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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” to 79ac2HkZgM7IWcq0%&gyN0kuc_U5XyHjtadUMQfx_@0M*4EFrVthose who watch it.

Wang's character, Holly, "addresses heavy topics in a humorous way”, she said, “allowing audiences to pay attention to some of the iss5gDjlnAz%e4(yuMZahOc%14^qQT9-#1dUJFEKJYi6ShyS&!Yw-ues of our day.”

Handsome Stewardess is a GagaOOLala original and is screening on the platform from every Friday fP%E!PY!lhEKXl3s1rQ1L9F%+vR2p0^4!+nwsbzGnljGB#_uNjirom 25 October.

In the show, Holly falls for a petite but feisty karate-loving Singaporean named Mong Lian and moves to Sin7t)%P%Bw2H6yCEQyaKri#uCg20n3(qHCmSE)vjKCtM$6ANlQ=9gapore to start a new life as a flight attendant.

“She does it for love” exp8SkC-oay8JWJoC3d_%XHF6v^L_bx(N1AbRY6rH&ax3PN0yzH5jlained Wang in an interview with GagaOOLala.

Wang said HoJaA0AVw7mSFPQsYyL_9t8hD3q$36z*_6aE%mvtoRe+wqAtQTF4lly 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 heavyc6BctbX5UXXhhymED0!xeEfA@_1I%Hj=2vyJkFYU@%Q9FZqKcV-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 wcVyjVeu@w5Gk*(t#BajB9$7cq3NDZI(jaRAgBABITacd0Ie67Kith any artiste around the world it would be her “personal goddess” Natalie Portman.

“She is exceptional, a thoughtful lady, well-educated. I think a womOtT3KvC!FG*%)flq3V8KfgDrK@_&61rHMeuk#Sfav1HMm+a7N9an like this is quite enticing”.

The series starts with Mong Lian, played by PaCxwXzGn1!L)ixAge^kp42g-9oN#g3^aOzHn@Z5QPE+Zu*=+%Beijia Huang, unexpectedly falling for Holly on a holiday to Taiwan’s east coast.

The wTD4rWDANaR%nW@7A=nXRe)XUPp8c7&iaQd$l)%DmmVN0daZGz@hirlwind romance leads 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.

Hot56B$8moOd*%=)Pe57JuSJYqsYG=YFq_Tuy!oh@*^z-fJ@Q@UDlly 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 uniform stunt on her work and relationship??

The touching comedy, a GagaOOLala original, explores the warmth and passion between the feisty jealous fighter played by *qC(-v$)j%2Y5g^Sz1p=wSo9a$sHi8yr3&o!(2idXkt+n1fekcHuang and the handsome stewardess played by Man.

It is part of Chou’s series "ProNjthTZmcnlnM8(=r-OEMc2g^SGB-&k0#J8+6UDba6vXVH!wAJFject Rainbow in Six Asian Cities”, exploring LGBT experience of coming out, questions of identity, family issues, and marriage in the Chinese-speaking world.