I do!!! I get so fed up when they give an actor who has been with TVB for 10+ years a somewhat significant role. And then they decrease their (actor's) screentime in their next 2-3 series like only 1 min per scene! Sometimes they do not appear again for like 2-3 episodes or EVER AGAIN!

Ex: Ellesmere Choi in RDOV (loved him!)
and then sadly...
Forensic Heroes
Love Guaranteed
The Drive of Life
Tai Chi

Who is your absolute favorite and has been treated unfairly while the untalented fills up your screen 24/7???

Nancy Wu
Fred Cheng (?? is that his last name?)
Matt Yeung

Derek Kwok?

I'm sure there's more but can't think atm

Derek Kwok is getting bigger roles now especially in Family Link and in current showing DIE.

yea i agree with nancy wu. fred is still popular tho.. i see him in a lot of series..

For one is Derek Kwok, he has been with tvb almost forever and only recently he have some big roles with family link, WOIL2 and D.I.E. HE should have bigger roles and maybe 2nd lead roles because I believe he can handle it.

Rain Lau....she's a really good actress, I enjo watching her epsecially in comedic roles. But it seems like her roles are gettin smaller and smaller. Like in the Ultimate Crime Fighter, she was Gigi's friend but had no storyline. The worst was in Steps, she showed up for 2 scenes as blind date with Wayne & Steven, more like a cameo.

I'm currently watching her in D.I.E. as margie's friend...small role again but at least not a cameo.

I'm not saying TVB should give her leading roles, but she deserves to be '2nd-line' actress...kinda like Cuite Mui Siu-Wai use to get.

Nancy Wu and Derek Kwok , I agree . I don't see enough of them ! Leila Tong also , I don't see a lot of her either . : (

There is news that TVB tried to promote Joe Ma but failed because of his poor image so Tommy Leung, one of the top executives in TVB decides to promote Derek instead. I would not be surprised if he is cast in a lead role in a series.

I agree with the above, Rain Lau and Nancy Wu are always underused in series.

Anne Heung: at some point she played the leading actress in Legend of Lady Yang and also series like love is beautiful. however in series like Bar benders she has such a small role its just unbelievable.

Nancy Wu: she has always had quite small roles but her screen time is now even shorter. in series like revolving door of vengenance she had such a small role and also wars of in law 2.

other people like Margeret Chung who use to play second leading actress and Fiona Yuen are really talented actresses with very small parts. Angela tong had a big role in marriage of conveneice but she had a small role in love guaranteed.

Nancy Wu, I've always liked her ever since Twins of Brothers. She's not bad at acting so I just don't understand why she never gets much screentime in series. Girls like Toby Leung gets to act more than her when they don't deserve it (yes i know its because of her 'connections')

Rain Lau is another girl i really enjoy watching. She's really good at comedic roles...just loved her in Eternal Happiness. In fact i think she's won a best newcomer award (or something similar) during a TVB anniversary. If she's won the award it should mean she's got the potential to be lead...

I pretty much agree with everything you guys are saying.

Definitely Derek Kwok. It's about damn time he got the recognition he's been getting now. It was due about five years ago, IMHO. Finally, some good quality roles for him in TFL, TC, WOIL and now DIE to show the audience just how multi-faceted his acting his. He always used to be typecast as the villain, but I'm so so glad he's been given a chance to branch out now. And if like kenji said, Tommy Leung is giving him a chance, then this Tommy Leung guy has a good eye for talent when he's not busy trying to promote his daughter Toby, eh?

And others, definitely Nancy Wu. She came up the hard way, through the TVB acting class, and I really see so much potential in her. She got such a great role in TOB and did so well, and then some other significant stuff as well in FTF, and then relegated to the backburner in WOIL and DIE?

Rain Lau was always a classic comedic actress and it's a shame that she's not getting more recognition for it. For the ten minutes she was on screen for Steps, she made me laugh so hard.

And I thought the guy who was Ellesmere's and Ron's other brother in RDOV was pretty good too, given it was his first big role. And then he just seemed to disappear into thin air. Shame about Elaine Yiu too... she's really improved now, but because of her ghastly attempt at Chloe in RDOV, she doesn't seem to be getting a second chance. I thought Natalie Tong was great in TSD, and should most definitely be given more chances, but that seems to have went the other way with her getting a smaller role than Toby Leung in Cordial Heroes now. And TSD didn't do too well with the ratings either, unfortunately for Natalie. Hopefully she'll get a second chance as well.

And on the other hand, I really miss Fiona Yuen and Margaret Chung. And didn't Astrid Chan used to get rather significant roles back in the day? I distinctively remember her in HH. And now she doesn't seem to be playing anything of that stature. Guess we need to wait to see her in HOGII.

derek kwok！actually i think his acting's great but tvb doesn't really recognise him. he's always put in villian roles n it makes ppl hate his character n maybe as such, hate him.

power chan's about the same too. he gets gd role sometimes but not very significant ones though. (like the one in into thin air) i think his acting's quite gd too but same as derek, he's not really recognised by tvb!

Nancy Wu, I suppose. She isn't in TVB for 10+ years but her acting skills is really up to the standard and is even better than some of the leading actresses. I don't know if it's her choice to stay as a minor role but if it's not, than I would say that TVB is treating unfairly to her. Ever since TOB, she never really got good roles. For example, in D.I.E, she acts like a minor role of being Sonija's younger sister. I do think Wayne Lai is too, treated unfairly and if TVB allows them to suddenly pick up huge roles, I would really welcome them.

Oscar Leung. I really like him in TGCII (surprise tat he is my most favoured one in TGCII, even more than Wayne Lai.

I think linda chung got ripped off in FH2 becasue she had to die just becasue charmaine sheh was in the series.

the tvb just chooses people that look better. after all, they want high ratings

I dont think better people brings better ratings.



That is so funny about Tommy Leung promotin his daughter Toby. I really think that if they were not related she would have had no chance in tVB. her acting sux so badly! and she is no where near pretty! but yes i agree with u lot that Derek Kok is talented.

I agree. like in forensic heroes II (2008) they have so many actors/actresses in there that it's just a mess then they start killing them off in 2-4 eps

lately they just together a bruach of cast together because their better artist have left tvb. about half of many have left tvb on a bad team.

Actually, Linda said that due to a scheduling conflict, they had to kill her character off. They did the same in Healing Hand II when they killed off Ada's character. Scheduling conflict. I'm not a huge fan of Charmaine... but it's not fair to blame her since it really wasn't her fault in this case.




It really was a mess. While I was watching it, I mentioned to my brother that it felt like they were trying to add everyone in it. Too many actors, actresses in really small roles. It was a waste of talent.

I agree. TVB should promote those who has actual acting talent and can offer something onscreen aside from looks. For example, Bobby Au Yeung isn't exactly what one would call handsome or possess that idol image (even when he was younger) yet most things he touches turns to gold and gets high ratings because of quality performances.

However I think TVB is starting to come to realization by promoting the likes of Derek Kwok and Wayne Lai, who I feel very happy for when it was announced he would be receiving his first main role soon after all these years of great acting. The general reaction from audiences upon the news was also a very positive and supportive one.

Honestly, some of the younger faces that TVB thinks will bring them high ratings due to their "good/fresh looks" aren't all that appealing... Fala Chen, Matthew Ko, Linda Chung, Kate Tsui, Suki Chiu, etc... yet they're everywhere (no offense to those that like them). Their acting is nothing memorable, TVB tries to shove them into our faces every chance they get and as a result people pay lesser attention to TVB. Even I don't enjoy TVB as much as I used to anymore.

i think niki chow,nancy wu and derek dont get the credit they deserve.

I agree with everything that has been posted so far. Maybe because I'm old-school and starting watching TVB in it's "Golden Era," I prefer the veteran actors/actresses to the new ones. I understand that TVB is trying to promote "new blood" because all of their good actors left to pursue better opportunities or are no longer contracted to them, but I think even they are starting to realize that the "new blood" just isn't cutting it...in fact, I think I read somewhere that one of the reasons why TVB is trying to get alot of the veteran actors/actresses (like Kathy Chow, Anita Yuen, Gallen Lo, Kenix Kwok, Flora Chan, et.c) who no longer have contracts with them to come back and do a couple series for them (as has been the pattern in recent years) is because they realized that the new generation/crop of actors/actresses have no talent and ratings were suffering as a result (the Chinese phrase 不成氣候) was used, which basically means that that the acting of the new generation is not up to par overall and they can't carry a series like the veterans can.

Classic example: just look at HOG and MR...if it weren't for the veteran actors (Ha Yu, Louise Lee, Susanna Kwan, Michelle Yim, Wayne Lai, etc.) carrying both shows with their great acting, neither series would have been as successful as they were...

pierce ng.
they kept on giving a sucky roles T_T

You mean Pierre Ngo?

Yeah. I am quite sick of him playing villian roles.
Another one would be Joel Chan.
As for the ladies, how about Rachel Kan?
I think she's good. But her roles are really really minor

ok wow, finally a thread like this haha.
there are a lot of great actors and actresses in TVB that they just don't promote much.
My biggest one would be NANCY WU. she's been with TVB for like, idk forever, well ok not forever, she ain't that old.
and she did literally claw her way up, going through the hard way. her acting talents, well i don't know what others think but are really really great and believable. she's such a natural actress, and her chemistry with the males are great to watch. TVB just doesn't promote her much, idk y. she's so underpromoted, i think by now Nancy deserves at least a chance at becoming a lead role. i mean even fala chen (i like her acting and stuff too but just using her as an example) she's only been with tvb and acting for 2 of 3 years, and she's already gotten lead, and very memorable roles, and even a role in a MOVIE!
while nancy's been with tvb for like 10 or more years and she only gets the supporting or minor roles. I would rlly love tvb if they promoted their talented and potential actors and actresses more. i mean look a suki chui. to be honest and srry to her fans but i don't see anything special in her acting. i mean i guess she has a cute face but her acting is at a very beginner's level, and she's already being greatly promoted.

COME ON TVB DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH ALL YOUR TALENTED YET UNDER PROMOTED ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. HAVE A SERIES WITH JUST THEM IN IT FOR ONCE AS LEADS AND SEE HOW THAT GOES!

Hey. I think you've mistaken. Fala hasnt gotten any lead roles until Transferred Connection of Temptation. As for the movie, she got the role thru auditions and at that time, it was either her or Christine Kuo. And the latter couldnt speak good cantonese.
Well, Nancy's moving up slowly now. And I dont see how is Suki Chui being promoted?

Pierre Ngoh. He is given really villian roles like survivors' law, war & beauty! He has finally got a chance to shine in Rosy Business even being a villian.

Derek Kwok in ancient series he is just the best ,.....@#%$^$#@ the TVB doesn't give he the @#$%$# chances