Yung Mei Ling is thrilled to be selected as one of the 'Top 10'
[Interview with Aardman]
Organised by Hong Kong Overseas Chinese Evening News
1983
Top 10 TV Stars Election
Ms. Yung Mei Ling
It's been just over a year since her debut and she has been awarded the top 10 in the TV industry along with several other girls.
Yung Mei Ling and Kent Tong have been dating for only a year, but their relationship is developing rapidly, with the two of them travelling together and meeting their future mother-in-law. As they are both photographed together, and they go out alone, if you ask one of them, you will definitely know the whereabouts of the other.
They're so close, they're not going to stop talking about getting married, are they? All these signs give the impression that they are in love, and because they are both in love, people suspect that they are living together.
This is not the first time that the two of them have lived together. The first time was a few months ago, and it was already rumoured. When asked in person, she swore to God that it was not true. Growing up in a foreign country, she has an open mind and it is not uncommon in Hong Kong for people to try to live together before marriage.
"Why should I hide anything from people? I've always been against cohabitation and I don't try to get married. She said, "I think a girl must keep her dignity before marriage, I want to keep the mystery alive."
She was so honest at the time, but within a few months, the rumour had resurfaced.
"Why is that?"
"I think Tom and I have been seeing a lot of each other lately, people have been calling him and I've been playing mahjong at his house and sometimes when I'm playing late, people still hear my voice so they misunderstand me. My mother is not worried if I don't come home at this time of night She knows I won't mess around."
They 've been seeing each other more closely than before, because she doesn't have to do dramas.
"No films?"
"I've been pushed out of six films in a row."
After 'The Sandwich Man', she has only appeared on stage once in Thailand, and the new series doesn't start until mid-January,
"So I don't know what to do with a lot of time, so of course I'm spending it with him." says Yung Mei Ling.
He has to stay on set day and night to catch up on his work, but luckily his girlfriend has more time to look after him.
"But taking care of him doesn't mean I live with him, you can call me at home and I'll be there. I won't live with someone without a proper name," she says, "I can't break my mother's heart, she only has one daughter."
When she returned to Hong Kong from England, she had no idea that she would become so popular in such a short time. However, I think the road ahead of her is not a smooth one. She can't be said to be too good as Huang Rong, especially when the audience likes to compare her with Michelle and Ouyang Pei Shan, which makes her feel very sad.
"I just want to do the best I can. I think I've gotten better at acting in costumes after playing The Legend of the Eagle."
She can't say she's good, but she's doing the best she can.
I can't ask for much. "Sister Pei Shan has been acting for so many years."
"That's for sure."
In her recent role as 'The Sandwich Man', she was very kind and decent, but she has no character, and at the end of the play she is written to be quite petty.
She's not as good as Lau Man-yee in terms of stealing the show.
"I know." I know," says Yung Mei Ling "There's always someone on top of you in everything you do".
Don't you think that will affect you?"
"I knew that when I took the role, but I think a character without a character is more difficult than one with a character."
She's not defending herself, it's true!
Sensationalism is always more appealing than warmth, and a characterless role is, of course, a little more difficult to play. She's a bit upset by the bad reviews.
But TVB has a plan to make her a star.
The reason why TVB didn't allow her to do a film, and pushed her out of six films, was because they wanted her to play in Ng Yun Chuen's new film, "The Master's Place".
"What role are you playing in the film?"
"My role is similar to Chong Ching's role in 'Lai Bo Yi'.
I said, "Can you get used to playing this kind of role?"
"I don't know if it's because I've been in costume a lot that I'm more natural in my acting."
It's a fact of life that Yung Mei Ling is a popular actress. This year's Top 10 TV artists include five from TVB and five from ATV, so if you look at the list, you will understand that there must be something "mysterious" about it.
In any case, the list of nominees is made up of a number of sisters, with the exception of one new firm sister, Ms. Yung Mei Ling. Many people don't take this award seriously anymore, but she does.
"It means I am one of the lucky ones in the industry, and it's good to receive the award in person so I can take it home as a souvenir," she said.
Although she still has to work hard to improve, she does have a certain number of fans. The fact that she organizes fan clubs and has a large number of applicants shows that TVB has done some research to promote her. The fans at the door were chanting her name and asking her to sign autographs, so her popularity is growing day by day.
"How could I do anything that would be detrimental to my reputation under such circumstances?"
She says she is not open at all. She refused to marry Kent Tong if he did not follow the normal procedure.
Source: http://www.barbarayung.net/
翁美玲入選『十大』雀躍萬分
【訪談亞翁內文】
香港華僑晚報主辦
一九八三年度
十大電視明星選舉
翁美玲小姐惠存
出道一年多，翁美玲能和幾位阿姐一起獲得視圈十大之位，除運氣之外，還和公司的力捧有關。
湯鎮業、翁美玲拍拖才那麼一年，感情發展却是迅速得很，兩人結伴同遊，而且湯鎮業也見過未來岳母。因為他倆有影皆雙，而且單人出現時，你只要問其中一個，也定會知道另一個的行踪，湯鎮業就常拿這個和記者爭持，有時記者說在製作中心見到巴巴拉，他死口說不會，一輪求證，才搔著頭皮說：「對對，我忘了把駕車的時間也算在內。」
兩人感情這麼好了，總不會不談結婚之事吧！種種表現，都令人感覺到他倆是熱戀的一對，也因為有影皆雙，別人更懷疑他們同居了。
說湯翁兩人同居，也不是第一次了。第一次是在幾個月前，已經有人這樣傳了，親口問過翁美玲，她指天篤地，誓願沒有這回事情。翁美玲在外國長大，她也有開放的一面，而且試婚同居之事，在香港也並不少見，翁美玲雖極力否認，但也令人疑心。
「我為什麼要瞞人，根本一直以來我最
反對是同居，也不會試婚。」
翁美玲有時坦白起來，也真夠坦白，她說：「我認為女孩子在婚前一定要保持自己的尊嚴，我要把神秘感保持住，如果婚前已在一起，新婚時還有什麼味道？」當時聽她說得實牙實齒的，但過不了幾個月，這種傳言又出現了。
「為什麼會這樣的？」
「我想我和阿湯最近見面是密了，別人打電話來找他，
我又常在他家中搓麻雀，有時打得夜了，別人仍聽
到我的聲音，便誤會了！」
「耽到這麼夜也不回家，不拍人擔心？」
「不會的，契媽很信我，她知道我不會胡來的。」
這一陣子拍拖比以前更密，因為翁美玲不用拍劇集。
「沒有拍戲？」
「公司一連給我推了六部戲，真慘！」
提起這件事，俏黃蓉就心煩。
「拍完『夾心人』之後，只有過一次泰國登台，新劇集又要到一月中才開工，一大截時間也不知道做什麼好，當然用來陪陪他。」巴巴拉說。
湯鎮業可沒有她幸福，這一輪要趕戲，他日夜留在片場內，尤幸女朋友時間多，可以盡心照顧他。
「但是，照顧他不代表我和他住在一塊，你可以打電話來我家，一定找到我的。」
她還是說這麼一句話：「我不會名不正、言不順的就和人住，在一起，我不能傷了母親的心，她只有我一個女兒。」
翁美玲由英國回港時，也沒有想到自己可以在短短的時間內紅得這麼快。不過，我到覺得擺在翁美玲面前的路，並不平坦。她演黃蓉，老實說不能說演得太好，尤其觀眾喜歡拿她和米雪、歐陽佩珊比，更令她非常難過。
「我只希望盡自己的能力去做，其實演過『射鵰英雄傳』
之後，我覺得自己演古裝已經較前進步了。」
她不敢說自己演得好，但已做到最努力了，
也不能要求什麼吧！
「佩珊姐做了這麼多年的戲，她演得比我好，
這是一定的。」翁美玲說。
最近演『夾心人』她的角色很善良、正直，
但輸在沒有性格，而且戲的尾段寫她頗小器，
在搶戲方面，她是不及劉敏儀。
「我知道。」翁美玲說。
「做什麼事也有一個人壓在上頭，
你不覺得這會對自己有影響嗎？」
「接戲的時候已知道了，但是我覺得一個沒有性格的
角色，比有性格的難演得多。」
她不是為自己辯護，這也是事實呀！
煽情總比溫情吸引人，沒有性格的戲，難度相比之下，當然是稍高了。她因為評語不好而有點介懷，
但無線已有計劃，把她捧成阿姐級人馬。
因為安排新劇集給她演，無線不准翁美玲拍戲，幫她推了六部戲的原因，便是要翁美玲演出伍潤泉新戲「天師執位」。「你在戲中演什麼角色？」
「演苗僑偉老婆，我的角色和莊靜而在『賴布衣』的角色差不多。」
那個角色有點刁蠻，而且有陣子更會無理取鬧，我說「這類角色演得慣嗎？」
「演古裝總比時裝好的，不知是不是演古裝演得多，做起戲來也自然多了。」
翁美玲受捧，已是鐵一般的事實。看今年的入選十大電視之位的藝員，無線亞視各佔五名，明眼人一看，當然明白當中一定有「玄妙」之處。
無論如何，入選名單，幾位都是阿姐級人馬，獨有一個翁美玲是新紥師妹。這個獎，很多人都不重視了，但翁美玲還是重視的。
她說：「好多人做了多年戲都得不到，我只做了一年便有此成績，我應該重視的，它代表我是圈中幸運的一個，親自領獎，我可以拿回家，作個紀念品也是好呀。」
翁美玲雖然仍要力求進步，但她的確已有一定的擁躉了。看她組織影迷會，而且報名人數甚多，便知無線捧她，也是經過一番調查才捧的。而且當日翁美玲出發到大會當領獎，門前的影迷狂呼她的名字，大都想叫她簽名留念，她的知名度的確一日比一日高。
「在這種情況下，我怎會做一些不利於自己名聲的事。」
她說自己一點也不開放，湯鎮業不循正常手續娶她，她還不肯嫁呢。
Add comment