Myolie Wu At “The Vinegar Lady” Costume Fitting
Upcoming series The Vinegar Lady <醋娘子> held its costume fitting on November 11. Stars Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Him Law (羅仲謙), and Eliza Sam (岑麗香) attended the event in their Ming-dynasty costumes.
Originally conceived as a follow-up to the popular Wars of In-Laws <我的野蠻奶奶>, The Vinegar Lady was later scrapped from the lineup when Liza Wang (汪明荃) was unable to participate due to schedule conflicts. The franchise’s two major stars, Myolie and Bosco Wong (黃宗澤), had also broken up in real life, making the pair-up difficult to happen.
The period comedy was later revived and placed on TVB’s 2014 schedule. Possibly a response to the increasing complaints against its overused pairings, TVB decided to match Myolie with the heavily promoted Him Law. The new pairing sparked public interest, though ultimately Ron Ng is confirmed as Myolie’s love interest in the series, likely a result of their popularity in Triumph in the Skies 2 <衝上雲霄 II>.
Although Him lost the male lead status, he will still have a romantic story line with Myolie in The Vinegar Lady. The two will cross paths to fulfill an arranged marriage, though they will eventually divorce. Eliza Sam is also involved in the series’ complex love relationships, showing affections for Ron but will later be paired with Him.
Despite its intended ties with Wars of In-Laws, Myolie insists that the two series are completely separate, saying that this time she will portray a woman prone to jealousy and not at all sassy.
While many TVB artists have yet to benefit from their company’ proposed new work policies, Myolie shared that the situation is slowly improving and that she has already received scripts for more than ten episodes. She is also looking forward to having more rest time, joking, “I am getting old…. I really need to sleep more, or I will easily look very haggard.”
Source: Oriental Daily
This article is written by Katrine for JayneStars.com.
Myolie and Ron are getting promoted heavily next year. I assume this can be anniversary series?
I don’t think so cause tvb hasn’t really been promoting Ron the last few years. And I heard it was a 20 ep series so I don’t think it will be a anniversary series. You need like at least 25eps or 30 to be anniversary series .
Ron is in 3 series in the sales presentation and all are confirmed to film so I assume that’s a good sign or promotion.
Yea but Ron only 1st lead in this series and this series is like 20eps or 25eps. Ron in the other 2 series are only 2nd main. That”s a good start I guess Ron hasn’t been first lead since like 2009 when he did E.u
A series needs to be at least 25 to 30 eps in order to be an anniversary series? I never knew that. If that were the case, then why was Yangs Saga(the biggest star studded series from TVB ever) which was only about 5-6 eps an anniversary series back then? Unless that was an exception or the rules have changed.
Yea back then tvb has less money and less viewers. Things are different now
Strange how TVB used to have less money but spent so much more on making a lot of ancient series with so many nice costumes. But now that they are richer, ancient series are more rare and the clothing is not as fancy and are way cheaper looking.
Less eps equal less flim which saves money. And they paid the actors way less back then. For example like a extra solider or stranger that is in the series would get paid like a lunchbox.
Back then, many of the ancient series had more eps and of course they got paid less since the times were different. Things were not as expensive as they are now. It’s not like they get paid big bucks now or something. I did not know that they only got paid a lunchbox. My parents used to always make jokes about anyone who died or no longer acted a part in a series going out to get a bowl of noodles before filming another series.
I think they get like those white lunch boxes with roast pork and vegetables and rice or chicken or pork but a lunchbox as pay.
I can’t believe that getting a lunchbox is considered “payment”?? I hope they do not do that these days because that is sad. Even if they paid them peanuts, at least pay them.
A lot of people needed jobs and were not really educated a ricebox was better than nothing and starving.
behind the silk curtains in 1988 are the most star studded serial than the Yang family saga ,it feature Stephen Chow ,Tony Leung ,Adam Cheng ,Felix Wong etc,however Yang family saga have feature all the 5 tiger plus big movies like Chow Yun Fatt,Alex Man etc.
I don’t think it will be since it is being filmed now. I’m think it will be released by mid-year next year.
Glad to finally see an ancient series from TVB. Hopefully it will be good.
Agree hopefully this series will have a good script not like Beauty at War.
Its scriptwriter is Koo Wai Nam.
The scriptwriter has already finished 10 episodes which is like a milestone for a TVB series so it can be said that TVB are better prepared this time?
Koo Wai Nam isn’t Txb’s scriptwriter at this moment. He is a freelancer.
I don’t remember who was the script writer for Beauty at War???
Chow Yuk-Ming was the scriptwriter for “Beauty at War”.
Thanks for the info!
HeTieShou,
I suspect that there will be a lot of modern jokes in “The Vinegar Lady”.
Jayne are there going be 20eps or more?
Jayne,
I had a feeling that would be the case. Even Twin Of Brothers had a lot of modern jokes if I remember correctly. Why can’t TVB make ancient series truly ancient anymore? Have all of the good scriptwriters left or something?
Isn’t this Heung Heung’s first period drama?
You mean Eliza? No. Beauty At War was her first I believe.
She was never in Beauty at War, but The Confident was her first.
Eliza looks weird to be in an ancient drama. I’m afraid of her Cantonese skills.
I hope Ron and Myoile sings the theme song. They sound great together when they sang the theme song in Lost chamber of love and A chip off the old block.
Not the pic above but Eliza looks very pretty at the blessing ceremony. Her face is ancient-like.
Ron should have a bang.
agree eliza looks much more beautiful than ron ng,she is stunning in ancient.
Is it weird to compare Eliza to Ron?
Ikr guy and girl difference Ron is manly looking and Eliza is cute looking like a baby with those puffy cheeks.
kolo is just a ron hater. ron looks fine. eliza looks too modern.
This sounds like Lost in the Chamber of Love where couples at first thought they like each other, but they don’t.
Wooden stiff Ron again this guy can’t act
Tvb only gives him heavy roles when tvb under staff
Ron is famous as Issac in TITS2 although not as much as Francis and Chilam. Nobody hates him that means Ron has improved leaps and bounds. Stop scolding Ron give him a chance.
I don’t get why everyone keeps on picking on Ron? He has improved a lot. Even the really professional veterans still aim to improve since when have you truly reached your level???
Ikr what is the problem with these Ron haters? He has improved and you didn’t even see the series or trailer yet. This was a snap shot picture of course he would look stiff looking. If not he would have a funny looking face cause it was a snap shot.
agree these ron haters are so dimwit and have problems! get out of here haters don’t come if all you want to do is bash ron! ron has went through a lot to come to today’s stage give him a break he’s a great guy!
if there’s someone we should worry here is eliza! newbie tracy chu is doing a better job and cuter than her in on call2!
stupid reporters only stupid people like stupid series like war of in laws which did nothing to myolie except 8 years of heartbreak and sufferig! no sane people will like that stupid series! get away from myolie!
this series look promising and so happy that ko wai nam is very diligent to write script! show those stupid tvb writers how write a good series!
Yea these Ron haters need back off but war of in laws was quite good to be honest. Bosco and Myolie started dating when they filmed war of in laws
war of in laws was stupid and liza wang was horrible! the boscolie pairing has zero chemistry and the script was rubbish! the clothes were recycled and cheap! myolie will have a better life if she wasn’t in the series!
vinegar lady looks promising with ko wai nam giving his full effort for the script! only scared eliza’s acting not up to standard!
Oh gosh, there you go again selfiwu. I personally think that Bosco and Myolie had lots of chemistry onscreen which in turn turned into real life chemistry so they dated because of that. Therefore, it makes no sense for you to say that they had zero chemistry. I can’t believe you are still bitter over the 2 of them being together when we are just mentioning their on screen chemistry. I think you seriously have some psychological problem in that regard.Please get some help!!
selfiwu says:
November 12, 2013 at 5:29 am
stop creating different names to bash ron kolo. if tou have nothing good to say don’t say anything at all.
For selfiwu with lots of laughs.
Selfiwu is a loyal fan of Myolie and he didn’t like how Bosco treated her I feel you. Lets just hope this series will be great.
agree ron’s acting is stiff,after so many years his acting is still wooden,he tries to hide his wooden acting by exaggerating his expression.dont know why he is still lead.
There many worse than Ron who are heavily promoted and are popular. I admit that Ron’s acting is not the best, but is far better than many of the newer actors.
stop creating different names to bash ron kolo. if tou have nothing good to say don’t say anything at all. have some respect for ron who tried hard to get out of his past dark life after viann eat his career and money away.
selfiwu says:
November 12, 2013 at 5:29 am
stop creating different names to bash ron kolo. if tou have nothing good to say don’t say anything at all.
I admit I was shocked after reading this. I’ll keep it in my heart and quote selfiwu whenever she bashes people. Look like I can use it rite now.
hetieshou is right ron is far better than jason chan, priscilla wong, eliza sam, christine kuo, oscar leung, and some other newbie actors!
This kid kolo is a Ron hater I can tell there are many other artist that are wrost than Ron and can’t act. And this is just a picture not even a trailer yet. And he has been improving and will continue to improve stop hating. And I agree with selfiwu give the man some respect he went through a lot of tragic things like Viann who almost ended his career by making things up so she will get fame off Ron. And thats what she got but nowadays she not as famous. she made Ron sound like a monster so she would get famous.
There are two things:
1. Ron’s career was crashed by Viann less than Miss X and the pool party with Toby Leung. Don’t put all blames on Viann because Ron has the responsibilities as well. He sent Miss X those private pix while he was still with Viann.
2. Viann is getting fame without Ron now. Who can say she is less famous now than the time with Ron? Absolute opposite.
No would even know Viann if she didn’t date Ron and Viann kept trying make news for herself so she would become famous. How did you think they caught the photos of Ron and her holding hands she probably told the news reporters so she can get a photo of her and Ron holding hands in public. And you can’t even deny Viann can’t act or nothing she only famous cause of her news of her boyfriends and her big plastic boobs.
I meant NO ONE would even know Viann
No, I think Viann can act. She convinced me since the first time I’ve seen her in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate.
In fact, Viann gets the fame through scandals (with Ron, Li Chen and new one with Wallace Huo) but she goes up by her own ability. Do you see that Viann is feature in a lot of grand China series now? She is one of hot new actresses at this moment in China.
Saying no one ever know Viann if she didn’t date Ron wasn’t very correct. She was chosen to act in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate before she met Ron :P.
@selfiwu,why should i create different names to bash ron? im not that mad to use so many energy to bash someone,i just give my opinion,and i cant help that not everyone likes ron,neither i cant help that you dont like bosco.
Agree Ron can’t act – stiff as a log. Not all loves Ron get over it shippers. Shippers just blinded with love for their idol.
I have not seen Ron and Myolie together in ancient series since Lost in the Chamber of Love so it is great to see them together again. It would be even better if Kenneth joined them too. Too bad Michelle left TVB or it would be really great to see them all again.
You can watch a period series ft Myolie and Ron (Leila, too) but I dun rmb name. War something.
It was called War and Destiny 2007 tvb
I saw that a long time ago but did not like the series very much since I do not like that time period. It was great seeing all of them together though.
Also, War and Destiny is more of a modern/pre modern series to me rather than an ancient series.
Yea but I hope it’s not like Lost chamber of love they should change it around. And I hope Ron and Myolie sings the theme song together again cause they sounded great.
Actually I did not like Ron and Myolie’s singing in that series but glad that their singing is better now. I hope that the storyline will be different from Lost in the Chamber of Love or else it will just be a repeat of it.
The lyrics are quite ancient Chinese but it gave you the ancient feeling when you saw the series and they should great singing together. I agree with you I hope its not a repeat.
“sound” not should
I was not referring to the lyrics since the lyrics were good but I was referring to Ron and Myolie’s singing. You have to admit that their singing was not good back then. It is better now, but still not “great” in my opinion. I really hope they do not recycle any storyline or else it would be really boring and redundant to watch.
Yea true but in my opinion they sound quite good in the song but the lyrics were quite corny and ancient. But they did get better in singing.Here is the full song on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLfGj9cybs
Thanks for the link and I admit that their singing is not great but is ok. However, they were new at singing so that is understandable.
As much as I like Ron, he shouldn’t sing.
agree hope for myolie to sing the themesong and the subtheme is a duet of myolie and ron! will be wonderful!
Ron has a deep manly voice that sounds good. I hope there will be a duet between Ron and Myolie.
Ron has a deep voice but he has zero singing technique. He can’t reach high notes, too. Moreover, Ron dun seem to practice his singing frequently nor ever take a serious singing class. His album wasn’t welcomed. So other than wasting money on singing, he should focus on his acting career because his singing won’t bring him to anywhere.
I agree that Ron should focus on his acting career since singing will not get him anywhere.
Well yea acting is more important for him as in now but everyone has dreams and one of Rons is to be a singer and make albums. He shouldn’t quit he should just spend his free time practicing or something or take it more serious.
It’s kinda late for Ron to practice his singing now because he dun have basic music ground. And from wat I see, Ron is kinda laid back and easygoing. He feels satisfied with himself easily.
Btw, I have never heard tat Ron dreams of making album and singing. Where do you hear so?
When he was as famous as Raymond and when they were first known as good buddies and I think Ron did make a album before and the mv girl was like Fala.
Never seen him with such dream. Yes Ron had an EP (mini album) named Fast Forward before and it was fast forward to forgotten land. Unsuccessful.
I also have never heard of him dreaming of becoming a singer before. Ron seems pretty content with acting and all.
myolie and ron will be a new golden couple!
I hope Ron’s role is comedic in nature. He’s not a very good actor, but he’s fun in comedy & pairing with Myolie is great:)
It would be good to see Ron act in a funny role since I actually enjoyed him and Sunny as a comedic father and son duo in Chip off the Old Block(I think that was the name of the series).
Ron was also funny in OL Supreme 2010 but he was a supporting cast.
Dc for anyone, n Eliza annoyed the hell out of me from that shooting series, so no TY!
The Supporting cast is really strong for Vinegar Lady.
Yup! Which is why this is a grand production.
Looks like it’s going to another one of those shrewish, semi-comical role for Myolie, sounds boring.
Looking forward to Ron and Myolie pairing up again!
Did you guys notice that this series was like the only “ancient” series in this batch??? Is TVB truly that cheap that they cannot fork out the dough to have another grand ancient series???
YAh all my fav actors n actress in one series
I am going to love this drama! Wow, Ron and Him with Myolie! What a beautiful love story! Love you guys
Ron & Myolie is quite the unlikely couple. But it seems it works. Ron’s career might get a jump-start, a second chance, if this pairing continues.
Yea I think Rons career might get a 2nd chance if this couple continues and Ron doesn’t get any bad rumors about a girl. Raymond and Ron use to be on the Top and now Kenneth is like on same level as Raymond and Ruco is like the same level on Ron.Hope Ron jumps back to the top few again and make the big bucks.
Are you saying of the standing position in Txb? It’ll change if some of them leave Txb.