Veteran actor to play LKY in ‘1965’


Getting into character: Lim (centre) at a styling session for the film '1965' - The Straits Times / Asia News Network

DESPITE an almost unanimous verdict among Singaporeans on social media that he is perfect for the role, veteran actor Lim Kay Tong admitted he had to overcome cowardice before agreeing to play Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in the movie 1965.

At a press conference on Wednesday, he said: “Two things in the 1960s are stuck indelibly in my mind – the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Lee’s speech on the separation.

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