"Chill 1994", the first prequel in the "Cold War" series, held a press conference today (18/3). New cast members Liu Junqian, Tse Junhao, Wang Danni, and director Liang Leming were all present. One of the protagonists of the series, Tony Leung Ka Fai, also made his final appearance. In addition, Ji Zhao also announced the 12 important actors in the film. In addition to the 4 present, the others include Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Tse Kwan-ho, Wu Kangren, Liu Ziyu, Dani Wang, and two British heavyweight actors, Aidan Gillen from "Game of Thrones" and Hugh Bonneville from "Downton Abbey", who will play important members of the colonial government.
(Photo by Chen Shunzhen)
Director Liang Leman said frankly that he would like to thank Boss Jiang for making his dream come true: "The boss asked me to come up with a good lineup, and he will try his best to cooperate with me." (Photo by Chen Shunzhen)
Regarding the new work having such a shocking cast, director Liang Lok Man said frankly that he would like to thank Boss Jiang for making his dream come true: "Thank you boss first. I am responsible for the creation. During the preparations, the boss asked me to come up with a good lineup. He will try his best to cooperate with me." As for finding Louis Koo to play the role of the chief executive, The directors all expressed their gratitude: "When everyone sees the feature film, you will feel as if you will know that we write tight roles. I told Gu Sheng that since you are playing the biggest man in Hong Kong, you should know a little bit about acting. He trusts us so much that he can let us change our hair, add some beards, and change glasses."
Tse Kwan-ho, who played the role of the richest man in a prominent Hong Kong family, revealed that he spent three hours a day on makeup for his role. (Photo by Chen Shunzhen)
Tse Junhao said that this old makeup requires a total of 11 accessories. "It feels like wearing a mask." ("Cold War 1994" character poster)
As for Tse Kwan-ho, who played the role of the richest man in a prominent Hong Kong family in the film, he revealed that he spent three hours a day putting on aging makeup for his role. "There were a total of 11 accessories required for the scene. It felt like wearing a mask. I didn't get used to it at first and couldn't get the expressions I wanted, but after one or two days of filming I got used to it. The director said that you finally got the job done." Another challenge for Brother Junhao is to work with Hugh Bonneville Bonneville), who spoke English: "It's actually only two sentences, but I practiced very patiently and found an English teacher to teach me, so I passed the test by luck."
Wang Danni, who plays the club's new talker in the film, described the filming of "Cold War 1994" as having many firsts. "You have to fight with a lot of people, for many days in a row, and there are gun scenes, so you need to receive firearms training beforehand." In order to play the role of the club's big sister, the director asked Dani to be calmer: "Stop emotional ups and downs, and be more powerful!"
Wang Danni, who played the club's new talker in "Cold War 1994", said there were many firsts during the filming. (Photo by Chen Shunzhen)
