#THREE WISHES SINGAPORE DRAMA SERIES#
I expected the series to do well but I didn’t expect it to do this well. How do you feel about the popularity of Yanxi? He is a loyal friend, and a faithful lover. For the drama, I play him more bubbly and more lovable, and he has high aspirations to fight for his country. I play Hai Lan Cha who, historically, was an imperial guard of the Emperor during the Qing dynasty and who later on became a big general who won many war victories.
#THREE WISHES SINGAPORE DRAMA TV#
We caught up with Wong to get his thoughts on his new-found fame and what the differences between the China and Singapore TV industries are like:Ĭould you describe your character in Story of Yanxi Palace? Story of Yanxi Palace is Wong’s second drama in China, after Love and Passion which is set to be aired later this year. (He previously said in an interview that his salary in China for one drama series was equivalent to what an actor makes in Singapore in two years!) Wong told Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore that he still hopes to return to Singapore to act “if there is a good script and a right role”, but said he had to further his career elsewhere as the tiny local TV industry can be rather limiting for talents. Qin Lan and Lawrence Wong co-star in Story of Yanxi Palace. The show is also popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. The Qing Dynasty drama, which also stars Hong Kong’s Charmaine Sheh and China’s Wu Jin Yan, is currently airing on cable television in Singapore, where it has gained an avid following. But Yanxi seems to have struck a special chord with its audience and has become the single biggest hit in China this summer, having recently concluded its 70-episode run on the iQIYI platform with 15 billion total streams. Now Lawrence Wong ( not the Minister for National Development) has turned into a superstar in China with his supporting role as general Hai Lan Cha in the hugely popular period drama Story of Yanxi Palace.Ĭhinese television churns out soap operas about palace politics all the time, a genre perenially popular for all the nasty schemes that empresses and concubines cook up to tear each other down. He left Singapore to further his acting career in China because he felt that local showbiz wasn’t offering him enough opportunities to shine.
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