By Kwok Kar Peng

THE hilarious skit at Star Awards Show 1 on Sunday night was meant to be a comic relief for all, but two of the actors being made fun of did not seem impressed.

Last night’s Star Awards Show 1, telecast live over Channel 8, featured a skit spoofing the cast of local dramas Devotion, A Song to Remember and Code of Honour.

Not even the biggest and most popular names on Caldecott Hill were spared.

Zoe Tay, Chen Hanwei, Joanne Peh, Elvin Ng, Qi Yuwu and Eelyn Kok were all made fun of.

But Rui En and Zhang Yaodong did not appear amused.

Rui En looked moody for the rest of the night, despite winning Favourite Female Character and Favourite Onscreen Couple with Ng.

In her acceptance speech, she said cryptically: “We are here to film (dramas), not create news.”

In the skit, TV host Quan Yifeng – in an impressive career comeback since her scuffle with a taxi driver – pretended to be Rui En and objected to filming a rape scene.

It was an obvious throwback to the controversy between Rui En and Zhang Yaodong last August.

Back then, Zhang had talked to the media about a rape scene he did with Rui En in the drama On the Fringe.

Rui En, who was working in Malaysia then, immediately wrote a heated blog post, stressing the fact that she is against doing kissing and rape scenes.

That particular scene was in fact a failed rape attempt, she clarified.

She also hinted that Zhang had twisted the truth to try to make headlines and stay in the limelight.

Zhang subsequently told the media he had used the wrong words, adding that he is not a Chinese teacher who is precise about words.

Last night, when reporters asked Rui En if she was offended, she replied with a curt “No”.

Funny skit?

“The skit provided entertainment value. I was prepared that (the controversy with Zhang) would be mentioned either in Star Awards Show 1 or Show 2,” she said.

When The New Paper spoke to Zhang, he too was curt.

“I don’t think the skit went overboard. It was very funny. I’m okay with it because I don’t think too much into it,” he said.

Ironically, the two of them are filming the period drama Joys of Life and have many scenes together.

How are relations between the two of them now?

Zhang replied in Mandarin: “We are not familiar with each other (before the controversy). Now we are even less familiar. We are still colleagues.”

When asked the same question, Rui En said: “Things are professional (between us). We are just doing our jobs.

“There’s nothing different and it’s just the way I behave with everyone else.

“To me, (the incident) is over. I think I’ll work with him again (in the future), and why make things difficult for everyone?”

Star Awards Show 1 winners

Favourite Female Character: Zhang Yale in A Tale of Two Cities, played by Rui En

Favourite On-screen Couple: Rui En and Elvin Ng in Code of Honour

Best Screenplay: Ang Eng Tee for On the Fringe and Chen Sew Khoon/Lau Chin Poon for The In-Laws

Best Drama Editing: Teo Pit Hong Joyce for On the Fringe

Source: The New Paper, Asiaone

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