[18/07/2012] “Triumph in the Skies 2″ Press Conference"

Chilam Cheung and Francis Ng at “Triumph in the Skies 2″ Press Conference

By Jayne on July 19, 2012

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TVB held a press conference for its mega-project, Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄II>, yesterday. The sequel to the 2003 pilot series featured an impressive cast, including Francis Ng (吳鎮宇), Chilam Cheung (張智霖), Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Fala Chen (陳法拉), Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Kenneth Ma (馬國明), Elena Kong (江美儀), and Rebecca Zhu (朱晨麗. At yesterday’s event, the cast flanked executives from Hong Kong Airlines, who will be sponsoring the filming of the drama in Great Britain, France, Taiwan, and Hainan Island!

TVB Finally Wins Chilam Cheung

Since Chilam Cheung appeared in the sales presentation for Triumph in the Skies 2 in December 2011, fans have been eager to see Chilam portray a handsome pilot. As the 40-episode drama would require 6 months to film, Chilam was naturally hesitant. “Since the drama will take half a year to film, I considered the filming offer for a very long time.”

Months of extended negotiations took place before TVB was able to convince Chilam to star in Triumph in the Skies 2! Chilam confessed that he agreed to the filming offer as a personal favor to TVB executive, Tommy Leung (梁家樹). Chilam’s popularity rose significantly after he appeared in 1996′s Cold Blood, Warm Heart <天地男兒> due to Mr. Leung allowing him the acting opportunity.

Nevertheless, Chilam was excited to appear in Triumph in the Skies 2 after agreeing to join the cast. He will be wearing clothes from his own personal wardrobe, valued at a 6-figure sum, to suit his “playboy” pilot role. Chilam said, “For the sake of Tommy Leung, I will pour in my own money! There is no other choice, as I am such close friends with Tommy!”

Fala Chen in Love Triangle with Chilam Cheung and Francis Ng

Chilam will be romantically paired with Fala Chen, whose love destiny will also be entangled with Francis Ng. Despite Fala’s relationship with Francis starting off in a bickering manner, she will grow closer to the experienced pilot. Fala indicated that she was unclear regarding the romantic outcome of the love triangle yet.

Asked whether she will have any kissing scenes with Chilam, Fala said she did not know, but joked, “When we film in France, perhaps we will kiss under the romantic atmosphere!”

Myolie Wu to Portray Two Characters

Despite Myolie and Francis’ romance driving the plot in the original Triumph in the Skies, TVB scriptwriters have decided to kill Myolie’s “Zoe” character. At the press conference yesterday, Myolie stated that her “Zoe” character will only star opposite Francis in 2 episodes!

However, Myolie will portray a second role in the drama as an aircraft repair technician. Although the producer requested that Myolie cut her hair short to suit her tomboy character, she was reluctant to do so. “I spent a lot of time growing my hair to its current length!

Francis Ng Clarifies Rumors with Myolie Wu

While filming the original Triumph in the Skies, it was rumored that Francis Ng did not get along with Myolie Wu, who was a newcomer at the time. At the press conference yesterday, Francis and Myolie laughed off the rumors. Francis joked that Myolie for gaining more weight than in previous years, while teasing Ron Ng, “Hey, you’re early today!” Francis’ joke indicated that Ron may have a lateness habit.

Francis revealed that due to the grueling filming schedule of the original Triumph in the Skies, a group of TVB artists had played paper-rock-scissors to determine who would call in sick for the day, allowing the cast a much needed break. Known for her hard work ethics, Myolie Wu did not participate in the games and showed up at the filming studio early instead.

Kenneth Ma Paired with Elena Kong

In Triumph in the Skies 2, Kenneth Ma will be involved in a younger man, elder woman relationship with Elena Kong. He declared that in real life, he will not reject a relationship with a 20 year difference! At an earlier event, Kenneth also indicated that he preferred older women, while regarding younger girls as more difficult to maintain.

Triumph in the Skies 2 will start filming in August. The drama also stars Kelly Fu (傅嘉莉), Sin Lap Man (單立文), William Chak (翟威廉), Adrian Chau (周志文), Skye Chan (陳倩揚), Sherry Chan (陳爽), Jess Shum (沈卓盈), and Crystal Li (李雪瑩) . Although Him Law (羅仲謙) and Nancy Wu (胡定欣) were not present at yesterday’s press conference, they will be portraying a romantic couple in the drama

“Triumph in the Skies 2″ Character Relationships Exposed!

By Jayne on July 7, 2012

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TVB pilot drama, Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄2> will start filming in July. The confirmed cast members are Francis Ng (吳鎮宇), Chilam Cheung (張智霖), Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Fala Chen (陳法拉), Kenneth Ma (馬國明), Elena Kong (江美儀), Rebecca Zhu (朱晨麗), Nancy Wu (胡定欣), Him Law (羅仲謙), Toby Leung (梁靖琪) and Kelly Fu (傅嘉莉).

One of TVB’s most expensive filming projects this year, Triumph in the Skies 2 will film in Great Britain, France, Taiwan, and Qingdao, China. The 40 episode drama is produced by Joe Chan (陳維冠).

Triumph in the Skies 2 will feature several key returning characters from its first installment and chronicle the lives of pilots and staff in the airline industry. In the original Triumph in the Skies, Francis Ng and Myolie Wu’s characters had gotten married. However, Myolie’s “Zoe” dies from heart disease, making Francis’ “Sam” grief stricken.

Fala Chen will portray a pilot, involved in a love triangle with Francis Ng and Chilam Cheung’s characters. Since Fala’s character’s ex-boyfriend had died earlier, she understands the grief of losing a beloved one. Chilam’s character will carry a reflection of Fala’s ex-boyfriend.

Myolie will portray two characters in Triumph in the Skies 2. Aside from Zoe, Myolie will also play a airplane technician who will have a romance with Ron Ng’s “Issaac.” At first, Ron will be resistant to loving a woman who bears the same resemblance of his deceased sister-in-law, Zoe.

Kenneth Ma and Ron Ng’s characters will be promoted to pilots. Kenneth will have a younger man, elder woman relationship with Elena Kong. Nancy Wu will return as “Coco” and she will have a romantic relationship with Him Law. Toby Leung and Stephen Huynh will be another romantic pairing

Francis Ng & Chilam Cheung at 'Triumph in the Skies II' Press Conference, Wednesday July 18, 2012

Source: Mingpao, Oriental Daily, Weibo
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

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After 9 years since Triumph in the Skies, the sequel Triumph in the Skies II is finally starting. Yesterday Francis Ng, Chilam Cheung, Myolie Wu, Fala Chen, Ron Ng, Kenneth Ma, Rebecca Zhu, Elena Kong and the rest of the cast attended the press conference.

Back then, there were rumors that Francis Ng was displeased with Myolie, but yesterday they chatted happily. Francis even teased that Myolie looks fatter than before. He also said to Ron: "You came early!" indirectly criticizing that he used to be late to work. Ron expressed: "Francis and I still have a brotherly relationship, but I'm no longer the young man 10 years ago, our relationship evolved into a friendship and we get along more comfortably."

Francis hasn't been in a TVB series for many years, he smiled and said: "I'm getting a huge raise." He also denied the rumor that he was delaying TITS2 from starting. It was said TVB is relying on him to save the lack of Siu Sangs? Francis expressed: "Wah! I have a lot of Siu Sangs behind me!" He is not worried about working with newcomers, but he fears he may break his promise and come late to work. Francis exposed back when he was shooting TITS, he had a naughty idea to get out of work. Because shooting was too exhausting, he and the others played 'rock paper scissors' to see who would have to pretend to be sick, so they can get a day off from work. At the time, Myolie was still a newcomer, so she didn't participate and had to get to work early.

Chilam sets the next 6 months aside to shoot TITS2 and has turned down several opportunities to shoot in Mainland, losing quite a bit of money. He frankly expressed he accepted this series to return a favor, because back then, executive Tommy Leung, casted him in Cold Blood Warm Heart and got him a lot more job opportunities. This time, he's playing a senior pilot and plans to use clothing from his own personal wardrobe, which is worth about 6 figures. When asked if he's paying TVB, instead of TVB paying him? Chilam laughed: "Because of Tommy, doing it for the audience, no choice, I'm just too good friends with Tommy."

Myolie plays two roles in the series. She exposed Zoe will only appear in the first two episodes and then she dies. Her other role is a tomboy, who works in aircraft maintenance. The producer asked her to cut her hair short for the role, but Myolie is reluctant to give up her current haircut, but for the sake of work, she will accept it.

In the series Fala gets into a love triangle with Francis and Chilam, but she doesn't know who she'll end up with yet. Fala said her development with Francis starts off as a bickering pair, while Chilam is the charming pilot who has a romantic storyline with her. She's unsure if there are any kiss scenes, she laughed: "Perhaps when we get to France, in the romantic atmosphere, we'll go for a light kiss. I'm not too worried since there's a television scale."

Kenneth Ma develops a 'sister-brother love' with Elena Kong. He expressed in reality he does not mind this type of relationship, women does not necessarily need men to take care of her, it could be vice versa. He also said he can accept a girlfriend 20 years older than him too, but he never been in such a relationship before.

TITS2's blessing ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 24th and filming officially starts on July 26th. Filming will go on for 6 months, and filming locations will be in London, Paris, Hainan and Taiwan.