Friday, April 27, 2007 Hong Kong Steven Ma Support Yumiko over Body Double Rumours Steven Ma, Yumiko Cheng, Elaine Yiu, Evergreen Mak and Wayne Lai took part in the blessing ceremony for "The Gentle Crackdown II" yesterday. Steven says that for this series, he only has four hours sleep every day and he has therefore lost six pounds. In the show, he and Yumiko have a lot of fight scenes and they are hard work because they have to remember their lines as well. After Steven injured his right eye before last year's Anniversary awards ceremony, it was joked that he should ask Yumiko to hit him in his left eye so he can win another award for 'Best Actor'. There have been rumours lately that Yumiko has been especially careful, with 80% of her fight scenes filmed using a body double. Steven says that there is no such thing and praises Yumiko for being very serious and even injuring herself a few times during filming, leaving her in tears. However, she is fine after a while and continues filming, he feels that this spirit is something that newcomers should learn from. This is Yumiko's first ancient costume series and she praises Steven for being the most serious and punctual person she has ever worked with and she has no criticisms of him. With a bruise near her mouth, she jokes that she has a bit of a moustache. As for the rumours of her using a double, she denies this, saying that in a scene where she had to use nunchuks, she did it all herself and if she can do the action, she will do it herself. Yumiko says that as she has been busy filming this series recently, her company is worried she will not have enough money to pay her rent because she has not been able to do other work. They did find her a job that was enough to pay a month's rent, but she turned it down because she did not want to be distracted. Also, there have been rumours that Elaine has found a rich boyfriend. She says she will not talk about this, but she denies this is a silent admission. She just does now know how to respond because she does not want to affect other people. She is busy focussing on her work and will not have a lightning wedding. credits: tvbspace.
