The Game 失控游戏 (TV drama series)

Below are extracts from my blog http://blog.islandmanpictures.com regarding a TV drama series 'The Game' 《失控游戏》 that I acted in earlier in 2007, in which I play one of the leads 'Zhou Fan' （周凡）.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

more on 'The Game'

It was Sony’s first attempt at the China market and my great honor to be invited to audition for the role of ‘Zhou Fan’, which I eventually got casted for (see picture above).

‘Zhou Fan’ was totally me 3 or 4 years back. First, he wears his hair long and frizzy, he’s an artist, he’s not too bothered about material comforts, doesn’t quite care about not having a stable career so long as he’s spiritually fulfilled, not concerned about not being rich, true to people around him and let’s his heart tell him what to do at all times… thus when he falls in love with someone (which he does in the show), she becomes the one obsession that he lives for. So anyway, it was easy for me to relate to a person like Zhou Fan. And honestly, I kind of missed him after the gig was done. I remember sitting at the make up desk on my last day thinking, ‘Man, this is the last time I’ll see this guy, I’ll have to say goodbye to Zhou Fan after the day’s done.’ And that was kind of sad, as Zhou Fan was a guy that I would love to be friends with.

I found myself in a good and bad situation filming ‘The Game’ and here’s why - I was in 19 of 25 episodes. The good thing about that is, I get some 2 or 3 days break in the two and half months of filming (as I’m not in all of it) and during those breaks, I return to Beijing to re-charge (and see Anna) and I return on set all fresh and ready before anyone forgets me. The bad thing however, is that because I'm on set long enough and am still new to the TV scene in China, whenever the crew or production people fuck things up (which they of course, will never admit their mistakes and move on), they start searching for scapegoats to shoulder the blame and many times I'm their most convenient target! Yikes!

But all in all, it’s been a very fulfilling time that I’ve had acting in the show and I’ve learnt heaps about acting for the camera. Plus, I’ve made a couple of genuinely good friends along the way. And that’s what matters most to me at the end of the day.

I’ll catch a short nap now before this plane lands. And hopefully when I open my eyes again, I’ll be home already!

Hope this new article finds all of you in good health and high spirits. And may Jay and Belle be happy together, forever.

Signing off.

Thomas

Monday, May 14, 2007

'The Game, Over'

Hi,

Sorry it's been ages since I've updated my blog wesbite. I promise I will write soon again now that I've wrapped from filming the 25-episode TV series 'The Game' which kept me real busy the past two and half months.

Check my picture website (www.picturetrail.com/wehoth) for more on that production.

I shall be travelling to Singapore later this week to attend best friend Jay's wedding and then on to the Philippines for abit for leisure, making that country #29 on the list.

Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely moms of the world, especially my little petite mother.

More soon...

Thomas****

Thursday, March 15, 2007

The Game 失控游戏

I'm currently filming a 25 episode TV series 'The Game' at Tanggu (Tianjin).

我正在天津塘沽拍摄二十五集电视剧‘失控游戏‘。