[Newspaper] Ming Pao Weekly 2066 , Feb 2011

Ming Pao Weekly 2066

18-02-2011

Source: Mingpao Weekly Issue #2206 (Credit: TVBChannel)

Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

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Chilam Cheung's Shall We Talk - For Morton

Chilam Cheung wrote a song for his son Morton. "He's very much like a toy, just like when he was first born and we gave him the name Morton, it was just as hard to control."

The song name is named Toy Story, he took out his iPhone and played the DIY MV he made for reporters. The MV is made up of photos of his son from when he was very small to when he was older.

The very last part of the lyrics is: "If one day your lost, remember this day, there will be father here to carry on the operation." The MV displays a photo of Chilam carrying the little Morton Cheung smiling widely at the camera and showed off a heartwarming father-son relationship. Then Morton's sweet little voice was heard: "Daddy, I love you."

This MV is his private collection, and will not be distributed. Chilam doesn't want his beloved son's appearance to be seen on the newspapers. But, one photo with Morton dressed in Spiderman's costume to play with his father, his appearance was not shown, so Chilam allowed reporters to publish the photo on the magazine. Chilam personally wrote the lyrics dedicated to his son, a family gift money can't buy.

A Relaxed Father

4 year old Morton's double eyelid is exactly the same as Chilam's eyes. Sometimes when he has a bowl cut, he looks kind of like a girl and can look like Anita Yuen.

"I feel that he really does resemble me, while having Anita's looks too. My family said he's just like when I was little, Anita's family also said he's like her when she's young." This is the meaning of the so-called love crystal. "We are no different from an average family, mom often wants him to learn more things, the dad often wants to play with him more. I take him out to play ball, catch ants and recently I bought him a blue colored ant farm. He and I play together."

When he first became a father, Chilam and Anita both thought that they are different types of parents.

"She is about discipline, I am someone who lets him relax more. Of course we will have our disputes. As our son gets older, I realize that she has her reasons, slowly we will blend into one."

Chilam gave his son the word "child" (童) in his name because he treasures innocence. I myself became a father, but I'm a father filled with the childhood spirit. "It's important to have the strength and power to play with him, during the time, I discover the father love that I have inside that I didn't know about before. This is something very positive."

He spent a few days writing lyrics for his son, which is another type of crystal from blood and sweat.

"The play time I had with him inspired me. I saw him as Buzz Light Year, the hero, while I was the monster getting attacked by him. I thought of how he would be leaving his father when he grows up, which led me to think that the day is too short. This moment we are playing happily, I don't want it to become history so quickly. In the future when my son goes out to see the world, I hope he will be as brave as his father, this is the intention I have for him, forever have the love. I hope he remembers. In fact, when he grows up, he may not remember because I don't remember what happened when I was 4. I just hope he will remember his daddy carrying him, having the strongest support, meaning that I will forever be behind him.




Second Baby, Welcomes With Open Arms

It was said that when a child grows up with any brothers or sisters, they are rather lonely.

"I also have thought about this, but the heaven's isn't giving one, no choice. If the second child wants to come, we're welcoming with open arms, but I'm already satisfied enough with one."

Already have a son, does he hope to get a daughter too? "I don't really want to, I'm afraid when she gets married in the future, I wouldn't bear to let her go. Many of my friends talked about this before, some friends have a few daughters too. They said before that when daughters are 15-16 years old, they will follow her around and said that they will hate their son-in-law. I am personally very blessed to have a son, don't have to worry about this. The father-daughter relationship is very close, like a little pair of lovers, once she's gets married, can't do it, so that's why there is the movie Meet The Parents. But for sons, it doesn't matter, I will encourage him to meet more girls, get more experience and it's good to meet different types of girls too. It's okay, but I won't tell my daughter to go meet more guys because she's unmarried. When she's single, she cannot go out, but that cannot happen."

The day of the interview was Valentine's Day, but Chilam didn't meet up with Anita, but instead reporters. The interview started at 7pm, is it because they're old married couple now, so Valentine's Day isn't Chilam's business?

"Turns out it's not, my wife just called: 'Can you get off work early, come home and have dinner?" I said: 'Spending Valentine's Day at work, actually it's quite enjoyable.' Is this not a good husband?"

Reporters knew what to do and sped up the interview and ended the interview earlier than scheduled. Chilam then rushed back home to spend the remainder of the day with Anita.

This year is their 10th wedding anniversary. The two believes in Buddha and celebrated by going out to the sea to release lives. "In fact, I want to release myself."

Crow's Feet Wrinkles is Hot

Chilam likes to laugh, in his new series The Rippling Blossom, he's a 39 year old man pretending to be a 20 something active kid.

"I'm not pretending to be active, I really am active. Active is not set for a certain age group. My mental age is probably around 20 something. If you hit me until I faint, when I wake up and you ask me how old I am? Looking at me physically, I will answer '25'. Then look at my appearance, 23 is possible too. Because I don't mind being old. The more the person minds of being old, the older they will get. Get with reality, and flip the effect. Don't think of it as a problem, then you will feel young."

When Chilam smiles, he has crow's feet wrinkles on the corner of his eyes, but he said: "Crow's feet wrinkles are hot, the wrinkles on the corners of our eyes and mouth are the footprints that we made together." Last year, the song Collagen (骨膠原) was written for him and Anita by Wyman Wong. "Everything we experienced, we gain a wrinkle. When she was having a baby, she shouted bitterly, I was worried that an accident happened to her, so I got that wrinkle. Just like a map, looking at the years we been through, I feel it's amazing."

As for the real collagen, getting shots or taking drugs, Chilam did none of that.

"If I take them, then I will have play a school boy. I hope to play a more mature role, last year Who's The Hero was actually a pretty good show, but unfortunately ATV aired it. The series has Ada Choi and Chapman To, they are all good artists. Try it, go online to catch the series again."

He left TVB 6 years ago, recently he came back with The Rippling Blossom. During the time, he focus on making money in Mainland, the people of Hong Kong probably didn't know he's been in Legend of Luk Siu Fung."

Anita Is Stronger Than Me

Collagen for his wife, Toy Story for his son, Bursting Love You (冧爆你) for his fans. At this time, Chilam feels that everything in life is fulfilling, the best time.

"The most regret is I know all will go by fast, cannot be stuck inside. Such great things like these will just go by in a blink of an eye. Life is like that. In fact, I am not a kid anymore. In the next few years, my son will be in school, have his own friends, wanting to go play with his friends and won't stick to his father anymore. Concerts are the same, comes in a blink of an eye, it's over in a blink of an eye. The most important is to really enjoy the process, don't be too anxious if there are going to be people that will watch or not, if full house or not, the most important is to really remember the process."

Entered the industry for 20 years, he will finally have his first Hong Kong Coliseum concert in March. The number of shows isn't much, but he feels that two shows are enough because he has more confidence for just two shows. 20 years, his singing may have gone stiff, during the time he stopped singing for a few years."

"Actually I just didn't release any albums, occasionally did a few stage performances, it's just an issue of time. It's hard for the record label, there is illegal downloading, release one eat one. The people too expensive they can't afford to hire, with exception of me. They said: 'Can't afford to pay you a high price, sorry.' It's interesting in this industry, cannot drop your own price, otherwise it will be hard to get back up. Must stand firm of your own position, rather wait, rather not do it."

"As far as fame, exchanging conditions, wanting me to stick with the DJ, so he can air my songs more often, I don't do these things. It's not my style, I don't want my private life to be that difficult. Doing all that stuff, so you can get an award, so what? My dignity is very important."

Anita gives people the feeling that she's about the face, will you help her?

"Sometimes she's stronger than me, I am a little better than her, I don't mind. After all, it's best not to offend people. In fact, we are both people who do not know how to start conversations. We don't know Sir Run Run nor do we invite Miss Lok out for a meal, they have their own artists, no point in doing something like that. Don't want to sign for them, after signing then it's you die, I live. It's best that each person gets what they want, I get my light, they get their TV rating."

Wait 7 years for Wong Kar Wai

Chilam signed with a record label again because in 2008 when he performed Leslie Cheung's song For Your Love (為你鐘情) at the Leslie Cheung's Remembrance Music Show, many people were surprised that Chilam had Leslie's shadow.

"Gor Gor (Leslie) said before to the media: 'This little one really resembles me.' We are both Cheungs too, 500 years before we were a family."

Chilam once signed a 7 year management contract with Florence Chan and was under the same manager as Gor Gor. Some people said that Florence is especially compatible with people with the surname Cheung. Besides Chilam and Lesile, she also managed Jacky Cheung before too.

At the time, Chilam's Return of the Cuckoo broke records in TV ratings, Florence planned to help him boost the popularity with a Hong Kong Coliseum concert.

"Till this day, people still call me 'Chor Gor Gor' (his role in ROTC). Not sure for what reason the concert couldn't happen, I have never met such a manager who pushed me that much. My current company Jet Tones Films is a company that is slow in fame (Boss is Wong Kar Wai slow in making films), actually this suits me well."

Chilam signed with Jet Tones Films 7 years ago, it is the first time he got to participate in Wong Kar Wai's film The Grand Master.

"In fact this film was said to happen long ago, when I first signed with them they already said they wanted to shoot this film. You can say that once I signed, I'm already shooting Wong Kar Wai's film, receiving attention. I was mentally impatient, why wasn't I part of it? I asked the boss, he told me 'relax'. Turns out that our steps are different. We may start shooting in March before my concert."

Maple Hui

We met Chilam from the duet Modern Love Story with Maple Hui. Will he invite ex-rumored girlfriend Maple Hui to his concert?

"Do have plans for that, we'll see. Won't be awkward, after all this song is brought out by the two of us. My wife will allow it, no problem."

Last year he sang a new version of Modern Love Story does he feel the original version is too out of date?

"I've been listening to it again lately and feel its quite hot because somethings going to max of old-fashioned, will turn back into a hot pick. Some periods of times, like 1996 or 1999, we don't want to hear the song anymore, want to puke if we hear it again. But now when we listen to it again, it's fine. Perhaps this is what is called a come back."