Pelakon Singapura, Rui En mengakui dia pernah berasa ingin membunuh diri gara-gara tertekan dengan ketika penggambaran drama bersiri Unriddle 2 diadakan.

Rui En berkata, hal itu terjadi kerana dia terlalu menghayati wataknya sebagai Hu Xiao Man sehinggakan dia terbawa-bawa ke luar set penggambaran.

“Bayangkan sehingga di satu tahap, saya mengeluarkan kata-kata kesat kepada rakan-rakan di sekeliling dan kebingungan. Fikiran saya hanya memikirkan untuk bunuh diri sahaja.

“Saya bersyukur kerana pelakon gandingan saya, Chen Li Ping berjaya membawa diri saya keluar daripada watak tersebut,” katanya.

Tambah Rui En, Chen bukan sekadar rakan artis yang akrab dengannya tetapi kedua-dua mereka begitu mudah apabila bekerjasama dalam mana-mana penggambaran sekalipun.

Unriddle 2 bakal disiarkan bermula 16 Mei, setiap Isnin hingga Khamis pada pukul 10 malam menerusi saluran ntv7.

Ia merupakan kisah lanjutan Unriddle yang berkisar tentang kehidupan dua orang penghapus jenayah Lin Zheng Yi lakonan Chen Li Ping dan Hu Xiao Man (Rui En) bekerjasama dalam menyelesaikan pelbagai kes jenayah misteri.

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English Translation by Google Translate

Edited by RBKD

Singapore actress, Rui En admitted that she had felt suicidal due to intense pressure when filming Unriddle 2.

Rui En said it happened because she had been too immersed in her role as Hu Xiao Man that she could not shake off the emotions off-camera.

“Imagine that at some point, I uttered expletives to my friends around me in complete confusion. My mind was all about committing suicide only.

“I am thankful that my partner, Chen Li Ping brought me out of character,” she said.

Added Rui En, Chen is not only her best partner on-screen, they are also comfortable working with each other regardless of genre of drama.

Unriddle 2 will broadcast from May 16, every Monday to Thursday at 10pm on NTV7.

It is a sequel to Unriddle 1 that revolves around the life of two crime-fighting duo Lin Zheng Yi, played by Chen Li Ping and Hu Xiao Man (Rui En) working together in solving a variety of mysterious crimes.

Source: mStar

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By Chew Wan Ying

Less is more – that was the approach taken by Singapore’s MediaCorp stars Tay Ping Hui, Chen Liping, Elvin Ng and Rebecca Lim, when they were in Kuala Lumpur recently, along with Malaysian actor Wee Kheng Ming, to promote their drama series Unriddle 2.

Viewers in Singapore knew the twists of the show, however, as the 20-episode drama was shown there in March. It will be aired here on Ntv7 starting today.

Here’s the skinny on the show: It is a follow-up to the popular 2010 crime thriller series starring Chen and fellow MediaCorp actress Rui En as an unlikely duo who team up to unravel a string of mysterious cases.

For the sequel, Rui En, Chen and Tay reprise their roles as CID officer Hu Xiao Man, informer Lin Zheng Yi (nicknamed Da Bao) and Xiao Man’s boss Zhang Yu Ze respectively.

It’s not easy for Tay filming the death scene.

“My character dies very tragically. It was such an emotional scene and this woman here,” he said, pointing at his affable co-star Chen, and continued: “She started laughing and she just went on and on!

“You know she has an infectious laugh, right? So Rui En also started laughing, too. I was lying there and it got to an extent that I was like ‘I don’t want to die already!’,” said Tay with mock frustration, with Chen, 46, laughing loudly by his side.

They sounded cheerful when they recalled the episode, but the shooting process was anything but. Due to the dark tone and heavy subject matters, Rui En was said to have been depressed at one point struggling to get out of her character.

It’s not just the main characters that would make viewers hold on to their seats. Newcomers to the series, namely Rebecca Lim and Elvin Ng, also made an impression.

In what she described as her most challenging role in a Chinese drama series, Lim plays Xiao Man’s junior in the university, a psychiatrist who plays a pivotal role in advancing the plot.

Different from his usual boy-next-door roles, Ng, 31, starts appearing in the eighth episode as Xiao Man’s colleague, a cocky cop who is nicknamed Lang (wolf).

Like other characters, he’s walking the fine line between good and evil, said Ng.

“He seems to have a love-hate relationship with Xiao Man. You’ll never find out his true agendas until the very end. It’s intriguing to watch,” said the actor.

Source: The Star

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NTV7 (Astro Ch 107, 10pm)

Unriddle 2 – This gritty police drama is apparently so popular that it became the very first Singapore TV series to trend in Singapore on Twitter hours before the telecast of its pilot. Picking up from where the hit 2010 drama Unriddle left off, Unriddle 2 traces the lives of crime-fighting duo Lin Zheng Yi and Hu Xiao Man, who work together in the Criminal Investigation Department to solve a variety of perplexing cases.

Source: The Star

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1. Scene & Heard Pages 16-28

Story: Jonathan Fam & Sarah Chang

Notes on a scandal!

The recent underage prostitution sex scandal that rocked our nation got us thinking: Is engaging a hooker any different from having a meaningless fling? We conducted a poll with 21 TV stars and their reactions are surprising, especially Jeanette Aw’s.

“One-night stands are irresponsible”

RUI EN “Females tend to be a little bit more emotional so there’s a propensity for them to get hurt after a one-night stand. For men, it’s just physical. So, in a warped way, prostitution is less damning – you’re not hurting anyone.”

2. Cover Story

By: Tan Yi Hui, Jasmine Teo, Sarah Chang & Douglas Tseng

Lass Action Hero

Jennifer Lawrence isn’t the only sweetheart roughening up her image to show off her alpha side.

Rui En, 31

Lassy! > She was the sub-zero ice princess who impressed us with her dramatic chops, playing emotionally vulnerable characters like a wan Aids patient in By My Side and a grieving widow connected with her dead husband’s spirit in With You.

Sassy! > She was the sub zero ice princess who did all her martial arts stunt herself in Code of Honour, but she really earned her action stripes with her portrayal as a tough-nut copper in Unriddle (and the sequel Unriddle 2). The latter saw her engaging in some serious – and convincing – mano-a-mano blows with her co-stars. How is she going to top that in Unriddle 3?

Categorised in 8 DAYS, By My Side 不凡的爱, EN, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, Unriddle 最火搭档, With You 我在你左右.

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1. 新闻馆 Newsstand Page 18

最夯新玩站

2. 特报 Feature Pages 40-42

2012电视机密档案

《最火搭档2》让人看得肾上腺素飘升。潮流小品《再见单人床》变奏接档。今年的本地电视圈，相当百花齐放。紧接着，有谁看，看什么，i泄密全纪录。

花样人间

监制：王尤红
集数：35
演员：周初明+瑞恩+黄鸿升+王心如

充满人情味的花香街，上演街坊小人物的悲欢离合。3个好朋友，联手搞歌台，历经人生成败起落，与一对姐妹陷入爱与不爱的情感纠缠……

本地戏剧30年重头大制作，《人间》系列三部曲，电视人最拿手、观众相当钟意的怀旧题材。

小鬼+瑞恩+王心如+陈邦鋆+庞蕾馨+陈罗密欧贩卖青春，陈莉萍+周初明+黄文永+林梅娇+郑各评+潘玲玲+陈泰鸣+姚文隆演技斗法，两代承先启后的意味非常浓厚。

回归Tuas旧片场搭景拍摄，再造昔日狮城风貌。老一辈得以缅怀当年情，亦能满足新世代好奇心，歌台歌舞升平，开开心心搏感情送暖意。演员阵容新台一家亲，能否顺利融合为一，尚待观察。唔，好事者的八卦焦点其实不过是瑞恩与张耀栋在荧幕上的狭路相逢，谁的演技最棒最能佯装无冤无怨。

微笑正义

监制：袁树伟
集数：20
演员：瑞恩+戴阳天

富二代投资达人加入网络电视频道“真电视”当红节目记者，与女主播不时针锋相对却成为默契极佳的伙伴，一起伸张正义，揭露事件背后的真相……

对此剧，有信心。因为掌舵人是拍过《最火搭档》系列、《边缘父子》、《乐在双城》且据说最愿意给予演员无限发挥空间的袁树伟。

以电视新闻节目为焦点，当今气势最强监制再挖掘新题材，圈中人普遍看好又将有不同于一般的开拓。

袁监制从马国回归本地电视剧之后7部作品，瑞恩竟然已担纲第6部，男主角这回找来戴阳天，瑞+戴首次对上，有改变总算是惊喜。

3. 2012杂志排名调查

i周刊年度第1中文杂志

4. TV Ratings Page 70

Channel 8
1. 一心一德为善乐
2. 最火搭档2
3. 国记交易所3
4. 名厨出走记2
5. 夜市人生

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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Is there a need for Unriddle 3?

First and foremost, the main reason for me to be hooked on Unriddle is because of Rui En. However as I was watching the two dramas, I realized that Unriddle is not just a typical police action drama. In fact, we can see the effort of the whole Unriddle production team trying to deviate from the norm by creating a police thriller story that arouses viewers’ emotions and provoked them to think and speculate.

Unriddle 1 placed more emphasis on how Hu Xiaoman and her mole partner, Dabao, solved the various crime cases. But it clearly lacked the depiction of the characters’ inner emotions as well as the human nature’s potential to err. Overall, it was kind of too still and drying in terms of the characters’ sentiments and portrayal.

On the contrary, Unriddle 2 placed more emphasis on the emotions of the three main characters (Hu Xiaoman, Dabao and Zhang Yuze). Hence it was quite obvious that there were less crime cases to focus on but rather the focus was more on how the various cases actually revolved around the characters’ own lives. A darker and more intense theme was incorporated into the sequel after the scriptwriters look into the viewers’ feedbacks and comments after Unriddle 1. What’s commendable is that, the sequel daringly addressed the imperfection of the police which led them to choose to be on the side of immorality when left with no choice.

Both Unriddle 1 and Unriddle 2 concluded with open-endings. It is understandable that such endings perfectly fits the setting of the drama. However it resulted in controversies as to why there were no definite answers and explanations. I personally feel that if there is going to be Unriddle 3, the ending of Unriddle 2 would be a good one to allow the story to further develop on. Hu Xiaoman may no longer be a cop anymore. So in a way, it is still possible for Unriddle 3’s storyline to be refreshing and not too repetitive by heading towards a different direction in terms of the fate of Xiaoman and Dabao. I would say there is really no harm giving the go-ahead for the production of Unriddle 3. Perhaps changing the title of the drama might be helpful in mitigating the lethargic state of those whom might already have lost interest in Unriddle. On the other hand, if Mediacorp really has no intention to produce Unriddle 3, I think that Unriddle 1 and 2 should have swopped their endings as the ending of Unriddle 1 actually offered lesser feasibility for a sequel and left us with lesser question marks as compared to the ending of Unriddle 2 which left many questions unanswered.

Whatever the outcome may be, I am neutral in my stand on whether to have Unriddle 3 or not. My final words are that I am sincerely grateful that Unriddle 1 and 2 had been showcased on the local TV screen and I am deeply satisfied with the Unriddle production. It was truly one of a kind of drama we hardly see locally.

— Yunmei

Source: The New Paper

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Plots involving surgeons, policemen and lovers provide twists aplenty in this week’s crop of serials.

By Foong Woei Wan

Playing it safe is the one thing you can’t accuse Channel 8 police drama Unriddle 2 of.

Would you attempt a psychodrama about a policewoman (Rui En) going off the rails, knowing it could be a tortured mess?

Would you kill off your stronger actors (Tay Ping Hui, as a twitching detective with a brain ailment, and Desmond Shen, as a scar-faced criminal) and leave your viewers at the mercy of a weaker actor (Elvin Ng, as a lollipop-sucking police whiz-kid?)

Would you risk your actors’ dignity in an amateurish shoot-out scene, knowing they could look like they all have two left hands and two left feet?

MediaCorp does all of the above, and it sure seems to like living dangerously. It isn’t entirely inept though.

In its first season, the series packed an emotional punch whenever it placed its every-woman (Chen Liping, as a reluctant informant of Rui En’s) in peril.

In its second season, it drags her adopted family members into trouble too and puts her in the painful position of deciding whom to save.

Source: The Straits Times

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1. Cover Story Pages 30 – 42

娱乐星球异形人

文：王莉雁

均是全中性格派。

一位慢热不善表达，一位冷谈永远疏离。

按一般逻辑，本应归纳为娱乐圈内高风险淘汰族群。谁知道故事情节发展，永远有一招峰回路转。

最火搭档，看似同一属性，细看研究，却又大大不同…

再好的搭档，会不会也有擦枪走火时？

恩：不只和演员，和监制编剧全部都有。我们都是比较有主见的人，可能有时候演戏方向会不同。

萍：我和你啊？为什么我不知道？

恩：真的是……活在自己的世界里。如果说没有，是假的。我有自己的想法。

萍：大家都很明白是要为戏好，讨论商量，不会明枪实弹。好像《最2》拍得很紧张的一天，她忽然告诉我听说我要演她的妈，我吓一跳，转不过来。

2. 新闻馆 Newsstand Pages 20-21

十大最受欢迎入围名单

女艺人：曾诗梅、许美珍、瑞恩、陈丽贞、林湘萍、郭舒贤、潘玲玲、林慧玲、谢韵仪、庞蕾馨、欧萱、李心钰、蔡琦慧、周颖、林佩芬、赖怡伶、洪慧芳、钟琴、庄米雪、白薇秀

3. 电视 TV Page 72

随便小姐says:

等久会有吗？7集可以做视帝咩？我说可惜不是说视帝OK！我这种看戏有水准的，是在可惜做莫“雨泽”和“小曼”之间就酱而已？！应该加多一点感情戏嘛！哎哟，他临死做莫flashback的是那个早死翘翘的前女友“慧中”！酱hor，那个impact就没有那么大了！而且应该让他“砰！”掉在瑞恩面前，才震撼啦，像以前《无间道》黄秋生死在梁朝伟面前那样！

4. TV Ratings Page 72

Channel 8
1. 夜市人生
2. 名厨出走记2
3. 最火搭档2
4. 掌声响起-追忆一代歌后风飞飞
5. 啊！是你到我家

5. TV guide Page 74

《最火搭档2》 23 March, Friday

6. TV Synopses

Unriddle 2 Pages 83 – 85

Dial 1900-112-2023 to vote for Rui En in Top 10! Per vote costs 86c.

Online votes make up 50%! 1 vote/NRIC per day at bit.ly/top10re12

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日期: 6/3/2012 | 新闻来源: 联合晚报 | 记者: 王英敏

《注定》、《最2》最晚开播，隔空“对杠”，收视均开红盘。

新传媒高层陈国明今早表示，《最2》首播吸引93万2000观众收看，打了漂亮一战。

据悉，《最》2010年播出时，平均收视为89万1000。

Source: Wanbao

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