A Russian TV drama on the Vietnam War starring Miss Vietnam in Russia 2007 Truong Ho Phuong Nga will be screened on Russian channel NTV this year.
A four-minute trailer that reveals the film’s story centering on Pavel, a Russian soldier deployed to Vietnam to help assassinate a Saigon officer, has been aired recently on the channel.
Pavel met and fell in love with Mai, a revolutionary fighter played by Nga, a popular emcee at upscale events in Vietnam who is dipping her toe in the movie industry’s water with her first movie role.
“The soldier,” as the film is named in Russian, was shot for three months starting last February in Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An, Cu Chi and Nam Cat Tien Park.
Trung Dung, another Vietnamese actor who is known for many local TV drama and theatre roles, will also star in the film, playing Mai’s uncle and Pavel’s close Vietnamese counterpart.
The Russian-speaking mini-series has four episodes, running a total length of 180 minutes, with 90 percent of its scenes filmed in Vietnam.
Phuong Nga, who for the first time strips naked for a steamy scene with the leading actor, said she decided not to use a double to ensure the authenticity of the scene although the crew had already prepared one for her.
“I was quite nervous as this was my first acting experience, and my partner was really nervous too. Neither of us said a word to each other.”
“We shot in a loft and only a few people were allowed to be there. After three shots, finally we made it,” Nga said.
Born in 1987, Nga lived in Russia for 9 years, hence her fluent Russian. She won the Miss Vietnam in Russia in 2007 and came back to live and work in Ho Chi Minh since 2009.
The beauty said she would continue her emcee work while pursuing an acting career this year.
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