Three-time TV Best Actor winner Wayne Lai (黎耀祥) attended a celebratory dinner banquet with the cast and crew of TVB’s anniversary drama Lord of Shanghai <梟雄>, which aired its last episode on Sunday. Two days ago, Wayne won a “Favorite TVB Character” award at the TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2015 for his performance as Kung Siu-shan in Lord of Shanghai, but lost the “Favorite TVB Actor” to <張保仔> Ruco Chan (陳展鵬). “I’m not sad about losing at all,” said Wayne. “This is a fair result. Audience vote takes up a huge portion in determining the results. Ruco also did really well in the drama. He’s a very experienced actor, and he absolutely deserves the award. There are different voting and judging standards everywhere.” Wayne, who was propelled to leading actor status after starring in the 2009 award-winning drama <巾幗梟雄>, said he does not expect himself to win TV King at the upcoming TVB Anniversary Awards. “I’ve already won [Best Actor] before. At this point in my career, winning another is just icing on the cake. In fact, I hope to see other colleagues win it because these awards are huge encouragements. I honestly don’t care. I already won it three times.” So is Wayne saying that he does not wish to win more? “I can’t say I’ve won enough. There’s no reason for me to deny an award or an encouragement, but to be honest, this award is no longer as significant to me as it is to others because I’ve already won it.” Wayne then said he would rather have junior actors win the award, and urged the Hong Kong audience to be more accepting of newer and younger actors. “We need more junior actors in this industry. The audience should also be accepting of newer actors. We always hear complaints about seeing the same people, but it takes time to cultivate a new cast. Without the new, how can there be an old? The audience needs to be more accepting, and we also need to give newer actors more opportunities so they can move up. This way, the industry can develop more healthily.” credit: On.cc
The man is humble. But regarding the last paragraph.. I'm pretty sure the audience are accepting. the new actors. But whether or not their acting is up to standards for their role is another debate. And for new actors to "move up"? Come on, Grace Chan, Sisley Choi? Move up? They started pretty much at the top. They're the ones that need to move up rather than to start at the top. The fact that Grace Chan has more exposure as the lead actress than Mandy Wong who is a superior actress than Grace is wrong in many ways.
