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Apr 24th 2013, 06:41

Nine years ago, the palace struggle-themed TVB series War and Beauty left a deep impression on audience. Last night, the sequel Beauty at War finally premieres. The only lead actress that remains in the new season is 'Yu Fei' Sheren Tang. Charmaine Sheh and Maggie Cheung were replaced by Ada Choi and Christine Ng. Beauty At War is getting mixed response, no wonder the premiere's rating only averaged at 25 points and couldn't even pass the 26 point peak.

Netizens praised Sheren and Ada's performances, but criticized the series started off too slow and the premiere introduced too many characters, which was got confusing. Tracy Ip's acting was heavily criticized, she speaks too fast and Christine Kuo's Cantonese is still poor, viewers had to read the subtitles to understand what she was saying.

The night before, the cast got together for a karaoke night at a hotel and to watch the premiere. Christine Ng, Moses Chan, Kenny Wong, Eddie Kwan, Christine Kuo, Rachel Kan, Leung Ka Kei, Tracy Ip and producer Jonathan Chik attended. The group partied until 3am and left a little intoxicated. Christine, Rachel, Christine Kuo and Leung Ka Kei remained at the hotel lobby. Christine bowed to reporters and said: "We aren't leaving tonight." It turns out Christine had already booked a hotel room in advance for an 'overnight chat' with the Beauty at War girls.

Yesterday Christine accepted a phone interview, she said: "After we watched the premiere, the girls went up to the hotel room, laid on the king size bed and continued chatting. (You hosted the party?) No, a friend at the hotel sponsored it. I was just the welfare official helping everyone fight for the benefit. (Sheren Tang didn't go?) She probably has work because this gathering was short notice. I hope she'll be able to join us next time. (Netizens criticized the series is slow-paced?) You have to let this series boil a bit. The audience shouldn't judge so quickly, have some patience. (TV rating was just 25 points?) Not bad, I'm satisfied with my performance. (Tracy Ip and Christine Kuo bad acting?) I thought they did very well." Tracy responded to the criticisms over the phone, she said: "Perhaps I have to scold people in this series, so I speak faster. From now on, I will pay more attention, there is room for improvement."


Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum