That’s sad because we have so many talented people in the industry who perhaps have no avenues or opportunities to show what they can do.ĭid you feel frustrated with your career in Singapore and why? Hence, a lot of talents, both in front of and off the screen, pass by unnoticed.
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I guess Singapore is a small industry and we have only one TV station. As an actor who’s also left Singapore, do you think showbiz in Singapore restricts talent? It’s big and they have a huge spectrum of genres and projects, and that’s exciting for an actor because you feel like you have new challenges to bite on every day.Īctress Fiona Xie, who has a role in Crazy Rich Asians, recently wrote about being grateful for being cast in the Hollywood film after suffering setbacks in her Singapore career. What is the TV/film industry like in China? I honestly feel grateful and inspired to work harder and push harder.Īfter 4 months of shoot, it’s finally a wrap! #延禧攻略 #王冠逸延禧攻略 #海兰察Ī post shared by Lawrence Wong 王冠逸 on at 4:52am PDT How do you feel about suddenly becoming wildly popular in China? We hear that you get a ton of fan mail every day!
Hence, I was really grateful my character is so well received. I mean, he isn’t the typical cool-faced, expressionless handsome guy in the drama, but the goofy comedic character.
Moreover, I didn’t expect my character to be this popular as well.
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I expected the series to do well but I didn’t expect it to do this well. How do you feel about the popularity of Yanxi? He is a loyal friend, and a faithful lover. For the drama, I play him more bubbly and more lovable, and he has high aspirations to fight for his country. I play Hai Lan Cha who, historically, was an imperial guard of the Emperor during the Qing dynasty and who later on became a big general who won many war victories. We caught up with Wong to get his thoughts on his new-found fame and what the differences between the China and Singapore TV industries are like:Ĭould you describe your character in Story of Yanxi Palace? Story of Yanxi Palace is Wong’s second drama in China, after Love and Passion which is set to be aired later this year. (He previously said in an interview that his salary in China for one drama series was equivalent to what an actor makes in Singapore in two years!) Wong told Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore that he still hopes to return to Singapore to act “if there is a good script and a right role”, but said he had to further his career elsewhere as the tiny local TV industry can be rather limiting for talents. Qin Lan and Lawrence Wong co-star in Story of Yanxi Palace. The show is also popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. The Qing Dynasty drama, which also stars Hong Kong’s Charmaine Sheh and China’s Wu Jin Yan, is currently airing on cable television in Singapore, where it has gained an avid following. But Yanxi seems to have struck a special chord with its audience and has become the single biggest hit in China this summer, having recently concluded its 70-episode run on the iQIYI platform with 15 billion total streams. Now Lawrence Wong ( not the Minister for National Development) has turned into a superstar in China with his supporting role as general Hai Lan Cha in the hugely popular period drama Story of Yanxi Palace.Ĭhinese television churns out soap operas about palace politics all the time, a genre perenially popular for all the nasty schemes that empresses and concubines cook up to tear each other down. He left Singapore to further his acting career in China because he felt that local showbiz wasn’t offering him enough opportunities to shine.
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