Head-starting TVB’s 2014 drama line-up will be the upcoming Qing dynasty legal drama Return of the Silver Tongue <舌劍上的公堂>, starring Roger Kwok (郭晉安), Kristal Tin (田蕊妮), Priscilla Wong (黃翠如), Evergreen Mak (麥長青), Jerry Lamb (林曉峰), Cheung Kwok Keung (張國強), and The Voice of Stars <星夢傳奇> winner, Fred Cheng (鄭俊弘). Premiering December 17 on TVB jade, Return of the Silver Tongue will take over the time slot of The Hippocratic Crush 2 <On Call 36小時II>. Produced by Lee Yim Fong (李艷芳), who also produced Reality Check <心路GPS>, Return of the Silver Tongue is loosely based on a short story extracted from the classical Qing dynasty novel, Little Bean Shed <小豆棚>. Roger Kwok stars as the scholar Cheung Sei Wai, who opens a school to cultivate new educated talents. He is good friends with his student Chow Kuk (Priscilla Wong) who, though brilliant in her own right, is not very good in school. Sei Wai is righteous and genuinely believes that education can purify one’s mind and heart. He meets the ambitious and articulate Chan Jan Jan (Kristal Tin), a female lawyer, and quickly befriends her. As Sei Wai also has an interest in the legal business, he and Jan Jan become close working partners. The villainous Poon King Chuen (Cheung Kwok Keung) and his son Poon Yi Ming (Jerry Lamb) consider Sei Wai and Jan Jan their enemies, and often caused mischief for the pair. Sei Wai’s good friend, the court guard Ha Hau Mo (Evergreen Mak), dislikes lawyers and Jan Jan, as her father Chan Mung Kat (Li Shing Cheong) framed his father, who ultimately received capital punishment. Believing that Jan Jan is more than what meets the eye, he launches an investigation on her. A 20-year-old cold case is brought back to light again. Return of the Silver Tongue is Roger’s first Qing dynasty drama with TVB. He reportedly turned down the offer to star in Wong Wai Sing’s (黃偉聲) Gilded Chopsticks <食為奴> in order to fit his schedule to shoot Return of the Silver Tongue, which ended its four-month shooting duration this May. The opening theme song “Two Sentences” <兩句>, written by Yip Siu Chung (葉肇中), will be performed by Fred Cheng and Kristal Tin. Creds: ihktv
not a fan of roger kwok these days, only playing stupid comedy roles... not a fan of tvb "comedies" either actually. guess i'll "have" to watch this to fill my time while having dinner, cause i don't have much choice anyway (gj hk government for denying hktv).
Great to see Kristal Tin in another (rare TVB) leading role! Hopefully the rumors from months ago aren't true, that Kristal's screentime was cutdown for the sake of Priscilla Wong's status because Wong couldn't handle being bumped down to supporting after leading in her first few dramas, so she pulled some connections to increase her own screentime or something?
