In the running 4 Best New Actor

A friend of mine recently sent me a web article about the up coming Hong Kong Film Awards... and much to my surprise my name was listed as one of the 41 actors in the running for Best New Actor 2009..

Here's the link to the article: http://hongkongfilms.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=2135665

電影金像獎提名：最佳新演員篇

一年一度的香港電影金像獎預計於今年四月舉行，有關獎項分會以兩輪投票形式產品。首輪投票則現正展開，並於一月廿八日截止。

在各獎項真的產生五強前，也許看看一些由電影公司申報的名單或會十分有趣。今天，就先從新人提名開始看起。

金像獎目前奉行的制度，就是入圍電影的所屬電影公司，需要呈報每個獎項的名單，以便金像獎不像再次出現當年《辣手神探》梁朝偉角逐男配角引起的爭議。電影公司可選擇部份獎項留空不填。金像獎協會有限公司將整理有關資料，除提供給選民以作參考後，稍後還會上載到其官方網站供公眾查閱。

雖然零九年片目的名單仍未上載，不過「講。鏟。片」卻獲部份選民提供一些資料，經整合過後，將陸續提供參考一下。今天，就先從「最佳新演員」一項看起。

最佳新演員基本要求為「須於參選年度前未曾以主角或配角身份參與任何電影演出；其參選的電影可多於一部，須屬是屆參選年度的香港電影；最佳新演員候選者可在一部電影中同時角逐『最佳男/女主角』或『最佳男/女配角』獎項。如有任何爭議，將交由金像獎董事局作決定。 」

今年出現於「最佳新演員」項目供選民及第一輪評審投票的演員共有41位，由於一名演員於兩部電影獲可供提名作兩項計算，故此合共提供了48個選擇，經整理後依中文筆劃次序如下：

雖然如此，不過由於徐嬌已曾憑《長江７號》於去年奪得最佳新演員獎項，故此今年不會符合資格，故此報表只是由急於製作而未作完全核對而已。

在符合資格的四十人中，以陳偉霆於最多電影獲提名，共有四部，至於周秀娜、詩雅、謝安琪及龔嘉欣則有三部。然而，數目愈多並不等於入圍機會愈大，因為一來每部電影的演出作獨立計算，二來最終還是要看選民取向。

大家看到這個名單，觀乎金像獎的選民取向模式，又會猜哪五位會打入五強，而自己又有何心水呢？

For those who don't know my Chinese name... I'm 王朗然, 4th on the list.. hehe!... and I'm nominated for my performance in Trick or Cheat ( 愛出貓), which unfortunately, is still due for DVD release since it's been tide up with a court case involving defamation of tutor Kevin Ko. (Which in my opinion is quite silly... the guy should just learn to take a joke!.. ><) 

For those who didn't see the movie in cinemas, I played the part of Kau... and there was one scene where I became possessed by Heath Ledger's Joker character.. and that's where most of my acting was focused in this movie... I've read some articles online where some people seemed a little offended by the idea that Heath Ledger's death was played with in this movie... I just wanted to say that Heath is one of my favourite actors of all time, and I (and I'm sure the directors too) meant absolutely no disrespect to Heath Ledger.

Here's a shot of what I look like as the Joker!... hehe..

Although it's probably quite unlikely that I'd make it in the top 5 nominees in the end, I'm still extremely happy about the fact that my work is being recognized by some people out there.

 Hopefully things will just get better from here...

and finally, I'd like to say to Kevin Ko... "Why so serious??!"