Why do Jeanette Aw and Qi Yuwu's on-screen romances always end in tears?
Lim Ruey Yan for The Straits Times
Actors Jeanette Aw and Qi Yuwu may have played on-screen lovers many times, but their characters never experienced a happy ending.
This was pointed out by Aw when she invited her former co-star to the latest episode of her YouTube show, JA Unscripted, on March 16.
Aw, 45, and Qi, 48, have collaborated many times. They were romantically paired in dramas such as Beautiful Connection (2002), The Little Nyonya (2008 to 2009), The Ferryman: Legends Of Nanyang (2021) and Come Closer (2023).
"Have you noticed that we never had a good ending in the dramas we worked together, and that we were never together?" Aw asked Qi in the video.
Qi said he could not remember the ending of Beautiful Connection, their first drama together.
"We were boyfriend and girlfriend," Aw said, referring to her character Fan Keke and his character Zheng Ruisheng. "And then you left me."
Qi then reminded her of the roles they played in The Little Nyonya.
"It wasn't me who didn't want to be with you in The Little Nyonya," the China-born actor said, referring to his character Chen Xi and her character Yueniang, the protagonist of the hit series.
"But it was a very sad ending," Aw said. "It's not that I don't want to be with you."
The actress also mentioned The Champion (2004), in which there was an open ending for their characters Guo Jingwen and Lu Kaiwei. "There was a vote for viewers to choose the ending," she said.
Beside playing couples, the two actors have played siblings once in police drama C.I.D. (2006).
Aw posted on Instagram on March 17 several photos of her and Qi in The Little Nyonya.
"Good co-stars are hard to come by," she wrote in Chinese. "I am very grateful to have been paired with an actor who has such good chemistry with me, and to make the character of Yueniang Yamamoto truly come alive."
She reprises the role of Yueniang in Emerald Hill, a loose sequel to The Little Nyonya.
Emerald Hill is streaming on Netflix and mewatch, and will air on Channel 8 on weekdays at 9pm from March 19.
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