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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1512198/filmmakers-take-rich-and-powerful
Hong Kong

Filmmakers take on the rich and powerful

Long memory: Rachel Cartland

Filmmakers take on the rich and powerful

A full-page advertisement for crime thriller Overheard 3 in the Hong Kong Economic Times was cleverly designed to be barely distinguishable from an IPO ad, using the name of a company that features in the movie. Observant readers will have noticed that among the eight mugshots in the advert, titled 'Congratulations to N.T. Land Group's new share launch', were actors Sean Lau Ching-wan and Alex Fong Chung-Sun. Yet the blurring of fiction and reality did not stop there. The portrait of Lau, wearing sunglasses, bore an uncanny resemblance to Heu ng Yee Kuk's Sheung Shui rural leader Hau Chi-keung. Meanwhile, Fong's bob haircut was reminiscent of the signature style of businessman and former triad leader Kwok Wing-hung, aka Shanghai Boy, who once caused a stir by attending a dinner involving aides of Leung Chun-ying before CY's election as chief executive in 2012. Filmmakers have been criticised for their efforts to avoid upsetting the rich and powerful. We can only wait and see whether the advertisement was a brave attempt to prove their critics wrong …or if it was just another gimmick.