Ekin Cheng Yee- KinNews - December 2008 |
Today in Beijing the first posters for Storm Warriors were unveiled at a press conference. The movie is scheduled to premiere in December 2009 simultaneously in Hong Kong and Mainland China.. The directors the Peng brothers and both Aaron, and Ekin were in attendance. This new Stormriders movie comes 10 years after the original, which was a huge box office hit. The movie continues the story of Whispering Wind and Cloud. It is reported that Storm riders 2 for the first time will combing scenery and green screen special effects.
The two lead actors Aaron and Ekin indicated that 10 years later they have an even better rapport in their collaboration. Moreove,r the story details Whispering Winds change to tyranny, a plot very different from the first movie. New comer 唐嫣 replaces Shu Qi as Muse She was also in attendance at the event. She said that this was her first action movie and she found it a great challenge.
The Directors Ekin and Aaron alsowere interviewed by Sina.com to talk about the movie and the new posters.
The master of ceremonies welcomed everyone. Just a moment ago we mentioned Whispering Wind, Cloud and Chu Chu, we remember these characters from 10 years before. Very many people look forward to the continuation, and many fans wait expectantly. Now can tell everyone this good news. At the end of next year believe will once again see Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud.
The general manager of Universe pictures talked about the box office miracle of the first movie and unveiled the posters for this next installment, Stormriders 2. She said they were extremely honored that the Peng brothers agreed to direct the movie and had poured in many new elements She also thanked the boss of Universe Cheng Xiao Ming and all the film staff. Other Universe officials expressed thanks that the media turned out to support the movie. The Chairman asked everyone to take a good look at the posters and keep visiting the official website.
It can be seen now that the publicity for the movie is now strongly underway The first movie had very good box office achievement, Univers looks forward to this movie being released as soon as possible. so today also unviel a teaser for the movie. The Chairman said that he hoped that this movies would also be a box office smash.
The masterof ceremonies welcomed Ekin, Aaron and 唐嫣. He asked Aaron and Ekin if they were cold in Beijing.
Aaron: Today I dress like this, it seems good, moreover we are indoors, Ekin said that he wasn't cold because he had been in Beijing in the winter before.
Interviewer adressing the twin Peng Brothers was unsure as to which was Peng Shun and which Peng Fa
Peng Shun talked about the movie, saying it was even better than the first one because there are more characters.
The interviewer asked Aaron why he wasn't seen in the teaser Aaron said I use a double edged sword, the first character you see is me, but my look is not the same as before.
The interviewer asked if he would have the same blue hair?
Aaron returned that the Striding Cloud he created 10 years ago was based on the cartoon:. Now the Cloud he creates is a real person not a cartoon character. Also the story takes place 10 years later. the directors and I discussed how he would have changed. His mentality and appearance change and so I can understand the character. I also am different and I hope to give the audience a fresh feel about Cloud. Aaron talked about the makeup process as he has a mythical arm but it is already made so makeup is a half hour. Before I started wotk on this movie I was in concert so I had lost a lot of weight, but I had to practice with the arm. I spent a lot of time preparing for the role, because Cloud has been around a long time and people have a concept of him. They see him as very strong and a morose or mysterious feeling.I hope can cordinate with the directors requests, so have to refine the use of the arm, so on the stage I didn't wear clothes.
The interviewer then turned to Ekin, saying that he also had long hair, to which Ekin agreed. The interviewer asked if his character was based on the last time.
Ekin: the character has a little alteration. He practices the kind of kung Fu that releases the evil side of him. You can see it the fierce eyes, but I am not going to explain too much.
The interviewers wanted to know if he had any shots without clothes, Ekin answered in the affirmative, but not completely. Beside appearance, the action must be beautiful. Aaron said they had trained together, when there was an action scene, they practiced it a long time, and Ekin is very strong. Ekin said that they coordinated the special effects and action scenes to the directors specifications, their demands were high, some of the slow motion action was not good. The action was not always correct so I think this action was difficult. The action scenesd were very challenging. There is a lot of acrobatic fighting in the movie. This is the first time the directors tried to film acrobatic fighting, but we have done action scenes before. Aaron uses a double edgeed sword, I use the Phoenix sword. Ekin went on to say that this kind of movie is popular and so the film company hopes it can do well. He agreed with Aaron that since the first movie they find themselves more in sterp with one another than before.
Neither actor would say too much , both saying wait and see to many of the questions. Both actors were asked to draw their characters as they perceived them from the comic.
Earlier Ekin attending 舞林大会 as an honored guest. The program was aired on satellite TV. The media asked questions regarding the fact that recently both Ekin and his former girlfriend Gigi Leung, were in Beijing at the same time. Reports indicated that they were staying at the same hotel and also were on the same flight leaving Beijing. Ekin avoided their questions, purposely avoiding any discussion of Gigi or Yoyo.
Close to the end of the year TVB is laying off employees, and constant reports of asking actors to take reductions is coming out. Regarding this Ekin reluctantly said," currently circumstances are not good, there is too much negative news, so I don't think I will discuss this further." As reporters continued to ask about his investments etc. Ekin became increasingly irritated.he said that normally he hadn't investments, but he would invest in a house. Reporters pointed to the latest property purchase purported to be a home for himself and Yoyo.Ekin just said he bought things very seldom, just small thingss that he liked.
Ekin was asked about his end of the year plans, Ekin said that currently he hadn't made plans for the Christmas period. Each year he is unlikely to undertake any events, because usually he might go traveling with good friends at this time.Of course reporters immediately wanted to know if good friends included Yoyo. Ekin looked embarrassed, but said that today he wouldn't talk about this, because of course, good friends meant people who were close to him.
Reporters went on to talk about Stormwarriors Ekin said that he found that he and Aaron had matured since the first movie, and this time they spent time together. They ate together and went places together Aaron was much more carefree than before. Ekin thought that before his career was a singer, but now he is able to able to easily act this role and so more comfortable.
As to producing an album Ekin said that the music industry was depressed so he doesn't think it can be produced, so he said he would concentrate on television and filming.
Ekin secretly arrived at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport. The CEO of the East Asia Ticket Agency personally met Ekin at the airport. As Ekin appeared there were a few well informed fans to meet him. Ekin with the East Asia boss and fans had a friendly conversation. Soon after, Ekin left and was driven personally by the CEO of the Ticket Agency. It is not known whether their discussions pertain to Ekin's rumored 20 year anniversary concert.
