[PORT magazine interview]
#BaiJingting considers trying new genres as a learning process
Q: Looking back at your work, you've always tried different types of roles. Is this process of constantly breaking through and rediscovering yourself a pressure or an enjoyment for you?
🤴: I don't think this kind of breakthrough is difficult. I think in pursuing a profession or a job, you need to find something that excites you. For me, challenge is a particularly exciting thing.
When you love what you do, you naturally want to keep bringing fresh passion into it. Because it's a new field, something you haven't tried before, you need new knowledge to play this new role.
It's the same as exploring different genres. You need to prepare and study a lot beforehand. If it weren't for the needs of the role, you wouldn't actively learn such professional knowledge in other fields because it's far from your daily life.
As an actor, there's a lot to learn. If you don't use what you've learned, you'll probably forget it over time. But when you're preparing for a role, from the early research to the filming process, you're constantly building your knowledge. That's what makes it so exciting. And once you've learned something new, you often find that you can apply it to many other projects as well.
*rough translation
Chinese actor Zhang Linghe sat down with the Global Times in Beijing for an exclusive interview, fresh off the overseas success of his drama Pursuit of Jade. He said that when audiences connect with a Chinese story across language barriers, it’s because the drama speaks to something universal – truth, goodness, and beauty. He sees drama as both a doorway and a bridge, and he hopes more people will cross it to discover how beautiful and strong today’s China truly is.
Following the widespread popularity of #PursuitofJade at home and abroad, Chinese actor #ZhangLinghe 's latest #drama#Overdo is reaching international audiences. The new series offers overseas viewers another opportunity to discover Chinese stories through drama.
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