If you wanted to count the TVB rising FaDans, Raymond Lam's younger
cousin Lin Xiawei (Wei Wei) is definitely one of them. She has already
become one of TVB's heavily promoted artists just after two years of
entry into the industry.
Missing You just finished airing, then
The Days of Days
aired immediately after, you can find Lin Xiawei in both series. Wei
Wei frankly expressed she is considered one of the luckier ones, since
she is already getting second female lead roles just after 2 years in
TVB.
In new series
The Days of Days, Wei Wei plays Sonija
Kwok's younger sister 'Tong Nga Man', who is a rebellious young woman.
She clearly knew her sister didn't like her being with the gang leader
'So Fei', played by Raymond Wong, but she still ended up being with him
just so she could irritate her sister. This is Wei Wei's first time
playing a sassy role, she laughed and said her role is completely
different from her in reality and thus she had some difficulty
portraying the role. "I'm actually more of a tomboy in real life, so
having to portray a Miss Sai Kwan/Xiguan character is pretty difficult
to grasp. I just thought of it as a challenge. At the start of the
series, I could sleep into the late afternoon and wake up naturally, but
in reality I cannot possibly sleep and wake up myself. I was fortunate
to have Sonija and Sunny Chan give me pointers on how to control the
headstrong feeling in this role as we were filming." Wei Wei added in a
serious tone, "I want the audience to see a solid Lin Xiawei. Actually, I
have a lot of different sides and I'm very independent."
Not Just "Raymond Lam's Cousin" Wei
Wei is known as "Raymond Lam's cousin", she said this label did help
promote her level of fame, but it also means she has to work harder than
other artists, in order to be acknowledged by the audience. She said:
"I have a very good relationship with Raymond, and I don't mind people
referring me as 'Raymond Lam's cousin' because I truly am his younger
cousin. Also because we're both in the same industry, it is easier for
us to understand the mentality. I hope audience can see my abilities and
that I'm not just 'Raymond Lam's cousin'."
Zhang Ziyi's Young See Mui During
her childhood, Wei Wei wanted to be a lawyer and it was a complete
accident that she became an actress instead. When she was in high
school, she participated in the "Nation Superstar of Tomorrow" contest
and won the competition. Friends then encouraged her to study performing
arts, so she left Xiamen alone and went to Beijing's Central Academy of
Drama, where Zhang Ziyi, Vicky Zhao and Wen Jiang had studied before.
She used "breakthrough" to describe her life back then, "At the time, my
family did not support me at all, but I wanted to prove my abilities
through action."
After she graduated in 2009, she worked as a
full time actress at the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and then entered
TVB in 2011. She expressed: "At first, switching from the stage to
television, I could not adapt to it. Stage acting requires exaggerated
bodily motion and facial expressions, but it becomes over exaggerated
when used in television series." Wei Wei's acting in her debut TVB
sitcom
Til Love Do Us Lie as Suen Ling On (June) still had the
'theatre' shadow, but she gradually broke away from that type of acting
in her other series
Missing You and
The Days of Days. She
was also fortunate to have participated in an over 100 episodes sitcom,
where she learned a lesson. She said: "I think we shouldn't compare to
other people, just focus on my own work and just so long as each
performance shows improvement compared to the previous one. I'm lucky to
have a bunch of good artists around me, just like
The Days of Days,
Raymond Wong and I have the most scenes and he brought me into
character. We usually discuss on how to portray the role, which helped
me get into character faster."
It's been 2 years since Wei Wei
been with TVB, asked if she got the results she expected to have? She
said: "That day when I entered TVB, I hoped to absorb experience outside
of the theatre. In the past 2 years, every time a series broadcasts,
audience would give me their opinions. Whether if those opinions are
positive or negative, I am willing to accept them all.
Til When Do Us Lie's Suen Ling On (June),
Missing You's Ting Fan Chi (Vincci),
The Days of Days' Tong Nga Man and the currently filming
Unrequited Love in Two Cities'
Ching Jin Jan, each role is different. In each role, I'm able to
experience different lives. I am a person with high expectations on
myself, I strive to do my best in every series, but this also puts
invisible pressure on me. I'm currently learning to relax myself.
Sometimes when I'm stressed out, I would go take a stroll at the beach
and this relaxes me. My current goal is just as long as my performance
improved from the previous one, then that works for me. I try to the
best of my ability to do the best in every series. As for other matters,
just take it slowly." She also claimed she's a person filled with
positive energy and believes whatever difficulties she encounters in
this industry, she will be able to get through it smoothly.
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