Leila Tong has a boyish personality, she dislikes buying clothes and making up, but she has a high expectation for food, she said: “I like Fusion dishes, as it combines the advantages of each dish together, just like this Japanese style Italian restaurant, there are many choices of food, and each one is so nice.” Don’t think that Leila Tong is petite in size, thus her appetite is not big, but actually, she knows a lot about food, and she especially like flour-based food, she said “Last time I thought that because of my health, I have to refrain from eating beef, I actually thought that vegetarian food are all Chinese dish, but ended up there are also vegetarian pizza and pasta.”

There is more and more variety of pasta, other than the common spaghetti, there are still, penne, farfella and linguini and this is suitable for Leila Tong. Leila Tong who loves seafood, and special recommended the Eel Pizza: “Mostly pizza are made with meat as main ingredient, but this eel pizza doesn’t give you a greasy feeling, but at the same time satisfy those who like to eat meat, and this will be the dish I’ll order if I go for gatherings with my friends.”

Translated by: Firesheepy
source: sun/on.cc ?

Entering the entertainment industry at the age of 8 with her performance as Chung Chuk Hong (钟楚红) in Once a Thief, TVB’s fa dan Leila Tong has had very good results in both movies and TV series. Her appearances in Take My Word For it 2, Burning Flame, and Twin of Brothers, have caused a lot of mainland audiences to like this cute beauty. With the mainland productions of Liao Zhai and The Last Princess, she became more widely familiar with audiences in China. Coming to Shanghai to promote her series Bar Benders, she accepted an interview from QQ, let us hear what she had to say.

Never setting a limit
When Leila was younger, she already was in many Hong Kong movies and series, including acting as the younger version of Leslie Cheung in Bride with White hair. Although she’s a girl, her portrayal as a boy left many memories for the audience. Leila is now a TVB fa dan, although she is young, but having a lot of ‘acting’ years of experience, she is filled with the poise and posture of stars in the 60s. Whether in Life Made Simple or Liao Zhai we can all see her acting abilities. Her appearance in War and Destiny showed her versatility and her current series, The Last Princess, has received high ratings in many places. Towards choosing characters, Leila revealed that she likes the feeling of acting, and won’t be too picky. There’s a lot of people who think because I have a baby face that I won’t be able to act some parts, and I thought that too, but many people have told me that I have to breakthrough myself to let myself try new roles. Like this time in Bar Benders, I am actually a pretty greedy person. I like ancient and modern series, as long as its good, I’m up for a challenge.

Learning a lot from other great artists
Leila entered the industry at the age of 8. After giving a very good performance acting in Once a Thief, she continued to work with big stars such as Joey Wong and Leslie Cheung. Towards a young child star, it was a very good opportunity. Leila also said that working with these big stars influenced her a lot, giving her many unforgettable memories. They also set up examples for her own acting abilities, like when working with Leslie Cheung. He gave me a feeling that he shone, and did not have any of the attitudes some other stars had. I learned from him the most important point of being an actress, which is no matter what kind of artist you are you cannot be arrogant about it. This time working with Adam Cheung in Bar Benders is my second time working with him. He treats me very well; both times working with him I’ve acted as his daughter. The first time acting, I didn’t really understand what was going on, so I just went and acted with him. But he’s always treated me very well and takes care of me, like this time acting with him, he taught me like a daughter on how to act and how to act as a good lawyer. I’m very impressed that he can help us younger actors when he himself is so busy. Adam is a very hard working actor, and I learn a lot from him.

New Series Taking up the challenge as Shang Guan Wan Er(上官婉儿)
Just finished filming TVB series Greatness of a Hero (盛世人杰), Leila acts as one of the female Emperor’s (武则天) most important helpers Shang Guan Wan Er (上官婉儿), but often having good results acting in ancient series Leila said that there was a lot of challenge for this part. Because I don’t particularly like history, I had some knowledge of Wu Ze Tian, but I did not know a lot about Shang Guan Wan Er. So I went online to do some research as a last minute thing, I also went to buy a book about her to learn about the people during the time including the script. It was really hard, I often didn’t know what to do. I’m glad I’m done with the series; I can relax a little bit now and I hope I didn’t let the audiences down. The only thing that I was sad about was that although I am in the same series as my good friend Sonija, but we literally didn’t have any scenes together. If we did, then it was like only for a little bit. But I’m still very happy to be filming a series with her, I hope there will be chances in the future.

Excited to work with Bobby Au.
Leila will work with another TVB series, which is A Pillowcase of Mystery 2. Although she wasn’t in the first one, Leila is very happy to be in the sequel. Of course the most exciting thing is to be able to finally work with Bobby Au. Because she’s never had a chance to work with Bobby, she felt very honored to be a part of the cast. She hopes not to let everyone down in the upcoming series.

source: QQ
translated by: mars123cc @ http://asianfanatics.net

Last year Leila appeared in the theatre show (爆谷殺人狂 ) and had an outstanding performance. This year she continues to act in theatre. In September she will play a legendary character but will not reveal who it will be. But she expressed that it will be very challenging “I can only say that this legendary character is well known. I find it very challenging, not only do I have to sing and dance but the most difficult part is having to wear a qipao (Chinese dress) all the time. Don’t think that I am very skinny, infact I have a a spare tire (excess weight around waist area). My management helped me get this role and encourages me to workout regularly as they are afraid my waist isn’t toned enough”.
Leila states that since last month she had been going to the gym everyday. Even when she’s at home she will not waste any time and carry on exercising.

Translation: kingkongit27 @ aeu

The cute and cheerful Leila Tong is actually very much like a boy. Every time she goes traveling she brings, not make up and accessories, but a bunch of electronic things. She laughs “I’m the exact opposite of my brother; he doesn’t even know how to work a video camera. I usually would rather go to computer stores instead of make-up stores.”

Using the camera to watch the world
“Although my picture taking skills are that great, but I really love to take pictures of the things around me. The most unforgettable time was when I went to Africa to film a series with Nick Cheung. We all had a camera with us, and competed for who had the best pictures.”

Bring notebook to see family
“I think white is a very pretty color. The Mac Book is very important to me. Every time I go away to film, I’ll always bring it so that I can talk to friends and family so they don’t have to worry.”

Wii Fit: Play and Exercise at the same time
“This game is very fun. You can play the hoola-hoop and other games. Because it’s done on screen you have to do a lot of stuff. Sometimes it’s a lot more fun to watch others do it when you do it yourself.”

NDS helps with work
“When filming, we often have to wait to start. When your bring your DS you wont get bored. Although there a lot of new games, but I still love the Mario Brothers. I’ve already beat the games like three times!”

Translation: mars123cc @ AF

Leila Tong, who had just joined the mainland music industry, went to Beijing to film the MV of her 1st album, although the effect was really good, but the process was tedious for Leila. Other than filming under a weather of under -10 degrees, Leila still had to film from standing at a high angle, causing her to be so scared until her legs went numb and she could barely walk.

Although Leila Tong was normally very easy-going, but because she wanted to film an MV with good effects, she specially brought 3 ‘battle outfit’ to Beijing, although all the ‘battle outfits’ are winter wear, but because it’s of a slim cutting, Leila Tong cannot wear too many clothing under the outfit, thus it was really freezing to be filming under the weather of under -10 degrees. Leila said: “Although I have undergone freezing temperature during filming, but this is more tedious. Because the clothing is sticking to the skin, thus I cant even use a heating pad, because if I use, it can be seen. Thus when I film, I can only cling on, and the filming took 3 days, and only I know how tedious it is.”

Nevertheless, because Leila’s mother made tonic soup for her daily before her trip, thus she didn’t fell sick from the 3 days of bitter-cold win, Leila tong praised that motherly love is the best.

Claimed to be abandon by her colleagues (crew)

Other than than, what Leila Tong couldn’t forget was that, she had to climb a balcony, which is almost as high as 10 stories, to film the scene. Leila: “Actually when I was already very scared to climb that high, but what’s the worst was that my colleagues (crew) actually abandoned me, die also don’t want to accompany me, at the end only the photographer and I had to climb up, really die of shock. (I have phobia of height?) A little, when I film scenes from a height, I imagine myself filming on the ground, even though, every time I still felt my legs going a little numb and barely could walk.”

Earlier Leila was dressed casually with her glasses driving her Audi to take her dogs for a walk in the park. Although Leila has already many years of experience with dogs, but two of her beloved dogs just wouldn’t listen. One of the big dogs got hyper in the car before even Leila stopped the car. While Leila was trying to park, it happily jumped in the front seat with its owner, causing Leila to spend 10 minutes to finally park the car. After getting of the car, her little dog was jumping all around while the big dog got grumpy and didn’t want to move. Including all the cars that were going in and out of the park, the small sized Leila had to be aware of the oncoming traffic while being stuck between two of her dogs.

Suddenly, Leila’s little dog started running towards the road, at the same time her big dog also started to “escape”. They became uncontrollable and started running all around. Leila didn’t care about onlookers’ views also running calling out her dogs’ names while calling a friend for help. After a while, her friend finally came to the rescue and helped Leila “catch” her dogs. Afterwards, Leila brought her dogs to her friend’s pet beauty salon to play for a while, but when she was playing with her dogs she accidently lost a sandal. To prevent another “dog chase”, Leila had to jump back like a chicken to get her sandal, but she lost her balance and tripped.

Leila told reporters that she will be out of the pet beauty salon after around thirty minutes. But she stayed for a total of three to four hours before she left! The manager of the store said that Leila often brings her dogs for beauty treatments while learning how to take care of dogs herself such as bathing them and brushing their hair, so Leila often times spends about 3-4 hours there. Store workers also said that Leila always intently listens to what they have to say, proving that she really loves her dogs.

source: leilatong.com
translation by: mars123cc

Although Leila Tong was normally very easy-going, but because she wanted to film an MV with good effects, she specially brought 3 ‘battle outfit’ to Beijing, although all the ‘battle outfits’ are winter wear, but because it’s of a slim cutting, Leila Tong cannot wear too many clothing under the outfit, thus it was really freezing to be filming under the weather of under -10 degrees. Leila said: “Although I have undergone freezing temperature during filming, but this is more tedious. Because the clothing is sticking to the skin, thus I cant even use a heating pad, because if I use, it can be seen. Thus when I film, I can only cling on, and the filming took 3 days, and only I know how tedious it is.”

Nevertheless, because Leila’s mother made tonic soup for her daily before her trip, thus she didn’t fell sick from the 3 days of bitter-cold win, Leila tong praised that motherly love is the best.
Other than than, what Leila Tong couldn’t forget was that, she had to climb a balcony, which is almost as high as 10 stories, to film the scene. Leila: “Actually when I was already very scared to climb that high, but what’s the worst was that my colleagues (crew) actually abandoned me, die also don’t want to accompany me, at the end only the photographer and I had to climb up, really die of shock. (I have phobia of height?) A little, when I film scenes from a height, I imagine myself filming on the ground, even though, every time I still felt my legs going a little numb and barely could walk.”

translator: Firesheepy
source: www.leilatong.com

Sammul Chan and Leila Tong act as a couple for the first time

This movie depicts the tragic love story of the last princess of the Qing Dynasty, the daughter of the Yu Wang family, Yun Xiang, and the opera actor, Wen Liang Yu, which does not give them the opportunity to be together. Not only with the opera actor, the princess also is in love with 3 other men. The story is intertwined in the gangster world, the grudges between the rich, etc.

Besides the fascinating plot, the extravagant and well-balanced casts also are the major attraction of the movie. The actress who plays as the princess, Huo Si Yan, was once a nominee of the Hong Kong Golden Award best newcomer. Princess Yun Xiang is in love not only with Wen Liang Yu, but also Fang Tian Yu, and Shen Shi Hao, which are respectively played by the one of TVB’s siu sang, Sammul Chan, the mainland actor, Yan Kuan, and the Taiwanese actor, Sun Xing. One of TVB’s fadan, Leila Tong, plays as Li Kai Xin. Li Kai Xin is a female dancer and singer which disguised as a male shop attendant. For the sake of paying her mother’s debt, Kai Xin was forced to marry a eunuch, but at the wedding night, she killed him accidentally. After that, she found her father which she had lost touch for years, thus making her a wealthy young woman. But she still chose to be a dancer and singer at the same place she used to be. At this time, the triangle-love-story of Kai Xin, Wen Liang Yu, and princess Yun Xiang takes place.

This movie also stars Xiao Qiang, Cheng Li Sha, Wu Ma, Hong Xin, etc as supporting actors, as guest performers. This big budget movie spends 1,800,000 yuan for settings, etc, thus TLP is called as the most anticipated drama of the year by the paparazzi.

Xiao Qiang and Sun Xing worked hard as supporting actors

Besides the interesting plot, TLP also gives some of its actors some first-time experiences, which can make another topic to be talked. TVB’s fadan, Leila Tong said, she had quite a lot of first-time experiences filming TLP. Leila, for the first time, acted as a female dressed as a male & a prostitute; they were huge roles for her as she had to display her innermost feelings well here. For the Taiwanese actor, Sun Xing, TLP gave him the opportunity to sing an opera song. He was a bit nervous about his performance, but at the time of shooting for that scene he filmed it successfully for only once. It was snowing at the night of the filming of that scene, and he was singing with the stage’s floor full of candles. As for the beautiful Taiwanese actress, Xiao Qiang, acting in the ancient period was her first time. She starred as a magician, and she had to “fly here and there” while wearing the court female uniform. Although she only starred in 1 episode, but as a magic show lover, it was an interesting experience for her.

Because of its aesthetic scenes and wonderful actors, TLP has won the online vote of the ”drama you like most.” It also has won some other votes like the number one classified drama and the national number one drama.

source: leilatong.com
translation by: ling gan

Leila Tong is now Tvb’s Fadan, although she is still young, but her time in the entertainment circle isn’t short, and it’s presumed that she has of a 60′s female star when she act. Audiences can see Leila’s superb acting skills whether it is in <Life Made Simple> or <Aqua Heroes> or in the mainland series <Xiao Xie Yu Qiu Rong>. Earlier, <War and Destiny> depicts Leila’s good acting skills, the major production <The Last Princess> that Leila acted in has stared airing at prime time in Zhe Jiang, Liao Ning, Guang Xi, Hai Nan Etc. According to recent news, when this series was aired in Nanning during the prime time, there is an increasing ratings, and resulted in a ‘mystic’ rating, on the 1st day when this series was aired, the rating reach 8.795 points, and on the third day, the rating rose to almost reaching 13 points,and broke all previous long-standing television viewership records in Guangxi, showing the popularity of this series.

Leila Tong acted as “Li Kai Xin” , one of the main lead female actresses in <The Last Princess>. This role, “Li Kai Xin”, first appear as a waiter in a brothel, later because she has to help her mother to pay gambling debts, she had no choice but to marry an eunuch, but resulted in manslaughter on her wedding night. Later when she was escaping as a fugitive, she met her long-lost father, and overnight became a commander-in-chief’s daughter, in the end because she married an inhuman person, she was chased out and returned to the brothel, and became a famous courtesan. Among those, the roles played by Leila Tong and Sammul Chan “Wen Liang Yu” have a subplot to their relationship, resulting in a touching story with twists and turns. This series was solely invested by Beijing La Feng Television Company, and the cast consisted of mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore actors and actresses such as Huo Si Yan, Sammul Chan, Yan Kuan, Sun Xing, Stephanie Xiao Qiang, Chen Xiu Li etc.

Recently good news came from Hong Kong, two days ago, in Hong Kong, the nominees for the 17th Annual Hong Kong Stage Production (Performance) Awards were released, the stage production <Popcorn> which Leila acted in, has 3 nominees. They are: Best Lead Actor: Chen Wen Gang; Best Supporting Actor: Lu Wenjie; Best Supporting Actress: Leila Tong, on additional that the series <The Last Princess> that Leila acted in was well-received in the mainland, it could be said that Leila has received one good news after another.

source: leilatong.com
translation by: mars123cc

HK TVB Fandan, Leila Tong, acted as “Li Kai Xin”, one of the main lead female actresses, and she relies on her exquisite performance to obtain praises from all the audiences and from the entertainment field. Earlier during the filming of the series, the crew already disclosed Leila’s progress to the reporters. Initially because Leila was unaccustomed to the climate, she fell sick on the first day. The crew urged her to rest well but because Leila didn’t want to delay the progress, she insisted on acting even though she was sick. Not only were her acting skills excellent, her attitude was professional too, and she gained the praises of the whole crew.

Leila Tong acted as “Li Kai Xin” , one of the main lead female actresses in <The Last Princess>. This role, “Li Kai Xin”, first appear as a waiter in a brothel. Later, because she has to help her mother to pay gambling debts, she had no choice but to marry an eunuch, but resulted in manslaughter on her wedding night. Then, when she was escaping as a fugitive, she met her long-lost father and became a commander-in-chief’s daughter overnight. In the end because she married an inhuman person, she was chased out and returned to the brothel, becoming a famous courtesan. Among those, the roles played by Leila Tong and Sammul Chan “Wen Liang Yu” have a subplot to their relationship, resulting in a touching story with twists and turns.

This performance in <The Last Princess> has been one of many firsts for Leila. Her first time dressing up as a male ever since attainment of adulthood, her first time acting as a lady of loose character, her first time stepping out so far, her first time acting in a serial with so much depth in feelings. Leila stated that it was not just a good learning opportunity, but also one of the major breakthroughs in her acting career. There are many people in the industry that have high hopes for her in the future.

source: Sina
translated by: Firesheepy