E-Junkies

Malaysian actors Amelia Henderson, Alif Satar, Ikmal Amry, Joey Leong and MsPuiyi chat with AsiaOne about their new horror movie Pulau, including their experiences filming on Langkawi and the many preparations they had to do. Who among them is not a horror film junkie? #Pulau #Malaysia #AmeliaHenderson #AlifSatar #IkmalAmry #JoeyLeong #MsPuiyi

Mark Lee 李国煌, Xenia Tan and Peter Yu 俞宏荣 share with AsiaOne their roles in the upcoming The Last Letters, a movie set in the 1980s that explores the relationship between a father and his daughter who is going overseas to study. How do Mark and Xenia feel about her acting and Hokkien? Peter’s character is estranged from his daughter in the movie, just like him in real life; what does he say a...

Kelvin Tong, Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 and Cynthia Koh 许美珍 speak to AsiaOne about their new movie Confinement, a psychological thriller about confinement nannies. They share what makes a good thriller and the inspirations for this movie. #Confinement #RebeccaLim #CynthiaKoh

Marvel Studios’ latest movie Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has arrived and we got a chance to speak to the director Peyton Reed. He shares his thoughts on the Ant-Man movie being called a ‘palate cleanser’, the casting of Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror and the Star Wars comparisons. We also find out if he would consider going back to his roots and direct another rom-com. #Marvel #Ant-Ma...

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-i-thought-i-was-god-fortune-mark-lee-won-120k-lottery-lost-more-cny-2023-what-the-heist Mark Lee, Jack Lim, Patricia Mok and Jaspers Lai speak to AsiaOne about their new Lunar New Year comedy movie What! The Heist. How did Mark injure his “nut”? What’s the special 1% of Bao Ya Gu that Jaspers bring to his alter ego? Patricia also shares a...

Korean actors Kim Nam-gil 김남길, Lee Da-hee 이다희, Cha Eun-woo 차은우 and Sung Joon 성준 chat with AsiaOne in Seoul about their new Prime Video fantasy action drama, Island. They share with us their experiences filming with green screen, how they visualise the monsters and what they did together after work on Jeju Island. Island releases on Amazon Prime on Dec 30, 2022. #Island #KDrama #차은우

The cast of The Whale — Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Sam Hunter and Hong Chau — sit down with AsiaOne and reveal what they would cross off their bucket lists if they had five days left to live. Sadie gives suggestions to Hong about which of Brendan’s movies she should watch, and Brendan only has positive things to say about his young co-star Sadie. #TheWhale #BrendanFraser #SadieSink

Thai pop is slowly pathing its way into the international music market. AsiaOne speaks with the recently-debuted T-pop boy band Perses — Jung, Nay, Krittin, Palm and Pluggy — and finds out what they had to give up for over two years while they were trainees. They talk about working with renowned South Korean production company Jam Factory and spending over 30 hours shooting their debut music video...

We sat down with Peter Sohn, director of Pixar’s upcoming movie Elemental, to talk about his inspirations behind the movie at the Disney+ Content Showcase earlier this month. He shared with us his struggles growing up as a Korean American, and also in a family with very traditional values. Elemental will be released in 2023. #Disney #Pixar #Elemental

Korean actors Lomon 로몬, Shin Ye-eun 신예은 and Seo Ji-hoon 서지훈 chat with AsiaOne about their Disney+ high school mystery thriller Revenge of Others, including how they prepared to act as teenagers and also on dealing with the drama’s dark themes. #RevengeOfOthers #DisneyPlus #Lomon

The cast of local movie The King of Musang King 猫山王中王 — Mark Lee 李国煌, Henry Thia 程旭辉 and Glenn Yong 容启航 — tell AsiaOne about their love for durians and their experience filming at a durian plantation in Malaysia. Mark and Henry also share their thoughts on retirement and on new blood wanting to take over them in Singapore’s comedy scene. #程旭辉 #李国煌 #GlennYong

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia) joins us as she talks about the loss of Chadwick Boseman, how she dealt with it while filming this film and whether she would have wanted the chance to have closure. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releases on Nov 10 in cinemas. #BlackPanther #WakandaForever #LupitaNyong’o

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/we-finished-2-pandan-cakes-day-what-wu-qing-feng-ate-when-he-was-singapore-and-how Sodagreen founding member and former lead singer Wu Qing Feng 吴青峰 joins us to talk about his newest album Mallarme’s Tuesday. He tells us all about how the songs came to him in his dreams and his favourite local food to eat when he’s in town. #吴青峰 #马拉美的星期...

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-hong-huifang-improvisation-ajoomma-character-relatable-kang-hyung-suk-jung-dong-hwan The stars of the upcoming Singapore-Korea drama film Ajoomma talk about its impact on them and their careers, and the strongest message they are left with after watching it. Hong Huifang also shares how she was ready to leave showbiz prior to taking this...

Full Story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-christopher-lee-very-hard-play-dead-man-emotional-co-star-berant-zhu-iqiyi-danger-zone Christopher Lee 李铭顺 and Berant Zhu 朱軒洋 are nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor respectively at the Golden Bell Awards 2022 for the iQiyi crime thriller series Danger Zone 逆局. They bring us back to the emotional scene where Christo...

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-first-time-lay-zhang-yixing-exo-ate-chilli-crabs-he-smashed-claw-open-his-hand-singapore Lay Zhang 张艺兴, who first found fame as a member of K-pop boy band Exo, is back in Singapore after five years and will be performing as a soloist here for the first time. Watch our interview to find out what he misses the most about Singapore, his ‘...

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-no-next-generation-tiktok-mayiduo-charlene-chinese-comedy-mark-lee-jack-neo-henry-thia Kelvin Tan, aka Mayiduo, and “Singapolian” Charlene Huang, founders of content creation company Double Up, share with AsiaOne how they created their popular online personas of an Ah Beng and Ah Lian, went viral overnight and if they are really Beng and...

Full story: https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/e-junkies-kim-hee-chul-lie-celebrity-status-be-seen-who-he-is-pink-lie-disney-plus-lee-sun-bin-song-won-seok-ralral Super Junior’s Kim Hee-chul, actors Lee Sun-bin and Song Won-seok and YouTuber RalRal, hosts of Disney+’s reality dating show Pink Lie, tell AsiaOne what they love about such programmes and whether they would accept their partners lyi...

Rebecca Lim brings us on a tour of Third Rail’s film set, one of the biggest in Singapore. The new Mediacorp drama is an action thriller on the hijacking of an underground subway train. We sit down with Rebecca and Andie Chen to find out more about the challenges and triumphs of filming on this unique set and their memories of public transport in Singapore. #ThirdRail #RebeccaLim #AndieChen

Award-winning actress Gwei Lun-mei talks about the challenges she faced playing Lin Yishan across a span of 20 years in the drama series Women in Taipei, working with actors Rhydian Vaughan and Joseph Chang again after 10 years and what it means to be from Taipei. #DisneyPlus #WomenInTaipei #GweiLunmei

Andor is the prequel to Rogue One and is set 5 years before the events of the spin-off film. It tells the tale of what set Cassian Andor down the path of becoming the rebel hero we know him as today. We speak to cast members Genevieve O’Reilly, Dennis Gough and Kyle Soller to ask about their Star Wars stories and to find out more about one actress’ history with Singapore! #StarWars #Andor #DisneyP...

Yoo Jae-seok, Lee Kwang-soo and Kwon Yuri tell AsiaOne their most difficult mission in their new Disney+ show The Zone: Survival Mission. Yuri also says her two co-stars don’t have a lot of strengths, which of course raises some objections from Jae-seok and Kwang-soo. #DisneyPlusSingapore #TheZoneSurvivalMission #KwonYuri #YooJaeseok #LeeKwangsoo

Young and rising Chinese actor Zhang Linghe shares with AsiaOne his on-set experience playing Lord Changheng in the hit drama Love Between Fairy and Devil, if his increasing popularity has affected his privacy and his ideal type. #ZhangLinghe #CangLanJue #LoveBetweenFairyandDevil

Felicia Chin chats with AsiaOne about the release of her new - and last - drama When Duty Calls 2 and reminisces on her 19 years as an actress, including her early struggles and first onscreen kiss with Pierre Png. She also shares with us her new endeavours at faith-based organisation Hai Hao Ma. #FeliciaChin #WhenDutyCalls #Mediacorp

AsiaOne sit down with Adrian Pang and Kit Chan to talk about their experiences during Covid-19 and reuniting for The LKY Musical. After seven years, the show is back and it revolves around the late Lee Kuan Yew and his journey as a founding father of our country. Watch to find out more about what it’s like to bring two of Singapore’s most important historical figures to life. #AdrianPang #KitChan...