Limelight Years
| Limelight Years 華麗轉身 | |
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| Also known as | Elegant Transformation |
| Genre | Modern Drama, Romance |
| Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
| Starring |
Liza Wang Damian Lau Linda Chung Alex Fong Eliza Sam |
| Theme music composer | Anthony Lun |
| Opening theme | Limelight Years (華麗轉身) by Liza Wang |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Catherine Tsang |
| Producer(s) | Chong Wai Kin |
| Editor(s) | Au Koon Ying |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TVB Jade, HD Jade |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | 27 April 2015 – 22 May 2015 |
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| Chinese | 華麗轉身 | ||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | "Elegant Transformation" | ||||||||||
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Limelight Years (Chinese: 華麗轉身; Jyutping: Waa4 Lai6 Zyun2 San1; literally "Elegant Transformation") is a 2015 Hong Kong romantic television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Liza Wang, Damian Lau, Linda Chung, Alex Fong and Eliza Sam as the main cast.[1] Filming took place from June till September 2014. The drama will began airing on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels April 27 till May 22, 2015 every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes.[2]
This is the third time Wang and Lau have collaborated together playing a couple. The two prevously worked together in TVB's 1980 Yesterday's Glitter (京華春夢) and 2001 The Awakening Story (婚前昏後)[3]
This is Alex Fong's first drama with TVB in nine years. His last collabration with TVB was in 2005 My Family (甜孫爺爺).[4]
Synopsis
After recovering from a long term illness, semi-retired popular singer Wah Fong Ying (Liza Wang) realizes that she has lived an unfulfilled life. With two failed marriages and estranged relationships with all of her children she lives a lonely life. Wanting to mend her relationship with her oldest daughter who resides in Taiwan, she travels there and meets Hong Kong photographer Ben Law (Damian Lau), who is a fan of her. Ben is in Taiwan to fulfill his late wife's wish to have her remains returned to her ancestral home. Romance sparks between the two and soon each becomes the other's strength and support. Realizing that throughout her career she has never sung for her loved ones and with Ben's encouragement, Fong Ying decides to hold a last concert for her friends and family, but her daughter Tong Yan (Eliza Sam) rejects her invitation to attend. Fong Ying proceeds on working on her concert and hires assistant Jinny Szeto (Linda Chung) and creative director Sean Song (Alex Fong) to help her produce the concert. Just as light seems to shine on Fong Ying again, darkness comes back into her life when Jinny finds out that Fong Ying was involve in an affair with her uncle in the past and Ben starts to suffer from hallucinations due to a brain tumor.[5][6]
Cast
Main cast
- Liza Wang as Wah Fong Ying (華芳凝)
- Damian Lau as Ben Law (羅斌漢; Lo Banhon)
- Linda Chung as Jinny Szeto (司徒迪迪; Szeto Dikdik)
- Alex Fong as Sean Song (桑尚恆; Song Sheunghang)
- Eliza Sam as Tong Yan (唐欣)
Law family
- Michelle Yim as Ming Ha (明霞)
- Hugo Wong as Law Chi Yue (羅子譽)
- Jacqueline Wong as Law Chi Wing (羅子穎)
Tong family
- Patrick Dunn as Tong Se Kit (唐士捷)
- Jonathan Wong as Tong Wing (唐榮)
Poon family
- Pat Poon as Poon Sa Wo (潘世和)
- Candice Chiu as Nancy Poon (潘南思; Poon Namsi)
Extended cast
- Chung King-fai as Zoek Si (爵士)
- Li Shing-cheong as George Lui (雷佐治; Leoi Zoci)
- Lau Kong as Suen Long (舜郎)
- KK Cheung as Gordon Lai (賴哥頓; Lai Godeon)
- Alan Wan as Szeto Bong Bong (司徒邦邦)
- William Chak as Ken Pak (畢地特; Bat Deidak)
- Grace Wong as Nam Ding Na (藍汀雅=)
- Timothy Cheng as Yip Ga Yu (葉佳耀)
- Corinna Chamberlain as Oi Lai Se (愛麗斯)
- Becky Lee as Majo Lin Na (馬祖蓮娜)
- Stanley Cheung as Diamond
- Stephen Wong as Fung Ka Ming (馮家明)
- Lily Liew as
- Siu Koi Yan as
- Kelvin Yuen as
Development
- A promo image of Limelight Years was featured in TVB's 2015 calendar for the month of June.[7]
- The costume fitting ceremony was held on May 27, 2014 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One.[8]
- Original overseas shooting was suppose to take place in Vietnam, due to Vietnam's anti-Chinese protests in 2014 overseas shooting was moved to Taiwan.[9]
- The blessing ceremony took place on June 3, 2014 12:30 pm at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One Parking Lot.[10][11]
- Filming of the drama began on June 2014 and ended in September 2014. Shooting of Taiwan scenes took place in late August and early September 2014.[12]
- Limelight Years was one of the dramas previewed at "TVB Sales Presentation 2015" held in November 2014.[13]
Viewership Ratings
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References
- ↑ Limelight Years soompi page. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ Limelight Years AF.net page. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ 汪明荃劉松仁第三度合作互笠高帽(Chinese). Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ 方力申主動獻殷勤 鍾嘉欣懶理輕鬆補妝(Chinese). Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ FILMART 2015 - Series Briefs. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ Synopsis of TVB’s “Limelight Years”. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ TVB Calendar 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ Damian Lau Wants to Film “Elegant Transformation” in Canada. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ TVB’s “Elegant Transformation” Halts Plans to Film in Vietnam. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ "Extravagant Change" Blessing Ceremony. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ 鍾嘉欣樂做汪阿姐妹仔任糟質(Chinese). Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ Alex Fong and Linda Chung Film “Elegant Transformation” Under Hot Sun. Retrieved April 21, 2015
- ↑ Uncles Lead 2015 TVB Dramas. Retrieved April 21, 2015
External links
- Official website (Chinese)
- Limelight Years on Facebook
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