Says Woo?

Twinlets JAYLEY and HAYLEY WOO, who spent the past month in Seoul training for their musical Chef: Bibimbap vs Chilli Crab, spill the beans on getting hit on by Koreans and piling on the aegyo as the comedy’s Cutie Chef. But don’t call Jayley cute.

- Cheryl Ong

8 DAYS: You were both in Seoul for a month to train for the musical Chef: Bibimbap vs Chilli Crab, currently showing at Resorts World Sentosa. What’s it like working with the Korean production team?

JAYLEY WOO: We felt the need to really perform well…

HAYLEY WOO: …and step up our game. J: We don’t want to…

H: … ‘throw face’. (Laughs)

J: ’Cos every time we do a full run, we have to do it twice ’cos Hayley and I take turns playing the role. So can you imagine how embarrassing it’d be if we were to screw up! (Laughs)

H: We’d be wasting everyone’s time and effort. I feel like we burn a lot of calories just to do one show ’cos there’s a lot of running around. And we need to sing with our diaphragm, which uses a lot of energy. It’s actually very tiring.

J: Yeah, singing burns a lot of calories.

H: That’s why our vocal coach [who plays Sexy Chef in the musical] is so skinny and has abs even though she said she’s never exercised. She sings a lot — she’s classically trained and has 15 years of experience. You can’t really tell that she’s a mum. Singing’s a good workout.

What’s the worst blunder you could make on stage?

J: Go out of tune