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When I was a kid and watched television only for fun, I thought television work was easy. I thought actors and actresses had an easy, rich everyday life. They get on set, sit around, say a few lines, and get pay big bucks. I didn’t know jack about filming, and definitely had no clue actors could have bad takes (NG). Even when I became more knowledgeable, I didn’t care about how actors did on set or how many takes they went through before making the director’s cut. Even when I became a drama freak, I still didn’t care, not until I was exposed to NG clips from War and Destiny. I realized at that point, as a fan, audience, and outsider to the industry, that one could learn a lot from watching NG clips. Whether it’s a certain artist’s personality or professionalism, the relationships among the actors and actresses, or an artist’s acting ability, anything can be exposed through an NG clip.

Here, I present NG clips from Beauty of the Game of two artists, in which I think the gap in their acting abilities is obvious. On the top is the pageant winner, whether in real life or crafted fiction, Kate Tsui and her amusing twirling scene. On the bottom is the short but spunky, hot favorite comedian Wong Cho Lam and his passionate water dumping scene. Let’s see how they fare!