Originally posted by shuiling:
From TNP Electric NewPaper dated 04 Feb 2006
The NewPaper
Her role costs Jack a bomb
February 04, 2006
IT'S the first time that Fann Wong is starring in a Jack Neo movie,
but she has already made him cry.
--SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
The 46-year-old director pretended to burst into tears when we
asked him about the cost of casting an A-lister like Fann in his
new film.
'In all my years of making movies, I've never paid an actor so much
money before! She's been to Hollywood, okay?'
Just Follow Law is a pun on the Singlish phrase 'just follow lor',
and is a satire about red tape in the civil service.
Set in a fictitious government agency, it stars Fann Wong as an
idealistic vice-president and Gurmit Singh as a blue-collar
technician who swop souls after a car accident.
The movie is slated for release in May.
Jack wanted a change and decided not to use his usual bunch of J
Team artistes like Mark Lee, Henry Thia and Patricia Mok.
But the decision cost him a lot - a six-figure sum to be exact, for
Fann's name in the credits.
This is even more than what Jack is getting for being in the
director's chair.
Still pretending to cry, he continued: 'I broached the subject of
this movie two years ago, and actually tailored the role for her.
But I didn't realise how much it would cost me! I want to be a mei
nu (Chinese for beauty) too, in my next life!'
But Jack has a big challenge in store for Fann.
Her sweet princess image will be thrown out of the window for this
movie, as she has to spew vulgarities and play the uncouth
lout.
Jack believes she can do it, as she's a 'very professional
actress'.
Fann is just relieved that she doesn't have to speak Hokkien.
Just Follow Law will be mostly in English, a move away from Jack's
previous movies that were in Mandarin heavily laced with
dialect.
Fann, a Hakka, said: 'I was so worried before I got the script. Now
I'm relieved, because my Hokkien is really lousy.'
Fann dogged by ill luck
But her fortune may be looking up, starting with new film Just
Follow Law
By Wendy Teo
February 04, 2006
THE year of the Dog almost didn't get off to a woofing good start
for Fann Wong.
--SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
The MediaCorp actress was as sick as a dog during the first
two days of the festive season. It was from a persistent virus that
had been plaguing her for a week.
And on the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, she crashed her
beloved two-year-old Porsche Cayenne SUV into a pillar at her
condo's carpark.
When she spoke to reporters at the prayer ceremony for her latest
movie Just Follow Law, which will be directed by Jack Neo, Fann's
voice was still raspy.
The 35-year-old said that she was already feeling terrible when we
last spoke to her the week before, just before the premiere of the
animated movie Zodiac.
'I had a high fever, suffered from body aches and my throat was
badly swollen. Halfway through the premiere, I messaged my manager
and told her I'd better go to the hospital.'
She was not hospitalised, but was sent home with a three-day
medical certificate.
However, just two days later, Fann was back at work rehearsing for
MediaCorp's annual Chinese New Year special.
That added to her bad throat, and Fann had to spend her new year
recuperating at home.
In her hurry to get to work, she also accidentally backed her car
into a pillar at home.
Fortunately, the pillar took most of the damage while Fann's car
suffered a dent on the bumper.
She blamed medication for causing her lapse in judgement.
'I'm a very careful driver. But I just had my medication before I
went out of my house, so maybe that's why. So now I firmly believe
no-one should drive under medication.'
Even though it's not the first time that she has scratched her car,
Fann still insists it's not her driving skills that are at
fault.
And she pooh-poohed the idea that her SUV might be too big for
her.
In cheeky defiance, she said: 'I like the size of my car because I
go to China for filming often, and it is big enough for all my
suitcases. And I think I'm a good driver. My car is not too big,
it's always the carparks that are too small!'
Anyway, Fann is now hoping that her spate of bad luck will 'purge'
her of other misfortunes for the rest of the year.
She said: 'Some people believe minor illnesses bring good fortune,
so maybe this will bring me luck!'
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U say ZT fans blind.. I tink u not better also.. Kao bei la keep
emphasizing she star in Hollywood.. Coz she nuthin to hao lian liao
rite.. She F-list actress in Hollywood leh liddis also wan hao
lian..
I waggot nuthing to say? I alot things to say ar.. Come my hse i
Kao bei to u ar.. Help u fix ur eyes also.. I noe a good
optician..
How old are u btw? Must be sum kiddy.. Dunoe the world, only see
TCS all the time, so tink she is queen.. *VOMITS LAST CHRISTMAS'
FOOD* 
