Recently I just discovered the incomparable #SunLi #孙俪 Although she's already pretty famous internationally for her role in Empresses in the Palace aka Zhen Huan Zhuan (后宫·甄嬛传), I actually didn't know who she was. I actually avoided this drama when it was super popular back in 2012 because I'm one of the only ones I know who did not really like TVB's War and Beauty (金枝慾孽). I wasn't very interested in yet another drama about scheming women who had questionable motives at times.
So how I discovered Sun Li is a little more unusual than most people. Lately, I took a much needed big break from work. And during this break I happened to watch ep63 of this Mainland Chinese drama called Nothing Gold Can Stay (那年花开月正圆) on TV.
Strangely, I found the episode quite interesting and I wanted to find out more about the relationship between this melancholic tree climbing mother and her rebellious adopted child. And because of this, I started watching 那年花开月正圆 from episode one on-wards and I really loved most of it. And more importantly, that's how I found my latest obsession, Sun Li. She was phenomenal in the drama and I fell in love with her.
As all my old buddies know, when I really like something, I can get a little obsessive. Haha!! I feel compelled to watch all that they have done or listen to all that they have composed. That's how it was for Lau Ching Wan, Ada Choi and Kajiura Yuki. I've watched some pretty blah stuff for Lau Ching Wan's and Ada Choi's sakes. Luckily Kajiura Yuki's work is mostly good so I didn't have to suffer too badly. :P I also did the same for Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai and Johnnie To. I have watched a ton of their work and actually liked or loved a lot of them.