Rapidly cementing his status as the most hardcore Singapore actor of his generation, Richie Koh’s first foray into movies has earned him a Golden Horse Best Actor nod for a role that called for a head-to-toe transformation.

“I wanted to see how far I could push myself,” the 32-year-old told CNA Lifestyle.

In the film A Good Child, debuting in cinemas on Thursday (Oct 9), he plays a drag queen who returns home to care for his estranged mother (Hong Hui Fang) when she is diagnosed with dementia. Taking advantage of her memory loss, he soon finds he is able to reorient their dynamic by convincing her that he is her daughter, giving their relationship a new lease of life. In between shopping and face-masking together, the pair go about inadvertently confronting the wrongs of the past and r

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