The Gentlemen (TV series)
| The Gentlemen 来自水星的男人 |
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| Also known as | Mercurial Men |
| Genre | Family Men |
| Written by | Tang Yeow 陈耀 Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源 |
| Directed by | 林美娜 Lin Mingzhe 林明哲 Cheong Yuan Ting 张愿庭 |
| Starring |
Chen Hanwei Pierre Png Aloysius Pang Cynthia Koh Paige Chua Carrie Wong |
| Opening theme | 樂度明天 by Chriz Tong |
| Ending theme | 像這樣也好 by 向华 |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin, with some English dialogue |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Soh Bee Lian 苏美莲 |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mediacorp Studios |
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| Original network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Picture format | 16:9 Widescreen |
| Original release | 9 August – 5 September 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Dream Job |
| Followed by | C.L.I.F. 4 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 來自水星的男人 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 来自水星的男人 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lái zì shuǐ xīng dě nán rén |
The Gentlemen (Chinese: 来自水星的男人) is a Singaporean drama series produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The 20-episode drama serial stars Chen Hanwei, Pierre Png, Aloysius Pang, Cynthia Koh, Paige Chua and Carrie Wong as the main characters. The first episode airs on Tuesday (August 9, 2016), 8:29pm, right after the live telecast of the nation's 51st National Day Parade. Subsequent episodes were telecast on Mondays to Fridays beginning from 10 August 2016 at 9:00pm.
Three brothers with characteristics that trumpet the belief that men are from Mars are forced to understand the work discrimination that womenfolk face in their everyday jobs when they take on occupations that are perceived to be more feminine in nature.
Zhang Naiping (Chen Hanwei)'s ambition is to be the boss, but fails in both work and marriage. Accidentally, he becomes a confinement nanny.
Zhang Nailiang (Pierre Png), a professional ballet teacher, is forced to find another way due to his hearing problems.
Zhang Naiyi (Aloysius Pang), a LASALLE College of the Arts Fashion Design graduate, finds a chairman who appreciates his fashion designs, but winds up at an office that designs women’s undergarments.
The series is first announced in January 2016. Originally, Julie Tan and Xu Bin were also announced to be part of the lineup. Their roles were replaced by Carrie Wong and Aloysius Pang respectively, as Julie turned down the series to allow herself to focus on her role in long-running drama series Peace & Prosperity. Wong was told that she would have to have her long locks shorn for her role, as executive producer Soh Bee Lian feels that the character would be more convincing in a bob cut than if she were to wear a wig.
Filming began in February 2016. On 9 March, Toggle interviewed Pang, whose character falls in love with Paige Chua’s. The actors shot the scene where Chua saves his life when Pang falls over a railing at a parking complex in two hours. He was suspended from a third-floor ledge, with a ladder propping him up by the feet during breaks.Pierre Png, who plays a professional ballet dancer in the series, reveals that ballet is “much, much tougher” than boxing (referring to his previous role in Channel 5 telemovie Rise). While others have to take seven years to perfect ballet, he only has one month for his role.
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