Hong Kong movie movie star Tony Leung clinched the award for Finest Actor on the Hong Kong Movie Administrators’ Guild Awards on Friday (Mar 15) for his place throughout the crime drama, The Goldfinger.
The 61-year-old actor gained for having fun with Cheng Yiyan, the morally questionable chairman of a Hong Kong conglomerate who’s the subject of an Impartial Fee In opposition to Corruption (ICAC) investigation spanning 15 years. The character is modelled after Carrian Group’s chairman George Tan.
The Goldfinger moreover stars Andy Lau, Charlene Choi and Simon Yam.
Leung acquired the award from Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To, who talked about on stage, “I’ve identified Tony Leung for 40 years and knew he was good, however I didn’t know he was so good”.
Leung talked about in an interview that the award was a kind of recognition and encouragement and he was joyful to acquire it from To.
The Hong Kong Movie Administrators’ Guild Awards is taken into account a precursor for the Hong Kong Movie Awards (HKFA), occurring on Apr 14. This win makes Leung the frontrunner for Finest Actor on the HKFA.