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Thursday, December 04, 2008

Wayne Lai: His Past to Present + my top 10

Picture sources: http://www.laiyiucheung.com

1986, Wayne's career started as playing "the extras" in TVB series. His characters' names included "Ah Ha", "Ah Xia", "Big D", etc, etc. Slowly, Wayne gained more and more parts in the TVB series. Starting by playing the famous Zhou BoTong in various TVB series:

1992 Rage And Passion


1993 The Condor Heroes Return


1994 The Legend of the Condor Heroes


1995 The Return of the Condor Heroes


After that, Wayne started to play the major supporting roles. In 1996, his Zhu Bajie (the pig) in "Journey to the West" made Wayne a super "supporting star".


12 years passed, Wayne played various supporting roles that out-shine the main characters, and finally, in 2008, he got his first Supporting Actor award. Not only that, he is now becoming a leading actor in a new series, "Pages Of Treasures".

I became a big Wayne fan ever since "Journey to the West", and I am very happy about Wayne's career boost. Looking back at Wayne's acting career, here is my Top 10 Most Favorite Wayne Characters.



10. Steps - Lee Lik Keung
This is actually the first series Wayne started to be a lead.



09. Moonlight Resonance - Nin Chi Yung
It is a pity that Wayne only appeared in the first couple episodes in this series. I really love his relationship with Hor Ma and her family.



08. Devil's Disciples - Tung Fong Mo Kik
The funny and caring master of Bosco.



07. The Gentle Crackdown II - Dai Tsung Man
This is the series made Wayne the Best Supporting Actor. He plays two characters here (twins), one is corrupted, the other is an honest and intelligent man.



06. Greed Mask - Au Man Wai
This character always creeps me out because of his (her) identity, but I just can't stop thinking about it. He (she) is one of the most creepy TVB character you will never forget.



05. The Gentle Crackdown - Si Kei Wong
Of course, I like the first Gentle Crackdown much more. Si Kei Wong is also very intelligent (compare to Dai Tsung Man), and he is more fun to watch.



04. The Return of the Condor Heroes - Zhou BoTong
Till this day, I still can't find another person that can top Wayne's version of Zhou BoTong.



03. The Pig - Journey to the West
Wayne did an awesome job to show the pig's laziness and his power of love, I especially love his "thousand love affairs".



02. The Conqueror's Story - Hon Shun
One of the smartest person in early Chinese history, and Wayne is a perfect fit for this character. It is a pity to see how his intelligence can also kill him at the end.



01. Safe Guards - Sheung Chung
His character is useless, a true trouble maker, however, you just can not stop loving him because of the way he supports Steven Ma...

3 Comments:

  • At December 09, 2008 6:19 PM, Blogger Flo-wah said…

    omg, I absolutely LOVE wayne as well!
    he's just so talented and deserved that award! Can't wait to see him play as lead!
    ------------------------------------
    I don't remember him in gentle crackdown one...

     
  • At May 13, 2009 5:51 PM, Blogger Brian said…

    Very good list. My favor Wayne's character is the pig demon in JTW and his love poem "多情自古空余恨,此恨绵绵无绝期".

     
  • At July 20, 2009 8:49 PM, Blogger hyueyming said…

    I just love him as Dai Tsung Mun in the Gentle Crackdown II. His features will always in my mind.. he is such a good actor.. Gambateh Wayne, I'll always support you.. Jo-Anne

     

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