The 'tragicomedy' behind Thuy Anh - Manh Truong's kisses in 'Don't talk when in love'

In episode 3, the script revealed that Ly and Quy had met before. But only Quy remembered this, while for Ly, it was a memory that had been erased. The incident happened one night when Ly was drunk. Losing a game with her friends, she was forced to kiss the first man she saw. Not knowing whether to call this lucky or unlucky, Quy was the man destined to receive the drunken kiss of the baker. Ly's silly moment made the audience in front of the screen unable to stop laughing, but it made the upright businessman unforgettable.

Thuy Anh and Manh Truong still fall into tragicomedy situations with their on-screen kiss scenes.

After a long time of misunderstandings and arguments, Quy and Ly gradually became friends and had more sweet, private moments. Episodes 16 and 18 recorded two sweet kisses that the CEO gave to the girl he loved, while the baker was "in love inside, but still shy on the outside", running away from Quy's arms to hide her red face from embarrassment. Most recently, in episode 20, Ly truly fell in love with Quy, living true to her feelings. The kiss in front of the house kept the sublimation in the love story of the young couple.

On screen, the four kisses closely follow the changes in Ly's feelings for her lover. Behind the scenes, the series of scenes also depicts the changes in the first time Thuy Anh and Manh Truong work together. Thuy Anh said that during the first kiss, Ly was not shy because her mind was no longer clear. On the contrary, the actress was shy and nervous during filming.

She shared: “The actor always has to actively analyze the script and the character's psychology. Combined with the director's instructions on set, we were able to complete the scene. When entering the scene, I saw myself as Ly, drunk, no longer shy. But as soon as the director shouted 'cut', I felt very shy. The scene was filmed in the first days of the project, the two brothers were not close yet, still used to calling each other "father - son" from "A lifetime of enmity". This scene took three or four hours to film. We were all cold because we were filming by the Red River in the middle of winter."

In contrast to her character, Thuy Anh got into character quite comfortably in the later intimate moments. She said that when filming these three kisses, she and Manh Truong were already familiar with each other, their acting was in sync, and it only took less than two hours to complete all the filming angles. Moreover, at this point, Thuy Anh had lived in Ly's identity for long enough. Just by putting herself in the character's story, she immediately found the emotions.

“At a time when she had not yet truly determined her feelings, Ly was confused when standing in front of a man who was excellent in every aspect. The two of them seemed to come from two different worlds, with differences in experience, maturity, background, and career. That made Ly even more shy. Every time I watch the movie again, I still feel embarrassed,” the actress confided.

Thuy Anh - Manh Truong share the tragicomic behind-the-scenes stories of the kisses in the movie "Don't Talk When You Love".

Although the kissing scenes did not challenge the acting skills of the two actors, Thuy Anh and Manh Truong still fell into a tragicomedy situation with their on-screen lip-locking moments. According to Thuy Anh, in episode 16, she and her co-star performed the romantic moments of the two characters to the loud music of a nearby bar.

Thuy Anh laughed and said: “The scene was four pages long. We kept saying a few emotional lines, and then the other side would say, “Let’s have fun,” and sometimes it would be Tuan Hung singing, “It’s late, still sitting and counting the stars.” We had to memorize the lines, keep our emotions in check, and hold back our laughter to act really affectionately.”

As for Manh Truong, this is the first film where he has a lip-to-lip scene with his co-star since the beginning of the film. When reading the script, he found it interesting and wondered how they would act on set. The father of three was happy with the positive response from the audience for his pairing with Thuy Anh.

The actor still remembers the memory of being reminded by the audience about taking care of his child, while filming the scene where Thuy Anh "forced a kiss". He shared: "The place where we filmed was a picnic spot. Many young people were camping there and came to watch us film. While I was concentrating on the character's psychology, a young person told me: 'Brother, hurry up and go back to hold your child', which made me a bit surprised"./.