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Reportedly, ["The Radiant City"] already started planning and invited a group of actors at the end of last year, especially keeping close contact with Julian [Cheung]. As he has maintained a friendly relationship with TVB for many years, he already agreed to take on the performanc without much consideration.
The trailer of "Radiant" appeared on TVB at the beginning of this year, which immediatedly sparked heated discussions among series fans; however, the start of filming was always all talk. In late-June, the relevant party previously issued a notice to the media for interviews for the blessing ceremony; however, it was later announced suddenly that was cancelled for unknown reasons. At the end of June, the cast and crew quietly gathered in Zhuhai to officially start filming. Related picture tidbits and pictures of the cast and crew celebrating the birthday of cast member John Chiang were leaked one after another. It was originally thought that everything was going well, but it turns out that, after completing the filming on July 5th, the series crew halted all work without warning and already returned to Hong Kong in batches, waiting to receive a notice to return to work in the future.
It is known that the reason for the 'halt' this time is that the relevant parties strive to make the script perfect and feel that modifications are still needed to ensure smoother filming in the future. This series originally planned to film on location in Zhuhai and Macau for three months; however, after the filming is restarted afterward, the Macau portion may be cancelled. Julian, who is taking on two projects, left the team shortly after the blessing ceremony to join artistes Jordan Chan, Pakho Chau, et al. to record the variety programme "Call Me by Fire 5". Halting the filming of "Radiant" will not affect him too much for the time being. However, it is known that the recording of "Call" will continue until October, and the filming of "Radiant" has already been delayed several times. He may have other work arrangements immediately after; his schedule may not be able to accommodate it; thus, it is speculated that the worst-case scenario is that this series may change the actor at any time!
When interviewed, Julian's frame of mind was not affected by the halting of filming and simply replied, "The halting of filming and the modification of the script are all for making improvements. It's a good thing, and I can also complete the work at hand in an orderly manner. As for other things, waiting for the the company's notification. It's good [if you] let nature run its course for everything".
Alice Chan: Stopped After One Day of Filming in Zhuhai
Artiste Alice Chan is taking part in "Radiant". This newspaper asked her about the halting of filming. She expressed, "Previously worked for one day in Zhuhai, but stopped the second day". She said that she does not know what happened, and the relevant parties did not reveal the reason to her.
*Credits to on.cc
