|
By Loh Keng Fatt
BUBBLY stage and movie actress Yeo Yann Yann is rarely at a loss for words.
But when she and fellow thespian Mindee Ong were in Tokyo recently to promote the upcoming release of getai movie 881 in Japan, the 31-year-old had to field some 20 interviews from TV stations and the print media.
'During the last interview - before we rushed to the cinema for the gala premiere - we were so exhausted that when we were asked a question, we actually went totally silent for almost 30 seconds.'
'Which is a long time in front of a camera,' she added.
The two co-stars in the movie were not accompanied by its director Royston Tan, who was at the Shanghai Film Festival where 881 was screening.
The movie, which grossed $2 million in Singapore last year, will have its run in Tokyo in August and also travel to other Japanese cities.
It will carry Japanese subtitles
Read the full story in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times.
| 
