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Can you tell us more about the two new upcoming series you’ll star in this year?
I’ll be playing two distinctively different characters, which is quite a challenging experience. My character in the first and second series are totally different from each other because of their age and storyline, but both stories centres around the themes of love and growing up. I hope the audience will enjoy them and see how far I have tried to explore these new personas and bring them to life for the screens.

I’m sure your schedule has been packed these days. What is one trick you have to manage your time?
I’ll be honest. I can’t say I know how to manage my time, yet I do know what I need to prioritise first. Now my priority is solely on work, and it usually involves preparing for my roles and to keep my mind focused on that before moving on to other priorities, such as studying. But I’m not great at preparing and following a timetable. [Laughs] So I can’t do much in a day. It’s quite difficult to focus on many things at the same time.

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What preparations or rituals do you have before becoming your characters?
I’ve attended acting classes before, and the technique usually involves things I’ve learnt from those lessons and thinking about how I would act in some situations if I were that character. For instance, It could be as simple as asking myself first thing in the morning, “what will that character do in the morning?” Or even as simple as thinking about the speed at which he would drive a car. I’ll keep my mind focused on that character until I can fully tune in and have a clearer picture of how I would like to express him.

Favourite moments on set?
It’s probably the moment when we were filming the scene when F4 fought each other in the show. We’re all very close, both on screen and in real life. So when it had to get physical, I had to imagine the punches as a real reaction, as though we were having a fight in real life. There were many emotional moments on set and our friendship helped bring them to life. The fight scene in particular was exhausting to film. We understood why we needed to do it — although some might not enjoy it — it truthfully showed the full extent of the friendship between the characters. I was satisfied with the outcome. It’s not every day that you get to do such an impactful scene like that with your best friends.

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If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say?
Thank you for making mistakes, for being curious, for your failures, and for not being perfect. Because all these things push you to improve yourself and become a better person. If not for my younger self, I might not be where I’m at today. I just want to thank myself and tell myself not to be scared of how he’s going to be in the future. I want to tell him that he will still be himself and there’s nothing to be worried about.

Has there been any emotional changes as you begin your 20s? Any goals you would like to achieve before you hit your 30s?
I don’t think there has been any big change yet, but if I could compare myself now with the self I was when I was 19, there’s definitely been a lot of changes. I feel like I need to be more matured and grow up faster. I still have some childishness in me. I’m very excited about what is to come because being 20 is like having a door that will open up to opportunities I have always wanted to explore.