By Jocelyn Lee
Local actress Rui En piled on thick make-up and donned four layers of clothing for a Chinese opera-singing scene for The Journey: Our Homeland.
The 34-year-old described her image overhaul as “scary”, adding that “it’s not something I would like to see again.”
In the drama, Rui En plays a junior nurse whose mother is an opera singer. In one scene, her mum cannot perform so she takes over for the day.
Rui En recalled: “We filmed for two days and by the time I took off the layers of clothes, the first layer was all drenched in sweat. It was as if I had just showered.”
She added: “It was a nightmare trying to remove the make-up – my skin felt so irritated.”
Ever the perfectionist, Rui En went even further.
“I took four singing lessons to learn how to sing opera songs and also requested to record the songs on my own,” said the actress, who is filming another Channel 8 blockbuster series, The Dream Makers 2.
But the dream role she would really want to snag is one in a superhero movie.
The self-confessed geek said: “I grew up reading and collecting comics and I am always excited whenever a new Marvel superhero is out.”
So what kind of superpower would she want to have?
“Invisibility. People can be very different when they are on their own and I want to see them in that state.”
The Journey: Our Homeland debuts 16 July 2015, 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: The New Paper
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By May Seah
RBKD: The Journey: Our Homeland, the third and last instalment of The Journey trilogy sees the addition of Rui En, who plays the love interest of Shaun Chen’s character, Zhang Jia. “Yang Meixue is a new character. She has no links to the characters of the previous season,†said Rui En. She adds that this role grew on her as filming progressed and she felt Meixue is a good representative of the women of that era by juggling the demands of her work as a nurse with her familial duties.
The Journey: Our Homeland debuts 16 July 2015, 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: TODAY
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Rui En is the new face of L’Oreal Paris’s 30th anniversary campaign for Color Riche. In it, she makes a colour statement in three rich shades: Coral Chic, Pretty Pink and Fiery Red, switching between looking polished, girlish and smokingly sultry.
Source: ELLE, Toggle
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Article: Joanna Goh
Photos: Joanna Goh, Dion Tang & Channel 8
RBKD: Last friday, the annual Star Awards ceremony was restaged on set of The Dream Makers 2, where actors in the drama too are all dressed up in gowns and suits. It will be a five-month-long wait before the drama premieres on Channel 8 in December, so now let’s have a sneak peek of Rui En at promotional shoot where she was dressed in a detailed lace number by Francis Cheong.
Click here for the article and pictures.
The Dream Makers 2 志在四方 2 debuts 03 December 2015, 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Toggle
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The Journey: Our Homeland, being the concluding part of The Journey trilogy depicts life between the immediate years after independence in 1965 and the period of rapid modernisation in 1980s.
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The Journey: Our Homeland debuts 16 July 2015, 9pm on Channel 8.
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RBKD: At the lensing ceremony of The Dream Makers 2, Rui En was in a good mood. When asked if it was because of her character, she said with a smile: “People are very multi-faceted.” Viewers will get to see a multi-faceted side to Tonglin too. Rui En shared that she bought lots of clothes with cartoon characters online yet had to return most of them as the crew did not want an “overly-cartoonish style this time”.
The Dream Makers 2 志在四方 2 debuts 03 December 2015, 9pm on Channel 8.
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By Han Wei Chou
RBKD: Rui En will reprise her role as Fang Tonglin in the upcoming drama, The Dream Makers 2. She is happy to have the chance to act in this role again but finds it a challenge to bring more maturity to the character while retaining her humour and innocence.
Source: Channelnewsasia
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Local TV audiences like to pit Rui En against Jeanette Aw.
Both are top actresses on Channel 8, both are immensely popular and have rabid fan bases, both are signed to artist management company Hype Records, and let’s face it, the contrast between the two is stark.
In The Dream Makers 2, the pair reprise their roles as love rivals – their characters were both romantically linked to Qi Yuwu in The Dream Makers and in The Dream Makers 2, Rui En and Qi are a couple.
So we simply had to ask them about their never-ending perceive rivalry.
Their replies? There is nothing to be rivalrous about.
“Off-screen (the dynamic between us) is definitely not dramatic at all,” said Aw.
“We’re just very professional actors who play our parts in our dramas to the best we can.”
Don’t think too much
Rui En said with a sigh: “We’re from the same company, that’s probably how this all started. Don’t need to think so much, it’s not as exciting as what you see in a drama.
“I know (the perceived rivalry) would make a good narrative for the media, but the fact of the matter is, we’re both very different and I believe we are just doing our work.”
On the topic of her role, she said: “Our characters start off in The Dream Makers 2 as best friends…despite the fact that her character betrayed me in the first season. That is the most endearing part of my character, she’s so forgiving.”
Source: The New Paper, asiaone
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By Joanna Goh
RBKD: Cast of upcoming Channel 8 drama The Dream Makers 2 were put to deal with a handful of sticky situations in real life during the lensing ceremony yesterday.
When asked how would Rui En react if her phone was hacked and she’s being blackmailed, Rui En assured that there would be no nude photos but admitted that the questions raised a lot of fear in her and she might have to re-look her attitude towards that.
Also when asked what would Rui En do if someone snaps a photo of her at the hawker center and shares it online, Rui En appears to be used to that and shared her experience with Toggle.
Source: Toggle English | Chinese
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