At the Hong Kong Green Day Launching Ceremony today, Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼) shared that she will once again film for TVB as early as next year. Since Charmaine’s management contract with TVB terminated in 2011, many entertainment companies tried to entice Charmaine to join their ranks. Charmaine opted to develop her career in mainland China instead, and signed with Creative Entertainment until March this year. Since then, Emperor Entertainment Group, HKTV, and now TV were all rumored to have met with Charmaine to negotiate filming contracts. As Charmaine still has a 20-episode filming obligation with TVB, many fans are anxiously awaiting news about their idol’s return. Earlier, reports surfaced that Eric Tsang (曾志偉) was in discussion with Charmaine to star in a drama with movie king Tony Leung Ka Fai (梁家輝), Michael Miu (苗僑偉), and Raymond Lam (林峯). Charmaine admitted she wants to work with Tony and Michael and vowed to do her best to participate in the series. At today’s event, reporters were quick to ask Charmaine about her negotiations with Eric. She shared that she had indeed met with Eric but they were not negotiating contracts. Charmaine also denied joining Eric’s management company. When asked if she was invited to film, Charmaine replied, “I was asked to earlier. I will return to film for TVB next year at the earliest. Definitely not this year… basically we made a verbal agreement to film next year. I can’t film so many series at once, so I won’t be able to film this year.” Reporters then asked if she is returning to rescue TVB from its low ratings, hinting at the failure of the poorly-received palace drama Beauty at War <金枝慾孽貳>. Charmaine shared that she has seen and enjoyed the drama. “I did watch [Beauty at War]. My answer is rather biased because I have read the script and I understood it. I was supposed to film this series but couldn’t because of Legend of Yuan Empire Founder <建元風雲>. I don’t find the story confusing at all, but it may be because I have read the script beforehand… Don’t ask me [for my opinion]! I am a big fan of Jonathan Chik (戚其義) and Chow Yuk Ming (周旭明). I like their series regardless of reviews or ratings.” Charmaine seemed excited about TVB’s newly established rules of providing 8-hour breaks for artists, as well as having 80 percent script completion prior to filming. “Many series have completed scripts. I am very happy about the 8-hour breaks! It is very important for actors to have breaks. Not having enough rest would affect our performance, and that would be unfair to our viewers.” Creds: Ming Pao
