A love triangle spanning 20 years involving Hong Kong
celebrities Tony Leung, Carina Lau and Maggie Cheung has recently
resurfaced and is back into the spotlight.
Long-time friends and frequent co-stars, Leung and Cheung recently
met up secretly in Hong Kong only to be confronted by Lau whom
Leung is married to. It was rumoured that Lau rushed to the scene
and cursed angrily at Cheung.
The long-running feud between love rivals Lau and Cheung, 45, over
Leung is no secret and the recent rendezvous between Leung and
Cheung reignited rumours of the love triangle.
According to reports, the love triangle traces back to 20 years ago
when the three were filming Hong Kong television series, "Police
Cadet". Leung and Cheung had developed feelings for each other
then.
Although Leung eventually fell in love with Lau, their 19-year long
courtship saw endless break-ups which might have led to Leung
getting involved with Cheung.
Leung and Cheung have openly expressed their mutual admiration for
each other on several occasions and things naturally became
uncomfortable for Lau who had insisted that Cheung was not to be
invited to their Bhutan wedding last year.
A mutual friend of Lau and Cheung, publisher Li Guan, did not
believe that Lau would confront Cheung publicly and maintained that
“both ladies have a cordial relationship and are friends”.
When asked if Cheung and her current boyfriend, architect Ole
Scheeren, were facing problems, Li said that he had not met the
actress for some time and was unable to comment.
Leung previously said that while he and Cheung shared similar
outlooks on life and ideas, and “is a good friend” whom he got
along well with, he described Lau as “a godsend from heaven”.
He added that Lau helped him to “exorcise his inner demons” and
that “her laughter and her words help bring me back to reality each
time after filming”.
When Leung co-starred with Cheung in Wong Kar Wai’s “In the Mood
for Love” in 2000, he admitted that they “understood each other
very much and had plenty to chat about”.
Leung once told the Taiwanese media that he would often exchange
the ups and downs of being an actor with Cheung instead of
Lau.
Shortly after filming for “In the Mood for Love” completed, Cheung
announced her divorce from French director Olivier Assayas in
2001.
“Filming for 15 months have greatly affected my marriage as I did
not have the time to fly back to Paris to be with my husband,” said
Cheung in an interview then which seemed to suggest that Leung was
the reason behind her divorce.
- CNA/nc