the scene, so he took the stage to accept the award and connected with him.
It has been more than 10 years since Tony Leung last won Best Actor, and Carina Lau was connecting with Tony Leung.
Tony Leung said cutely that he had to say his acceptance speech now, which made the audience laugh on and off the stage.
In his acceptance speech, he mentioned Carina Lau's companionship and encouragement many times over the past decades.
As a husband and wife, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and after Tony Leung finished his acceptance speech, Carina Lau also added to this.
She has been by Tony Leung's side for so many years, and she knows best what he has paid for the award, and the reason why she said at the ceremony that Tony Leung paid 500 or 1000 points of effort to win the award.
is because someone predicted before that the probability of winning the Best Actor Tony Leung this time is at least 75%.
The audience felt that Tony Leung's award was not unexpected, but they were skeptical of the truth.
Carina Lau's addition is not only an affirmation of Tony Leung's efforts, but also a reply to the audience's questions.
I have to say that although this couple is old, they are still very affectionate, which is quite enviable.
As Carina Lau said, did Tony Leung work hard to win the Best Actor Award again with 500 or even 1,000 points?
It can be seen from Tony Leung's award-winning work "Goldfinger" this time.
Tony Leung won the Best Actor award for five films before "Goldfinger" won the award.
These five are Chongqing Forest in 1994, Spring in 1997, In the Mood for Love in 2000, Infernal Affairs in 2003 and Infernal Affairs in 2004.
It can be seen that the period from 1994 to 2004 can be said to be Tony Leung's "flowering period".
Although the audience's evaluation of these five movies was mixed after their release, from Douban, the ratings of these five movies are higher than those of "Goldfinger".
As a film to be released at the end of 2023, "Goldfinger" has a box office revenue of more than 500 million, which is a good result, but the score given by Douban is only 6.1 points.
This has also become the reason why the audience questioned Tony Leung as the best actor.
There is no controversy that Tony Leung won the award, and what is controversial is that Tony Leung won the award with "Goldfinger".
According to the score given by Douban, the scores of both "Under the White Sun" and "The Bad Tongue Lawyer" are much higher than those of "Goldfinger".
Some netizens think that Tony Leung is 62 years old this year, and he belongs to the older generation of Hong Kong entertainment industry in terms of age and popularity.
It is true that there is no need to use the Best Actor Award to prove his strength, but should be selected from those actors who have never won the award but have performed well.
For example, the actor Huang Zihua in "The Bad Tongue Lawyer" also performed very well in the play, and "The Bad Tongue Lawyer" is the first film in Hong Kong to break 100 million at the box office.
But compared with Tony Leung, his reputation is too low, and it still takes a long time to accumulate and work hard, so it's a pity.
But fortunately, "The Bad Tongue Lawyer" won the Best Film Award at the Academy Awards, which can be regarded as an explanation to Huang Zihua.
This kind of thing is not something Tony Leung can control, he is just an actor, doing his best to act in every play, as he said he is an ordinary actor.
There were also outstanding actors who were nominated for the Academy Awards at the ceremony, but missed out on Best Actor.
Mainland actor Dapeng plays a murderous boss in the film "The Eighth Suspect".
After absconding for many years and becoming a wage earner, he still did not change his nature and created a distinct image of a suspect.
It is reasonable to be nominated for the Academy Awards, but after being nominated, he became a guest of honor.
You must know that the award presenters never win awards, so it is a pity to say that he missed the best actor.
Compared with the controversy over the winner of Best Actor, the controversy over Best Actress and Supporting Actor is much smaller.
Best Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress deserved
The most eye-catching at the ceremony was the winner of Best Actress Yu Xiangning, who won the award precisely because of her wonderful performance in the movie "Under the Daylight".
Yu Xiangning's heroine, Ling Xiaoqi, is a journalist whose grandfather died of abuse in a welfare institution for the disabled.
Originally, Ling Xiaoqi hoped that her grandfather could enjoy the treatment he deserved in the welfare home in his twilight of year, but he didn't expect to be mistreated.
After learning the truth of the matter, Yu Xiangning disguised herself as the granddaughter of the elderly Zhou Jiantong with dementia, and infiltrated the welfare agency to publicize the crimes.
"Under the White Sun" mentioned at the beginning of the broadcast that this story is based on real events, and such stories are often easy to resonate with the audience.
In order to get closer to the character, Yu Xiangning came into contact with the prototype character when preparing for the shooting.
And watched a lot of related reports, just to better integrate with the characters.
Yu Xiangning's performance in the play is grievance, sadness, struggle, and regret.
Many of the crying scenes don't need to be tear-gasketered, but I can't help but cry when I think of these things.
It is enough to see how much effort she has made to be able to play Yu Xiangning more fully, and her acting skills have also been highly recognized by the audience.
Therefore, when Yu Xiangning won the Best Actress, the audience was more blessed and applauded than questioned.
Jiang David and Liang Yongting were able to win the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards for this drama, and their performances in the film were naturally good.
Jiang David plays the role of Zhou Jiantong, an old man who is a little "demented" in the film, and with his superb acting skills, he portrays this role full of flesh and blood.
He appears with glazed eyes and sluggish movements, as if he has lost his mind about life.
You must know that most of the nearly 200 roles played by Jiang David before this are martial arts films, and the reason why he starred in "Under the White Sun" is because the producer of the film is Jiang David's younger brother.
After Jiang David read the script, he felt that it was very well written, so he wanted to try it.
He believes that an elderly person with "dementia" should convey the character's "demented" characteristics through facial performance, body language, tone of voice and speed.
His behavior of "shaking his head" and "looking around" when he first appeared was to highlight the character's "dementia" characteristics.
It is worth mentioning that near the end of the climax of the film, Xiaoqi's report caused the welfare institution to close, and the elderly living in it were also ordered to move out of the hospital.
They were also homeless because of this, and many elderly people vented their anger on Xiaoqi.
At this time, it was raining heavily in the sky, and looking at this isolated girl, Zhou Jiantong handed him a hat.
As a "dementia", Zhou Jiantong felt that this girl was very pitiful, and she was still caught in the rain, so she would not get sick because of it, so he gave her a hat to cover the rain.
At the same time, as a "sober" Zhou Jiantong wants to protect this "granddaughter" and hopes that she can always do what she thinks is right.
It can be said that he vividly shows the care of a twilight old man for his juniors, and the best supporting actor is well deserved.
And the winner of Best Supporting Actress, Liang Yongting, plays the role of "Xiaoling", a low-intelligence disabled person in the film, and her acting skills exploded in the film, even surpassing the protagonist Yu Xiangning.
Because of his lack of intelligence, he was coaxed by cheap ice cream and dolls.,Cover up the fact of being violated.,At the same time, the helplessness in the face of the dean's aggression.,Played quite well.。
Later, when he wanted to accuse the dean of crimes, he was led by the nose because of intellectual problems.
In the end, I had to withdraw the accusation and live in a different place with my mother.
The director also focused on Xiaoling's emotional performance during the filming of the film, which touched the audience's mood very much, and it was expected that she would win the best supporting actress.
Whether an actor wins an Academy Award or not in his life, it depends on his personal strength.
It is gold that will always shine, as long as you keep your original intention and continue to shine in your acting career, you will always gain something.
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