TVB grand production
Triumph in the Skies II's premiere week averaged 31 points and peaked at 35 points; the premiere episode snagged another 6 points on tvb.com's myTV. TITS2 sets a new record as the highest rated premiere since myTV's inception in 2009. TITS2 episode one's "cross-platform rating" reaches a total of 38 points (TV rating 32 points + myTV rating 6 points), making it the highest rated premiere episode, premiere week and in a single week of 2013.
Yesterday the cast including "Cool Mo" Chilam Cheung, Ron Ng, Michelle Yim, Kirby Lau, Rebecca Zhu and Eliza Sam attended the celebration event. Although the other leads Francis Ng, Myolie Wu and Fala Chen were unable to attend, the celebration event was still recorded for broadcast. Chilam was very pleased with the ratings, he believed there is room for further increase in the ratings. In the upcoming episodes, there will be even more wonderful story lines around Ron Ng and Kenneth Ma's relationships. When speaking of "Blueberry" Kirby Lau's "chest attack" scene on Chilam, he laughed: "Actually that was a great scene. When we were filming, Kirby had high expectations on herself, but the most intense scene was still the one I had with Fala Chen in France. Initially it was a 'battlefield' (outdoor sex) scene, but because the weather was too cold, we moved indoors. Although we had a lot of clothes on, it was still a daring scene. Its more intense then the bed scene with Jeanette Leung."
Chilam expressed his son Morton is watching TITS2 and thought his father really became a pilot. Asked whether Morton watched his kiss scenes too? Chilam said: "Those are elementary scenes, how far can the television scale go? Lang Lang (his wife Anita Yuen) commented on the series being a good watch too." When speaking of the inaccurate pilot gestures and terminology used in the series? Chilam explained: "We had a real pilot guide us through filming. I don't believe they would deliberately teach us the wrong things. Perhaps each individual has their own style. We don't do things sloppily." Chilam added: "Complaints is an unique quality of Hong Kong people. Must have some to prove success of the series and that there are many people watching." Netizens joked it was implied the initial singer of the theme song was Chilam (Cheung Chi Lam), but due to a misunderstanding the singer turned into George Lam (Lam Chi Cheung).
[TN: Notice George's Chinese name is Cheung Chi Lam backwards, which is Chilam's name] Chilam laughed: "I heard about this too. Just think of it as a joke. I'm very honored that George Lam sang the theme song. Our indirect collaboration is honestly really exciting."
Ron Ng laughed and said he saw Chilam's topless towel scene, which probably was the climax of the episode, unfortunately there were too many plants in the way. If not, it would be best to see a little more. Ron showed some jealousy that Chilam got to be such a playboy in this series. "Too bad in TITS, my role wasn't a playboy. I hope they could add more if we shoot a third installment." Ron laughed and said he won't promise to wear a swimsuit to celebrate high ratings like Bosco Wong did, "I don't want the audience to say I'm breaking a promise and I personally cannot accept it either because I have too much leg hair."
Kirby responded to her "chest attack" scene on Chilam, she laughed: "Totally to my advantage! I really like Chilam. I was so nervous and scared while we were filming that scene. I'm actually very tomboy, but the role wanted me to be more cunning, its difficult for me to portray this type of role. I want a kiss scene too, but I'm currently satisfied. Friends really envy me, they got so emotional they started cursing."
Source: Mingpao, On.cc (images)
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum