Regarding Yuan Qingshuo:
- She has a sad life .. no.. no (laughs .. she is actually quite an unusual girl. She is born into a time of war and tribulation, yet she is very strong and determine to be herself. So i think she is quite an unusual girl.
- Oh! Yeah! Her name is Yuan Qingshuo.
- What attracts me most about Yuan Qingshuo is because she not just a goody-two-shoes. I have actually had enough in acting those roles. Despite her circumstances, she is still able to make courageous decisions about herself. So this maiden is quite internally strong .. ummm.. I think that is it.
- What I think the biggest challenge is (which was also what the scriptwriter and the producer were worried about) that she had to make a decision between the two love interests and how to show the process in how it happened. This is one of the hardest dilemmas I have faced in my acting career, it is quite challenging.
- Out of all the costumes, I liked the inner garments the most, which was known as the "water garments" in ancient China. It is because our costume designer for this series, Chen Min Zheng and the crew spent a lot of effort on our costumes, and the innermost garments that were hidden underneath were all made of real silk. So it was very very comfortable to wear and it was a luxury to wear them everyday. So I liked the "water garments" the most.
Regarding the two male characters:
- (The question asked was who was tortured more by her character in the series, so she answered) I was hurt by them a lot as well! I think a love story is not a one-sided relationship, so all three in this love triangle were all hurt. They suffered and so did I.
- My most memorable scene was one of departure.
click to show/hide spoilersAs I had amnesia before and slowly fell in love in Yuwen Yong after forgetting about Lan Ling Wang. But after I regained my memories, I hart to part from the man I had fallen in love with, because I has severely injured at the time and Lan Ling Wang carried me away. In the ancient times, such a departure between lovers was forever and they would not be able to meet again. It is not like in the modern times nowadays where you could still keep in touch in some way through flights, the internet, etc.. which makes this very convenient. I thought it was painful for all three characters because even though Lan Ling Wang had me (? my body
) but he was not the man in my heart. I loved Yuwen Yong but I had already parted from him and would most probably never meet with him again. So at that moment, all three of us were very tortured.
- (The question was which guy out of those two did she like?) I actually like Takeshi Kaneshiro. I feel that both are very perfect people that won't exist in the real world.
Regarding Peng Guan Ying:
- He is a typical Aquarius, in simple terms, he is an alien. I quite believe in horoscopes. Aries like me, have a more straightforward personality, but with aliens, there are many barriers in communication. Because it is hard to keep up with their changing train of thought, so I think he is .. oh... if you are not familiar with him, then he likes to keep quiet. This is his pretense. As you get to know him more, the alien is very focused at work and talks a lot, so you sometimes feel that he is quite a weird guy if you did not know him well and it is hard to keep up with him.
- There were 2 takes on the the wedding chamber scene. Having disputes in a discussion is quite normal to us in our daily lives. So we do have some disputes when it comes discussing the script.
Regarding whether Lan Ling Wang loves Yuan Qingshuo or the shadow of Duanmu Lian that she carries:
- I thought about it a lot when acting with Chen Yi and it was very unclear. We eventually came to the conclusion that even Lan Ling Wang can not be sure whether he loves Yuan Qingshuo or not. Because the one he loves is Duanmu Lian, but he is torn between loving the one from his past and not sure about his feelings for the one standing before him. He is not sure whether to take a step forward or extend his hand to her.
Regarding the most difficult scene to act:
- I think it was one of the underwater scenes. It was very cold. Even thought it was a short scene, it was like being inside a freezer, but I managed to get out quickly and we have towels on standby to warm ourselves. But it was in the middle winter and wearing such thin layers was quite a torture that even portable warmers were not of much help. My hands and feet were always ice cold so I felt that it was like frostbite so my hands were always so fat and dark.
- Other scenes that involved horse-riding or action scenes need extra effort to accomplish. But it is like that for everyone as we chose this path and acting not easy. We just have to accept it.