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Those who have watched new Mediacorp Malay series Durrani-Perjuangan Lion Mum would probably have noticed an unexpected face — Mediacorp actress Juin Teh.
In the family legal drama — a spin-off from the popular local series Lion Mums — the 35-year-old Malaysia-born Singapore-based actress plays a woman from an affluent background who enters a socially equal marriage. A polished influencer in the public eye, she hides the reality of prolonged domestic abuse behind closed doors.
Though it surprised many to see the Star Search 2019 finalist in the show, Juin had in fact volunteered for the role.
Speaking to 8days.sg, Juin explains that she’d been telling her manager for quite some time that, if there was a role that required a Chinese actress who can speak Malay, she would really love to go for it.
“When this opportunity came, she immediately thought of me and felt that the role is suitable so she proposed me for the role,” she recalls.
That said, Juin still had to audition for the role, and the production team also assessed Juin’s language ability through the audition tape.
“When I was preparing for the audition, I realised that memorising lines in Malay was more challenging than I expected. After recording the audition tape, I didn’t even dare to watch it again,” she says.
