Article from Singapore papers:
He loses sleep for nothing ..
:victory: HE looks oh-so-suave in the new Japanese crime drama Galileo, but actor-singer Masaharu Fukuyama confessed to losing his nerves during the first few days of filming.
He kept fumbling and ended up doing retakes, he told the Japanese media recently.
And he was so worried about ratings that he couldn't sleep.
Not that you can blame him.
It has been four and a half years since Masaharu, 38, shelved his acting career to focus on singing, and he was understandably nervous about his TV comeback.
The boyish-looking star was last seen in the 2003 drama Beauty Or Beast, which co-starred Nanako Matsushima.
But he can heave a sigh of relief now, as the novel-adapted Galileo debuted in Japan with much fanfare and drew a high rating of 24.7.
This makes it the second highest rated TV serial shown this year - after Takuya Kimura's Grand Family.
Not only that, Galileo's reviews have been so good its producers announced last week that they would film a movie version early next year, starring the same cast.
This will be Masaharu's first movie in 20 years, and he is set to reprise the role of an eccentric but brilliant physicist nicknamed Galileo.
A genius at analysing criminal behaviour, he works with a rookie cop played by icy babe Kou Shibasaki to solve mysterious cases.
Every episode boasts a famous guest star - from Toshiaki Karasawa to Ryoko Hirosue and Shingo Katori.
Having eased himself into his new screen persona, Masaharu can now crack jokes about his co-star Kou, reported Shukan Gendai.
He calls the actress-singer the real weirdo on the set.
LIKE A ROD
'She's always sleeping all over the place, and sometimes she'd be lying like a rod on the floor, which is so scary!' he said.
Oddly enough, Kou reportedly treated Masaharu coldly initially, and she was temperamental on the set.
But they probably bonded over their common love for music - evidenced by their collaboration on the drama's theme song, Kiss Me.
She is the lead singer, while he plays the guitar and joins in the chorus.
He also wrote and produced the song, which was released as a CD single last week.
They work so well together, there was even talk of Masaharu breaking up Kou's relationship with actor Satoshi Tsumabuki.
The very eligible Masaharu recently said in a magazine interview in Japan that he admires women who are like Kou - frank and candid and yet, gentle.
Her response? She has not met any guy who is more perfect than Masaharu.
Is she being polite, or is she out to make her beau Satoshi jealous?
He loses sleep for nothing ..
:victory: HE looks oh-so-suave in the new Japanese crime drama Galileo, but actor-singer Masaharu Fukuyama confessed to losing his nerves during the first few days of filming.
He kept fumbling and ended up doing retakes, he told the Japanese media recently.
And he was so worried about ratings that he couldn't sleep.
Not that you can blame him.
It has been four and a half years since Masaharu, 38, shelved his acting career to focus on singing, and he was understandably nervous about his TV comeback.
The boyish-looking star was last seen in the 2003 drama Beauty Or Beast, which co-starred Nanako Matsushima.
But he can heave a sigh of relief now, as the novel-adapted Galileo debuted in Japan with much fanfare and drew a high rating of 24.7.
This makes it the second highest rated TV serial shown this year - after Takuya Kimura's Grand Family.
Not only that, Galileo's reviews have been so good its producers announced last week that they would film a movie version early next year, starring the same cast.
This will be Masaharu's first movie in 20 years, and he is set to reprise the role of an eccentric but brilliant physicist nicknamed Galileo.
A genius at analysing criminal behaviour, he works with a rookie cop played by icy babe Kou Shibasaki to solve mysterious cases.
Every episode boasts a famous guest star - from Toshiaki Karasawa to Ryoko Hirosue and Shingo Katori.
Having eased himself into his new screen persona, Masaharu can now crack jokes about his co-star Kou, reported Shukan Gendai.
He calls the actress-singer the real weirdo on the set.
LIKE A ROD
'She's always sleeping all over the place, and sometimes she'd be lying like a rod on the floor, which is so scary!' he said.
Oddly enough, Kou reportedly treated Masaharu coldly initially, and she was temperamental on the set.
But they probably bonded over their common love for music - evidenced by their collaboration on the drama's theme song, Kiss Me.
She is the lead singer, while he plays the guitar and joins in the chorus.
He also wrote and produced the song, which was released as a CD single last week.
They work so well together, there was even talk of Masaharu breaking up Kou's relationship with actor Satoshi Tsumabuki.
The very eligible Masaharu recently said in a magazine interview in Japan that he admires women who are like Kou - frank and candid and yet, gentle.
Her response? She has not met any guy who is more perfect than Masaharu.
Is she being polite, or is she out to make her beau Satoshi jealous?
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