AsiaOne chats with Jesseca Liu, Hsiu Chieh-kai and Tasha Low while visiting the set of their upcoming drama Emerald Hill in Melaka in July 2024. Find out more about their roles, the challenges of learning how to dance and the fun things they did after work in Melaka.
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00:00All three of us are from the same family.
00:02All three of us are very clumsy at dancing.
00:10Hi, Asia One. This is Tasha.
00:12Hello, Asia One viewers.
00:13I'm Liu Zixuan.
00:14Hello, Asia One viewers.
00:16I'm Xiu Jiekan.
00:22I play the role of Li Shuqin,
00:25the second daughter-in-law of Zhang Jia,
00:27in the film, Jade Mountain.
00:29After I married Zhang Jia,
00:30I became Zhang Jia's housekeeper.
00:33I'm in charge of all the household chores.
00:35I play Zhang Jingke in Jade Mountain.
00:39He's the second brother of Zhang Jia's three brothers.
00:41He's a very calm person.
00:44He's always doing his best for his family.
00:47In the film, I play a couple with Zixuan and Jessica.
00:51I play Zhang Xinniang in Emerald Hill.
00:54Zhang Xinniang is a very self-righteous person.
00:58She stands up for the things she believes in,
01:01and she's extremely smart.
01:03In Malacca, we are on this set,
01:05which is the Special Service Club.
01:07I don't have much heavy scenes here.
01:09It's mostly trying to save people,
01:13if that makes sense.
01:14It's more of fun kind of scenes.
01:23I think the most challenging part is
01:26because we don't film from the start,
01:28we actually jump around a lot.
01:30So it's very tough to find the character at first.
01:33But then I'm really thankful for the producer and directors.
01:37For me, it's because this character is very smart,
01:40and she uses a lot of idioms.
01:42So I have to put in a lot of effort and time
01:46to memorize the script.
01:47Sometimes when the director tells me something,
01:50I don't really understand what he means.
01:52But now it's okay.
01:53Now I can understand what the director wants very quickly.
02:01Actually, the learning process is very short.
02:03We only took two hours of classes.
02:05We didn't really learn a lot.
02:08We just went home and practiced.
02:10But I didn't know if I practiced right.
02:14So it was really only when we were filming
02:16that I saw the scenes from the camera,
02:20and I thought, hey, it's actually okay.
02:21It's not as tough as when we were practicing.
02:26It was a disaster.
02:27I was a dance idiot.
02:30Later, I found out that all three of my family members are hereditary.
02:33All three of them are very stupid when it comes to dancing.
02:40Yes, I'm having a lot of fun filming in Malacca.
02:43And I think I really like filming overseas
02:46because you really get to focus and be in the character.
02:49And then after work, we go out with the cast members and we bond.
02:53So I really like those times.
02:59I think the most memorable one would be the scene with Chen Tianwen.
03:04It's like an action scene where I kind of torture him.
03:19It was such a coincidence that a Singaporean photographer's brother opened it.
03:24And they prepared so many dishes.
03:27Even when we were filming in Singapore,
03:30we didn't have that many Nyonya dishes.
03:32Except for yesterday and the first day we arrived,
03:35we went to see a light show
03:39called Right Sword Ma Liu Jia.
03:41And he was also telling a story about Nyonya culture.
03:47And we saw a lot of Nyonya dancing on stage.
03:51And we thought it was very interesting.
03:53When we were resting, we really went to see the Nyonya museum.
03:57And we found out that a lot of the decorations in the show
04:01were very particular.
04:02Because the decorations in the show
04:04really felt like going back to our home in the show.
04:07And I think it was a very special experience.
04:11And we also ate Nyonya dishes
04:13because I never had the chance to eat them before.
04:15Feicui Shan will be released in 2025.
04:18I hope everyone will support it.
04:20Feicui Shan will be released in 2025.
04:24Please look forward to it.
04:25Please catch Emerald Hill next year.
04:27Bye-bye.