After appearing as the cold and aloof female cop in Unriddle 2, Rui En takes on another police investigator role in the upcoming C.L.I.F. 2. This will be a sequel to the popular 2011 cop drama C.L.I.F., which garnered an average viewership of 924,000 people and bagged the show of the year award.

Rui En is joined by a star-studded lineup for the second series which includes the likes of Li Nanxing, Thomas Ong, Pierre Png and Eelyn Kok. They will be joined by Joanne Peh, Qi Yuwu and Aileen Tan from the original cast.

On her new role, Rui En shared that she was happy and shocked at the same as she did not dare to harbour any thoughts of scoring another cop role again, having acted as one previously.

She also expressed in the interview with xinmsn that she was interested in the crime industry and did some research before filming for Unriddle 2.

“Really excited” to be in this show, Rui En shared that she will be acting as Huang Zhijie, a character who entered the police force after witnessing her sister’s abduction and death at a young age. She also revealed that her character will be “less aloof” and “more feminine” than her previous role in Unriddle 2.

Rui En admitted that everyone role has its “own challenge” when asked on her thoughts on taking on yet another police character. “I have to challenge myself to adapt into the new role because everyone is more familiarised with the cold Hu Xiaoman [her role in Unriddle 2]. I’m very happy to be given the chance to try.”

She also spoke of her previous working experience with MediaCorp’s Ah Ge, Li Nanxing, in On The Fringe, and shared that their characters will be romantically-linked in this drama.

Currently on a month-long break after filming for Poetic Justice wrapped, the 31-year-old is on her first long break in three years. The actress shared that she intends to rest at home during this period of time and has no vacation plans at the moment.

Commenting on the recent online voting frenzy which saw Felicia Chin’s character in Don’t Stop Believin’ overtaking her Unriddle 2 character’s top spot in the Faovurite Actress category, Rui En said, “I hope next year’s voting period will not be as long to better allow fans to concentrate on their studies. It will be better if it was shorter.”

C.L.I.F 2 警徽天职 2 debuts 18 February 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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