Replacing Moses Chan (陳豪)’s role in upcoming grand production, Brother’s Keeper <巨輪>, Edwin Siu (蕭正楠) has successfully jumped up to the ranks as a TVB male lead. The 36-year-old actor will be starring alongside big names like Louise Lee (李司棋) and Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) in the cross-millennium epic, and will be sharing ample screen time with the drama’s other male lead, Ruco Chan (陳展鵬). Last week, Sudden Weekly magazine alleged that Edwin and Ruco did not get along very well on set due to the competition for screen time in Brother’s Keeper. The costars’ competitive nature with each other had in fact been around since their primary school days, when they attended SKH St. Clement Primary School together during the mid-1980s. The ex-classmates were said to be especially competitive when it came to sports, in which both Edwin and Ruco were involved in the school’s table tennis team. Soon after the report was published, Edwin thanked the magazine on his Weibo, writing, “Thanks for helping us increase our exposure rate!” Ruco then replied to Edwin’s post, and wrote, “Not only has [Sudden Weekly] helped us out with the promotions, Edwin! But also with our primary school and endorsers!” At a special function held on March 24, Ruco denied that that he was on bad terms with Edwin. “We play brothers in the drama, so we are as close as family.” Ruco was not unhappy about the rift rumors, but was glad that the rumors came after they completed the shooting of Brother’s Keeper. “If the rumors came while we were shooting it, which would negatively impact our emotions and our acting.” Ruco assured that he and Edwin were never competitive with each other, saying, “The reports say that Edwin and I competed against sports, but Edwin rarely plays tennis table. He likes association football a lot more.” There was, however, one thing that Ruco wished he could compete against Edwin someday. Ruco admitted that he wished he had more stage performance offers like Edwin, who has been reportedly earning at least $300,000 HKD every month from show performances alone. Creds: Sudden Weekly
I like Edwin Siu more in term of acting. He's more flexible with his acting talent; not to mention his singing is also pretty good. Ruco Chan's facial expression is not meant for acting .. kinda stiff and predictable. Ruco perhaps is a better match for hosting job .. for some shows or something. I don't think he should be a male lead yet .. should really have Power Chan move up with the lead. Jason Chan is bad too but all these young people get the light when they have no experience and talent .. don't get it. With the new CEO yet nothing has changed for the better ... same old same old .. WHEN the hell will CTI get its license .. it's almost the end of March and I have yet to see any release.
^ Agreed that Edwin is a very versatile actor. Sings pretty well, doesn't look bad, got the acting skills. I like his character in the series that is airing right now. Ruco is not that bad, but he's somewhat one-dimensional. His expression is predictable. Jason Chan is a failed project, they are selling his look, but he really needs to work on his acting to carry the load of a male lead. Power Chan needs a powerful role, he has no problem carrying it, but I guess TVB likes to sell rapes and eye-candies only.
