Jason Chan Set to Make His Name as Actor and Host
In the last six years, Jason Chan (陳智燊) has made a huge leap from hosting small television documentaries to leading an entire TVB drama. In 2011, Jason’s popularity surged after starring in the sitcom, Be Home for Dinner <誰家灶頭無煙火>. In 2012, Jason was cast in another major role for the comedy No Good Either Way <衝呀！瘦薪兵團>. With increased notability, Jason won his first lead role for the upcoming Blissful Ferris Wheel <幸福摩天輪>, starring opposite Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣). While Jason enjoys acting, he hopes to return to hosting in the future. Choosing Amigo Choi (崔建邦) as his target, Jason wishes to make a name in both acting and hosting.
Thirty-four-year-old Jason Chan currently stars in No Good Either Way as “Aaron,” the boyfriend of Natalie Tong’s (唐詩詠) character, “Kin.” Thinking back to the first day of filming his kissing scene with Natalie, Jason thanked Natalie for taking care of him. “When it comes to acting, Natalie is my senior. She is really attentive and knows how to take care of others. To help lessen my anxiety, she will practice scenes with me before the camera rolls.”
However, it was not their kissing scene that was most memorable to Jason. “The slapping scene was most unforgettable. We spent all day filming, so I started to feel a little dull by the time we had to do the night scenes. I felt much more awake after Natalie slapped me!”
Lied to His Family to Enter TVB
British-born Jason, who holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of London, is the second of four sons. Unsatisfied with his life as a manager in a hospital, Jason decided to move to Hong Kong to pursue a career of stardom. Lying to his parents that he was going for a business trip, Jason bought a one-way ticket to Hong Kong and signed up for TVB’s artist training class. “When TVB sent me their acceptance notice, I was so happy that I immediately went to call my mom, but she sounded really disappointed. I understand my family’s worry; the entertainment circle is a really complicated one. Luckily I have achieved some accomplishments so I have something to talk about with my family.”
Making His Name as Actor and Host
Marketed as the “second Moses Chan,” Jason is currently filming Blissful Ferris Wheel, starring opposite Linda Chung. When asked if Jason preferred acting or hosting, he said, “I actually like both. I do not feel too much pressure as a host because the script is already there prepared for you. But I have a hate-love relationship with acting. There are many times when we would have rewritten scripts, so it takes more effort to prepare. However, in the world of acting I am able to portray different characters and that gives me a satisfying feeling.”
Jason remarked that while hosting is much easier than acting, live shows were one of the most difficult hosting jobs to do. “When I first got in the business, I hosted TVB entertainment news. My Cantonese wasn’t good; when we’re on air, my hands would start sweating like crazy. After the show was done, I would feel frustrated.”
Despite these setbacks, Jason was very satisfied with his current work arrangements. His appearance in television dramas has gotten many people to recognize him. “Before, people only knew me by my English name. Now people on the streets are calling me by my Chinese name. It makes me ecstatic!”
With Jason’s acting career finally reaching to a new level, Jason still expressed his interest in returning to hosting. Jason admires Amigo Choi’s hosting abilities and chose him as his target, expressing his desire to excel in both acting and hosting.
Source: ihktv.com
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Saw him in No Good Either Way. His acting aggravates me in a way.
Somehow, I just don’t see him as getting to any “stardom” level in the entertainment industry. He’s a bit on the “banana” side and not really Chinese enough to attract the Asian audience….he’s a bit like Bernice Liu. Got a decent appearance and can take on minor acting but lack the qualities to be recognized as a “real” actor and to be completely accepted by the audience…..he’s alreay 34 too, so it’s unlikely that he will make a real name for himself in the entertainment business…he’s just getting some attention cause TVB are lacking in everything right now……..haahah……
jason’s charascter in no good either way is really annoying me right now
word^^
What’s Blissful Ferris Wheel abt?
a romantic love story between lovers Linda and Jason. Second lead is Lin xia wei.
It’s about a bunch of social workers of the Red Cross reuniting lost families from World War II.
Addy,
Jason and Linda seem to be having a blast filming “Blissful Ferris Wheel,” according to their Weibo photos. Hopefully we see good chemistry onscreen!
Jayne – I agree! I’m just glad to see Linda Chung finally pairing up with someone who is not Steven Ma. Nothing against Steven, of course, but it’s good to see some fresh pairings here and there.
@Addy, I hear you. I’m just as happy that in his news series, Steven is not paired with Linda. lol!
WWII? What time period is this series set in? Shouldn’t all those long lost relatives be dead by now?
Goodness the story dont seem very interesting!
His acting in NGEW is not good enough but must praise his looks. ROFL. He’s good looking and can’t guess he’s about Ruco’s age at all since he look young and I’m sure many females will love him LOL
Yes he really does look very young.
Jason’s acting is still bad. Matt Yeung is better than him in No Good either Way.Natalie better with Matt and she’s improving
Kristal surprisingly pale in the series and not much sparks with Ruco.
Kristal isn’t really versatile with all male actors. She seems to do well with male actors much older than her.
Jason’s acting, like others mention, aggravates me as well. He’s not very natural with his acting style. I find the same expression in almost all his reactions. So bleh!
I think Qiu Bo Bo is a better actor than him. In fact, of the A4, Jason wasn’t even the best. The tall, innocent one is a much better actor.
I loved Qiu Bo Bo, and the fact that he HAD actual experience and training not just from TVB is actually quite good, knowing he CAN take such roles other than the fadans from tvb. Half of them only got experience in the TVB acting class.
“The tall, innocent one is a much better actor.”
He’s the hardworking one called Alvin, right? The actor’s name is Glen Lee. I love him in ‘Be Home for Dinner’ as Ho Kar Ming. He’s also in Master of Play. 🙂
Heh? I thought plenty of sparks. They really look like a married couple with the way they hug and all. Absolutely no reservation. Jason on the other hand touched Natalie like she is a very expensive chinaware.
maybe the sparks wasn’t reciprocated well by Ruco Chan.
Let’s say – I find Ruco Chan w/ more sparks when paired with Tavia yeung than Kristal.
I thought Ruco did very well in- No good either way, just cant stand that curly hair though!…lol…
The best actor in NGEW is Qbobo. The cameo housemate was great too.
LOL actually in NGEW the best ones are the supporting actors. Although I like Ruco but ROFL the supportings such as Kiu Bobo and Natalie are what I love to watch in this ROFL. Natalie is good now!
I don’t know why I like to watch Natalie more than Kristal in this series although Kristal is the female lead LOL. Kiu Bo bo and Natalie are my favourite characters. Jason was aggravating.
He acting was not good in No good either way. Still can’t believe he got leading role for Blissful Ferris Wheel. I’m going to watch it just for Linda.
Linda is a weak actress. I liked Miss Cool but she was overrated just like Laughing Gor.
Sad to say I agree, she’s weak.
Linda also seem demoted this year. DGD and WI are series where she leads and both series don’t receive much promotion and attention from TVB. I found a magazine article that pointed out that TVB put WI as a cannon fodder series. Compared to other series airing now like TC and 3K, WI has less trailers and media attention.
Kick me, kill me or ka-pow me all you want but seriously, I just don’t think he is that great an actor to headline a series. Potential yes, but I feel he should do more supporting role before making us suffer. BUT at least life is fair in TVB; they used to make us suffer by giving us raw fresh Miss Hk as leads, now we have raw, not so fresh but not that bad looking guy as a lead. His problem is his way of speaking. Like there is no certainty you know what i mean?
I don’t like the way he speaks and it’s kinda annoyed
No matter if Jason criticized for acting TVB will ignore because now Jason’s female fans are growing. I prefer Edwin Siu. Edwin is male version of Nancy don’t get promoted but have to watch others such as Him and Jason promoted first.
It could be because Him has more fanbase and younger while Edwin has lesser fans and is older.
he has a long way to go
I agreed. Jason’s acting got a long way to go. In NGEW, he is really annoying. It’s okay to do promotional travel, eat etc stuff but acting? need to get some more training.
TVB has given Jason a chance to exhibit his acting ability. To many viewers, Jason’s acting may seem annoying and considered not up to par with the more established stars but to TVB’s eyes, they must have confidence in him to give him more prominent speaking roles. With more roles means more experience thus gaining confidence. If many viewers can remember, many of the more established actors and actresses started off as extras and worked their way up later to be promoted by TVB. Jason’s rise is partly due to the lack of “star” power in TVB and the neccessity to search for new ones amongst the many “extras”.
give me a break!
i agree with all the comments above. his acting is just aggravating
He wants to be like Amigo?!?!?! Hopefully only on a hosting level as Amigo sure has his own personal history of assaults and shortcomings. Sure his hosting skills are adequate but to emulate him???…there must be other hosts in the past that are better role models.
Like Jerry Lamb? hes back at TVB now.
Jason probably can’t pull off the humorous route. He should try to emulate tang chi fung, straight laced type.
Oh well, at least Jason has the advantage of being so pretty!
he should stick to hosting.
His voice sounds a bit like Raymond Lam’s.
he will always have to good characters because of his looks. cant see his face as an evil guy. so very little development avaliable as an actor
ma ming is one of TVB most adorable artist and play villain excellently. If Jason has acting skills it’s not impossible.
I find him annoying, not my cup of tea.
He’s good looking, tall & sweet.
I’m giving him a chance.
Most of the miss HKGs were very fresh with very little acting skills when they started as well.
i agree with most of the comments that his acting is a bit weird and his voice is kinda annoying. And yea like the others said he’s tall, got the looks..etc.. but he’s lacking acting skills. I think people like Edwin, Nancy, Derek Kwok should be promoted be lead actors too. & not to be criticizing jason.. i find some “kei le fei’s” well more like the not so important character’s acting is better than his. Like cilla kung, stanley cheung, and idk his name but i think he was in K4 (HU SEE) ~he is adorable~ lol
Edwin did better and outshined Steven Ma in that Daddy series! I support Edwin too.
Edwin vs Jason
Looks: Jason
Acting: Edwin