During the final episode of Moonlight Resonance on 21st September, Ms Lok was on the same dinning table as the main actors and actresses. Before dinner actually started, Ms Lok sudddenly raised her glass and said “Ah Yuet(Tavia), for your beautiful crying scenes! Cheers!” This stated two points. 1. Ms Lok doesn’t only favour Kevin Cheng. 2. Tavia stood out from the crowd of Linda, Kate and Fala within the same series. Only a year ago, same venue, also for HOG’s final episode, Tavia was also amongst the crowd. Yet she seemed so distant from the whole situation. “I actually got quite impatient. I envied others and wished that the light would shine on me too.” Distant This is an age of criticism. As long as you know how to type Chinese then you can criticize Linda Chung for being dense or Kate Tsui being over the top. Tavia managed to stay away from this. Not just away as in not being commented. “After HOG, I was disappointed, seeing others being commented on, I wanted to be part of it too, be it positive or negative ones. At the end, no one did.” This is a reflection of Tavia. Good? Not the best. Bad? Not the worst. Forever standing in the middle of it all. “I totally lacked in sense of threat, thinking that I could survive if I just walked along slowly. Never considered the crowd of people who is rushing forward.” With Linda and Kate’s achievements, Tavia can only envy them. “How come other can achieve so much in such a short period of time? I have no background or support, what can I do to compete against them? I was impatient but had no way out.” Public Housing Estate Tavia grew up in a public housing estate in Shatin. Her dad died before she turned two and her mother remarried. Her step dad was a typical Chinese man. Every night after work, he would sit and watch the horse racing and news on ATV. “My sister and I would go down to play in the park, but really, we wanted to watch the drama on TVB” After she grew up, she didn’t enjoy socializing, or more like, she didn’t know how to. “I didn’t feel inferior, but with my background, there wasn’t much to be talked about. You drink red wine, but I ate on street stalls. I didn’t feel at home when I was amongst a crowd of people.” Knowing very well that rumours would help her, knowing that some dispute would get her more publicity. Tavia just couldn’t agree to it. Prize Ceremony Girl! Her pace was slow, but there is still a path ahead of her. This is pretty rare for a TVB actress. She is one of the very few successful ones from the TVB training course. “I agree that if you’re from a beauty pageant, at least you will be known to the public immediately. However having come from the training course, you could be a step behind. I have never seen a journalist coming into TVB to interview the trainees.” At first, Tavia just saw it was a job. During the training period, there was an allowance of $3000 and $6000 after completion. There weren’t many options for a form 5 graduate anyway. Her first turning point came after she carried out the Best actor award which was rewarded to Gallen Lo. The next morning, she received a call praising her. “All the others hated that job, I was the only one who smiled. People actually noticed! This phone call gave me the driving force I needed.” There, from simply earning a living to getting minor roles, Tavia had set her mind to make her name in the industry. Very soon, she got her chance due to her alikeness to Maggie Cheung Ho Yi in appearance and had to chance to act as Maggie’s younger sister in The Awakening. “Looking like Maggie helped me at the time, but from then on, I had to clear that idea from everyone’s mind.” The Dress that Cost over $10000 The real Maggie Cheung reached the top but then fell ill. The fake one couldn’t carry it off. “ This industry is pretty realistic. If you don’t corporate, then no one would write about you. No one writes about you then no one would know about you.” “I was impatient, but there were also a lot of things which I couldn’t accept. To really continue in this business, you really need to convince yourself on many different issues.” The first step is to wear less. Tavia has never been pretentious. “Everyone likes to see less clothing, then less it is. At least I had to proved that Tavia Yeung had the figure to wear less. It was proved that wearing less did earn a bigger response. At least I was seen on the news and magazines.” Before entering the industry, Tavia didn’t like the idea of girls in swimming costumes being criticized by the public. So is it hard to wear low-cut now? “I did struggle, but it wasn’t hard. The first time I decided to let it go was when I bought a dress for the TVB anniversary. I saw a dress at D-Mop, over $10000, not too much but expensive enough. I went back to see it three days later, looked at myself in the mirror and imagined the effect it might create. I said to myself, this will work.” Remember Me Lee Sze Kei said that she sees Tavia as the top pick for the award and since then the paparazzies have been waiting for her 24 hours a day. “I enjoy the spotlight and I treasure it, cos I know I could be forgotten in 2 months’ time. In this industry, being good enough is not sufficient. You have to keep thinking of ways to keep yourself fresh in people’s memory. I want people to remember me, honestly, I don’t want to turn back…” Friends (reporter’s words) It has been reported that Tavia has a boyfriend, Nam Wei Kit, which is more believable than her rumours with Bosco or Ron. Mr Nam is from a rather well-off family but is rumoured to be in debt now. “You don’t make friends based on money do you? Anyway, money? It’s not like I don’t have any though it’s not much!” Money, I have too, not enough to buy clothes from Garcons but enough to go to H & M for the Garcon crossover. “It’s true, his (Raymond's) background is better off than me and therefore might have had better chances, but that doesn’t mean he had it all to start with. He has worked hard and has given up not less than I have. ” “We both deserved to be proud of ourselves.” Sorry, that wasn’t about Mr Nam. Tavia was talking about Raymond Lam who was Tavia’s classmate at the training course. Translation: lissy Source: http://www.tavia.org Credit: Chandra @ AF forum
I really hope tavia gets the award this year. She totally deserves it. Her performance in Moonlight resonance is goregous
hmm that interview was confusing i didnt know what the question was .... any way go tavia .. ur amazing
