SIMON WONG – BEAUTIFULLY EVIL

He’s at it again but this time he has no qualms about hiding his evil side as the nefarious The Black Glove in REM: The New Generation. He heads a counterfeiting scam in Singapore that three young modern-day Nancy Drews uncover much to his exasperation. Murder and mayhem are routinely for him never hesitating to pull the trigger especially if it means saving his plan of dastardly deeds or subjecting his victims to a slow agonizing death. And no one does wickedness better than Singapore’s fast-rising, self-representing actor Simon Wong.

Simon Wong appears as the clean-cut and “nice” Robert Leong in Red Thread.

Simon is currently seen on serial drama Red Thread as Robert Leong, the paradigm of wickedness, and which has fans of the show screaming for his blood more than ever after he tried raping the angelic Li-Ann (portrayed by Celest Chong who, surprisingly, projects the trauma of rape with controlled intensity and energy). But Simon, as The Black Glove, sheds all traces of humanity and transmogrifies into a ruthless murderer who won’t stop at nothing, including killing three innocent teenagers. Unlike Robert Leong who emanates an amiable aura around other people, The Black Glove’s mien is far from, to put it mildly, pleasant or affable. His eyes are cold lighting up only at the thought of drawing blood and unsettling screams from his hapless victims. He barks and snarls orders at his klutzy minions, and doesn’t waver from his objective of forfeiting lives. In fact, torture might actually be his middle name.

Dressed in a dark suit and, yes, black leather gloves, the facade of beautiful wickedness is enhanced with the stylized moustache-beard and long hair slick back presumably with gel. His stance doesn’t invite any form of warm social interaction – like an assassin, he shuns compassion.

The Black Glove takes five during the shooting of REM: The New Generation.

Playing the antagonist isn’t easy as people would like to think It’s certainly not portrayed through posturing, screaming like a drug addict suffering from withdrawal symptoms or raving like a lunatic, with eyes bugging out, frothing at the mouth. Picture evil as some colorless vapor wafting through the air unnoticed until you feel the chill in your bone and then wham! That’s how evil is and which – applause – Simon does adroitly through consistency of expression. Coldness dripped from his voice and his icy stare pierced with a knife’s sharpness. He neatly completes the wickedness with his sardonic smirks and stoic demeanor

Of course, REM: The New Generation is a children’s show and violence is kept to a minimum, but imagine it as a high-budgeted action thriller film or serial drama, and Singapore’s much adored evil man will certainly take wickedness to another level.

 

 

 

And here is Simon Wong as himself.

 

 

 

 

 

[Aside: Let’s just hope he doesn’t get stereotyped as all-time immoral character. It’ll be good to see him a variety of roles. I actually spotted him at PS Café at Palais Renaissance once and he struck me as the type who could hardly squash a bug. I thought he’d make a credible tech geek, martial arts instructor or body guard – think Kevin Costner – in his next role.]