Newly-married Desmond Tan feels ‘liberated’ and ‘happy’, even if he ‘can’t tolerate’ his haircut

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Newly-married Desmond Tan feels 'liberated' and 'happy', even if he 'can't tolerate' his haircut

The histrion says he tin can't quite stomach seeing his ain "mushroom" hair in his latest drama, Home Again. But on the personal front, he's liking the new "sense of responsibleness and commitment" that comes with existence a married man.

fifteen Jan 2022 06:24AM (Updated: 15 Jan 2022 09:51AM)

For vi months, Desmond Tan wore a lot of caps to hide his hair.

For the drama Home Again, which debuts on Jan 17, the famously well-groomed actor skipped his usual haircuts, hair products and regular maintenance routine to play a sunday-scorched crop farmer who cares more virtually his vegetables than his own appearance.

"My pilus grew into a mushroom forth the fashion," he told CNA Lifestyle with a laugh. "When I look at the showreel, I can't quite tolerate the way I wait!"

During the months of filming, "I attached a cap to my work purse" so that one time he was done with his scenes for the twenty-four hour period, he could put it on correct away, considering "when you go to the hawker centre to purchase dinner, yous have people coming upward to you request for photos. I endeavour not to pass up requests similar that and it's hard to tell them, 'I await very ugly now'!"

Desmond Tan with co-star Ya Hui in Home Again. (Photo: Channel viii)

He quipped, "I just want to officially thank my squad – my hair stylist, makeup artist and mode stylist – for helping me look good for campaigns and commercials."

Of course, "A farmer wouldn't exist so concerned over the whole paradigm matter," acknowledged the 35-year-old, who immersed himself and so deeply in the office that he was able to write lyrics for the drama's theme vocal from the point of view of his grapheme.

"The show revolves effectually the importance of family and kinship. There are a lot of scenes about separation and reunion. I put these elements into the lyrics," he said.

For example, the song speaks of people in different parts of the earth looking at the same stars and moon, missing one another. "Many of my colleagues are from Malaysia and some of them practically haven't seen their wives and newborn kids in the by two years. I put those emotions into the lyrics."

Writing the words for and performing the song "helped me in my procedure as an histrion for my part," he added.

Tan also divulged that because of the pandemic, he might have been experiencing "subconsciously, a certain level of stress", what with working for a long time without a interruption or getaway.

"I realised we had been taking things for granted, similar being able to volume a flight in the morning and fly in the evening, or having reunion dinner with family, or visiting during Hari Raya," he said.

And then, directly after filming for Home Again wrapped, the first thing he did – after getting a haircut, that is – was to jet off to French republic to marry his longtime girlfriend in a romantic wedding ceremony.

"I'one thousand not sure if it was the wedding or holiday, but information technology was quite a liberation for me," he chuckled. "It helped me a lot to be happy."

He added, "I'one thousand a happy person. Really happy."

Accept a self-driving road trip around French republic with stops along the way in Squeamish, Marseilles and Paris, as well as staying in a rural area with horses, was "very therapeutic", he said. "You get so obsessed with working in this city-state, you kind of forget the world is huge. It's the biggest revelation to realise how big the world is."

As for the wedding itself, and being a married man, there were "interesting emotions" that struck him equally very different from all the reel-life hymeneals scenes he's done as an actor, he observed.

"When things actually happen to united states of america, it's but pretty unlike. There'southward something magical inside… It'south a deep feeling I can't embrace at the moment. I simplify it as a sense of, you but desire to protect your other half more than ever," he told us.

Although "things are pretty much the same" in married life – "maybe considering I started piece of work" – "I definitely like the sense of responsibility and commitment," he said.

"I think every person, whether it'due south hubby and married woman or father and son or any relationship, (should pledge) to love each other more every day. Things happen and sometimes we get too busy and afflicted by emotions because of what surrounds us, whether it'southward work or what happens in life. Just e'er remind each other to love each other every solar day. That is one of the principles I wish to honor for a long fourth dimension."

It's too a line he put into the song that he wrote and performed at his wedding.

"I similar this idea. It sounds like a theory, but if we consciously remind ourselves nearly information technology, I think it will manifest," he said.

Domicile Once again is available on demand for free on meWATCH from Jan 17 and on Channel 8 starting Jan 18 at 9pm.

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Newly-married Desmond Tan feels ‘liberated’ and ‘happy’, even if he ‘can’t tolerate’ his haircut

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