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New Straits Times
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: HK actor Bowie Wu regrets not giving his late wife flowers
HONG KONG: Veteran Hong Kong actor and television host Bowie Wu Fung recently spoke candidly about his marriage and personal regrets. According to Dimsun Daily yesterday, Wu admitted to carrying the weight of personal regrets, primarily that he wasn't present for his children during their early years. "I didn't get along well with them back then. I rarely met them because I was so busy with work. Whenever I returned home, they would all be sleeping," he said. Wu has five children with his late wife, Lui Wing Ho, who passed away from an illness in 2016. He revealed that when he married in 1957, his boss had insisted they keep it a secret as he was at the peak of his career. Despite the secrecy, Lui remained patient and focused on raising their children. "My wife is the love of my life. I don't know what I would've done without her help, so I'll always miss her," he said. One of the actor's lingering regrets is never having given his wife flowers while she was alive. To make up for it, he now places flowers in front of her photograph every few days. "I'd also talk to her each night," he added. Wu is currently in a relationship with 90-year-old actress Helena Law Lan. The couple went public in September last year, with all of Wu's children expressing their full support for the romance. Since beginning his acting career in 1953, Wu, 93, has appeared in major dramas such as Virtues Of Harmony II (2003-2005), The W Files (2003), and Forensic Heroes III (2011). In recognition of his contributions to the industry, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Hong Kong Film Awards.
New Straits Times
21-05-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Andy Lau accepts 70 per cent pay cut for thriller role
HONG KONG: Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau recently took a 70 per cent pay cut to appear in Herman Yau's crime-thriller, A Gilded Game. Dimsun Daily reported that Lau revealed investors were hesitant to finance a film about finance that lacked explosions and fast-paced sequences. "I'm not afraid to reveal that all of us took just one-third of our usual salaries to allow most of the budget to be used for the completion of the film," Lau said. "As a result, the budget for A Gilded Game was only 20 per cent of that of previous films Yau had directed and which starred me." In A Gilded Game, Lau portrays an equity analyst with unwavering principles, who becomes a mentor to a new finance graduate faced with a moral dilemma.
