Roger Kwok (郭晉安) has worked with TVB for nearly thirty years. Loyal to his roots, Roger filmed at least one TVB drama per year since his debut in the 1986 comedy drama, City Japes <城市故事>, the TVB sitcom that pushed Roger to popularity. Roger is currently promoting TVB’s Black Heart White Soul <忠奸人>, a crime thriller produced by Amy Wong (王心慰). Considered as the second Last One Standing <與敵同行>, many viewers hold Black Heart White Soul in high regard. Only Roger Can Portray Role The 49-year-old actor usually gives diplomatic and modest answers when responding to media questions, but Roger openly praised Black Heart White Soul to be a “rare masterpiece” coming from TVB, and even boasted that no other actor in TVB can portray his role, Matt, better than himself. Black Heart White Soul’s Chinese title, Chung Kaan Yan (忠奸人) is a homophonic pun. When spoken, it means “middle man”, but the hidden message of the characters means a man who is good and evil. When Roger first heard the title, he assumed the title meant someone who is morally conflicted, but during filming, Roger realized that was not the case. “It means someone who has two faces. I can now understand why the producer cast me in the role – I look like a good person. An actor who does not have more than twenty years of experience will find it difficult to film this role. I can boldly affirm that no other actor in TVB can do this role except me. If I can keep [the evil side of me] hidden, then people will not be able to know that I actually have this side. That makes the role more unpredictable.” Has Full Confidence in “Black Heart White Soul” Black Heart White Soul snagged an average rating of 25 points in its debut week. It is not an outstanding result, but the drama has received overwhelmingly positive reactions from viewers. Roger, who has won Best Actor both times for his performances as Ah Wong in the Square Pegs <戇夫成龍> series, said he feels like he is in his Ah Wong phase all over again. “A lot of my colleagues have called me and praised my performance. Just yesterday, Tavia Yeung (楊怡) called and said, ‘Ah Gor! Your reaction there was great! It was really so awesome!’ There was probably some exaggeration there, but I do believe that she was being genuine!” Does Roger have the confidence that Black Heart White Soul will achieve Ah Wong’s ratings success? Roger said, “Wow! Of course not! You know that’s impossible now! I don’t think we will ever be able to break the 40 to 50 rating points anymore. Nowadays, I don’t think we should look at just rating points anymore. Most important thing is for everyone to turn on their televisions first!” Roger is a big fan of the American AMC television series, The Walking Dead, and has finished all four seasons. “I can’t wait to watch the next season! I’ve been searching other TV shows that are similar, but none of them were as good as The Walking Dead.” Admits TVB Dramas are Faltering Roger used to be a fan of TVB dramas as well, but he admitted that TVB dramas in recent years have been lacking in production and writing quality. “I am also a normal viewer of television. I would usually spend ten minutes on a show to determine whether or not I like it.” Roger admitted that there haven’t been many TVB dramas that have managed to draw him in longer than ten minutes. However, he did manage to watch most of The Ultimate Addiction <點金勝手>, which completed its 30-episode run on July 11. “I was fascinated by the financial aspect of the series, and it was also quite mysterious. Towards the end, I had to shoot Inbound Troubles 2 <老表，你好Hea！> so I couldn’t finish watching it.” Creds: stheadline
Definitely one of the best 2014 drama now. But wow, I didn't know he was 49. I always thought he was early to mid 40.
I'm surprised how much I like this seriea so far. I don't watch much of tvb series these days as well, just are that good
