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Rui En will play a wife and mother for the first time
By Kwok Kar Peng

ONE MediaCorp Princess has willingly agreed to transform herself into an older woman and mother of a 7-year-old girl.
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DARK DRAMA: (Above) In her next project, Rui En’s character suffers a succession of tragedies. –TNP DESIGN: PRADIP KUMAR SIKDAR –TNP PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG

This makes Rui En the first among the Seven Princesses to leave the castle and move on to playing mature roles.

Yes, we know she is the cool, strong-willed and unconventional one among the Jeanette Aws, Joanne Pehs and Felicia Chins.

This career move will certainly differentiate her even more from her ‘royal’ peers, who are still playing young single girls.

We wondered if the decision was deliberate. Why take such a big leap forward, Rui En?

‘Why not?’ she shot back.

‘I think it’s good to have something fresh. It’s a huge risk, but without risks, you can’t move forward.’

Then she laughed and added, as she leaned forward to squeeze this reporter’s arm, ‘Eh, I’m 29 years old this year!’

Turning serious, the 1.69m-tall actress – whose previous roles in The Dream Catchers and My School Daze saw her tackling mostly strong, independent and highly educated single girls – said: ‘I can’t pretend to be a teenager or a teenybopper any more. I’m also not about to start lying about my age. As I grow up, the characters I take on have to grow up as well.’

And how they will grow.

Next project

In Rui En’s next project, tentatively titled I’m With You, she will play a wife and mother for the first time.

It is supposedly a very dark drama, where a succession of tragedies befalls her character Siqi – one of which is the sudden death of her husband (Chen Hanwei) in the first episode.

His spirit, however, lingers in the human world and pesters Adrian Pang’s character, the only person who can see and talk to him, to help his family get over his death.

You can expect some flutterings of romance between Rui En’s character and Adrian’s, but nothing too much for a recently-widowed woman.

Rui En will begin filming the drama later this month.

Although wading into new territory makes her jittery, and it is way out of her comfort zone, she says she is looking forward to it.

But if you have a mental picture of Rui En as a frumpy aunty in I’m With You, think again.

Her character Siqi is a fashion designer in her early 30s and a modern mother.

Rui En nevertheless cringed a little when she described what her alter ego will look like.

‘She’s quite feminine and always wears skirts. I also have to wear hair extensions to make my shoulder-length hair longer. It’s been a long time since I had that image,’ she said.

But isn’t she concerned that there’ll be no turning back to playing young-ish characters once she’s stepped into mature roles, currently hogged by 30-something actresses like Cynthia Koh and Ann Kok? (See report, right.)

Rui En pondered for a while before saying: ‘I’m honestly not worried about this yet. I hope that I perform sufficiently well to prove to people that I can play a role like Xiaodong and also a mother. I have to rely on myself to prove it.’

Xiaodong is her uneducated, simple-minded and happy-go-lucky character from the Channel 8 drama Happy Family, which premieres at 9pm on 19 Jan.

In that role, which was filmed from August to October last year, the usually aloof Rui En replaces her trademark don’t-mess-with-me attitude with a wide toothy grin.

Even her co-stars joked that she smiled more in those three months of filming Happy Family than she usually would in a year.

However, there’s one other role that this reporter hopes to see her take on, one that’s certainly out of her comfort zone.

How about playing a damsel in distress, I asked her. It is so unlike the self-reliant and strong actress.

‘Can I?’ she asked incredulously, breaking off into laughter.

‘Okay, that would be quite challenging. Hmm, I do have something in me that’s quite independent because that’s the way I grew up and lived my entire life.’

Take note, scriptwriters.

 
Source: The New Paper

Categorised in 七公主 7 Princesses, Happy Family 过好年, The New Paper, With You 我在你左右.

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郑凯文 报道

《新动网》点评 新传媒7公主 4位公主不行

瑞恩虽然今年两部戏都有突破性表演，但因为太注重隐私，而且不拍亲热戏，所以“一路惹来各界不满、嫌她不懂得做人、不够专业。”

新传媒高层：新传媒如今属欧白年代

新传媒高层陈国明坦言：“如今是’欧白年代’，其他公主都被远远抛在后面！”

陈国明说：“现在，得确是欧萱和白薇秀分庭抗礼的’欧白年代’。”

但他相信，瑞恩今年的表现也不容忽视，因为她今年的两部新剧都有突破性表演。“她演一傻大姐的《过好年》更会碰到《红星大奖》的《我最喜爱女角色》的投票期间，很有可能以高票取胜！

Source: Shinmin

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Categorised in 七公主 7 Princesses, Wanbao.

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Feature Page 40

2009 look back | look forward 2010

小荧幕风云变色

本地篇

告别七公主
七公主名称由i开始，也应该让i结束。
该走的走了，上了位上不了位已成定局。是时候move on。
公主时代已成历史。没什么好代替或接班的。是婢女就继续当婢女，运气好的努力有回报的，就upgrade成妃子好了。
2009年已正式进入欧白朝代（欧萱和白微秀）
七公主？谁啊？

小生来来去去都一样
小生荒。香港也一样。不同的是程度。
女主角起码有白微秀、欧萱、陈靓瑄、瑞恩…间中还爆出梁丽芳、蔡琦慧轮流当。

Categorised in 七公主 7 Princesses, I-Weekly.

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明年重头剧《星州之夜》 瑞恩欧萱争上位

明年阿姐们槓龟，反倒是中生代吃香。像瑞恩，单单明年首半年，就有《过好年》和《我在你左右》两部大剧，瑞恩形象大突破，在《过》里演傻妹，又在《我》里当妈妈、孕妇。

《星》剧本出自金牌编剧洪荣狄之手，他在2008《小娘惹》捧红了欧萱，2009《当我们同在一起》让戴阳天上位，2010年《星州之夜》2女1男主角人选，因此备受注目。据悉，加利谷山中演员们已对此剧虎视眈眈，尤其剧中一忠一奸的歌女主角，更会让一票女星争破头，皆因它将是后年《红星大奖》入围的大热门！

至于2女主角方面，外形和气质都典雅，怀旧剧“常客”欧萱，即有机会再挑大梁。最近在《当》中引起注意的周颖，演绎起“好歌女”应该也很适合，形象大突破的瑞恩机会也不小。

Categorised in 七公主 7 Princesses, Happy Family 过好年, Shin Min, With You 我在你左右.

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《我行我宿》则是以介绍外地民宿为主，谢宛谕和陈靓瑄、芮恩、周颖，分别到韩国、台湾、日本和泰国介绍当地的民宿。制作人林佩琴说，这几名女艺人不一定“我行我素”，但都因为个性潇洒，有想法，而被选上。

Source: Zaobao

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日期:14/10/2009 | 新闻来源:联合晚报 | 记者:王英敏

瑞恩和黄俊雄多次合作（左），观众印象深刻。欧宣戚玉武、陈靓瑄张耀栋分别位居亚季军。

2阿姐不敌“公主”们？投选“本地最佳荧幕情侣”：瑞恩＋黄俊雄高票当选，击败“双天至尊”、“神雕俠侶”经典组合！

你心目中“最佳荧幕情侣”是谁？新传媒高层陈国明日前通过博客开放“本地最佳荧幕情侣”投选活动，不到1星期即吸引超过300网友留言投选。至截稿前，“个性公主”瑞恩和黄俊雄以超过100票当选“本地最佳银幕情侣”，而稍微落后仅次于两人的是欧萱＋戚玉武；张耀栋近来虽然无代表作品，但观众显然仍难忘他去年与陈靓瑄在《心花朵朵开II》中的情侣搭档，排名第3。“本地最佳荧幕情侣”票选第4、第5，则分别是“双天至尊”郑惠玉和李南星，以及“神雕俠侶”范文芳和李铭顺！

瑞恩和黄俊雄合作无数，他们早在06年《爱情零度C》就被凑成一对，陆续在《不凡的爱》和《未来不是梦》中再续前缘。投两人一票的网友均认为，两人在演情侣默契十足，每档戏都能擦出不一样的火花，是公认的“最佳荧幕情侣”No. 1。

自《小娘惹》后，欧萱最近与戴阳天在《当我们同在一起》中再次被凑成一对，俊男美女组合天衣无缝，却更多网友偏爱欧萱与戚玉武的组合；两人虽在《小娘惹》中虽有缘无份，但仍是观众心目中的金童玉女。

“双天至尊”郑惠玉＋李南星以及“神雕俠侶”范文芳＋李铭顺虽然在之前的“情牵25”中获颁“最佳荧幕情侣”，但长江后浪推前浪，最终还是让位给3位“公主”啦！

Source: Omy.sg

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日期:21/09/2009 | 新闻来源:联合晚报 | 记者:陈秋雁

七公主角色没突破观众都看腻？网友改造七公主，把”乖乖女”欧萱变成黑社会女老大、形象正直的瑞恩演风骚女、精明女郎白薇秀演笨女人！

另外，也有看戏越来越精而且越来越有要求的网友，当起“公民监制”和“公民导演”，突发奇想，为七公主“量身定做”有突破性的角色。

综合他们的意见，他们希望看到七公主在诠释的角色中能有360度的大转变。这些”公民监制”相当称职，他们还点出各公主被定型的形象，然后提出相关的突破爆点。

新传媒：突破要看时机

陈国明又举例：”比如圈中有传瑞恩抗拒一些角色，若是真的，那我觉得她是局限自己的发展空间。如果让她来诠释反派或风骚女的角色，肯定会一鸣惊人。”

‘公民监制’的意见

瑞恩：摘下冷艳面具
突破角色：风骚女、古代侠女、反派、嗜毒者

Source: Wanbao

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娱乐话题 Page 34

“七公主”中, 谁是”新闻公主”?

瑞恩

是非指数: ★★★

有别于欧公主的”温室小花”, 瑞恩的个性太过我行我素, 与媒体保持”安全距离”。在新加坡，如此有个性的女生并不多, 因此她也吸引了一批死忠派的粉丝。

Categorised in 七公主 7 Princesses, U-Weekly.

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