TVB new drama, Shall We State the Case, held its blessing ceremony recently. Among the cast members who were present include Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, Kenneth Ma, Bernice Liu, Astrid Chan and Jack Wu. Raymond will once again be paired with Tavia. This is their third collaboration as a couple, the previous two were Golden Faith and Twin of Brothers. Tavia shared that she has always had a good working relationship with Raymond. Although this will not be her firt time portraying a couple with Raymond, Tavia shares that the feeling this time will be a little different. She explained, "Raymond and I have not been a couple for many years, recently he's more focused on being a couple with Linda Chung, but this time being a couple with him is a different feeling than in the past. I feel that he is more mature and stabled now. We both seem to have gotten so much older, we have a deeper and better relationship."
Reporters asked Tavia if she was worried that there will be rumours (about her and Raymond) but Tavia explained that rumours are inevitable. She assured reporters that she is immune to rumours.
Raymond was late to the blessing ceremony. He explained that he has gastroenteritis and diarrhea. "I am not sure if I had eaten expired food at home. I started having diarrhea yesterday and throughout the night too. I was feeling really unwell last night at the Artistes 88 Fund Raising Campaign (in support of Typhoon Morakot disaster relief ). I went to see the doctor and had an injection this morning," he clarified. Raymond also did not forget to praise Tavia, expressing that she is now very feminine and prettier.
Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung will be collaborating in new TVB series Shall We State the Case as reported earlier. The series will be based on Japanese drama series, Detective Galileo. Other cast for the drama series include Kenneth Ma, Bernice Liu, and model, Lisa S.
Recently, the blessing ceremony for the drama was held. Filming is scheduled to start before the end of this month.
Raymond will play the lead character - a Physics professor while Tavia plays his love interest who works as a police constable. Kenneth Ma will take on the role of Tavia's boss - a police inspector while Bernice takes on the role of Kenneth's girlfriend.
Kenneth's character is a renowned womaniser. Kenneth laments that he has no prior experience as a womaniser and joked that he would have to frequent Lan Kwai Fong more to pick up girls and gain experience.
Tavia, dressed in full police constable uniform at the event explained that he Mother is happiest that she gets to play a police.
Raymond Lam will be reunited with Tavia Yeung to film a new TV series for TVB tentatively titled 談情說案. Joining them is Kenneth Ma, of Man In Charge and Speech of Silence. Raymond and Tavia were previously paired in Golden Faith and worked together in Eternal Faith, Yummy Yummy, Heart of Greed, Moonlight Resonance, among others.
This new series will be a "sort-of" remake of popular Japanese TV series - Detective Galileo. Raymond will undertake the lead role as Galileo, a university professor who majors in Physics. Galileo believes that everything revolves around and has a connection to Science.
Raymond will be romantically linked to Tavia, who takes on the role of a criminal investigator. They will work as a pair to solve numerous criminal cases.
Raymond shares that he grew up reading detective novels. This will be his first time filming for the detective/investigation genre and it will be a new experience for him. However, Raymond disclosed that he has not watched the Japanese series before. "I don’t even have the time to watch the series that I have acted in, hence, time just does not permit me to watch other series." Raymond is not worried that audience will compare him with the Japanese actor, Masaharu Fukuyama who portrayed Galileo in the original series. In everything that you do, you will still be the subject of comparison, nevertheless, there are many differences, from the the scripts and plots to the actors and actresses with different portrayal of each roles and characters, I believe they are different altogether, explains Raymond.
This new series will also be the first time for Tavia to undertake a criminal investigator role. Tavia says, "This is a fresh new experience for me. The plot is also different, I certainly look forward to it." Tavia is not worried that viewers will compare this series with the original one. She explains that Producer Lau Ka Hou says that the series will also focus on relationships aside from the criminal cases.