Hero (2016 TV series)
Hero (Chinese: 大英雄) is a Singaporean blockbuster drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day. It stars Shaun Chen , Chen Hanwei & Jesseca Liu as the casts of this series. This Drama entailed a lot of cameo appearances by famous Singaporean artists such as Zoe Tay, Rebecca Lim, Xiang Yun, Jack Neo, Carrie Wong and more.
Hero 大英雄 | |
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Genre | Family Comedy |
Written by | Ang Eng Tee 洪荣狄 |
Directed by | Su Miao Fang 苏妙芳 Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 Wong Foong Hwee 黃芬菲 |
Starring | Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 |
Opening theme | The Extraordinary (格外精彩) by Janice Yan |
Ending theme | 1) Tears (借你一点泪) by Power Station 2) Wait For Love (等一等爱情) by Bonnie Loo 3) Watching Over You (守护你) by Bonnie Loo (No commentaries for News Tonight) |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jasmine Woo 邬毓琳 |
Production locations | Dakota Crescent, Singapore |
Running time | approx. 45 minutes (exc. advertisements) |
Release | |
Original network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
Original release | 29 November 2016 – 9 January 2017 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | You Can Be an Angel 2 |
Followed by | Home Truly |
Related shows | Tiger Mum It Takes Two |
Plot
Through the lives of Zhou Fada (Shaun Chen), Ye Xiaoying (Chen Hanwei) and Zhang Weixiong (Jesseca Liu), three ordinary characters who grew up in Dakota Crescent, a series of interesting, exciting and personal stories will unfold…
Zhou Fada, also known as Big Brother, is a man with a strong sense of justice, loyalty and compassion. He always like to help neighbor handle the problem in need. But because of his overzealous and reckless character, his good intentions often turn out to cause more trouble than help.
Ye Xiaoying is Fada's uncle, who always dreams of achieving phenomenal success in life, but he never did live up to his dreams as he is essentially just a slacker. He is very good at keeping out of trouble, by tactically avoiding tricky situations. His motto in life is: A man's greatest power is not his fists, but his tongue. He believes that being good with words can help one sail through career and relationships smoothly, but the fact is, his career and love affairs are almost always on the rocks.
Zhang Weixiong is a manly name, but the owner of the name is actually a cute girl. When her mother was pregnant with her, the ultrasound scan showed that it was a baby boy, so her father went to the fortune teller and got her this dashing manly name. Who would have expected that it was a baby girl! But they went along with the name “Wei Xiong” after all. Weixiong is just like her name; she has great ambitions and a gusty character, and people in the neighborhood see her as the future elite. Unfortunately, that is just her pretense. She is actually very timid and cowardly, but she believes that in order to survive in this dog-eat-dog world, you will have to “never say die”. So even though she is crumbling from fear inside, she would always put up a strong front, and her strong-headedness always gets her into trouble. If not for the help of Big Brother Fada, with this personality, she might have much consequences to suffer.
This three characters, together known as “The Great Hero”, are the three musketeers of the neighborhood, and from them, we will get to know many other members of Dakota Crescent, and also their inspiring, interesting and heart-warming stories.
Cast
Zhou (Fada) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Jin Yinji 金银姬 | Granny Swordswoman 侠女阿嫲 |
Old bag (老太婆)
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1-10, 12-13, 15-30 |
Chen Hanwei 陈汉玮 | Ye Xiaoying 叶晓英 | Ajussi (阿扎西)/Arnold Skeleton (阿诺死给你等)/Mr Ye (叶总)/0238/Ying(英/英哥/英大哥)
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1-10, 12, 14, 16-20, 23-30 |
Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 | Zhou Fada 周发达 |
Big Brother (大哥大)/Lazy Bum (懒惰星)/Penang Boy (槟城来的) Pervert (死变态)/Honey (蜜糖)/Heroda/Mr Heroda (Heroda先生)
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1-8, 10-17, 19-30 |
Zhang (Zhiming) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Zhu Xiufeng 朱秀凤 | Granny Mahjong 麻将婆 |
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1-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-17, 19-20, 22, 24-30 |
Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 | Zhang Zhiming 张志明 |
Ming (明/阿明)
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3-6, 9, 19 |
Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 | Xiao Jiahui 萧家慧 |
Auntie Hui (慧姨)/Hui (慧/阿慧)
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1-6, 8-10, 12-13, 15-17, 19-22, 24-30 |
Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 | Zhang Weixiong 张伟雄 |
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1-11, 13-22, 24-30 |
Ian Fang 方伟杰 | Zhang Weikang 张伟康 |
Kang (康)
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1-9, 11, 13, 15-16, 18-19, 22, 26-27, 29-30 |
Ou (Sihai) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Zhu Houren 朱厚任 | Ou Sihai 区四海 | Uncle Hai (海叔)
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1, 4-5, 9-10, 12, 14, 17, 19-23, 26, 28-30 |
Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 | Ou Jinguang 区金光 | Guang (阿光/光哥)
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1-10, 12, 14-16, 19-23, 26, 28-30 |
Youyi 有懿 | Xiuzhen 秀珍 |
Ms Buck Teeth (龅牙姐)
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1, 15, 19-20, 22-23, 26, 28-30 |
Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 | Ou Jinxuan 区金萱 |
Villain (later part) but repented in the end
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2-3, 6, 9-10, 12, 14, 16-30 |
nicholas lim 林道锐 | Boy Boy |
Little Imp (小冬瓜)
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19-26, 29-30 |
Guan (A-li) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Chen Tianwen 陈天文 | Guan A-li 关阿礼 | Villain but later finally repented in a last few episodes Hothead (火爆王)
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3-4, 7, 9, 14, 19, 21-22, 26, 28, 30 |
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | Huang Lili 黄丽丽 |
Li (丽姐)
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3-15, 18-19, 21-22, 24-30 |
He Yingying 何盈莹 | Guan Meiyu 关美玉 |
May
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1-9, 11, 13-15, 18-19, 22, 24-30 |
Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 | Guan Meimei 关美美 |
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1-9, 11-15, 17-19, 21-22, 24-30 |
Luo (Bei) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Ng Suan Loi 黃晶晶 | Granny Cardboard/Cha Kwee Kiao 纸皮婆 |
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1-6, 8, 10-11, 19, 21 |
Peter Yu 宏荣 | Luo Bei 罗北 | Villain but later totally repented Someone's-in-a-big-hurry (赶着去投胎)/Xiang (阿祥)
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1-12, 14, 18-19, 21-22, 25-26, 30 |
Other characters
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Sheila Sim 沈琳宸 | Fan Fangfang 范芳芳 |
Fann Wong (范文芳)/Fang (芳)/Shh (嘘)
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2-5, 7-9, 11-21, 23, 26, 28 |
Henry Thia 程旭辉 | Steven | Villain
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4-6, 9-10 |
Teddy Tang 唐崧瑞 | Jack Chan |
Villain Jack Neo (梁志强)/Jack (小Jack)
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5, 7-9, 11 |
James Seah 谢俊峰 | Chen Bangqing 陈邦庆 | Main Villain Qing (阿庆)/Chen (小陈)
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7-9, 11-12, 14-18, 26, 28 |
Mervyn Lee 李岳杰 | Potty Mouth 臭口王 | Villain but repented
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6, 8, 12, 20, 24, 27, 30 |
Desmond Ng 黄振隆 | Walter Lu |
Bin Trasher (踢桶男)/Mr Lu (陆先生)
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9, 11-13, 17-19, 22, 28, 30 |
Marcus Mok 莫健发 | Eric | Old Pervert (老乌龟)
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11, 13-15 |
Joy Yak 易凌 | Jiao 阿娇 |
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11-12, 14, 20, 24, 27-28, 30 |
王慧莹 | Auntie Teochew 潮州嫂 |
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12, 14-15 |
马天凌 | Mr Liu 刘总 | Villain
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14-15 |
Zhang Yaodong 张耀栋 | Zhang Zhentian 张振天 |
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20-21, 24-26, 28-30 |
Cameo appearances
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes Appeared |
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Carrie Wong 黄思恬 | Alexia |
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1, 29-30 |
Ya Hui 雅慧 | Betty | ||
Felicia Chin 陈凤玲 | Cathy | ||
Chew Chor Meng 周初明 | Wei Ge 伟哥 |
|
1 |
Oh Ling En 胡菱恩 | Student 中学学生 |
|
1 |
Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Auntie Lucy |
|
1 |
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 | Rice King 饭王 |
|
1 |
Kym Ng 鐘琴 | Fishball Girl 鱼丸妹 |
|
1 |
Gopal 哥巴 |
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3, 12 | |
Mark Lee 李国煌 | Long Ge 龙哥 |
|
3 |
Terence Cao 曹国辉 | Xie Xian 谢贤 |
|
3 |
Jack Neo 梁智强 | Liang Po Po 梁婆婆 |
|
4 |
Zhang Zhenhuan 张振寰 | George Pu |
|
6 |
Xiang Yun 向云 | Quan Min'er 权敏儿 |
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7, 13 |
Zoe Tay 郑惠玉 | Deborah |
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13, 16 |
Wang Yuqing 王昱清 | Leo | 13 | |
Guo Liang 郭亮 | Alex |
|
16 |
Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 | Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 |
|
16 |
Richard Low 刘谦益 | Old fogey 老鬼 | Villain
|
16 |
Huang Biren 黄碧仁 | He Xuemei 何雪美 |
Tigeress (老虎)/Mdm Hor |
20 |
Jeremy Chan 田铭耀 | John |
|
22, 24, 27 |
Michael Huang | Liar | Villain
|
25-26 |
Jayley Woo 胡佳琪 | Bonnie |
Flat-chested (莫尼)
|
27 |
Sora Ma 马艺瑄 | Herself |
|
28 |
Desmond Tan 陈泂江 | Himself |
|
28 |
Zheng Geping 郑各评 | Bonnie父亲 |
|
29 |
Kenneth Chung 钟坤华 | Himself |
|
29 |
Somaline Ang 洪凌 | Herself |
|
30 |
洪偉文 | Mr Hong 洪编剧 |
|
30 |
Original Sound Track (OST)
Song title | Song type | Lyrics | Composer | Performer | Producer |
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The Extraordinary 格外精彩 |
Opening theme song | 王振声 | 周以力 | 阎奕格 Janice Yan | — |
Tears 借你一点泪 |
Sub-theme song | 姚若龙 | 郑楠 | 动力火车 Power Station | |
Wait For Love 等一等爱情 |
乐声 | 邓碧源 | 罗美仪 Bonnie Loo | 麦如丽 | |
Watching Over You 守护你 |
高飞 | Benny Wong |
Development
Dakota Crescent is one of Singapore's earliest (HDB) estates, built in 1958 by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), which preceded the HDB. In July 2014, it was decided that the housing estate would be redeveloped under the HDB's SERS scheme and all residents would have to relocate by 2016.[1] This prompted a campaign by activists for its conservation,[2] works of art to be created about it[3][4] and also a spike in the amount of coverage given to Dakota Crescent by the media.[5] Within weeks of the announcement by the HDB, Dakota Crescent drew considerable attention from many Singaporeans, amid which this drama series was produced.
This drama series was produced also as a means of kick-starting the commemoration of 35 years of Singapore-produced Chinese-language television in Singapore. As part of this, Mediacorp's famous Chinese-speaking comedy icons, such as Paris and Milan character Auntie Lucy (played by Dennis Chew) and Liang Po Po (played by Jack Neo) of Comedy Nite, will be making cameo appearances in this drama.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Imaging sessions were done in end-April and early-May 2016, while the first scene was shot on 23 May.[14][15] On 30 July 2016, in the nineteenth season of The Sheng Siong Show, it was also announced that Power Station will be performing the drama's ending theme. They were in Singapore to promote their "Next Station" world tour which will be held on 27 August.
A post screening session was conducted at Dakota Crescent's Care and Friends Centre. The cast of Hero - Shaun Chen, Jesseca Liu, Chen Hanwei, Bonnie Loo, Paige Chua, Ian Fang, Sheila Sim, Youyi, He Yingying, Aileen Tan, Brandon Wong and Jin Yinji were present. The first episode of the show was also broadcast there.
- The series consists of 30 episodes, and aired from 29 November 2016 to 9 January 2017.
Awards & Nominations
Star Awards 2017
The series has the most nominations in Star Awards 2017, and won two, which was Best Supporting Actress and Drama Serial.
Star Awards – Acting Awards | |||
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Accolades | Category | Nominees | Result |
The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 1 红星大奖 影聚响宴 |
Best Director 最佳导演 |
Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲 |
Nominated |
Best Screenplay 最佳剧本 |
Ang Eng Tee 洪荣狄 |
Nominated | |
The Road to Star Awards 2017 Episode 2 红星大奖 影聚响宴 |
London Choco Roll Happiness Award 最佳开心果奖 |
Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 |
Nominated |
Bioskin Healthiest Hair Award | Desmond Ng 黄振隆 |
Nominated | |
Star Awards 2017 Awards Ceremony 红星大奖2017颁奖礼 | Best Actor 最佳男主角 |
Shaun Chen 陈泓宇 |
Nominated |
Best Actress 最佳女主角 |
Jesseca Liu 刘子绚 |
Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角 |
Andie Chen 陈邦鋆 |
Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角 |
Paige Chua 蔡琦慧 |
Nominated | |
Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 |
Nominated | ||
Bonnie Loo 罗美仪 |
Nominated | ||
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 |
Won | ||
Best Evergreen Artiste Award 常青演绎奖 |
Nominated | ||
Best Drama Serial 最佳电视剧 |
N/A | Won |
See also
- List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s)
- List of Hero episodes
References
- "Dakota Crescent tenants hit by news of redevelopment". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ""Group pushing to save Dakota Crescent"". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- "Community theatre show puts spotlight on Dakota Crescent and its residents". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- "Overwhelming response to Drama Box's site-specific performance in Dakota Crescent". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- "5 things to remember about Dakota Crescent". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ""绚耀"咖啡馆悄悄开业 刘子绚《大英雄》首次挑战搞笑角色" (in Chinese). Channel 8 News and Current Affairs. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "陈泓宇:新剧角色取名自"达哥打弯"感荣幸 拍完戏急着回家看孩子" (in Chinese). Channel 8 News and Current Affairs. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "Auntie Lucy重出江湖 客串重头剧《大英雄》" (in Chinese). Channel 8 News and Current Affairs. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "陈汉玮挺脊柱骨伤口拍戏 为母亲祈福改吃素" (in Chinese). Channel 8 News and Current Affairs. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "梁婆婆重出江湖 梁志强新片拒当导演?" (in Chinese). Toggle. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "郑斌辉赴中国演蒙古大汗 陈泓宇与妻女分房睡" (in Chinese). Toggle. 18 June 2016.
- Tammi Tan (16 July 2016). "No sugar mummies for Ian Fang". Toggle. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- "刘子绚望办海滩婚礼 郑惠玉"吃"嫩草方伟杰" (in Chinese). Toggle. 16 July 2016.
- "刘子绚否认下个月结婚 陈泓宇望携妻女拍广告" (in Chinese). Toggle. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "陈邦鋆下月搬家迎接小公主 黄炯耀晒儿破家变传闻" (in Chinese). Toggle. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
Preceded by The Dream Makers (season 2) 2015-16 |
Star Awards for Best Drama Serial Hero 2016-17 |
Succeeded by When Duty Calls 2017-18 |