{"id":2336346,"date":"2026-03-19T06:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2336346"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T06:33:36","slug":"anson-lo-the-season-cast-discuss-their-hong-kong-set-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anson-lo-the-season-cast-discuss-their-hong-kong-set-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Anson Lo &#038; \u2018The Season\u2019 Cast Discuss Their Hong Kong-Set Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/pccw-media\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pccw-media\" data-tag=\"pccw-media\">PCCW Media<\/a> and <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em> producer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sk-global\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sk-global\" data-tag=\"sk-global\">SK Global<\/a> rolled out their premium series, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-season\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-season\" data-tag=\"the-season\">The Season<\/a><\/em>, this week at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/filmart\/\" id=\"auto-tag_filmart\" data-tag=\"filmart\">Filmart<\/a> in Hong Kong with a collection of large-scale launch events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe rollout began on Wednesday, with the show\u2019s creator and executive producer, Yalun Tu (<em>NCIS: Hawaii<\/em>), reuniting with his main cast for an on-stage Q&amp;A at Filmart, followed by a launch party on a luxury yacht in Victoria Harbour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDescribed as a \u201cchampagne-fueled revenge drama,\u201d <em>The Season <\/em>follows a close-knit group of friends who gather for a summer of sun-drenched luxury as Hong Kong\u2019s boating season begins. At the center is the Hext family, an old-money institution that rules the city\u2019s elite. Into this world steps Cola, a newcomer with a hidden agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe English-language series features an ensemble cast of international talent, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jessie-mei-li\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jessie-mei-li\" data-tag=\"jessie-mei-li\">Jessie Mei Li<\/a> (<em>Shadow And Bone<\/em>), Chris Pang (<em>Crazy Rich Asians), <\/em>Lee Jae-yoon<em> (Physical 100 Season 2), <\/em>Karena Lam, Justin Chien (<em>The Brothers Sun<\/em>), Yvonne Chapman (<em>Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/em>), Celina Jade (<em>Wolf Warrior 2<\/em>), and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/toby-stephens\/\" id=\"auto-tag_toby-stephens\" data-tag=\"toby-stephens\">Toby Stephens<\/a> (<em>Percy Jackson And The Olympians<\/em>). <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:683px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/683)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cast is rounded out by model and actress K\u014dki and musician and actor Anson Lo of the band Mirror, who has a cameo appearance playing a fictional version of himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis is my first time playing Anson Lo,\u201d the musician joked this afternoon. Lo is one of the most popular contemporary musicians in Hong Kong, with an enormous following among young Hong Kongers. In recent years, however, Lo has made the pivot to the screen, starring in multiple projects across film and television. His recent credits include Kim-Wai Yuen\u2019s <em>The Moon Thieves <\/em>and Berry Ho\u2019s <em>We 12.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI tend to say yes to a lot of acting roles because I don\u2019t get acting projects as often as music projects, so I treasure every opportunity,\u201d he said, adding that he recently shot a few days on a project with the legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI learned a lot of things from him,\u201d Lo said of To.\u00a0 \u201cHe taught me to do less because his process is way more natural. I only shot for like 4 days, so I\u2019m looking forward to seeing it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn the topic of new music, Lo told <em>Deadline<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019m releasing my latest single this month. It\u2019s something inspired by Indian dance culture. I\u2019ve never tried anything like that before, so I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<em>The Season <\/em>runs six episodes and will be available from June on Viu across Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa. Hulu has the show in the U.S., and Now TV is the Hong Kong broadcaster. We\u2019re told a deal for the UK rights is to be confirmed soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PCCW Media and Crazy Rich Asians producer SK Global rolled out their premium series, The Season, this week at Filmart in Hong Kong with a collection of large-scale launch events.\u00a0 The rollout began on Wednesday, with the show\u2019s creator and executive producer, Yalun Tu (NCIS: Hawaii), reuniting with his main cast for an on-stage Q&amp;A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2336347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[452557,452558,452559,452560,452561,452562],"class_list":["post-2336346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-filmart","tag-jessie-mei-li","tag-pccw-media","tag-sk-global","tag-the-season","tag-toby-stephens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Anson-Lo-\u2018The-Season-Cast-Discuss-Their-Hong-Kong-Set.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2336348,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336346\/revisions\/2336348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}