He had a fall.
Also today's Zaobao, a reader called in to praise him for his acting in Daddy at
home. Said that wish that there are more actors in MCS like Hanwei that always
make his role memorable
Breaking News: Chen Hanwei met accident in Malaysia when filming The Best Things
in Life(ܕ")
Mediacorp English News today(17/11/09): Chen Hanwei takes a hard fall while
filming in Malaysia
http://www.mediacorptv.sg/en/buzzdetail/EDC091117-0000169http://www.mediacorptv.sg/en/buzzdetail/EDC091118-0000232
Han, solo
MediaCorp TV Channel 8 leading man Chen Hanwei says that he might only find true
love in the 'next life'
by Genevieve Loh
05:55 AM Nov 02, 2009
WHEN we were presented with the opportunity to interview veteran television
actor Chen Hanwei (right), whose new serial Daddy At Home premieres on MediaCorp
TV Channel 8 tonight, my editor thought it the most ingenious idea in the world
to assign this reporter the story.
You see, he's under the wildly spurious impression that pre-teen me had a
massive schoolgirl-crush on the three-time Star Award Best Actor.
Just because I once commented in passing just how adorable Hanwei looked with
the trendy '90s "curtain" hairstyle and beige shirt-over-tee combo as the
charismatic teacher in The Morning Express.
You know, the one where he flirted with Fann Wong and carried Ann Kwok on his
back to fly a kite? Anyway, that doesn't mean I had his picture tacked on my
corkboard above my desk, okay?
(It's appalling how much editors can get away with these days - unsubstantiated,
uncorroborated and unproven information notwithstanding.)
But nevertheless, this reporter soldiered on in the name of intrepid journalism
and prepared an array of hard-hitting questions designed to delve deep into the
psyche of a crush I mean interviewee with a career that spans 21 years of
extreme makeovers and versatile roles.
After three clashes of schedules, four missed calls, two hang-ups and one wrong
phone number, I finally got to talk to the 40-year-old MediaCorp artiste. And
only just minutes before he was expected to be present on the set of his new
drama The Best Thing In Life.
Now, does that sound like fate to you, Mr Editor?
You're known for your willingness to transform yourself physically for a role.
What did you do for Daddy At Home?
It's a very interesting role. Right from the beginning, I was thinking: 'Not a
housewife but a house-husband. Not Chen Hanwei, but an uncle with permed hair
and a potbelly ... Hmm.'
I was the one who conceptualised and came up with the image. I wanted to create
a look that was a lot funnier, therefore the really "uncle" perm and the tummy.
I went to Passion and told David Gan to give me an "uncle" hairstyle. And David
Gan told me: 'I don't know how to do ugly hair, lah!' (Laughs)
As for the tummy, I actually thought about putting on weight. But because it was
less than a month to the start of filming, it was impossible. But still during
filming, I loaded up with a lot with carbo and I think my face definitely got a
bit more "bak bak" (Hokkien for "chubby").
Sounds like a lot of dedication. Is there anything that you won't do?
I pretty much will do almost anything I even don't mind if the role requires
me to "drag". Anything except go naked!
Even if one of your favourite directors Lee Ang asked you to do go nude for a
big-budget Hollywood film?
Hmm. No ... I don't think I could! Maybe upper body, or even the backside But
I don't think I could do full frontal. I can't imagine that at all. All my
family and friends can see everything! So paiseh! (Laughs)
Fair enough. So as a swinging single man, where do you get your inspiration to
play a house-husband?
Well, some of it came from my own father. He does quite a lot around the house.
In fact, he's the one who goes marketing, brings my nephews to school and back,
cook and do housework.
I also look at my colleagues, like Zheng Geping. When (Hong) Huifang is filming,
he's the house-husband!
He's the one who goes to the market to buy vegetables, showers the children, et
cetera. It's a very natural thing for him and my father.
If you weren't an actor, what would you be? Fireman? Astronaut? Professional
"uncle/auntie" consultant?
I think I would be a piano teacher! Even though I actually cannot play very
well.
When I was young, I always wanted to learn the piano but my family couldn't
afford it. So now I am learning. I even have a piano at home! I think my best
pieces are Prelude No 1 (by Bach) and, ah, that famous one ...? (Hums a tune)
Fur Elise by Beethoven?
Yes, that's the one. I cannot read notes so I play by ear. My piano teacher will
play it for me, then I listen and slowly learn to play it back!
But you know, I think I am too old to teach. By the time I finish learning the
piano to be good enough to teach, I might be 60 years old! (Laughs). That's why
another job for me would be interior design or image styling. I think I am too
greedy. I would like to make the world and the people in it more beautiful. Like
playing the piano -- it's making beautiful music.
What's the best thing and worst thing about being Chen Hanwei right now?
I think the best thing is that I still have a mind that is creative, alive and
very imaginative. But at the same time, it's also the worst thing because I end
up thinking too much about things and become very mao dun (conflicted).
So after getting a taste of house-husband life with this role, any plans to
settle down?
(Laughs) I think maybe only in my next life! You see, I believe in true love but
not in faithful love. Sometimes I look around my family, relatives and my good
friends -- there are constantly so many problems.
Because there are a lot of temptations out there. It's not easy, you know? And I
am still very bao shou (conservative). I just won't settle down if it's not true
love. (Sighs) Maybe next life, lah!
http://www.todayonline.com/Plus/Television/EDC091102-0000014/?Han%2c-solo-
There's also interview in 8 Days where he said he will not get Best Actor Award
2011. Wonder why
Newpaper Report yesterday
CHEN Hanwei admits he's crazy and we are tempted to agree with him.
The 39-year-old actor recently had his healthy front tooth removed for the lead
role in the new 2-episode drama The Best Things In Life.
The crazier thing is that he was the one who suggested the drastic move. But why
make such a sacrifice for a mere TV show?
It's not a sacrifice, he said.
'As long as the role has no trace of Chen Hanwei in it, and a totally new
character is created, then I think it's all worth it,' he told The New Paper at
the prayer ceremony for the drama on Wednesday.
In it, he plays Wufu, a naive man who leaves his fishing village in Malaysia to
look for his dream girl (played by Phyllis Quek) in Singapore. The series also
stars Terence Cao, Zhang Yaodong, Cynthia Koh and Koh Yah Hwee.
Hanwei said he thought of making Wufu 'boh geh' (Hokkien for toothless) as an
extra touch to the character's down-to-earth image.
He added: 'I think being toothless will help me immerse myself into the role.
Wufu is a simple-minded and 'sha' (Mandarin for silly) man. The result will be
more realistic.'
The Malaysia-born actor had chipped his front tooth after a fall when he was 14
and subsequently had a crown added.
'But a lot of people living in fishing villages or rural areas in Malaysia don't
have the money to make a crown for a chipped tooth because the procedure would
cost about RM10,000 ($4,000),' he said.
He also added that he didn't mind extracting his tooth because he can get a new
one when filming's completed in January.
The best part: The entire cost of $2,000 for the new tooth will be paid for by
MediaCorp.
But the surgery to extract the tooth, which lasted 31/2 hours, was no laughing
matter.
He admitted that he was shocked when he realised being 'boh geh' isn't as easy
as he thought.
The dentist then added a small fake tooth in the gap to make it look like he had
chipped it.
His first reaction when he saw himself?
He laughed.
But according to him, people are aghast, staring at him when he eats and speaks.
'I try not to open my mouth too wide when I'm talking because I don't want to
explain to people about the missing tooth. But it's difficult.
'People can see once I say 'xie xie' (thank you in Mandarin),' he said.
There are other inconveniences too. Water dribbles out of his mouth when he
drinks or gargles.
It's harder to speak clearly and he also believes it's only a matter of time
before there's spittle when he talks.
But all the trouble is paying off. His new image is strikingly convincing and
it's not just because of his missing tooth and severe crew cut.
He also slumps his shoulders, slouches and tilts his head to produce an innocent
smile. Even his eyes have a dull look.
This is not the only extreme transformation he has undergone for his roles.
The award-winning thespian is famous for personalising every one of his recent
roles, even creating mannerisms for them. His previous drastic changes have won
him three Best Actor trophies at the annual Star Awards.
But the intense roles have also had an adverse effect on him.
His first win was in 2001 for the drama Love Me, Love Me Not, where he slipped
on fake buck teeth, wide plastic-rimmed glasses and belted his pants high up to
play a nerd.
It was the first time he toyed with a character's image since his showbiz career
began in 1988 - he even gave this lovable nerd a habit of adjusting his
underwear.
Then in 2005, he won again for A Life Of Hope. He played a recovering coma
patient who was paralysed on one side and had a scar on his face.
This meant he had to walk stiffly with his hand distorted awkwardly.
He said: 'Of all my characters, this transformation brought me the most
problems. I had glue applied at the corner of my eye to make it droop.
'But the glue would come off when I perspired and filming was often disrupted
because I had to re-apply the glue.'
The nature of the drama affected him too. This character was a vengeful man who
was irritable and highly-strung even after work.
Effeminate
That same year, he also appeared as an effeminate man in My Lucky Charm, but it
wasn't as easy as it seemed.
He recounted how he couldn't get used to behaving that way. In one particular
scene, he had to strut around Chinatown in girly clothes while the camera filmed
the scene a distance away.
'It was so painful filming that scene,' he said.
'The public couldn't see the camera, so they must have wondered why I was so
sissy.'
Then in another award-winning performance, he played an ostracised Aids patient
in By My Side last year. It also proved to be a physically and emotionally
difficult time for him.
He recalled: 'I had make-up applied on my face to give me dark eye-rings. I felt
like a sick man every time I looked at myself in the mirror.
'How could I be happy when I felt depressed every morning and had to film sad
scenes?
'In addition, my filming schedule was very tight and I was so tired and fell
ill. I think I was too engrossed in the role too.'
In his latest drama Daddies At Home, which premieres on Channel 8 on Monday at
9pm, he permed his hair instead of simply wearing a wig.
Because it 'didn't look too nice', he wore a cap to hide the unflattering Phua
Chu Kang-inspired curls.
He admitted that he might have lost some of his own mannerisms because of the
characters he has played.
'After all, I spent an average of two months a year being myself and the
remaining 10 months being other people,' he said with a laugh.
http://tnp.sg/show/story/0,4136,218884,00.html
The many faces of Chen Hanwei
By Favian Ng, channelnewsasia.com | Posted: 30 October 2009 1056 hrs
SINGAPORE: From being a charismatic teacher in "The Morning Express" to a
bespectacled buck-toothed nerd in "Love Me, Love Me Not", MediaCorp actor Chen
Hanwei has never shied away from breaking new ground when it comes to his
on-screen images.
Just when I thought Chen would not be able to top his latest image as a frumpy
househusband complete with Phua Chu Kang-inspired curls and an unflattering
potbelly in the upcoming series "Daddy at Home", the versatile actor proves that
he will stop at nothing to get into characters.
For his role as a wide-eyed kampong boy in the upcoming drama "The Best Thing In
Life", the 40-year-old actor went to the extent of having his front tooth
extracted.
Okay, I'm exaggerating just a tad. He removed the crown and not a healthy intact
tooth, but still, that's quite a sacrifice, not to mention, courageous of Chen
to flash a set of not-so-perfect teeth on national television. Most actors would
have just opted to use tooth wax to black out their pearly whites.
Now, that's professionalism and dedication of the highest level.
When I met up with the actor on Tuesday, I was greeted with a `toothy' grin
revealing a chipped front tooth.
According to the show's producers, no violence was involved in Chen's latest
transformation.
Apparently, the actor had chipped his tooth during a fall in his teens and had a
crown fitted to cover the gap. So all he needed to do was to remove the crown,
and then have the dentist add a small fake tooth for that "chipped" effect.
"I took off my crown to portray a more lifelike representation of my character,
Wu Fu, a nave and kind-hearted boy brought up in a fishing village in Malaysia
and has never step foot on Singapore," said Chen.
He added that his latest image should not be seen as a form of sacrifice or
disfiguration, in fact, he felt it was necessary for him to do so to enrich his
character and reflect the current state of the Malaysian society.
"This also portrays a real situation in Malaysia where some families do not have
enough to do their teeth," said the Malaysian-born actor, who is now a Singapore
Permanent Resident.
Since the turn of the millennium, Chen has been capturing viewers' attention
with his extreme transformations.
"I am not normal. Just throw to me the weirdest or quirkiest character and I
will gladly accept them," said Chen, admitting that he is crazy and has a
penchant for roles which demand more than just acting.
Some might attribute it to luck that the award-winning actor has been handed
meaty roles time and again, but it is in fact his creativity and dedication that
make every role he takes on a success.
When he first received the script for "Daddy At Home", there was no mention
about the character's image or hairdo. It was all down to Chen's
conceptualisation and observations he made at the heartlands and HDB void decks.
"When I first received the script, it was only stated that it was an `uncle'
role. I went back and conceptualised the image, worked on the dressing, and
tried to come up with the image," said Chen, who took a three-year break to try
his hand at image styling.
"I also observed their mannerisms, the way they walked. There were times when I
just popped up behind them and imitated them," Chen told Channelnewasia.com.
The tanned and athletic actor also goes online to search for new ideas on the
appropriate image, mentality and mannerism for his respective roles. He will
then try it out in front of the mirror to see if it fits the particular
character.
"If I can't convince myself, how can I convince the audience?"
In his 20 years in showbiz, Chen has worked his way from being a `calefare' (an
extra) to the leading man. According to him, the motivation to do well becomes
stronger with each year and he hopes that he can be an inspiration to the
younger actors.
"I am trying to be an example to the younger actors and tell them not to be so
bothered by their looks. If you want to be an actor, you have to throw away the
glamorous aspect and be daring enough to change your image then the audience
will be surprised by the transformation. That's what an actor is supposed to
do," said Chen.
Despite playing a diverse range of characters in recent years, there is one role
that Chen covets more than the anything a drag queen with a psychological
problem.
The straight-forward actor fired the first salvo when he commented that the
actors who have cross-dressed in past MediaCorp series don't look convincing and
he is confident that he has what it takes to pull of a masterstroke.
"My legs are pretty slender so when I put on a mini-skirt or a dress, the end
result should be pretty good," Chen said confidently.
Judging from his track record, I can't wait for that day to arrive.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/1014710/1/.htm\
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It's confirmed his parents are not his real parents. Strangely he had some of
their facial features.
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http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk091016_020.shtml
Dear all,
I receive this notice from Geocities which means Hanwei's fansites will have to
close down. Please save whatever you can.Don't think I have time to create
another one. Here is the notice:
Important notice: GeoCities is closing.
"Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer,
We're writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building
service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009.
On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and
you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.
What You Need to Do
If you'd like to move your web site, or save the images and other files you've
posted online, you need to act now by choosing one of the following options:
.......
Download your files to your own computer.
With your pages and images saved offline, you can re-create your site with any
hosting provider.
To quickly download your published files, visit your GeoCities web site,
right-click on each page, and choose Save Page As... from the menu that appears.
Choose a location on your computer to save your files, then click OK or Save.
Learn more about downloading your files."
P/S Please inform Hanwei too.
Wanbao columnist today wrote about Hanwei's appearance in Celebrities Tea and
explained that what he actually said in the last segment was never broadcast. So
sad for him...But will always support him for his good character, talent and
professionalism.
Inspite of his preference, you can see he is highly regarded by his colleagues
and the media.
Hanwei is in tonite's wanbao frontpage cover. The excerpt from omy.com did not
mention how he was led on to tell this secret. According to Hanwei in the
newspaper report, the director encouraged him to tell and this mysterious lady
called him many times, not just one time.
I don't think Hanwei cook up this story as some readers implied 'cos I have
received an e-mail claimig that Hanwei is her relative before. Anyway I think it
is correct for Hanwei not to go and investigate further.
http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200906111443-67203.html
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Report in today's Wanbao about Celebrities tea break. I think parts of the
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http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200906101507-66931.html
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