“Is My Face Still Fat?”

RUI EN, who is back at work on a new Ch 8 drama after going on a six-month hiatus, tells us she spent her break “exercising like crazy”.

- Jocelyn Lee

We’re in the wardrobe unit at the new Mediacorp campus where Rui En is trying on outfits for her role as a con artist in new Ch 8 drama Have A Little Faith. It’s the 36-year-old’s first TV project after going on a six-month break, and she is unusually chirpy. She chats with the production team about her outfits, and jokingly complains about a jacket she has to wear. “It’s really hot in Singapore, and I perspire a lot,” she quips loudly. “Another jacket? And a scarf? I have to film in a park!” Everyone laughs, some more nervously than others. After all, this is the first time we’re meeting Rui En since the actress went on a break from showbiz following her car accident last April. She had hit a stationary motorcycle at an open-air car park while driving her BMW and was served a $700 fine for careless driving. In December, while still on hiatus, she was caught on camera floutin