Actress 'Living with Mother-in-law' anticipates being… hated

Anh Dung - the actor who plays Thanh, the husband in the movie 'Living with Mother-in-law' humorously said he had prepared a basket to receive "stones" from the TV audience.

In Living with Mother-in-law, Thanh is the only son of Mrs. Phuong. Spoiled by his mother since childhood, Thanh is lazy, dependent, and lacks his own opinions. Caught in the conflict between his mother and wife, and lacking in courage, Thanh is confused and cannot find the best solution for everyone.

“Thanh’s personality is completely opposite to mine in real life. I’m just like Thanh in that I listen to my mother,” Anh Dung laughed. The actor shared that he is a cheerful, sociable person and is always decisive in his decisions in life. Anh Dung accepted director Vu Truong Khoa’s invitation to play Thanh in the film because for him, it was a new type of role and also a new challenge for him.

Mr. Dung said that because he felt the role was so different from his own, he was very nervous during the first days of filming. He was so nervous that he was afraid he wouldn't remember his character's lines. He had to memorize his lines at home. "When I arrived at the studio and saw "my mother" (played by People's Artist Lan Huong), I was nervous. Gradually, I felt less pressured," Mr. Dung shared his memories.

Anh Dung admitted that when he held the script in his hand, he himself “hated” the character he played. The actor said that he was ready to prepare a basket to receive “stones” from the audience. Thanh represents the weak man in life. Later on, when the drama of the film is pushed to a high level, Thanh reveals his inability to reconcile the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

“This husband will be hated more and more as time goes on,” Anh Dung laughed. In the film, there are many scenes where Thanh slaps his wife (played by Bao Thanh). Anh Dung revealed that every time he filmed this scene, his arm hurt for weeks because he couldn’t really slap his co-star, but he still had to act as realistically as possible. “I was afraid that after the girls watched it, they would say: I was afraid you would roll your eyes and slap me like that,” the actor humorously said.

In real life, the actor is not married. However, he said he was not too worried when the film was broadcast. “My mother is a very kind person. And when I get married, I will… live separately. That said, I think the lesson everyone can learn is that each member of the family should be a little more tolerant of each other, when something happens, everyone should analyze the reason why,” Anh Dung said.

Along with Anh Dung, MC Danh Tung plays the role of the husband in the film. Danh Tung plays Tung - Trang's husband (played by Thu Quynh), a sober, gentle person who knows how to balance the relationship between mother and wife. In real life, just like Anh Dung, Danh Tung is still a cheerful single guy.

“I once asked myself why the film wasn’t called Living with Father-in-law? Are all the family troubles caused by women? Actually, after participating in the film, I understood that women are the ones who make the family. They are the ones who keep the warmth and connection in the family. If there were no conflicts from small to large, all the family members would be scattered, each doing their own thing,” MC Danh Tung shared.

Danh Tung believes that the roles of husbands in the film like Tung and Thanh are the ones who “suffer” when standing between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But unlike Thanh’s role, Tung knows how to “blame his wife when there is no mother, and blame his mother when there is no wife”.

Danh Tung said the film helped him realize: “I remember the story between my mother and wife - both of them are about to drown and can’t swim, the man who knows how to swim will jump in to save who. He has to save both, because that is family. Just like the man has to keep the fire burning, harmonizing the relationship between family members.”

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