Sire Ma Excited Over Pairing With Idol Wayne Lai

In TVB’s Bullet Brain <神探哥倫布>, Sire Ma (馬賽) portrays Eva, a detective inspector who was tasked to investigate the cunning Detective Columbo (Wayne Lai 黎耀祥). Unable to resist Columbo’s charms, Eva falls victim to his manipulative ways and finds herself deeply in love.

Similar to her onscreen counterpart, Sire Ma greatly idolizes costar Wayne Lai and is very happy to be paired up with him in the detective drama. Earlier in her career, Sire frequently referenced Wayne’s acting analysis book because she admired his acting skills. Sire also revealed that she had once brought the book on-set and asked for Wayne’s autograph like an obsessed fan girl.

Sire enjoyed her time filming with her idol and the two shared good chemistry on the set. “I felt very comfortable and at peace when I filmed with Brother Wayne. He would give me various advice. The best thing I got out of filming with him is that I was able to experience his [acting] rhythm. It is such a treasured opportunity.”

Sire took on many challenges while filming the drama. In several scenes, Sire must overcome her fears as cockroaches climbed onto her dress and snakes wrapped themselves around her thighs. Sire filmed all of the scenes herself despite her worries. “I was scared, but the interesting thing about acting is that each role gives you a different challenge. Once you stick it out and complete the task, you can add another experience to your list.”

Public reaction to Bullet Brain has been lukewarm thus far and some viewers find the Wayne-and-Sire pairing rather awkward. Wayne stood by producer Lee Tim Shing’s (李添勝) casting decision and praised the drama as fresh and unique. He likes that Bullet Brain diverged from TVB’s typical parallel story-telling, and instead left random clues across the plot to be explained in future episodes.

As for criticisms regarding his pairing with Sire, Wayne believes that the casting makes a lot of sense and joked that Sire looks just like the type of girl who would believe in Columbo’s twisted lies. Some viewers find the scene in which Columbo played the guitar to woo Eva too sappy. Wayne explains that the scene showcases Columbo’s manipulative nature, and that a young girl like Eva would definitely fall for Columbo’s sentimental appeal.

Source: Ming Pao

This article is written by Katrine for JayneStars.com.

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  1. i think it is rather witty and funny. something new for a change 🙂

    1. Don’t like watch Sire and prefer Fala’s acting which could easily cast a better role.
      Perhaps its a sign for Wayne on the lossing hand, viwers becoming tired of Wayne and like to see more Morse Chan and Steven Ma

  2. Love is aged-boundless. I see Wayne-Sire pairing is so romantic. There were many girls watching this series making comments that they have a wish to be carried like Sire because Wayne’s performance is so persuaded.

  3. Wayne looks not much aged-gap pairing with Sire. He is not that old as someones said.

  4. I dunno, but I find the age gap kind of sexy. Maybe that’s just me. I really like the pair.

  5. I think the pairing is absolutely ok. Sire off screen has expressed her liking towards her idol which even make more sense like her character Eva (who is in her mid 20’s) who crazily in love with Columbo (in his 40’s) who is very much older that her, Make sense. hehe

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