Tony Leung and Andy Lau on The Goldfinger, their new movie that sees the Hong Kong superstars reunited for the first time since Infernal Affairs

Reunited in financial drama The Goldfinger, Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Andy Lau reveal what they like about working with each other

They talk about playing good and bad guys in the new film, who they would like to star as them in a Hollywood remake, and how to widen Hong Kong cinema’s appeal

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Tony Leung (left) and Andy Lau in a still from the new movie “The Goldfinger”. The two Hong Kong superstars are reunited again after last appearing onscreen together in the Infernal Affairs trilogy.

Published: 7:15am, 28 Dec 2023Updated: 3:51pm, 9 Jan 2024

Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau – indelible on-screen partnerships all of them, ones that will be remembered forever.

To that list we can add Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, two of the greatest cinematic stars Hong Kong has ever produced.

After first working together almost 40 years ago, and last collaborating on the classic 2002 cop-crime saga Infernal Affairs and its sequels, they are back together again this week with the thrilling new financial drama The Goldfinger.

When we speak over video chat for this interview, they are sitting in a white-walled hotel room looking very chummy. Leung, 61, is sporting an autumn-brown jumper and check trousers, his hair slick. Lau, 62, is wearing a diamond-pattern blue sweater, the sort you might find on a golf course.

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They seem best buddies, although Leung adds a caveat to that.

“We don’t really get together much outside of work,” he says. “A lot of the rapport that we have on the screen was built while we were working together.”