No Pierre Pressure
Text Gillian Lim Photos Ching Art Direction Jenn Chew Styling Lim Kay Li and Sharon B. Tan Styling Assistant Jessie Koh Makeup Lolent Lee using Laura Mercier Hair Sylin Yer/Shunji Matsuo
Oi… Cookie & Oreo, come here to sleep or work?
Imagine Pierre Png donning a black leotard, ballet slippers, and doing pirouettes among a class of young prancing girls. Yes, that’s what the local actor did in 2016 in preparation for his role in Channel 8’s The Gentlemen, and boy, did the 45-year-old face that challenge head-on—or should we say, en pointe. “And not just for the show, mind you,” adds his wife, Andrea De Cruz, 44, with a chuckle. “He carried on with the ballet lessons after filming!”
It turns out that the Mediacorp heartthrob simply can’t say no when given a challenge. He strikes us as the kind of chap who would pick ‘dare’ during a game of Truth or Dare—every single time. Just look at his life choices: other than picking atypical sports like unicycling and aikido, the Star Awards 2018 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes awardee has acted in theatre, a Chinese musical, local films, both Channel 5 and 8 dramas (even though it’s an open secret that Mandarin isn’t his forte). Now, he’s made his first foray into Hollywood—he plays the role of Michael Teo in the highly anticipated film, Crazy Rich Asians, which is slated for release this August.
Even when faced with the daunting realisation that his then-fiance suffered liver failure after taking slimming pills in 2002, Pierre gave Andrea his liver without batting an eyelid. And when the couple was told post-surgery that Andrea’s body
