Chilam Cheung's role as "Cool Mo" Jayden Koo in
Triumph in the Skies II is a playboy and an arrogant pilot. Although he's filled with shortcomings, that was not enough to damage his image, but instead raise his popularity. Chilam frankly expressed he is not worried of damaging his well-established healthy image. He said: "Jayden Koo is very different from the roles I've portrayed in the past. I really want to challenge my ability and challenge the limits of the audience."
On the contrary, Francis Ng's role as Sam Tong had already been a well-received role since the first season, but Chilam is not worried the public will compare them. He said: "Right from the start, my role was designed to be the complete opposite of Francis Ng's role. He is a faithful, prudent and very serious pilot, and I'm just his complete opposite. That's how the conflicts arise in the series. I just wanted to do my best in accommodating the team and crew to develop the story perfectly." Chilam had portrayed many good and honest roles in the past, and he had questioned himself before on whether he really could handle this role. "I feared wouldn't be able to bring out the role's bad personality. When I was shooting the playboy scenes, I had too much to think about. This time, I used a different style to portray this role. (Worried of damaging your image?) I just kept crushing myself, I'm not a villain, I'm just a really powerful person that causes the conflicts in the series."
Aside from having intimate scenes with Fala Chen and Sharon Chan, Chilam had kiss scenes with several other female artists. Asked how he felt kissing Fala? He said: "My scene with her was intense. The producer said we could not disclose which scene or when it will air; it is used as our secret weapon. You all will have to just keep on watching and see. (Awkward?) At the time, my heart was beating really fast because it was just too exciting!" Actually, Chilam's most memorable scene was when he went to France for shooting with the other cast including Ron Ng, Fala Chen, Myolie Wu and Nancy Wu. He had an memorable experience on the train ride from England to France: "It was a risky feeling. During the ride, I discovered Fala really knows how to take care of people. I thought she was just like a god-mother, so since then I always call her god-mother."
Asked whether his wife Anita Yuen was upset? Chilam laughed: "We're all happy, the audience watches happily and my wife watches happily. (She's not upset?) Nothing much. Just acting, its not real. (Did she ask you about it before?) Of course not, kept it a secret. Just wait until she watches it on TV and start shouting 'wah wah', then that would be the best! She'll probably click her tongue when she sees it. If I had to tell her everything beforehand, then I won't get anything done. We are both artists, we understand what acting is. Before when she was filming
Ip Man with Anthony Wong, I called her and asked what she's working on. She said she was shooting a bed scene with Anthony. I told her to have a good time."
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU Forum
