 HKCinemagic : Infernal Affairs is also inspired from Woo's Hard Boiled in which you also played a part. But
I read in previous interviews you said you don't like it. |
| Anthony Wong : I don't like it. I don't think the director knows what acting is. |
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| HKCinemagic : How was John Woo on the set?
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A W : -“It's not right, it's not right”. And I said “what do you want me to do?”
-“I don't know, not right.”
-“what do you mean not right?”
-“I don't know, not the right choice, not the right one.”
Actually, he doesn't know what acting is. And he doesn't know how to express himself. Not very much! |
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Anthony Wong and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Hard Boiled |
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| HKCinemagic : Which movies are you the most proud of in terms of artistic value?
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| A W : Ordinary Heroes, Princess D,
The Mission, Ebola Syndrome, Taxi Hunter. |
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| HKCinemagic : The Mission has been released in France . In this movie you are very introvert, not very talkative. |
| A W :
Actually, I am not a very talkative guy. So it was very easy. I know a friend of mine who just act like that guy. Just do it, that's the man. Don't talk to others, do it. It is a little bit similar with the character in Infernal Affairs . One is a policeman, one is a bad guy. And the haircut. The first time I got the script, I didn't have the vision
[of the character] in my mind. I watch a movie, from America or from France . A taxi driver with a policeman. That guy got a haircut quite similar with
mine. |
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| HKCinemagic : Was it
the Luc Besson-produced Taxi ? |
| A W : Yes, my haircut is like that guy [Samy Naceri]. Suddenly I got the haircut and all the image come out. And the sun glasses are from my mother. It's a very old fashion
pair of glasses, an antic. So I put on the sun glasses and with the haircut the image came out. |
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| HKCinemagic :
In the movie you are also a hairdresser.
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| A W : It's very embarrassing, because when I was young, I tried to learn to be a hairdresser. And I had absolutely no talent for that. So I quit.
[In the scene] when I picked up the comb and the scissors, I really didn't know how to do it. |
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The Mission |
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| HKCinemagic : In Beast Cops you did a very good job. For long shots you managed to keep the viewer attention on. At these moments
was it all written or did you improvise? |
| A W : The director [Gordon Chan] gave me some hints. But actually I did
some improvisations. Not much. Sometimes I improvised. [Usually] I improvise a lot, because you know, it is very hard to get a complete script. So you have to make a choice, put something in, or cut out something. |
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| HKCinemagic :
Maybe you follow your character…
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| A W : Anything, improvise the dialogue, the action. Or sometimes when you shot another actor. |
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