Forty-one-year-old Sammul Chan (陳鍵鋒) joined the entertainment industry in 1999. He was heavily promoted alongside Raymond Lam (林峯), Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤), Kenneth Ma (馬國明), and Lai Lok Yi (黎諾㦤) before leaving to focus on the Chinese market. In 2011, he skyrocketed in popularity and netizens gave him the title of “the most handsome emperor” in Chinese drama Beauty’s Rival in Palace <美人心計>.