Kevin Cheng Resurrects Career Due to “Law Ba” Role

Portraying a down-and-out lawyer and revealing his “quality butt” in the first episode of Ghetto Justice, Kevin Cheng’s "鄭嘉穎" career was resurrected by the role. His lucky moment may have arrived! The series peaked at 35 points in ratings. Due to the popularity of the series, TVB announced the filming of a sequel in October 2011 featuring the original cast. Ghetto Justice was a surprise hit series and TVB intended to release a film version featuring Kevin and Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), with the addition of various film stars.

The original producer of Ghetto Justice, Tong Kei Ming (唐基明), was sought by Shaw Brothers to produce the project along with director, Chung Shue Kai (鍾樹佳). Mr. Tong also revealed that Kevin Cheng was the third choice to play “Law Ba” in Ghetto Justice. “Our first choice was Bowie Lam (林保怡), however he rejected the role to film a mainland series instead. Our second choice was Felix Wong (黃日華), who was busy performing in China and turned down the role. Finally, we considered Kevin Cheng. I was surprised by his uninhibited performance.”

Shaw Studios will produce a film version of Ghetto Justice featuring the original cast. Realizing that the box office draw of television actors may be limited, Shaw Brothers will invite mainland stars to surround Kevin Cheng and Myolie Wu in the movie version, similar to the strategy employed in Turning Point "Laughing Gor之變節". An inside source revealed, “Shaw Brothers intends to invite Zhou Xun (周迅) or Zhang Jingchu (張靜初). Among the male actors, they will ask Lau Wah (劉燁), Simon Yam (任達華), and Nick Cheung (張家輝). The big film stars will oppose Kevin’s legal team.” As to whether Zhou Xun or Lau Wah may be involved in the project, Producer Tong Kei Ming said, “Everything is still under consideration in the early stages, thus nothing has been confirmed yet.”

Source: Next Magazine# 1111
Translated by: JayneStars