13 November 2006 - General Public Film Hundred Flower Award
The 28th Annual General Public Film Hundred Flower Award
(the 15th Annual China Golden Rooster Hundred Flower Film Festival) two
nights ago took place in Hangzhou. Mainland film ZHANG SIDE was the big
winner with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, which went to
Mainland actor Wu Jun. Best Actress went to A WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES (TIN
HA MO CHAK)'s Rene Lau Yeuk Ying. A Hong Kong actor won for the first
time as Nicholas Tse Ting Fung received Best Supporting Actor with NEW
POLICE STORY (SUN GAING CHAT GOO SI). Yuen Qiu won Best Supporting
Actress with KUNG FU HUSTLE (GONG FU) and Sun Li won Best New Actor Award
with FEARLESS (FOK YUEN GAP).
Ting Fung came purely to support the Golden Rooster Hundred
Flower Award. Because his co-stars Jackie Chan and Nicholas Tse Ting
Fung could not attend, he came to accept awards for them and never
expected that he would win.
He was honored to win an award. This time the competition was
strong and the jury had 99 members. He only could thank the jury for
giving him a chance. He never thought about becoming Jackie Chan's
successor and did not mind whether his next goal was Best Actor. In the
end in a movie each actor can be the lead.
A Hangzhou publication held an online poll. Ting Fung left Andy
Lau Tak Wa and Jackie Chan in the dust as My Favorite Actor. At the same
time he and Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi were selected as "The Most Popular
Husband and Wife Team". He honestly said that many directors have
approached them, but he did not want the focus of the film to be on them
and was afraid that the paparazzi would hinder the production. After
winning the award he still has not called his old lady when Pak Chi
called. He expressed that he had to rush back to work in Hong Kong and
could not celebrate. As for his wife's pregnancy rumor, he only said,
"No, she only had too much to eat. I won't consider it until my body
recovers. Earlier I was hurt all over from a movie, now I need to rest
more."
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