Lucky Boy

Lucky Boy (2017)

天公仔

LUCKY BOY chronicles several decades of the lives of Lin Yu, his family, friends and Qingqing – the girl whom he falls in love with in primary school and continues pinning for throughout his tumultuous and eventful life. Lin Yu is always one step behind others and surrounded by misfortune... Will Lin Yu, the destined "unlucky" boy, be able to change his fate?

Date of release
2017-05-18
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Boris Boo

Casting

Interesting facts

Lucky Boy is a 2017 comedy film directed by Boris Boo, and starring Wang Weiliang, Venus Wong, Chew Chor Meng and Chen Xiuhuan as the main cast.

Production

According to an interview, Boris Boo said that Lim Teck of Clover Films "approached (him) to make a film about an unlucky person", and that he is "always very fascinated with the state of mind of human being", in the sense that a person "will blame any failure on luck" when he thinks he is unlucky, and if "something happened on this guy, and makes him think that there is a change in his luck, then out of a sudden, he will think he has the world u…

On 15 July 2015, during a press conference, it was announced that the film would be directed by Boris Boo, and that Chew Chor Meng and Wang Weiliang would be starring in the film. Chew was cast as Wang's father, due to his previous work experience with Boo on the set of Don't Worry Be Happy, and for his role as Ah Bee in Don't Worry Be Happy and its spin-off, Lobang King.

In October, it was announced that Venus Wong and Chen Xiuhuan have joined the cast, with Wong playing Wang's love interest, and Chen playing Chew's wife. Chew and Chen had previously starred together in dramas such as The Witty Advisor and Heavenly Beings. The film was originally slated to be released on the second quarter of 2016, but has been postponed to May 2017.

Filming started on 5 October 2015, and lasted for 25 days. Most of the scenes were shot in Singapore, with some shot in Malaysia.

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