When local actress Jeanette Aw announced on Instagram in January that she would be reprising her role as the iconic Yamamoto Yueniang in the upcoming The Little Nyonya spinoff drama Emerald Hill, it threw fans and viewers into a frenzy. Neither the 44-year-old nor viewers expected to see Yueniang on screen again, 16 years after her story came to a.
in the upcoming The Little Nyonya spinoff drama Emerald Hill, it threw fans and viewers into a frenzy.
"I think I want to manage expectations," Jeanette told AsiaOne at the imaging session for Emerald Hill recently. "But I think Zetong needs to overcome the mindset that he's got to play how old or how young and all that, and he just needs to believe he's that role," she said.The Little Nyonya was a local blockbuster when it aired between late 2008 and early 2009 with the highest viewership rating in Singapore in 14 years. It was also the first Singaporean Chinese drama to be dubbed in Malay and aired on Malay-language channel Suria.
"I think that a lot of heart and soul needs to be put into reading the script, building your character and making sure you do your job well."Jeanette also shared that when she starred in The Little Nyonya then, she "didn't think so much". "I feel that maybe the focus should be more on, 'I want to do this well' and to really deliver and not having the pressure ," she expressed. Ping Jie has been a "great honour" for her.
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