You don’t have to be a train enthusiast to appreciate upcoming new English-language drama Third Rail.
The “third rail” of the title refers to the part of the rail track that supplies a huge amount of electricity to the train, and is also a term for a politically charged issue.With one of the biggest sets ever built in Singapore, filming took place in a rail tunnel specially constructed within a giant event space in Changi housing two actual, decommissioned MRT train carriages.
That might be why Lim told us it was one of her “top three” toughest projects she'd worked on to date.The working hours, the physical strain and the environment were all challenges, she shared; and above all, “the character is extremely challenging. When I read it, I was very worried that I couldn't deliver. This is very out of my comfort zone.”It was emotionally draining, she elaborated.
When he read it, he shared, his first thought was, “‘Wow, if you are able to write something like that, that's something worth exploring.’”