Anthony Wong likens Wayne Lai to Francis Ng

15 Jul – TVB actor Wayne Lai recently shared his experience of working together for the first time with movie star, Anthony Wong, in the upcoming series, "Lord of Shanghai", and said that the actor likened his performance to Francis Ng's.

According to On CC News, the actor, who recently attended the wrap up banquet for his other series, "Trade Wars", revealed that he has been studying the works of his seniors Kent Tong and Anthony Wong in the past diligently, in order to understand their performance methods.

"I have a crazy character and Anthony said that I acted like Francis Ng," the 50-year-old star enthused. "He told me I should pay copyright fees to Francis."

Asked if he's not comfortable being compared to the "Triumph in the Skies" star, Wayne replied, "Francis is good too. They are all great actors."

Previously, Anthony made a statement saying that his small screen comeback is similar to a professional high jumper being made to jump rope. It was interpreted by many to be the actor's criticism against TVB's lack of space for artistes' development.

Asked to comment on the statement, Wayne said that he understands Anthony's words differently.

"Anthony has no need to jump higher. He is already good at everything he does, so a TV drama is nothing to him," said the actor.

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