Hong Kong actors Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu Wai are collaborating once more in a film after 22 years.
The 2 superstars – who final acted collectively within the traditional movie Infernal Affairs (2002) – will function within the upcoming crime thriller The Goldfinger.
Showing collectively in a video first shared on social media by Leung’s spouse Carina Lau on Dec 15, the 2 actors had been seen with fingers of their pockets.
“What number of years have we been working collectively?” Andy Lau, 62, puzzled aloud within the video.
“Forty years,” Leung, 61, replied, referring to their appearing days that stretched manner again to Hong Kong broadcaster TVB.
They’ve labored on a number of TV sequence collectively, most notably The Duke Of Mount Deer (1984), a TVB adaptation of the novel of the identical identify by martial arts writer Louis Cha. Within the sequence, Leung performed the illiterate however sensible protagonist Wei Xiaobao, whereas Lau performed Emperor Kangxi.
Lau then requested: “What number of years for the reason that rooftop?”
“Twenty-two years,” Leung replied.
They had been alluding to the enduring scene in Infernal Affairs the place Lau, who performed a mole within the police drive, and Leung, an undercover cop within the triad world, confronted off towards one another within the climactic scene.
The long-lasting scene in Infernal Affairs the place Andy Lau, who performed a mole within the police drive, and Tony Leung Chiu Wai, an undercover cop within the triad world, confronted off towards one another.
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Lau then requested: “After we will meet once more?”
“After we ring within the New 12 months,” replied Leung, who then broke right into a smile along with Lau.
The phrases, “The Goldfinger. See you as we ring within the new yr”, subsequently appeared on the display, and Carina Lau captioned the video: “The perfect companions.”
The Goldfinger, opening in Singapore cinemas on Dec 30, is about within the Nineteen Eighties. Andy Lau performs an anti-corruption investigator who uncovers a prison conspiracy involving an organization founder performed by Leung.
The film additionally stars Charlene Choi, Simon Yam, Alex Fong and Philip Keung.
This text was first printed in The Straits Instances.
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