Gallen Harbour

Source: Yangtse Evening News 12/17/2006

Gallen Lo Ka Leung spent his 44th birthday in Hangzhou yesterday. Due to current Wolf Scent’s filming progress, Gallen could not return to Hongkong to celebrate the day with loved ones. However Gallen did enjoy another “family” on the set, as the director thoughtfully decided to push ahead the schedule a scene depicting General Ko’s birthday so that everyone could all toasted and sang “Happy Birthday” to Gallen. Aside from a banquet last night, the birthday boy had also enjoyed quite a lot of special treats, including a dinner with co-star Flora Chan Wai San in advance. Reporters were invited in to witness all the bustling fun of the birthday party.

Gallen: “I have so far spent 5 years in Mainland.” “Wolf Scent”, being the “sibling” production of the acclaimed “DA Division”, has attracted everyone’s attention since the first day of filming. The strong cast might enable Wolf Scent to live up to its grand military projection. Although this is the first time Gallen portraits a soldier, he gave a not-to-low self-appraisal this time around “My confidence stems and grows from within the team, they do think I have the facial features, the masculinity to fit the role well. We’ve been filming for a month now, and I do feel myself become more and more of a soldier each day. My speech has becomed quite “military”. My Mandarin, of course, is still far away from where I want it to be, but I’m not allowing it to distract me.”

Though feeling a bit helpless as he was unable to spend birthday with friends and family, Gallen waved it aside “If I could [come back to HK] I would ask Jessica, Flora, Roger and a few other friends to come over for some beer and hot pot. During my five years working in Mainland, I have celebrated at least three birthdays on the set. Everybody has always treated me so well, so I consider myself lucky already!”

Will Gallen consider shifting his work entirely into the Mainland? Gallen: “Since leaving TVB I’ve spent at least eight months each year working over here! The work schedule is comfortable and flexible, allowing more resting time.” But Gallen does not intend to settle down “When I work I could rely on the team to arrange accomodation. My family members are so used to Hong Kong’s life style, so I won’t consider buying any real estate here.