Wymen talks about filming sex scene in car
By Chew Wan Ying
It seems to be one of the greatest perks of being an actor – to get intimate with your beautiful co-star and play out something that usually takes place in a bedroom.
But according to local actor Wymen, it can get pretty taxing, too.
The good-looking lad recently got hot and heavy with co-star Debbie Goh in their latest work Glowing Embers.
For one of the few times in local Chinese TV history, the latest production from ntv7 and Double Vision featured a steamy sex-in-the-car scene – a la Jack and Rose in Titanic – that’s bound to set tongues wagging.
THE MEN FROM GLOWING EMBERS: (from left) Wymen, Wang Jun and Frederick Lee
The pair spent nine grueling hours shooting the scene, in which Goh’s character seduces Wymen and the pair ends up releasing their pent-up sexual tension in a vehicle.
“It was a very intense and emotionally-complex scene, not to mention we had to take off our clothes, ‘doing things’ in the confined space of a car and exchanging the positions every now and then.
“After filming the scene, I started wondering, ‘Why would anyone even like this?’ ” Wymen recalled with a laugh at the press conference recently.
Prior to shooting, it was not just the actor who was nervous about doing the scene, but also the crew.
“The producer had even come to our set at Taiping to watch us rehearse for the scene. “Halfway through it, he asked, ‘Why don’t you both have some red wine?’
“I don’t drink due to my religious belief, but after having some dilemma, I drank a little, so did Debbie. From there we managed to open up and complete the scene,” he said.
Glowing Embers is the latest joint effort by ntv7 and Double Vision, who brought us the hit series The Iron Lady last year.
This time, the crew moved the setting to Kuala Sepetang in Taiping, Perak, and weaved a gripping tale of lust, greed and betrayal against the backdrop of the charcoal industry there.
Goh, who was Miss Malaysia Chinese International 1998, plays a scheming woman who would resort to any means to achieve her ends.
Her character Yao Feng marries Koo Zhi Qiang (played by veteran actor Wang Jun), the biggest kiln owner in town, but she soon sets her eye on the handsome collier played by Wymen.
It was not an easy task to play Miao Li, who is the object of lust for the beautiful Yao, said the actor.
“The crew showed me a picture of a collier – a typical muscle man – and told me that this is how I am supposed to look. Well, let’s just say that I wasn’t exactly thin before the shooting…”
Thanks to a rigorous weight-losing regime and a few tanning sessions, he finally achieve the beefy look.
Of course, Wymen was not the only lucky man who got to smooch Goh. Frederick Lee, who plays Yao’s partner in crime, had his fair share of passionate moments with the former beauty queen.
A contrast to the quiet and low-profiled Miao, Tony is a sweet-talking womanizer who lives off Yao’s money.
Playing an unpleasant person is a refreshing change for Lee, who had played mostly Mr. Nice Guy in the past.
“It was very fun and challenging. I was no doubt apprehensive at first. I wasn’t sure whether I was capable of tackling the role of a villain. Tony is a womanizer and a gambler and he cheats Yao of her money. This turned out to be quite a breakthrough for me,” he said.
*Glowing Embers will be showing at 10pm every Monday to Thursday, starting from March 10
Published March 10 2010
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