By Ilsa Chan

Actors turn down roles for a host of reasons.

Who: Rui En
No to: Kissing & intimate scenes

Call Rui En a prude or unprofessional but the local actress has openly voiced that she does not do kissing or intimate scenes. Oh, and she doesn’t give a rat’s a** about what you think either.

In 2008, the actress reportedly turned down the lead role in TV drama The Defining Moment due to a rape scene in the script.

While her refusal to compromise might limit her opportunities, it does not seem to have hurt her popularity or career.

The 32-year-old has bagged Best Actress trophies every year since 2011 – twice in the Star Awards (2011 and 2013), and once in the Asian Television Awards (2012) – and has made it to the Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste list (decided by public voting) every year since 2005.

You might say she’s got attitude, we prefer character. Stick to your guns, Rui En. Why join them when you can beat them?

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Star Awards, Star Awards 2011, Star Awards 2012, Star Awards 2013, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, With You 我在你左右, xinmsn.

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Critters that shone brighter on screen than their human counterparts

Sniff. Are you, like us, having trouble getting over dear Flapper’s unexpected death on Sudden? Local TV’s latest favourite critter bit the dust trying to save Qiliang (Romeo Tan) on the Ch8 drama on Monday night – and just when we were beginning to love him more and more. I mean, did you guys see Flapper “praying” on Romeo’s Instagram!? Too adorable for words.

Thankfully, the real Flapper is still with us, and even has a fan club of his own! Sudden isn’t the talented Labrador Retriever’s acting debut, though – he starred in local film My Dog Dou Dou alongside Taiwanese actor Jason Wang last year.

Here’s an open plea to all filmmakers: Can we have Flapper in more upcoming shows, please?

Sudden 骤变 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Sudden 骤变, xinmsn.

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张启怀报道

本地演艺圈刮起一阵改名风潮，你是不是也被艺人们的新旧名字搞得有点乱了呢？

事实上，艺人改名已不是什么新鲜事。有些艺人为了增加人气这么做，有些为了健康，也有些纯粹觉得新艺名更好听、更亲切。

不过，改名是否真的就能够改运吗？

xinmsn盘点改过名字的本地艺人，有谁改名后演艺表现突飞猛进，又有谁星途始终不见起色？

芮恩 〉瑞恩

改名几次： 2

改名改运： 3 颗星

瑞恩2002年出道时，公司替她取了艺名芮恩。她曾以芮恩之名发行了一张同名专辑，但在乐坛表现平平，之后却在本地电视圈闯出一片天。其冰冷公主的鲜明形象，让她在一众公主花旦中出位。

2008年，累积了一定演技与人气的她，宣布改用自己的本名瑞恩，并再度发行中文专辑。

瑞恩当时表示，一直以来自己好像穿着不合身的外套，这次改用本名，有着将最真实的瑞恩呈现在观众与粉丝面前的意义。

xinmsn 讲评：

有趣的是，瑞恩的运势似乎随着改名，有了明显的进步。2011年，她凭《我在你左右》夺得“最佳女主角”；2年后，再度以《最火搭档II》拿下此奖。

同时，瑞恩的粉丝团“瑞不可当”也是本地粉丝俱乐部当中规模最庞大的之一，举凡任何投票有关活动，粉丝都会铆足全力为偶像投票，瑞恩也几乎每每都榜上有名！

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in CH, RBKD, Star Awards, Star Awards 2011, Star Awards 2013, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, With You 我在你左右, xinmsn.

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JUST FOR FUN: We put your favourite local celebrities to the test (both physical and intelligence) with a few tricky challenges

Do you know what Rui En is most afraid of and if Olivia Ong’s Mandarin is as atrocious as she claims it to be? Have Ian Fang and Yuan Shuai’s body-building efforts at the office’s gym paid off and is Tay Ping Hui as intelligent as he seems? Well, look no further, we’ve got all the answers (or incriminating evidence) here on xinChallenge!

Catch Ian and Yuan Shuai compare muscle mass and duke it out in an arm-wrestling match while Ping Hui attempts to conquer and answer a specially-formulated IQ (intelligence quotient) test in a span of three minutes. All done in good fun, we promise to entertain and give you a few hearty laughs through our creative and interesting challenges for these celebrities.

To start off, we have local songbird Olivia and actor-turned-director Ping Hui in the hot seat this week. Stay tuned to our upcoming challenges with Noah Yap and Maxi Lim from Ah Boys to Men, Rui En, Romeo Tan, Ya Hui and Rebecca Lim – just to name a few.

A new xinChallenge video will be released every Monday. Visit xinmsn.com/xinChallenge for more xinChallenge videos.

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接招吧！xinmsn推出全新企划，通过各式小考验，一起看看“明星行不行”！

为了提供读者更多新鲜与有趣的内容，xinmsn推出全新企划“明星行不行”（xinChallenge），下战帖考验艺人们的脑力与体力。

“明星行不行”现已启动，xinmsn将于每个星期一上载新挑战视频，读者可通过xinmsn.com/xinChallenge观看。

默契考验、比腕力、欠扁问答题……瑞恩、陈罗密欧、张振寰、袁帅、庞蕾馨、林慧玲等艺人不甘示弱，一一爽快接受xinmsn挑战。

有多少明星能轻松过关？又有谁栽在xinmsn手下？读者可要持续关注“明星行不行”。

Source: Xinmsn English | Chinese

Categorised in CH, EN, xinmsn.

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郑慧玲报道 / 摄影
蔡燕瑜摄影
邓秀英、林彦忻、冯敏诗拍摄 / 剪辑

瑞恩自爆与初次合作的陈罗密欧破冰，竟是因为风靡全球的“minions”（黄色小小兵）！

8频道新剧《骤变》主要演员昨天出席记者会，女主角瑞恩受访时，大方畅谈与陈罗密欧首次合作及扮演情侣的感想。

她表示，在3个月的拍摄过程中看见了陈罗密欧的努力与进步，希望他再接再厉。

提到瑞恩的银幕搭档，大家最先联想到的应该是和她一起两度蝉联《红星大奖》“最喜爱荧幕情侣”大奖的黄俊雄。

谈及与黄俊雄之前的合作经历，瑞恩坦言，两人在拍戏时实际上并无“特别的感觉”，但“RuiVin”的组合却出乎预料地受欢迎。

因此，她认为很多事情都是由观众决定的，而这一次与陈罗密欧的搭配是否也会获得热烈的回响，就得看观众的反应。

她直呼：“其实我很久没有和Elvin拍戏了，我一直在等，希望接下来可以再度合作。不知道为什么没有戏把我们放在一起。”

瑞恩还说，因为与黄俊雄合作了很多次，因此相比之下和黄俊雄搭档时会比较舒服。

另外，她也期待陈罗密欧越来越进步，以后演对手戏时会更加自然。

陈罗密欧凭“ minion ”赢 瑞恩的友谊

对瑞恩而言，能称得上“朋友”的人并不多，而真正的友情，是不需要花太多心细培养却会依然坚定。

自称把工作与私人空间分得很清楚的瑞恩坦承，与同事交流时确实会比较小心。

陈罗密欧日前接受xinmsn访问时笑言，“不知道瑞恩有没有把我当朋友”。

昨天，真性情的瑞恩对此表示，跟陈罗密欧拍戏虽舒服，但目前两人算是“同事”的阶段。

不过她补充，两人在拍摄《骤变》期间感觉疲惫的时候，陈罗密欧就会叫她一起看很多“minion”的东西来自娱。

瑞恩还透露，陈罗密欧昨天就送了一个大支的黄色小小兵玩偶给她。

她笑说：“看在这个“minion”的份上，他算排在同事更高一点点的位置！”

陈罗密欧为《骤变》献上的 5 个“第一次”

首次担任男一 首次在片场崩溃

陈罗密欧受访时直呼，方启亮是他拍得最辛苦的角色，人物刻画得非常细腻，很沉重也有多内心戏。

这是他第一次当男一，监制和导演都对他颇有要求和期待，为不辜负大家对他的期望，陈罗密欧给了自己巨大的压力。

连日赶拍下来，缺乏睡眠的陈罗密欧体力透支，一度在片场脑袋空白，连一小段台词也讲不出来，一直NG的情况导致拍摄进度严重受影响。

更令陈罗密欧难堪的是，搭档瑞恩及资深演员如陈天文，还有很多零时演员及工作人员都在等他把那场戏搞定，令他感觉所有的压力都集中在他身上。

由于陈罗密欧的状况欠佳，导演因租用场景时间有限的关系，因此决定先拍其他演员的戏，瑞恩也贴心地劝陈罗密欧好好利用晚餐的时间补充睡眠。

陈罗密欧坦言，当时真的觉得十分挫败和绝望，便独自跑到角落崩溃落泪，还打电话给朋友倾诉，心情沮丧得“想挖洞跳进去”。

首次与视后对戏

陈罗密欧在记者会上透露，瑞恩于《骤变》开机之前，主动约他出来讨论剧本。

瑞恩受访时也解释，此举是因为希望这部戏所呈现出的整体效果是好的。

毕竟瑞恩之前的对手都相当资深，陈罗密欧算是比较新而且他又是首次担任男一，瑞恩预料到他会很紧张，所以想在开拍之前好好沟通一下。

她说：“我认为见个面会让他感觉比较舒服，减轻他的压力。”

陈罗密欧第一次与视后对戏，而且是演相恋多年的情侣，必定从她身上取了不少经。

首次出国取景

《骤变》后来拉队到澳大利亚塔斯曼妮亚州进行为期10天的拍摄工作，当地风景虽宜人，但两位男女主角可惜无暇观光。

由于那里下午4点半就开始天黑，因此瑞恩与陈罗密欧每天清晨3、4点就得起身梳化，而当地的店铺随着天色关门，所以两人根本没时间到处逛。

在记者会上播放的预告片中，有一幕方启亮用500只绵羊向程楚宁（瑞恩饰）告白的浪漫场面。

瑞恩笑说：“画面看起来是很漂亮啦，但现场一点也不浪漫，因为太臭了！”

《骤变》主要演员包括：郭亮、张振寰、林慧玲、陈罗密欧、瑞恩、方伟杰、马艺瑄及袁帅

Sudden 骤变 debuts 02 September 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in CH, Ruivin, Star Awards, Sudden 骤变, xinmsn.

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林雯莹报道

北京电视节上周举行，今年规模比往年大，新传媒派出郑惠玉、郭亮、戴向宇（旧名：戴阳天）与陈泂江8月22日前去宣传本地剧，尤其是大制作《志在四方》和《唐山到南洋》。记者会吸引了当地20多家媒体前去采访。

新传媒艺人管理部主管刘雪芳接受xinmsn访问时表示，本地剧80年代时在中国很火红，但之后静了下来，所以新传媒希望能让中国观众再次认识新加坡作品，重燃兴趣。

此外，此行另一个重要目的，是提高新传媒艺人在中国的曝光率。虽然这次主要是与媒体见面，但刘雪芳表示，公司接下来会积极寻找合作机会，把本地艺人推销出去。

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in CH, The Dream Makers 志在四方, xinmsn.

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It’s rock star Rui En! The actress joined Taufik on stage for ‘Sky’s the Limit’.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Sky's the Limit, xinmsn.

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张启怀报道 / 摄影
冯敏诗拍摄 / 剪辑

陈罗密欧拍摄《骤变》搞错服装，害拍摄延迟1小时，向导演自责认错，并自称是他拍过最难的一部戏！

陈罗密欧日前为新传媒8频道明年贺岁剧《我们一定行！》（简称《我》）进行试装，从日前刚刚拍摄完毕的《骤变》的帅律师，还原到邻家男孩造型。

接受xinmsn专访时，陈罗密欧透露，接到《我》有一种感觉“重生的感觉”，比较轻松和开朗！

原来，他过去3个月一直忙着拍摄《骤变》，因为是第一次担任第一男主角以及在戏中与瑞恩有多长感情戏，压力暴涨。他直呼，这是我拍过最难的戏！

瑞恩5 秒内掉泪令他惊讶

另外，首度担任男主角，就得对上演技纯熟的“视后”瑞恩，加上瑞恩在本地电视圈是出了名的“冰山公主”，让陈罗密欧一度压力大到不胜负荷。

陈罗密皮坦承：“刚开始拍的时候真的有很大的压力，就连工作人员都来问我：你跟她对戏是不是很紧张？”

虽然瑞恩一直很耐性地在一旁跟他说“Relax，relax，放轻松！”，但他还是按捺不住紧张的情绪，结果表现得不如预期。

幸好，两人彼此熟络之后，陈罗密欧终于卸下心防，慢慢开始进入状态。

陈罗密欧更表示，自己演戏时的情感拿捏有了大跃进，是被瑞恩训练出来的。

他举例，《骤变》有几场需要两人一起掉泪的感情戏，瑞恩在5秒之内就能进入状态并掉下眼泪来。

“我很惊讶！她的眼泪已经在眼眶打滚了，可是我连酝酿情绪都还没有！只好拼命挤出眼泪来！”

陈罗密欧透露，自己后来掌握到对手的节奏，拍摄感情戏时也更懂得如何酝酿情绪了。

《骤变》后阶段拉队到澳大利亚塔斯曼妮亚州进行拍摄，陈罗密欧对瑞恩的个性也开始更加了解。他说，私底下两人相处得很舒服，会互开玩笑，做出一些“很笨但是不能讲的东西”。

那么目前跟瑞恩的友情进展到哪个阶段了呢？

他搞笑地冒出一句：“我不知道她有没有把我当朋友咧！”

Sudden 骤变 debuts 2 September 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in CH, Sudden 骤变, xinmsn.

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The double R (our nickname for them) traipsed to picturesque Tasmania to film several romantic scenes for Ch8’s upcoming drama, Sudden

Text: Joanna Goh
Photos: Channel 8

Ch8’s Sudden is set out to be a legal drama glazed with heart wrenching love lines and intense courtroom scenes. But that’s not all there is to it, says lead actors Rui En and Romeo Tan, during their separate phone interviews with xinmsn.

The two just got back from Tasmania, Australia, where they filmed intensively for a period of 10 days to capture as many romantic ‘flashback’ scenes between their two characters. On top of the scenic background of lakes, mountains and farms, they have been filming with a new camera that would add more depth and cinematic feel to the entire show. “The whole output felt like a Korean drama,” said Romeo.

“As long as you have romantic scenes and you go to a place like Tasmania, immediately it adds bonus points – as compared to doing it at East Coast beach,” quipped Rui En, as she added with a chuckle, “Which is where we have done a lot of scenes too, and kenna a lot of bad sand fly bites. (Laughs)”

Favourite scene filmed in Tasmania
Rui En: There were so many! (Thinks for a moment) Probably this scene in Mount Nelson – it’s not really that high but it overlooked the sea. It was very peaceful and for some reason, it just felt very touching. When we finished the scene, it started to snow and my tour guide said that it never ever snows here. IT was miraculous.

Romeo: The one with the sheep. In that scene, I had to ask her to be my girlfriend and my character had to coordinate with the farmer for it to work. The both of us were standing in the middle of a big field and about 500 sheep came running in towards us and surrounded the both of us; I walked towards her and asked her to be my girlfriend. It’s a very beautiful field and a very memorable scene.

Biggest challenge in Tasmania
Rui En: When the temperatures dipped below zero! That day, we learned how to use the heatpack (chuckles). Our tour guide taught us the best brands in everything so now, we’re all very seasoned. The toughest is really just dealing with the cold, I’m a person who’s quite adverse to heat and cold but I rather be hot (referring to a warmer climate) lah. Nothing’s too tough [in Tasmania] and everything was just very pretty.

The funniest thing that happened
Rui En: I’m someone who feels cold easily, so one day, our guide told us that it was going to be cold and I wore up to seven layers. I think our guide overstated the coldness because when we began hiking up to the place, I started to perspire, and I started peeling off the layers of clothes one by one (chuckles). All of them thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Tasmania was a good break from their intense schedule in Singapore
Rui En: The trip was something to look forward to – it was like a break for everyone (the crew included) since we were filming intensively before it, with only three or four hours of sleep a night.

Their growing chemistry
Rui En: (Laughs) I think it has [improved]. At least he’s a bit more comfortable with me now – I did try to make him open up. Hopefully it translates [to the show].

Romeo: She has been helping me since day one and towards the middle of filming; we cracked all sorts of jokes and would go crazy on set. Towards the end when we were in Tasmania, it felt more comfortable since it was just the two of us.

In real-life, Romeo is…
Rui En: He’s like a little brother, sort of a younger brother (laughs). You know, it’s his first time going to such a cold place and first time filming at such a cold place, so we had to tell him a lot of things to buy. He ended up more like somebody everyone else took care of (laughs).

Romeo’s response to what Rui En said: She always thinks that i’m a little kid (laughs). Maybe because of my age and since I’m one of the youngest there. When I arrived at Tasmania, I went ‘Wow, wow, wow, wow,’ and she went ‘Er, excuse me, what’s that to be excited about?’ (laughs).

In real-life, Rui En is…
Romeo: I don’t feel that she’s very ‘dao’ or arrogant. She’s a very nice girl, but her image makes her look different. She’s very down to earth too. I learned about how to be professional from Rui En. She’s very professional and knows what to do. She’s a very firm person who knows what she wants – she’s not a follower – and it’s important for an actor to stand by their character. I want to be like her in this sense.

Rui En meets a fan, Patricia, in Australia
We were told by RBKD (Rui En’s official fanclub) that Patricia, who is a fan of Rui En, went around searching for the production team in hopes of meeting the actress. Patricia said, ‘I have been living in Australia for almost 10 years and I still love watching Singapore dramas… I started liking Rui En from Unriddle because she was so cool as Hu Xiao Man. That was the first time I saw her on a drama. Now, I am watching Joys of Life and I love her role as Han Yong Yong too. I wish I can watch The Dream Makers now, but I’ll have to wait for the DVD to be released.’

Rui En with Patricia’s young daughter, Anastasia Le Xuan.

Sudden 骤变 debuts 2 September 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Sudden 骤变, xinmsn.

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