Gilbert Lam

Name: Gilbert Lam
Full Name: Lam Wei Sun
Chinese Name:
Profession: Actor
Height: 183cm
Weight: 78kg
Birthday: 6th July
Hobbies: Singing, table tennis, golf

In the recently aired new series “To Catch the Uncatchable”, Gilbert Lam plays an insurance sales manager who exchanges sexual favours with rich clients for business and this storyline has incurred the displeasure of the insurance industry, saying that this gives a bad portrayal of insurance professionals and preparing letters of complaint to TVB.

In response to his character being criticised, Gilbert agrees, saying: “Oh? There are complaints? I feel that they should to, but you’d better ask the producer. Making series is just for entertainment, but I do feel there is a problem and they should complain!” He indicates that at the time, he should have been filming another series and when the producer asked him to play the part it was difficult to fit this into his schedule. However the producer talked him round because there were not many scenes and this was an integral part of the story, so he agreed. However, when he received the script, he felt that there was a problem with the storyline and the role, but as he had agreed, he had to carry out his duties and as an artiste, no matter how bad the character is, he still has to play it.

He says: “When I received the script, I did reflect my feelings and asked if we had to take it so far, because there is no evidence that these things do take place in real life and this was taking things too far. I felt uncomfortable and didn’t really get into the part when we filmed it. After it was aired, I daren’t go out because I am afraid of being scolded in the street. I have a lot of friends who sell insurance products and they have called me for a joke, asking if I needed to do this. I would never have thought that there are still this kind of remarks, this has to be the worst of all the nasty characters I have played.”

Gilbert reveals that his friends have complained to him about this role that has upset the insurance industry and as the actor behind the role, he is very apologetic and expresses to everyone: “Please don’t be so angry, come to my dessert store and everyone who works for an insurance company can have a 20% discount!”

As for producer Tsui Ching Hong, he says that as “To Catch” is a modern show, then the storyline has a chance of reflecting a certain industry or profession and Dayo Wong’s police officer character also has some comedic elements. In every profession there are good people and bad people and Gilbert Lam’s bad insurance salesman does not reflect on the industry as a whole. The scriptwriters based this story on articles they had seen in the news and in real life society and in the same light, Ada Choi plays a very hard working insurance professional. He says: “To have such a big response is a little exaggerated, but I can’t blame them. However, before airing, the show was passed through TVB’s internal censors and they had to approve this before it was allowed to be broadcast.”

External Links:
Gilbert Lam @ HKMDB
Gilbert Lam @ uYing

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