Steven Ma Mocks Self as Hard Knocks Wai.

馬浚偉自嘲苦命偉 

source:  takungpao

Recently, Steven Ma has been busy shooting Leung Choi Yuen’s new series, “Thunder of The Forbidden City".  Because this series contains many fighting scenes, Steven’s character as an imperial bodyguard has to fight constantly from day to night, hence, during these few months or so, if not fight until his lower back hurt, then it was fight until his hands swelled up; just his thumb has been injured on the same position three times already.  “The right thumb is swollen, looks like a mandarin duck thumb.  Can’t visit the doctor for it until the shooting wraps up.”

Besides getting hurt, even Heaven played him.  Steven reckons that whenever there was a fight scene or a strenuous scene to be shot, the weather would sure to turn cold.  Earlier, there was this one scene whereby framed by others Steven was sent to jail, while in there, he was brutally beaten. Later, he attempted escape from jail but was quickly attacked from all sides.   On that day, it started off nice and warm, but came nightfall after putting on his “wounded looks”, the temperature suddenly dipped a few notches.  It was also during that fight scene his thumb got hurt; the pain was so excruciating his face distorted in agony.  The injured thumb had to be sprayed with a pain reliever before he could continue working.  Steven quips that he is “Hard Knocks Wai”.  Fortunately, Steven is tough: “Since young, what hardship have I not endured?  But I’ll not be discouraged! A real man should possess the spirit to endure hardships. Even if life is hard, I’ll endure it until it finally changes to a good life.”

TVB has previously broadcasted two of his series. Although some people commented that the series’ timeslots were less than favorable, Ghost Writer was very well received in China and the overseas market. Hence, TV series distributors are keen to invest in it by purchasing its copyright, which comforted Steven. “So long the series gets to be aired, there's no problem, even though it doesn't get any help from good timing.  But, to garner good ratings despite unfavorable timeslot makes me feel prouder.   In any action, there is always going to be losses vs gains.   Anyway, it is enough to do your part well.  People do; Heaven sees.  I believe hard work will definitely pay off.”

Tagged a paragraph from appledaily:
Due to Steven’s Ghost Writer's immense popularity in China, the copyright to “Sentinel” has already been sold at a steep price to a certain tv series distributor.

 TN: Steven's swollen mandarin duck thumb. And him still joking around despite his painful thumb.  Bottom left pix weibo link 2011-7-22 19:43

News report caption: Despite injuring his finger, Steven still can laugh, he truly can endure hardship.  weibo pix links  2011-7-16 11:53 & 2011-7-17 00:10 

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News 2009 Steven Ma was almost blinded by hot wax drip. (Ghost Writer)

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AF#1476 Posted by tamaya on 11 June 2009 - 08:36 AM


Steven Ma is currently filming an ancient TVB series, Pu Songling. A few days ago he hurt his arm, and now he almost became blind. At the time, Ma Zai was lying on the bed pretending to be a corpse. The hot wax from the candle inside the 7-star lantern hanging above the bed he was lying on unexpectedly dripped onto his right eye. Fortunately, his eyes were closed, thus preventing the wax drip from getting into his eye. But the pain jolted him bolt upright on the bed, his eyelid instantly turned red.

He expressed his right eye is beset by disasters. A few years back, his right eye was injured while filming another series. He joked that after the eye injury, he was later awarded “My most favorite male character”. So this time, is the accident an omen to winning another award?

He quipped: “If had to be blinded or hurt before getting an award, that would be terrible.

“Luckily my eyes weren’t open then, else the hot wax on my eye would have had melted the contact lens inside. Then would have to rush to the hospital because the eye could be blinded anytime.”

When recalling his injuries, Steven still seemed slightly shaken. He said he seemed fraught with injuries making this series; first he bumped his head, then hurt his hand and now almost lost his sight. He joked that his body has no one piece of good flesh left.

TN: Like always, Steven always played down his injuries with jokes.

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AF1544 Posted by tamaya on 26 June 2009 - 10:29 PM i
Compilation of news from: wenweipo, Singpao &Takungpao [2009-06-27]

Pu Songling wrapped up production – Steven Ma’s BBQ dinner treat.
Pu Songling lead by Steven Ma, Linda Chung and Fala Chen has just recently wrapped up it production. The night before, Ma Zai treated the cast and crew to a bbq dinner. But the two female leads, Linda Chung and Fala Chen could not make it because they were not in town. Linda is in Canada, while Fala is working in Macao. Cast members who attended included: 龔嘉欣、李思欣、袁偉豪 and several crew members.

Prior, while shooting a scene climbing a tree, Ma Zai accidentally injured his right arm, which is why his arm was bandaged. When queried about the missing female lead stars, he said: “Linda's in Canada; Fala's in Macao, so both couldn’t come tonight. Since I’ll be leaving for Canada myself in a few days’ time, we won’t be able to get together for another end-of-production celebratory dinner, that’s why we’re having it tonight. Even though Ngo Wah has left for Canada already, he has earlier on contributed $3000 towards the lucky draws. Such a nice guy! Also, Ba Yin jie provided the red wine.”

When this reporter queried Ma Zai on his bandaged right arm, he revealed that his arm was injured 2 weeks ago when filming a tree climbing scene. “Master Mak Ling Ling has precautioned me that my limbs will suffer injuries this year. But even though my arm is hurt, I still could not resist playing badminton. I love paying it too much. And now my arm still hurts from playing it. From now on, I’d better rest it.”

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AF#1490 2009 06 14

compilation of various news reports

Steven wears jade to ward off evil spirits.
Steven attended the Sits promo with his hand bandaged. He expressed that he was hurt during the shooting of Pu Songling. “Recently had been very unlucky. First, my head got hit, and then my eye got hurt. The producer said that making ghosts and gods (supernatural) series will provoke the evil spirits, so suggest I wear jade to ward them off. But I'm not superstitious so didn't wear any.”

Steven hopes his injury (hand) will heal soon because next week he will be in Sabah for a promo function, and while there, will participate in a badminton competition. As for Sits' ratings, Steven said they fell between his expectation of 27-28 points.

TN: The title is so misleading it boggles my mind.
Steven specifically says he doesn’t believe jade will ward off evil spirits, yet the title says otherwise.

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~~~~~TV interview snippet paraphrase~~~~
Bad luck comes in three’s for Steven
Synopsis of Steven's interview: He was asked about his bandaged right arm. He explains he hurt his arm while shooting a scene in PSL. Trying to act cool (瀟灑 xiu sa), he stepped onto Lin Chun's hand, leaped and reached for the branch with his hand to pull himself up onto the tree. The act was performed successfully, but several 'takes' were needed before the act was accepted. In one of them, his hand slipped while holding onto the branch, inadvertently straining it. The pain was minor until he played badminton the next day when it worsened.

Trouble does not come alone. Besides injuries with his head and right arm, his right eye was hurt too. In another PSL scene, he was lying on a bed beneath an over-hanging 7-star candle lamp. Unbeknownst to him and others, the candle had been melted down to complete wax. The melted wax slipped and plopped onto a huge area around his eye, promptly scalding him. He yelped in pain, and bolted upright. Luckily he had his eyes closed then. He dared not opened them until the wax cooled down and hardened. Only then, did he gingerly peel off the wax blob from his eye. It was such a freaky incident, and once again happened to his right eye.


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