Come 2009, they will shed their ‘oh-so-perfect-only-heaven-can-find’ images to take on roles depicting the worst characters on television.
Felicia Chin will turn into a violent gal as a result of an accident in the blockbuster drama ‘双子星The Ultimatum’ (starring Zoe and Fann). 力捧新人 Newcomer 张振环 Zhang Zhen Huan will become her ‘sandbag’ and subject to her mental and physical ‘abuse’. Don’t expect to see your usual stereotyped pretty and sunshine 陈靓喧 Felicia Chin anymore (at least not for the second half of the drama).
黄俊雄 Elvin Ng will tackle his career’s most challenging role to date. If you ever hated seeing Elvin’s acting in his past roles, it will be a huge success if you now hate him in his new role in ‘双子星 The Ultimatum’. He will play a despicable selfish fellow who is filled with a vengeful spirit. I hear Elvin is very pleased to shake his previous ‘so-good-till-you-melt’ image and play a baddie role. 男人不坏，女人不爱？
白薇秀 Joanne Peh, in Channel 8’s longest 180 episode drama to date ‘想握你的手 Your Hand In Mine’ plays a ‘man-hater’ as a result of her sexual abuse during her childhood. Don’t you ever dare get into a lift with her …
鹤天赐 Nat Ho, who always ended up playing somebody’s good brother in the past, will play a bum this time in the new show ‘未来不是梦 The Dream-Catchers’. 游手好闲, check. 好吃懒做, check. 贪生怕死, check. 自我中心、得过且过、敷衍塞责, check. His new role demands for him to be ‘rebellious’ and engaged in illegal dealings…
If you cant’t stomach anymore of 姚懿珊 Dawn Yeoh’s cutesiness in her current show ‘叮当神探 Crime Buster X2’, you will be pleased to know she will join Nat Ho in ‘未来不是梦 The Dream-Catchers’ as his partner-in-crime – a very cunning, big mouth liar and every inch materialistic girl.
Guess, our Princes and Princesses are sick and tired of being cast in yet another similar role again. But playing baddie role has its fair share of ‘risk’. Such roles are not as TV likeable and may harm their star power as idols. Is it still too early for them to cross over into a whole new realm where their acting chops would now need to triumph over their looks?
You tell me….
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