It was her role as revered historical figure Soong Ching-ling in The Founding Of A Republic (2009) that eventually led to Xu Qing, 43, landing a role in sci-fi thriller Looper.
Director Rian Johnson saw the period film and was sufficiently impressed to cast the Chinese actress in a small but pivotal role in the Hollywood movie, alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
She says she was "really moved" by Willis' performance: "We are so used to seeing him on screen as the tough man who fights and kills people, but in our scenes, he's very tender and gentle."
Xu Qing, the Beijing-born actress first came to prominence in 1990 as the female lead in acclaimed director Chen Kaige's Life On A String. She also worked with Chen on Farewell, My Concubine (1993), which won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Source: Straitstimes
She says she was "really moved" by Willis' performance: "We are so used to seeing him on screen as the tough man who fights and kills people, but in our scenes, he's very tender and gentle."
Xu Qing, the Beijing-born actress first came to prominence in 1990 as the female lead in acclaimed director Chen Kaige's Life On A String. She also worked with Chen on Farewell, My Concubine (1993), which won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Source: Straitstimes
