With his penchant for playing villains and "damaged" characters, actor Anthony Wong Chau-sun, 43, has earned a reputation as the angry man of the local film industry. Or perhaps that's because he likes to vent with his hard rock band. After 160 movies, including "Hard Boiled," "Infernal Affairs," and "The Medallion," and more than 10 acting awards, he stars in the long-awaited local blockbuster, "Initial D." He talks to Yvonne Young at Jia boutique hotel.
In the 1960s, English-Chinese mixed-race people like me were regarded as bastards. Now they're all models. If I were born 20 years later I would be very loved and rich.
My father left when I was four years old. I tried to look for him once out of curiosity, and when I failed, I was filled with rage at him. Now it means nothing.
Not having a dad made me confused about what a man should be. I had no notion of what it meant to be a husband or father.
I lived with my mother in the staircase of a pre-war building in Wan Chai. She taught me how important it was not to be poor.
Everyone criticizes me for condemning Hong Kong and creating a bad image for the city. How can that be possible? I pour scorn on Li Ka-shing all the time and he's still rich.