Elvinology

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Heh, on Jiaxi's and Chengxi's birthdays. But I dont think I'll be going, haf to work in the afternoon...

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Gonna miss tis again :( Im not in town! Grrrr

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LOCAL hunk Elvin Ng is posing happily in his black cotton bodysuit, but that toothy smile almost didn't happen.

For his role as a street fighter and wrestler in the latest drama Together, the actor was supposed to wear a bodysuit made of stretchy lycra.... Read More

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'Of course I was uncomfortable,' the 29-year-old actor told The New Paper candidly.

That was not the only sartorial problem. Elvin also had to wear several other potentially embarrassing outfits for the drama.

He plays a simple and fickle-minded character called Tarzan. Set in the 1960s through to the 1980s, the drama is about the trials and tribulations of six young people and also stars Dai Yangtian, Jeanette Aw, Eelyn Kok, Kola Zhou and Zhang Zhenghuan. Fans won't just get to drool over the heart-throb's bulging biceps in the bodysuit.

Elvin also had to wear only a loincloth for a fantasy sequence in which he dreams he actually is Tarzan, saving a damsel in distress. He confessed that he has never worn less on TV.

The furthest he had gone earlier was to take off his shirt, though that was something he had to do for almost every drama he has filmed - from A Life of Hope to Kinship to The Dream Catchers.

For the Tarzan scene, despite having to wear just a loincloth, Elvin said it was having to stand on a tree branch that really unnerved him.

He recalled: 'It didn't look that high from the ground but once I was up there, it felt like I was two storeys high. I was up on the branch for around 45 minutes and I was trembling.'

No harm done

Thankfully, he wasn't harmed during the production of this drama.

As Together has a retro backdrop, Elvin had to wear colourful printed shirts and hip-huggers, fashionable outfits of that era.

He also donned singlets, clogs and pyjama shorts so loose 'you can fit three thighs in them' for scenes in which he is a coffee-shop helper.

'I accidentally flashed when I sat down in those shorts,' he revealed.

Together - which starts on Channel 8 at 9pm on 30 Nov - is the actor's most action-packed drama so far.

It has also been a nightmare because he is worried he might injure his left knee again.

He had torn a knee ligament while filming a taekwondo scene in the drama Rhythm Of Life in December 2007.

He had an operation in March last year and the doctor said it would take up to a year for a full recovery.

Though he's back to his usual activities like playing soccer now, Elvin said his knee is not fully stable enough to do the many fighting and wrestling scenes in Together.

'Playing a street fighter is tough as a lot of movement and agility are needed. Wrestling is, however, a lot of hugging and slamming. It doesn't require me to be light of foot,' he said.

The actor even bought a new insurance policy to cover himself.

But despite the worries, Elvin decided to take the risk because the character was too hard to resist.

'There's a lot of room to expand and I love the character. So I just pray every day that I won't come to any harm. So far, so good,' Elvin said.

He also debunked gossip he had to strip to audition for the role, and insisted there was no audition at all.

'The gossip made me sound like I had only brawn and no brains,' said Elvin, who is a university honours graduate.

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