Local actress Joanne Peh, 36, made waves when she announced her first-ever nude scene on Sep. 26 morning.

She plays a ruthless brothel boss in Last Madame, a M18 drama set in the 1930s.

Peh's partner for the nude scene was Taiwanese model Jeff Chou, who plays a police inspector in the series.

The 12-part drama is now available on Toggle.

The actress wrote that it took her a “long time” to decide if she wanted to do it, and although it was a big step for her, going nude made sense in terms of character motivation and in the context of the story.

Many might wonder how Qi Yuwu, her husband of five years, took to the news.

But he does not appear to be too bothered by it.

Reaction

Speaking to Toggle previously, Peh said that she had informed her husband about the bed scenes beforehand.

Qi had reportedly thought, "Aiyah, how far could it possibly go?"

In fact, Peh even told Toggle to approach Qi directly if they wanted to know how he felt.

Filming the scene

When Peh got home from filming the scene, Qi asked her how it went.

And the actress gave the most nondescript reply possible:

"'[...] I said, [It was] okay. Like that lor.’ Then when he asked me to describe it, I said, ‘Kiss, kiss, kiss; do, do, do. Like that lor!’"

As for Peh herself, the scene actually wasn't awkward to film.

She said that the production team was "very protective" of her, and "kept asking if everything was okay".

But Peh was getting into character then, and didn't want to worry about other things.

She told Toggle that they had taken the necessary precautions and communicated about the scene prior to filming it.

Peh and Chou also trusted each other as professionals:

“Once you get past that, the next thing you want to do is focus on your emotions, which you can’t really do if you’re being concerned about this and that showing half the time.”

The actress added that she had a lot of chemistry with Chou, and found it comfortable to work with him.

Chou's thoughts

Of his experience, Chou said that it was "nerve-racking" and "incredibly vulnerable" to work on the scene with Peh.

Nonetheless, he is thankful to Peh for her patience and trust, and for the opportunity to go beyond his comfort zone.

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Top image via Joanne Peh's Instagram

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