QUOTE(lilsleepyhead916 @ Jun 10 2006 5 54 PM) [snapback]2517554[/snapback]
The 30 year old thing is WAY too long, Gillian herself is 25 already and she's going to turn 26 in half a year, she's probably already considered one of the older popular actress in the industry that hasn't given her first onscreen kiss out after been in the industry for so long. I really don't get what's wrong with a kiss. The kiss doesn't even have to be the intimate ones like what Charlene has done before. A simple peck on the lips will work too! And I HIGHLY doubt that would 'ruin' her image. And seeing how Charlene has given a kiss onscreen SO MANY times, it hasn't ruined her image, so why would it ruin Gillian's? Especially seeing how Gillian's older and has been called the 'maturer' Twin.
And even though Andy's old and it's nasty to see Gillian filming any intimate scenes with him. At least if EEG listens to Andy and gives Gillian a good role and being able to kiss Andy, at least she'll finally be able to break through EEG's stupid barrier in not letting her kiss. It'll also give her more recognition seeing how she's collaborating with Andy and maybe from then on, EEG will be giving Gillian more roles where she can kiss someone when they do give her some roles in movies. Also, Gillian will be able to work with her idol, Andy, so I'm sure that Gillian will be doing her best and that she'll be REALLY happy in working with him. So basically to me, I find that it'll be good if Gillian were to be in a movie with Andy. The only flaw that I can think of right now is that she'll be kissing a guy around 20 years older than her, but if this can help her gain more recognition and break free of EEG's stupid rule, then hey! it'll be better if she takes it. And she said that she doesn't mind the kissing scenes either and I'm sure that she herself would like to 'kiss' someone other than Charlene. During Twins first night of their 2006 concert, after their concert was over, I think the show Scoop or something like that interviewed Twins, and when the reporter asked Gillian how she felt about Nicholas kissing Charlene, Gillian said "Mm dai duk", kind of like saying that it's unfair, that why did Charlene get to have something like that and she doesn't. She didn't say it in like a mad way or anything, but in a joking way. But I still think that she meant it especially seeing how she has stated so many times that EEG doesn't let her kiss anyone and that she would like to be able to kiss someone onscreen.
Okay, I don't really know if what I just said makes sense, but yeah, I can't proofread it now because I have to go... =D
I can't wait until the collaboration between Andy, Gillian, and Karena. Since Sa is already planned to share the same screen with Hsu Qi, Karena is just perfect for Gillian's collaboration. Both Hsu Qi and Karena are great actresses that will introduce both Twins into a new level of acting. Even though the intimate scene might chase me away for 30 seconds but I have no doubt this film will be a fantastic hit.
About the kiss, Gillian feels so suffocated. I hope that Andy will be able to pull Gillian out of this restriction. A small peck on the lips or cheeks does less harm than being pregnant onscreen YET both Twins have portrayed that phase of life before so EEG is really stretching everyone's patience. How long does EEG think they can stall Gillian's acting career from fully blooming? Despite all of the restrictions, Gillian has still managed to rise to the top so EEG mind as well just give her their full support.
Well, I guess it wasn't so much of the age gap between Andy and Twins but because Sa's character in
All About Love was still the bubbly and cute type, the entire love story was weird and uncomfortable.

Gillian is known to portray quite serious and mature roles so perhaps this collaboration might not turn out as horrible as we all think. If Gillian portrayed a silent and mysterious character in this film, hopefully people won't criticize Gillian as always portraying the same quiet, nice, sweet role because they have to understand that a cute bubbly role already failed next to Andy's charisma. And not all silent characters are the same.
Another thing about Andy is, he likes to collaborate with people he believes will contribute a great amount of potential. He has chosen wisely. Both Karena and Gillian are wonderful actresses but Karena has taken on much bolder roles because she has no restrictions to push her back while Gillian hasn’t completely unleashed her acting talents yet. Just by watching Gillian in BOK, everyone senses a lot of untapped potential in Gillian. Once Gillian breaks the ice once with the official onscreen kiss, I’m pretty sure the demand for Gillian will overflow. Once Andy collaborates with a certain actor/actress and connects on a professional level, most likely, that artist will continuously be featured into Andy films like Sammi. Hopefully, Gillian’s talent strikes Andy the same way.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 10 2006 7 20 PM) [snapback]2517764[/snapback]
Yeah, I think things are starting to get better for Gillian as well. Perhaps Gillian's part of preparing for the split of Twins is processing slowly, but it is processing.
I was overjoyed when I read that Gillian and Kenny performed 'Conscience Discovery' together, and we now have news saying that Gillian may have the chance of working with good actors like Andy and Karena! Do you think this is going to be in the 'All About Love' format? Andy = Andy, Karena = Charlie, Charlene = Gillian? If that's the case, then maybe Gillian won't get such a big part, but she will get exposure. I'd really want her to have a big part though because it simply seems like the bigger the role, the more development Gillian can do to her character, and the better her performance. It's like how 'Beyond Our Ken' completely revolved around her, and her acting was superb. Even though it's kinda gross to think of Gillian kissing Andy, it's not completely a bad thing. At least Andy is someone who Gillian respects and sees as an idol, so even though Andy wouldn't be our first choice of having Gillian kiss, he's not that bad. I think he could help Gillian be more comfortable since he has so much experience. If this film will really take place, then I'd say we can wait for just a bit longer.
Perhaps this Andy collaboration won't be a mirror of
All About Love because that would be a bit too repetitive. Hm, I thought Sa and Charlie had approximately the same amount of onscreen time.

People may think that Sa was a smaller role because her character died and the only scenes we saw her character develop in the storyline were the flashbacks but nonetheless, Sa was up to par to Charlie as far as their characters went. For Gillian and Karena, since they've both been quite successful portraying the bizarre and suspense genre, that would be something interesting to watch Andy, Karena, and Gillian in a chilling romance story, a psychological twister, or perhaps a really hilarious unseen before comedy.
At the moment, I'm just happy that Andy has extended his invitation to Gillian. And for those rude people out there entering this thread, please understand that Gillian
ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT NEED Mr. Andy Lau to help boost her acting career because Gillian is already as successful without
ANYONE'S help but it would be something new and refreshing to watch because Andy, Gillian, and Karena are all great actors that have never been united under one screen.
I'm not too keen about Gillian's kiss anymore. If Gillian feels comfortable enough to share her first onscreen kiss with Andy, then go for it, I support her 100%. I'm just relieved that she actually got to kiss before the scheduled 30 years of age restriction from EEG
if EEG decideds to accept this role and intimate scenes on behalf of Gillian. I agree. Gillian needs a decent role, she performs better through a more important and saturated character like Ching, BOK. That's true, Andy is very well experienced, he can help Gillian improve on some of her weaknesses.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 10 2006 7 20 PM) [snapback]2517764[/snapback]
Maybe Andy's eager to get Gillian out kissing people on-screen too.
Andy's definitely one of those who have gained power and respect in HK, and I believe he should have a certain impact on things as well. I do hope he's persistent enough for Gillian's sake; if he's able to pull those restrictions off on Gillian for his film, then EEG won't have any excuse to restrict Gillian any further, at least if things do fall into place. Andy is partially a businessman with his film producing company, so he probably has a good idea of who has potential and popularity to star in his films. I hope Andy does make this offer to Gillian; it does mean a lot to her in her situation. Starring in a film with Andy could bring Gillian lots of exposure; even though Gillian's previous leading role films gained her recognition, they didn't provide enough exposure. Hopefully, there'll be more news on this. Seriously, it was pretty out of the blues when Andy spoke out the names of Karena and Gillian during the time of him receiving an award of 'Best Man To Marry' when he was asked who he would like to get close to next since he's co-starred with so many female artistes already. He said he was sure that many would want to be hugging Karena, and he personally has never hugged Gillian before.
I guess I know what you mean about Gillian passing up on so many kisses with guys like Edison and Daniel, and then having Andy pop up is just far-fetched, but hey, at least Andy is looking forward to working with Gillian. That's a good thing. I wonder if Gillian gets her way of the soft kiss? Or is it going to be one of Andy's usual wild kisses? I'd say he's still remembering that time of when Gillian had to turn him down earlier because of her restrictions, and that's why he's trying to break them!
But you do have a good point about EEG overpowering Andy's request and then offers up their one and only Charlene?
There was an article on the same issue about Andy's request of Gillian written by a different newspaper, and that one said that Charlene tuned in while Gillian was being interviewed about it, and Charlene said she'd want a chance to kiss Andy again because the last kiss is now very vague to her.
Well, I've always seen Andy as a person with determined will, so let's hope this time won't be an exception. Hope things will get better and better for Gillian! Aw, I'm beginning to like Andy lol for his sweet request for Gillian's participation.

Not that I disliked him before but I just didn't think it was right for him to blurt out some unnecessary things in the past, that makes him appear too arrogant and biased towards some actresses he has never worked with before but have already jumped into conclusions about their talents.

Well, Gillian hasn't been casted in the most promising films lately. BOK was already in 2004 and
49 Days was already early this year into last year, there's too much competition and criticisms in the HK industry, people forget easily, Gillian needs to continuously surprise the audience a few more memorable times before she can slow down to releasing one film per year because she's not slightly there yet on the A List of actors. Karena and Cecilia are widely accepted as A List actresses, they can release one film once a year or even once every two years YET people will still pay to watch their films because they have already established a solid name in the industry, they won't be forgotten. Gillian is almost there but seriously, EEG has to let go of the leash on Gillian and permit her to explore and challenge herself to the fullest or else Gillian will never be part of that A List BUT as if EEG wishes for her to be on that list in the first place anyways.
Okay. That is where Sa bugs me a bit but I'm not going to dwell into it because don't want to upset others.

But I do hope that Andy is persistent towards Gillian. Fighting for Gillian is a much more difficult battle than for Sa and we all know why.

Hopefully, Andy does feel the urge to break some barriers for Gillian.
QUOTE(Little_Purple_Bell @ Jun 10 2006 7 20 PM) [snapback]2517764[/snapback]
The thirty year old thing is plain stupid. The whole restrictions thing is stupid. How does kissing on-screen wreck an image? Kissing is just the basics of HK films nowadays. Little pecks sometimes are so sweet, and they bring more depth to the love in a relationship on-screen. If Gillian's considered to be the more mature Twin, then should it also be that she should be able to handle more things then? But I guess things don't work that way with EEG theory.
Yes, I completely agree with you. Everything of this is actually great. It just feels wrong when you think of the siding facts like how Anthony Wong portrayed Gillian's dad in HOF, and Andy's the same age as him.
Gillian herself is eager to break her restrictions, and since she can't do it by herself, she must be more than delighted to hear that Andy wants to collaborate with her. Yes, I also saw an interview that was made during the first night of the 2006 concert. When Gillian was asked about what she thought of Nic's kiss to Charlene, she said, "I never get to be a part of it." She sounded like she was half joking but half serious. It feels like Gillian's really trying to speak out about her restrictions in a sneaky way by giving responses like, 'My company won't let me, but I'd want to.' I hope there will actually be an offer made to Gillian officially; that means even if she only has that film next year, it will still be guaranteed of being high quality. Of course it'd be better if she has more, but if she was going to star in a bunch of Wong Jing films for a year, I'd rather her to just do one Andy film. Kissing is nothing. Gillian's recognition in the acting industry is everything because it will impact one of their favorites.
Gillian does joke about things that bother her but when you look into her eyes, they seem quite sincere, like she's calling out for help. Hopefully, Gillian will finally get to be part of the kissing game after this collaboration with Andy.
QUOTE(CathyW @ Jun 11 2006 7 16 AM) [snapback]2518627[/snapback]
I'm not sure, but it really seems like EEG is trying their best to stop Gillian from progressing in the acting industry. When it was first rumoured that Isabella will be starring in a Lesbian movie with Rainie Yang, Mani said "公司都好支持Isabella,
其實佢係專業演員,唔應該有咁多限制,總之除o左露三點,我o地都冇乜其他底線" (The company is very supportive of Isabella. Actually,
she's a professional actress and so she shouldn't have so many limitations. As long as she doesn't have to be completely naked, we don't really have any other restrictions). I know that Gillian and Isabella have a different image, but they are both professional actresses so why is Mani limiting Gillian? If EEG really don't want Gillian to have any achievements in the movie industry, then I just hope that they don't continue to give her anymore stupid roles and allow her more time to concentrate on her music.
Also, after watching the Taiwan variety show, did anyone else get the feeling that Charlene is currently dating someone? When they were asked, Gillian answered "No" and Charlene wouldn't give an answer to the question and Charlene has never denied nor has she admitted any thing towards the RC rumours(apart from going to America during the new year).....so.....

Mani!

Isabella is way younger than Gillian but already so bold in the acting industry, EEG is really promoting Isabella to be the next Cecilia.

I don't doubt their support towards Isabella's acting potential because honestly, Isabella's acting abilities are pretty decent but EEG's extremely biased decisions just stomp all over Gillian. Not only does EEG make all the rest look better, instead of leaving Gillian alone on middle grounds, EEG makes Gillian look worse. Aiya. Words cannot express my anger and agitation towards EEG's restrictions from Planet Pluto.
Hm, that is what I noticed earlier too. Sa never seems to directly deny anything about Ronald like she has with other previous rumors about other co-stars like Shawn and Nic. It does make me wonder as well. The saying
No comment usually has a deeper meaning than that.

Anyways, whatever Sa decides to do or whoever to date, hope all goes well.
QUOTE(Transition @ Jun 11 2006 7 52 AM) [snapback]2518760[/snapback]
oh yeah, and that's supposed to come out from Mani's mouth?

If Isabella shouldn't get any restrictions/limitations, and even gets to film a lesbian movie, then shouldn't Gillian be able to have this kind of freedom too, since she's older than Isabella by 7 years?!
It really seems as though Gillian and Steven are the ones Mani like the least out of her so-called "children". (those under her management)
Mani and her personal issues.

I don't know why Mani despises Gillian so much. I was watching this one clip during the filming of
Twins Effect II, the cast and crew were celebrating Gillian's birthday, Mani jokingly hit or yelled at Gillian, I can't remember well but that came out so harsh and serious.

Anyways, Mani needs major help or more educational classes to teach her how to manage businesses unbiasedly and professionally.