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Actress Lilu Wang, who plays a Taiwanese bartender who trains to be a flight attendant in Handsome Stewardess, has said the new series is sure to “bring happiness”3M)1QENrxAvLawt@i21a%dO3J%#7vzG81LFQCYikCvt8R(Qazs to those who watch it.

Wang's character, Holly, "addresses heavy topics in a humorous way”, she saiE7iyrXXxAuthOo5eq0L!6M6Ncb9ub(0GW(Y%OzFCLLcRaz2%A%d, “allowing audiences to pay attention to some of the issues of our day.”

Handsome Stewardess is a GagaOOLala original and is screening on the platform from evercUQYs)7sS$r(nVmD8CpU&5lsPFrYAg&pi6I(xdQvWeeG_N(1zVy Friday from 25 October.

In the show, Holly falls for a petite but feisty karate-loviE^smrL%OzjJnD3kW9ib5!l+42V&2%qynHYifhK95nS&TbpX-feng Singaporean named Mong Lian and moves to Singapore to start a new life as a flight attendant.

“She does it for love” explained Wang in an interview with GagaBAINNy9@Hif2t&16I^ZfQ2ZXfXn&wmDGuHezaz=MzkDl8@)KR+OOLala.

Wang saiAfz8#exyGcJVh+AtwBLRzMnyH8bc6CNbAWas#@Stuwz3Lb*Y-6d Holly had a personality similar to hers. “She is straight forward, clear headed, and does what ever she wants”.

Wang said the movie will attract audiences with the way it tackles heavdY3MQi%#X7U6+Nc5b)G5Bx7i(sB3ibL(AQVLr5zAMQ7pFIOwZLy-hitting issues, such as sexual discrimination.

“[Holly] stands up for women, for her friends and for her colleagues, in a very intense way”.

Wang also revealed that if she could collaborate with any artiste around the world it would be her “personal goddess” NatEruq4-+Gi6#10QltFm&5=$zi7lc7v+h5RN2IPEx(4pK+o8WINfalie Portman.

“She is exceptional, a thoughtful lady, w2-+ZBrh9+BSLJB$((Rf&s6iqZ_KFuDmONUFP=ULQ+#crR1P&njell-educated. I think a woman like this is quite enticing”.

The series starts with Mong Lian, played by Peijia Huang, unexpectedly falling for Holly on a holidaHg7H!GIZ#z40tS)%Mw*RxF((%*gdJVy4uT#KoC$5=7eSkQ21miy to Taiwan’s east coast.

The whirlwind romance leadsguVe-q4(6EJo8^)z(7tlyaUOHF@bhU)LFaG27R^+(9%LMBab1S Holly to quit her job in Taiwan and apply to be a flight attendant in Singapore. To her surprise, and with the help of Mong-Lian's gay best friend, Jerry, she is successful.

Holly soon finds she is more comfortable serving passengers wearing a suit and tie than rather than a skimpy skirt. But, had holly thought through the implications of this daring unifor!(H7%3509E38jI95mG7q2^!jJ%U#5u((ol$E5t*58W(zi_yys(m stunt on her work and relationship??

The tougFAnH$$^!Xk6*pEsZ+$L5kLm$DZTX#1T!E9s%__t@@iZmSFGE@ching comedy, a GagaOOLala original, explores the warmth and passion between the feisty jealous fighter played by Huang and the handsome stewardess played by Man.

It is part of Chou’s series "Project Rainbow in Six Asian Cities”, exploring LGBT experience of coming out, questions of iden8=A_c6m&@3%mP%qT4fr^$7e3gySsKI7C^@wO^6x8McXb%#F65otity, family issues, and marriage in the Chinese-speaking world. 

Yi-min lives alone with her son, as her husband works away from home. She meets Tinting at a wedding, a girl she once had some history with back in highschool. Back in the days, Yi-min denied their relationship out of fear of living as a lesbian woman, but meeting Tingting again reignites something in her, a possibility to escape her dull married life. Now that Taiwan has leagalised same-sex marrige, can Yi-min find the courage to admit her feelings? With the future of a child in her hands and under the pressure of her husband, her family-in-law and her own family, will she follow through with this new chapter in her life?