[2011.07.06] BARBIE HSU'S FINAL STRIKE BEFORE MARRIAGE

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The film MY KINGDOM (DAI MO SUN) was Barbie Hsu (Tsui Hei Woon)'s final film before her marriage. In it she played the top Shanghai action actress Xi Mulan. After reading the script she said to director Gao Xiaosong, "Xi Mulan is me." The director also said that in his mind aside from Big S he did not have anyone else. Big S revealed that when she first read the script on the plane, halfway through she was already touched. Passengers and flight attendants all snuck a peek at her. She shed tear as she stared at the script, during some parts she even ignored her image and wailed. She said that it was not because how sad the story was, but Xi Mulan's persistence for relationship. She risked everything to pursue what she thought she should pursue, which made her feel they were very similar.

Although while making MY KINGDOM, Big S already wed in a flash. She did not hold back on passionate scenes. Big S and two action actors Han Geng and Wu Chun had a complicated relationship story that did not lack any intimate scene. At the time Big S was a newlywed. The team in order to take care of her while shooting these intimate scenes prepared a double for her. Yet for effect, Big S often would ask to personally perform. Gao Xiaosong said that once when they shoot Big S and Han Geng's major scene, no matter where he placed the camera the double would be exposed. Big S' husband Wang Xiaofei was in the next room when Big S asked to perform personally, she even shot it three times.