"絶對レスリー！"イベント報告

2004年4月29日 於 青山、読売カルチャーセンター 主催：「絶對レスリー！」

このイベントに参加したLeslie Legacyのスタッフがレポートを海外に送ったところ、マレーシアや他の国のファンから是非、その様子を見たい、特に衣装を・・という要望があり、 イベント主催者のご許可とご協力を得て、紹介させていただきます。 主催のYukieさん、スタッフの皆様、本当にありがとうございました。 日本語の原文の取材レポートも、Yukieさんより送っていただきました。

「絶對レスリー！」主催者は2004年4月1日から3日にかけての香港で行われた追悼イベントに出席するだけでなく、レスリーの一端を知ろうと、様々な人にインタビューを敢行。レスリー行きつけのコンラッドホテルやFusionのボーイさんや香港人の長年のファン達のレスリーに対する思い出を伝えてくださいました。 香港でのインタビュー/Interviews in Hong Kong

＊Fusionのボーイさんの話 レスリーさんは週に３〜４回お昼に食事に来ていました。彼は好き嫌いがなくて何でも食べていました。 時にはサラダとスープをオーダーしたり、パスタもね。 いつも違うものを注文していたから、何でも好きみたいでした。 彼は優しくて、とてもいい人で、いつも店のスタッフとよくお喋りしていました。 ＊Waiter at Fusion comments on Leslie Leslie would come to our restaurant 3 or 4 times a week for lunch. He could eat anything and had no likes or dislikes in food. At times, he would order things like salad with soup and pasta. He used to pick different menu each time so I think he liked any kind of food. He was very sweet and kind and would always chat with the staff at our restaurant.

会場に展示されたファンが撮った沢山のレスリー写真

＊Annさん(香港人のファン）の話 哥哥を知ってから本当にもう長い年月で、特別なことといっても、すぐには思い出せないくらいだけれど。哥哥はとてもいい人、優しい人で、いつも私たちファンに優しかったです。優しいだけでなく、とても楽しくてユーモアもありました。 私が覚えていることは… 私は今ちょっと太っているけれど、以前哥哥と初めて会った頃の私はとても痩せていました。実際今とは全くサイズが違ったのよ。何で太り始めたのか分からないのだけれど、哥哥はとても可愛くて、私に会うたびに｢アイヤー、阿Ａｎｎ，ｲ尓又肥o左?！｣(又太ったね〜！！)って言うんです。私は笑っていいのか怒っていいのか分からなくて、でも哥哥はとても楽しそうだったわ。 私の哥哥の印象は彼がハンサムなのはもちろんだけど、とてもいい人で、プライベートの時にはリラックスして、周りの人に対してとても気さくでした。仕事仲間や、ファン達や、友達も含めてね。 それから私が彼の事を尊敬している点は、彼が常に仕事に対して真剣に取り組むということです。 たとえどんな大きな仕事でも、小さな仕事でも、ほんの些細な仕事でも、彼はいつも気持ちを集中させて取り組みました。 ｢覇王別姫｣の撮影の時には普通話を勉強するために半年間北京へ行き、大変な努力をしました。 毎日鏡を見ながら一言、一言、単語を発音して勉強しました。そしてついに我々はその努力の結果を（｢覇王別姫｣という映画）見ることが出来ました。実際彼があの映画を撮り終わった後、本当に上達していましたよね。 哥哥が好きだった食べ物といっても･･･大体いつもその日の気分で食べてたわね。 たとえば、普段彼は速くて簡単なものを好んでいたわ。私は彼がハンバーガーを食べるのを見たことがあるけれど、彼がいつもロケの時にマクドナルドのハンバーガーを食べるのは、マクドナルドが他の(屋台などの)店よりも、衛生的で、清潔だからよ。 それからサラダね･･･焼肉サラダを食べているのを見たことあるわ。そうそう、彼はトマト味のチキンライスにケチャップをかけて食べるのが好き。「すごく美味しいよ、」って言ってたけど、私は試したことないわ。 ＊Ann’s comment on Leslie It’s been a long time since I came to know him, so I have so many memories of him and it is hard for me to think what I should tell you specifically about him. Gor Gor was very nice and sweet and was always kind to his fans. He was not only kind but was funny and had a sense of humor. One thing I remember is, I am fat at present but when I first met Gor Gor, I used to be very skinny. You may not believe me but I really was much thinner than now. I don’t know why I started to gain weight, but Gor Gor was naughty and would tell me 「「ロ艾」呀〜、阿Ａｎｎ，イ尓又肥o左?！」( My goodness! Ann, you’ve gained weight again!) every time he saw me. I didn’t know if I should get mad at him or laugh, but Gor Gor was having fun teasing me. My impression of Gor Gor is he was not only handsome which we all know, but was also very kind and was much relaxed during his private hours and was very friendly towards people around him, including his staff, fans and friends. And I have a great respect for him in the way he devoted himself to his work. He would concentrate 100% on his work regardless of the scale of the work, whether they were large, small or even on trivial ones. He used to stay in Beijing for half a year for the shooting of “Farewell my Concubine” and he had made lots of efforts during that time. He would look into the mirror everyday and pronounce word by word to improve his Mandarin. And we were able to see the wonderful outcome of his hard efforts in the movie “Farewell my Concubine”! I noticed that his mandarin had actually improved drastically after the shooting. Gor Gor’s favorite food were……,.well, he used to eat different things depending on his mood each day. He preferred fast and simple food. I’ve seen him eat hamburgers but the reason he ate Mac Donald’s hamburgers during the shooting was because they are safer and cleaner compared to the food from small food stands. He also liked to eat salad, I once saw him eat beef steak salad. He also loved to put tomato ketchup over tomato taste chicken rice. He once told me “it tastes delicious” but I’ve never tried it myself.

＊Susannaさん（香港人のファン）の話 哥哥との思い出といってもたくさんありすぎて･･･私が彼という人間をどう見ていたかを話しますね。 哥哥は仕事に対して努力家です。彼がデビューした時、実際既にその才能はとても素晴らしかったのに、どうしてだかずっと人気が出ませんでした。彼はずっと認められないまま努力を重ね続けました。 83年にやっと評価されるようになるまで7〜8年もの間、彼は辛酸を舐め続けましたが、その苦労は彼にとってとても大切なものだったと言えるでしょう。 ローチーリョン監督はこう語っています。 ｢色情男女｣の時、実は哥哥は最初に選ばれた俳優ではなかった。何故一番目じゃなかったかというと、哥哥はそのとき既にスーパースターだったから、この作品に出たがらないだろうと、監督は思ったのです。監督とプロデューサーのイートンシンはこの作品の出演者を探して、たくさんの俳優達に脚本を見せましたが、彼らはこの作品はとても素晴らしいと反応はしても、必ず「自分は服を脱がなくてもいいだろう？」と質問してきたので、彼らはとても失望していました。最後に彼らは哥哥に話しを持って行きました。 哥哥は脚本を読み終えると考えるか考えない内にすぐさま「この本気に入ったよ！」といいました。ローチーリョンは驚いたけれど、哥哥が続けて｢脱がなくてもいい？｣と質問することを心配しました。 しかし哥哥はそんなことは言わずに、むしろ明快な答えでこう言いました。 ｢何で脱がないの？絶対必要だよ。この映画は脱がないでどうやって撮るの？｣ これを聞いても分かるように、哥哥は映画産業をどれだけ支持していたか、全く自分の事は考えずに、どうやったらいい映画が作れるか、彼が考えていたのはそのことだけでした。それが他の多くの俳優さんたちと、哥哥との大きな違いです。 私が哥哥と会った回数はそんなに多くないけれど、少なくもないかしら、８〜１０回位かしら。 その中で、一番忘れられないのが、２００２年５月にジョセフィーヌシャオが西湾河のショッピングモールで行った「護苗基金」の宣伝活動の時です。 哥哥は体調のすぐれなかったジョセフィーヌを支えながらゆっくりと入場して来ました。彼自身もまたゆっくりと歩いていましたが、太い黒ぶちのメガネをかけ、とても可愛い印象で、ステージに立ってスピーチもしました。かなりの長時間…大体一時間くらいもずっと彼を見ていることが出来たので、とても思い出に残っています 哥哥が入ってきてから、彼が座っているのをずっと見ていましたが、彼はずっと席で水を飲み続けていました。スピーチが終わって彼は自分の担当である基金の申込書をステージの下で配ったのですが、そのとき観客と彼の距離はとても近く、我々から３０センチもあったかどうかというくらい近かったです。 彼は本当にきれいでした。歯もきれいだし、肌も透けるように美しく、目は宝石のように輝いていました。しかし、ただ一つ不思議に感じたのは、彼の動きがとても緩やかだったのです。 いつもの彼はとても動きが早く、きびきびとしていて、たとえば彼の歩く速さは私たちの小走りと同じくらいなのに・・・この日の彼はいつもに比べてとても緩慢な感じがしました。彼が配り終えて行こうとした時、私は彼に声を掛けたくなりました。｢哥哥、我祝ｲ尓身体健康！｣(哥哥、あなたの健康を祈ります！)　それを聞いた彼は、既に少し歩き出していたのに、ふっと身体を向き直ってこちらを振り向き、とても感激した目で私にうなずき細い声で｢多謝｣とひとこと言いました。 そのシーンはずっと私の脳裏に焼きついています。もしかしたらそのとき既に彼は具合が悪かったのではなかったか、彼はその時、人からの支えを必要としていたのではないでしょうか。 同じことがさらにその年の10月に起きました。 ダンヒルの開店セレモニーの時、私は又同じ言葉を哥哥に言いました、｢哥哥、我祝ｲ尓身体健康！｣。 それを聞いた彼は人ごみの中でこの言葉を言った人を探すように見回し、感動を込めた目で私を見ました。 2002年、その時にはもう彼の身体に問題が起きていたのだと思います、そして当時、彼は人からの関心といたわりを何よりも必要としていたに違いないと思います。 今までの中で、これが一番の哥哥の思い出です。 *Susanna’s comment on Leslie I have so many fond memories on Leslie that I do not know what to talk about. Let me give you my view on his personality. Gor Gor has always tried his best in his work. When he made a debut, he was very talented and gifted, but he could not gain popularity for a long time for some reason. He continued to strive hard without being acknowledged in the showbiz. He had to undergo hardships for 7 to 8 years until he finally gained popularity in 1983. I think those hardships that he had experienced in those days became his precious asset later on. Mr. Lo, the director of "Viva Erotica", commented on April 3 during the seminar that Leslie was not the 1st candidate for his movie “Viva, Erotica”. The reason he was not the 1st candidate was because he was already a super star then and they all expected that he would not want to be in this film. He and the producer, Yee Tung shing, in trying to find the actor for the film, showed the script to different actors. They all found the script wonderful but never failed to asked them ” I don’t have to take off my clothes in the movie, right?” to their disappointment. They finally approached Gor Gor about the film. As soon as he finished reading the script, he told them “I love it!” . Mr. Lo was concerned that he might ask them the same question as other actors, but to their surprise, Gor Gor never mentioned such thing and stated very clearly “why not take off the clothes? It is absolutely necessary to undress in this film. It would be ridiculous not to take off the clothes in this film”. As we can tell from this story, he would support the film industry with all his heart, he put aside his self- interest and the most important thing for him was how they could create better films. That is the biggest difference between Gor Gor and many other actors. The numbers of times I’ve seen Gor Gor in person is not that many, I think about 8 to 10 times. The most impressive one is when I saw him at Child Abuse Prevention Fund Charity held in a shopping mall at Saiwan Ho in May 2002. Gor Gor walked slowly into the venue holding Josephine Siao's arm who was not feeling well. He wore big black-framed glasses and looked very cute as he stood on the stage to make a speech. I was able to watch him for quite a long time, for about an hour, so I remember it very clearly. I kept my eyes on him from the time he entered the venue untill he sat down, and I saw him drinking water all the time at his seat. After he gave a speech on the stage, he came down and gave out the application forms for the donation to the audience. The distance between him and us was less than 30 centimeters and was very close. He was dashingly beautiful. His teeth were shiny and polished and were just like pearl, his skin was smooth and transparent and his eyes were shining brightly like diamond. One thing, which I noticed, was that his motions were very slow. He usually is very active with quick motions. For example, he walking speed is fast as our trotting speed…. but this day, his motions seemed slower than usual. When he finished giving the forms out, I wanted to say something to him and told him [「哥哥、我祝イ尓身体健康！」(Gor Gor, best wishes for your health!). Hearing this, he stopped walking and turned his body towards me and looked a me with a look of gratitude in his eyes and nodded at me and replied [多謝] (thank you) in a soft voice. This scene has been lingering in my mind ever since. Gor Gor could have been sick at that time already and needed support and comfort from others. Same thing happened again in October of that year. I had a chance to say the same words「哥哥、我祝イ尓身体健康！」 (Gor Gor, best wishes for your health!) at the opening ceremony of the Dunhill store. When he heard these words, he looked around the crowd trying to find the person who said these words to him and looked at me looking touched. I believe he was suffering from sickness in 2002 already and he was in need of attention and consolation from others. These are what I recall most clearly about Gor Gor.

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＊コンラッドホテル　ガーデンカフェのボーイさんの話 張さんの特別な思い出といって覚えていることは… あるとき彼がこのレストランで食事をしていた時、彼は携帯電話を駐車場に忘れたのを思い出したんです。なんと彼はあれほどのスーパースターなのに、よく知りもしないウェイターを信用して車まで携帯電話を取りに行かせたのです。僕は彼にそのことを頼まれた時、とっても嬉しかったです。何故か分からないけれど、自分を信用してくれて、彼の代わりに、彼の為に取りに行くってことがとっても嬉しかったです。 僕は長年この仕事をしているけれど、彼を見たときはいつもハンサムだな、と思うし、とても素晴らしい人、素晴らしいスターだと思いました。スーパースターなのに、彼は全然えばったところがなくて、我々スタッフと良くおしゃべりをしていました。 彼が好きな食事はごくシンプルなものばかりでしたよ、特に複雑のものじゃなくてね。 一つ覚えているのは、彼はいつも我々にゼリーをご馳走してくれる？と聞くのですが、もちろん我々は張さんのお願いすることなら皆喜んでご馳走しました。(このゼリーはメニューにはない、小さなグラスに入った2口3口で食べられるような簡単なものだそうです)それと、張さんは特別好きなものはなくて、なんでも食べましたよ、たとえば、雲呑麺とか…雪菜鶏絲湯米粉(高菜と鳥のビーフン)とか…メニューにある、そういう物でした。 ＊Waiter at Garden Cafe in Conrad Hotel comments on Leslie My fondest memory of Mr. Cheung is the one about his mobile phone. Once when he was having lunch at our restaurant, he recalled that he had left his mobile phone inside his car. To my surprise, the great super star asked me to get it from his car. He doesn't know me personally but still, he asked me to get it for him because he had trust in me. I was very happy that he had asked me. I don't know why but it made me feel very happy that he had trusted me and asked me to get it for him. I've been working here for many years, but every time I saw him, I was struck to see how handsome he was. Besides, he was a wonderful person and a wonderful star. He was a superstar but was never arrogant at all and would chat with us quite often. He used to like simple food and not complicated ones. One thing I remember well is that whenever he came, he would always ask us "could you treat me to a jelly?" We were delighted with Mr. Cheung's request and served him the jelly with much pleasure. (Note: this jelly is not in the menu. It's in a small glass and can be eaten in several bites). Mr. Cheung did not have any likes or dislikes in food………he could eat any kind of food like Wonton noodles, 雪菜鶏絲湯米粉 (rice noodles with snow-vegetable and chicken) and those kinds of food. 追　　記 コンラッドのコーヒーショップで、このボーイさんにインタビューをお願いした時、彼は二つ返事で話してくれたのですが、お店の中でお客のテーブルのそばに立ち、何を話そうかと迷っているボーイを見て、コーヒーショップのマネージャーが怪訝な顔で近づいてきました。｢何かありましたか？｣と尋ねるマネージャーに、実は香港でのレスリーの事を日本のファン達に話したいので彼にお願いしているのだと説明すると、マネージャーはとたんに笑顔になって、そういうことなら君(ボーイさんに)いっぱい話してあげなさい、いいからいいから、と、そして私にも、｢彼今何を話そうか迷っているから待っててくださいね。｣と言って行きました。 私はこのことからも、生前いかにレスリーが彼らにとって良い印象を与えていたかを知り、彼らのレスリーに対する愛情を感じることができました。 又、お話を聞かせていただいたファンの方たちも、｢レスリーの為なら｣と快く協力して下さったのを、感謝すると共に、皆さんが大事に語ってくださったレスリーとの思い出を聞いて、深い愛と感動を感じることが出来ました。 ご協力くださいました、Annさん、Susannaさん、Fusionのボーイさん、コンラッドのボーイさん、本当にありがとうございました。 又「絶對レスリー！」でご紹介できなかったインタビュー全文の掲載を申し出てくださったLeslie Legacyに感謝いたします。　　　Yukie Others When we asked the waiter at Garden Cafe inside Conrad Hotel to tell us something about Leslie, he agreed to do so immediately but seeing him standing by our table and wondering what to talk about, the manager of Garden Cafe came up to us looking puzzled. "Madame, Is everything all right?" asked the manager so I explained to him that I wish to introduce his comments on Leslie to Japanese fans at an event. Upon hearing this, the manager smiled and told the waiter to take his time and tell us everything he knows about Leslie and told us "he is now trying to figure out what to talk about so please wait for a while". Having seeing their reactions, I could tell that Leslie has left them a very good impression and felt their love towards him. The fans in Hong Kong whom I interviewed were very helpful as well. Through listening to them talk about their precious memories of Leslie; I could feel their deep love and respect towards Leslie. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to them for their kind cooperation. A big thank-you to Ann, Susanna and the attendants at Fusion and Conrad Hotel.　Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation to Leslie Legacy for giving me the chance to introduce the whole interview which could not be introduced at 「絶對レスリー！」("Absolutely　LESLIE！")　event in Tokyo due to time limitations.　 Ｙｕｋｉｅ

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Special thanks to Yukie, the organizer of this event To overseas fans On April 29th, there was an event on Leslie organized by Yukie, an ardent and long time fan, in Tokyo. It took place in the venue where Leslie had his autograph session in Tokyo in 2001. There were many photos of him on the wall (shooting in Okinawa, Narita Airport upon his arrival and departure, concerts in different parts of the world, shooting in Sea Paradise outside of Tokyo, Leslie Cheung Night etc) that were taken by the participants. Many of the participants are members of one of the off line fan clubs named L L Paradise, and some of them came all the way from 北海道(northern part of Japan) to 九州(southern part of Japan) for the event. The costumes that he wore for his concerts in 96-97were also displayed. One of them was the black jacket with "Leslie" printed in gold on the sleeve and another one was the golden jacket that he wore over a burgundy pants when he sang "Whispers of Love"談情説愛. These costumes belong to the fans who had purchased them at the auction during the party with Leslie in 99 in Hong Kong . Besides the costumes, there were 2 red neckties that he threw to the audience at his concerts in Tokyo in 97. He tied his big ring that he wore onto the ties when he threw them to the audience. A letter written by Ms. Florence Chan was displayed as well with touching and warm words addressed to the fans. We went around the room to take a look at these exhibits for about 20 minutes. A video screening followed this starting off with his early performance in 1977 at Asian Music Competition showing Leslie sing "American Pie" extremely well and it is quite amazing to think that he was only 20 then. We could see lots of other performances by him in Japan in 87 and 89 at Tokyo Music Festival, some TV clips of his concerts in Tokyo and Osaka in 97, Peace Concert held in Hiroshima, some interviews of Leslie on Japanese TV on his movies and so forth. The fans were in tears most of the time except for the part that showed Leslie singing (his Japanese pronunciation was extremely good) in Japanese at Tokyo Music Festival 89 together with a Japanese male singer. The fans burst into laughter upon seeing how keen he kept on staring at Leslie, putting his arm around him, and Leslie smiled back at him several times as he sang. There was a female singer singing along with them but she was left alone neglected by the male singer. The song sang by three of them was the male singer's song and he was showing his support to Leslie sing the song in Japanese by standing close to him and staring at his face, but we laughed because it seemed as if he had fallen in love with Leslie. Another thing I noticed was that Leslie is quite tall compared to other singers. The male singer is around 174 cm and has never been considered short, but Leslie was bit taller than him by around 1 cm. Yukie had attended memorial and private screening held by Leslie Legacy and 401 in Hong Kong in April this year and showed some slides on these events and explained to the participants what she had observed at those occasions. The most impressive part of the slides were the ones showing Leslie Legacy members burning all the cards and photos attached onto the flowers presented to Leslie at the memorial this year in order send them to Leslie and to avoid them from being cut into pieces and thrown away as a garbage. Yukie also introduced us some comments by his long time fans. One of them was by Susanna and when asked what was her fondest memory on Leslie, she replied that there are so many but what she recalls very clearly is the one at the Child Abuse Prevention Charity event held several years ago. His motions at the charity were very slow and she got concerned about his health. When he was about to leave, she said to him "best wishes for you health!" and upon hearing this, he stopped and turned back and looked right into her eyes and replied "thank you" with a gentle smile. Yukie also asked Ann about her fondest memory and she has lots of them as well. She said, "Leslie is funny, he has a sense of humor and every time he sees me, he would ask me if I had gained weight. I didn't know if I should be mad at him or laugh. He loved to put tomato ketchup over chicken rice. " Yukie also visited restaurants and hotels that Leslie used to go quite often and interviewed the staff there. One of the places was Fusion where he used to go several times a week. She showed a slide of the waiter there and introduced his comments which were "Leslie used to come here quite often for lunch. He would usually order ordinary things .He could eat almost anything ". The waiter at Garden Cafe at Conrad Hotel replied, "Leslie was very nice and kind to all of us and we liked him a lot. He would chat with us in a friendly manner and was never arrogant. Every time I looked at him, I was struck to see how handsome he was. I have lots of fond memories of him, the most impressive one is when he asked me to get his mobile phone that he had left inside his car, and can you imagine someone like him, a superstar like him asking me to get his mobile phone? Mobile phones can be very private and confidential, but he asked me because he had trust in me, I guess, and I was really touched by this. He also used to ask us if he could have a small sized jelly served only at dessert buffet when he came and of course we used to serve it to him with much pleasure. He liked our Wonton noodles as well". Yukie also showed us some slides on the places where once stood Leslie's father tailor shop in Central, a private room at the hair salon in Central where he had his haircut etc. At the end of the event, a video clip on Leslie's performance on "Moon Represent My Heart" from 96-97 concerts was shown and all the participants sang along with him in Mandarin. We used to learn the lyrics by heart for his concerts in Japan in 97. As we sang, we recalled the concert in 97 in Japan when we sang the song in Mandarin along with him as a surprise present to him. He couldn't believe his ears at first when he heard the Japanese audience sing the song in Mandarin and pointed his microphone to the audience. The audience started to sing out louder and louder and eventually, the whole audience was singing in Mandarin. Leslie was moved into tears upon seeing this and had a difficulty to continue singing. The song has helped to bind our hearts even stronger and thus the song has become a very special song for both Leslie and his Japanese fans. Everyone at the event on 29th was crying as we sang the song remembering all these. The event was filled with so much love and fond memories of our beloved Leslie thanks to the hard efforts made by Yukie and her friends in preparing for the event. Most of us there had shared the wonderful moments with him in Japan at the concerts in Japan, Hong Kong and other parts of the worlds, shooting, autograph sessions, Leslie Cheung Night, hand shake events, Tokyo International Film Festivals, parties with Leslie in Tokyo and Hong Kong and at so many different occasions. We shall never forget those unforgettable moments with our dear Leslie as long as we live.