Try GOLD - Free
Fir The Win
8 Days
|April 20, 2017
FIR RAHMAN, the breakout star of The Apprentice, Boo Junfeng’s award-winning prison drama movie, tells us how he went from being somebody who “didn’t even know what a feature film was” to hobnobbing at the Cannes.
Fir Rahman arrives very early for our interview at the Mediacorp campus. We find him standing in a dark corner somewhere in the building, typing furiously on his iPhone. “Oh, sorry, I was Instagramming lah!” he exclaims sheepishly when he spots us. After all, @fir_rahman has some 16K followers on Instagram to update. He seems incredibly relaxed, even though he has a long day of rehearsals for his new play Hope ahead of him. So chill is Fir, even his denim shirt is embroidered with the phrase, ‘Make Pizza Not War’. The actor has just returned from the Asian Film Awards ceremony in Hongkong, where he was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for playing a conflicted prison officer in local auteur Boo Junfeng’s critically acclaimed film The Apprentice. It’s the first time a Singaporean actor has been nominated in that category in the history of the awards.
8 DAYS: Congrats on your nomination! Even though you didn’t bag the trophy, we’re still really proud of you.
This story is from the April 20, 2017 edition of 8 Days.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM 8 Days
8 Days
“My Parents Told Me: You're On Your Own Now”
Getting cut off financially by her folks turned Asia’s Next Top Model alum AIMEE CHENG- BRADSHAW into a “super frugal” model. Except when it comes to yoga and shoes.
3 mins
November 09, 2017
8 Days
A Slice Of New York In Singapore
WOLFGANG’S STEAKHOUSE at the new Intercontinental Singapore Robertson Quay offers an authentic NYC steakhouse dining experience. But be prepared to leave with a much emptier wallet and smelling of beef fat.
3 mins
November 09, 2017
8 Days
Wedding Of The Song-Tury
Who needs K-drama when there’s real life happily-everafter? Drones were flown, tears were shed and the media did everything they could to get in on all the action at SONG JOONG KI and SONG HYE KYO’s private-not-so-private wedding.
3 mins
November 09, 2017
8 Days
Going Ape
Tom Hiddleston Has Faced Off Against Contingents of Comic Book Superheroes. But King Kong? That’s Something Else Altogether. The British Actor Shares H Is Experience on Filming the Jungle Adventure Kong: Skull Island Opening This Week.
7 mins
March 09, 2017
8 Days
Change Your Face Shape With A Korean Bone- Setting Massage
Korean Golki therapy — it worked for us, but man, it hurts. V-shaped face, here we come.
3 mins
March 09, 2017
8 Days
Monkie-ing Around
Best friends and local musicians ERIC NG and XIAOHAN don’t let their daily arguments at work get in the way of a friendship that spans decades.
2 mins
March 09, 2017
8 Days
A Walk Down Boyce Avenue
We asked American indie band and YouTube sensation BOYCE AVENUE some questions but true to their nice guy image, their answers were, well, too nice.
2 mins
May 31 2018
8 Days
Kim - Stagram!
Oh, what we would give to walk a day in the well-heeled shoes of KIM LIM, heiress, social media star and supercool mother-of-one. But she’s so much more than just a real-life Crazy Rich Asian with a Kim-possibly privileged life. JONATHAN FAM talks to the daughter of billionaire philanthropist Peter Lim.
22 mins
May 31 2018
8 Days
Deadpool 2's Lewis Tan
The half-Chinese, half-British actor, who plays Shatterstar in the Marvel movie, has a Singapore connection. (Warning: Spoilers ahead!)
3 mins
May 31 2018
8 Days
Grisse
Three things you need to know about HBO Asia’s upcoming Nasi Goreng Western.
2 mins
May 31 2018
Translate
Change font size