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1. 狮城 SG News Page 30

瑞恩 天使变魔鬼

瑞恩在热播中的《逆潮》首度演反派，享受“使坏”过程，不怕坏得让人讨厌，也相信观众想看另一面的她。

“拍了3个月，间中没有很开心，很黑暗，每天闹钟响起床，看到拍戏内容不是打打杀杀，就是有阴谋，一想到心情就低落了。”

压力大，是因为第1次演反派，瑞恩说，观众一般习惯看她正面的形象，她希望演好这个反派角色，而不是脸上只有奸诈的表情。

平常行为处事低调的瑞恩，在拍《逆潮》时被高调的李铭顺sabo，她觉得他很“过分”，也被搞到啼笑皆非！

“铭顺大哥是个爱玩的人，我不是不合人合照，我是很乐意的，只是他很过分咯，他是那种怕人家不知道我在哪里的人，会大声通知人‘瑞恩在那边，你们去找她拍照’。”

大部分艺人擅长经营社交媒体作宣传，瑞恩平常却没有自拍的习惯，“我的生活是很闷的，也不想闷死别人，要有公德心。”她说自己也是常人，也会去小贩中心，就是不化妆、短裤、T恤；如果碰到有人要求合照，只要墨镜就OK，原因是怕没有化妆会吓到小孩子！

2.　影视分级 U-Rated Page 32

本周，要接受分级的是8频道9点档《逆潮》！

卖点：李铭顺搭瑞恩＝得奖大制作

看点：铭顺大叔能让冰冻人瑞恩有不一样的感觉吗？

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如果不是时间上的不可能，我们真的要以为此剧是“参考”了最近刚在韩国播映完毕的《没关系，是爱情啊》。两剧巧合地有两大共同点，既是男主角都是推理小说家，女主角都是心理医生，所以容易供人比较。而如果这样字来比，基本上就便成李铭顺得跟赵寅成比，瑞恩得跟孔晓振比。

老实说，单以演员来说，虽然赵寅成及孔晓振几近满分，但咱们的铭顺大叔和瑞恩小姐未必差到哪里去。铭顺的演技没话讲，样貌又越老越有味道，除了身形稍为有走样趋势，也不见得比别人差；瑞恩难得在此剧作了调整，以往的冰冷融化了，变得直接但娇柔可爱。其实也是啦，以往都是跟木头人或年轻蓄胡子扮成熟的演员合作，想想也确实没瘾。这次难得配上魅力100的李铭顺，心情自然小女人一点。展现了难得一见的可爱一面，瑞恩也加分了。

但还是输给赵寅成跟孔晓振的。输的点在于剧本、角色。不知从什么时候开始，本地剧开始学上美剧、港剧的特色，迷信“快节奏”就是好。当然，剧情推动得快，不拖泥带水，确实不是坏事，但如果一味只要快，而忽略了细节、人物情绪，哪有什么好？

韩剧之所以令人沉迷，在于他们注意细节到极点。《没关系，是爱情啊》就是好例子。细腻但又极有趣，让观众完全进入剧中角色世界，欲罢不能。《逆潮》则一味赶火车，不留一点余味，就是chop chop chop一直演进，看完第一集记忆力差一点的根本忘了郑各评曾出现，但他是谁？完全抓没球。

所以结论是，我们的演员未必比别人差，但编剧、导演素质，起码落后10年。

惊喜度：7/10

此剧最大惊喜是瑞恩。终于冰山融化，让人看到她原来也能演点别的。剧情推动快，也有适当的紧张感觉，但不见细腻，可惜。

惊吓度：6/10

陈泂江演脾气火爆的警探，动不动就发脾气大声呼和、拍打桌子、闯进闯出，演绎手法太表面及浮夸。这种靠大声、大动作来带出角色性格的表演方式，比较适合舞台剧，真的不需要这么loud来吓人的。

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1. 电视 TV Pages 50-51

RBKD: Full 2 pages article on Joy Truck 2, featuring Rui En and Chen Liping. Rui En mentioned her reasons for attending this programme and her approach when she meant the 2 year-old beneficiary.

2. 电视 TV Page 52

RBKD: One page interview with cast of Against The Tide on what would they do if they could change their fate.

3. TV Synopsis Pages 100-103

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1. TV Synopsis Pages 117-119

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By Yip Wai Yee

A new crop of actresses are carving out a niche on Channel 8, taking on major roles alongside veterans.

Carrie Wong, 20

Who was that new face standing next to Channel 8 bigwigs Christopher Lee and Rui En at the press conference last month to promote Channel 8 drama Against The Tide?

Carrie Wong, that’s who. She snagged the major role of a schizophrenic woman, the younger sister of Lee’s crime novelist character.

Landing this “acting opportunity of a lifetime” so quickly is something the 1.75m-tall Wong finds “surprising”, although she says she earned the role in her own right.

“I got the role after two rounds of auditions, so it’s not like they handed it to me,” she says in English.

Source: The Straits Times

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Finally, the main course is served.

So yes, expect answers..

Episode 9 started with a quick flashback of what happened seven years ago and we are quickly drawn into Xueqing’s complex emotions when facing the fact that her father was a murderer.

While investigating the missing female undergraduates, Xueqing, Di Shen & Uncle Gangyi were presented with loopholes in her father’s case.

If you think having two cases concurrently is complicated enough, clearly the writer wanted more fun with a third. Surprisingly, they actually made sense when presented together. (Thank goodness!)

Rui En and Christopher Lee performed to high standards as expected of the two-time Star Awards Best Actress and Best Actor winners. Both of them were required to show off a myriad of complex emotions and struggles, and they did so effortlessly.

Zheng Geping was also convincing in his role as an overly concerned uncle and that brought out giggles in us from time to time~

In Episode 10, we are introduced to the much-awaited band of vigilantes, led by Di Shen seven years ago. One question looms, are they the Shadow Walkers?

Case No. 4 starts proper and we will see how civilised behaviour gave way to primitive desire, screwed thinking and ultimate selfishness in the name of “Love”. While this is an overused idea, the choice of “villains” made it interesting enough.

It is comforting that even before the second commercial break begins, we viewers will be able to deduce the identity of the culprits and what their motives might be. (Phew, no draggy plots!)

But just as you think it is as simple as that, we soon realised that the quick answer was just to give way to the unsolved case from seven years ago. (Huh?? No worries, the intertwining is so seamless you can be forgiven for thinking it is actually one single case only.)

Crowd-pleaser Shadow Walker returns in Episode 11 and all questions from Episodes 9 to 10 will be answered convincingly too.

Something unexpected in this episode will also set stage for a darker plot to come, so be sure to not miss it!

Catch Episodes 9 to 11 of “Against The Tide 逆潮” this coming Monday through Wednesday, at 9pm on Channel 8.

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