Thursday August 25, 2011 Hong Kong
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/
The finale to TVB costume drama The Life and Times of a Sentinel starring Steven Ma and Kenneth Ma airs tonight. As this difficult to shoot production finally comes to an end, Steven said frankly he's having mixed feelings. He really wants the finale to broadcast quickly, so audience can see the results of all the hard work the crew put into this production. However, he is also worried that he'll feel reluctant and lost when the series ends.
Steven expressed that The Life and Times of a Sentinel holds a vital spot in the course of his acting, he said: "I have never portrayed a character with so much hatred like Nip Dor Po. In the finale week, he had a great psychological change. For revenge, he turned into a sinister and in the last few episodes, his relations with Kenneth Ma's role Fuk Chuen will rupture. Two men will have a very tragic ending. One of them will get frightening when an enormous secret uncovers. I look forward to see how audience will react to this ending."
Steven said he had a pleasant collaboration with Kenneth Ma, he said: "The shooting period this time was shor. The series is also set in the large palace court, so it was quite difficult, but the entire crew really put their hearts into it. My co-star Kenneth Ma is an actor that is willing to give and take. Plus our surnames are both Ma, we had a comfortable collaboration and are such good friends like two brothers."
As for the TV ratings, Steven frankly said it's only a general satisfaction: "The past few weeks remained 26-27 points, but the earlier series with the same 8:30pm time slots had lower ratings too. I anticipate for good ratings in the finale."
After reading this, I think I know what the ending will be (now that I think about it, if I recall correctly, I believe that the 'enormous secret' may have been revealed already in one of the previews for the series). Anyhow, I'm still greatly looking forward to the finale!
ReplyDeleteI think Hao Chong must have burned Shun Ji's last will and testimony before finishing reading the whole content of the letter. The letter must have stated that he had changed his mind about his successor and that with the letter he appointed Kangxi as his successor not Fuk Chuen.
ReplyDeleteWaiting to dl the finale. At the same time a bit down that this series has come to an end. I've truly enjoyed the whole series despite the concubine scenes.
Ha...turns out I was right about the preview to the series already revealing the 'enormous secret'...it's just that I totally forgot about it while watching the series until just this past week when all those articles came out about a possible 'big reveal'....
ReplyDeleteRegardless though, I still thorougly enjoyed the series (including the awesome finale)!