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Chinese actress Tang Wei was at the fashion show Croisiere 2011-2012 by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Cannes. Tang Wei's name rang a bell and no wonder - Tang had won the Best New Performer Golden Horse award after being selected from more than 10,000 actresses to act opposite Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wang Li Hom and Joan Chen in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution in 2007. In the movie, she played Wong Chia Chi and had to learn Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. Tang reportedly learned Cantonese in 2010 when she played Oi Lin, an orphan in the romantic drama Crossing Hennesy which also starrred Hong Kong star, Jacky Cheung. That really reminds me of the American actress, Meryl Streep who had to put on a Polish accent in the 1982 Sophie's Choice and a Danish accent in the movie with Robert Redford, Out of Africa. The latter is well-known for her ability to imitate foreign accents. That would be just as difficult as learning foreign languages or dialects, don't you think?
Chinese actress Tang Wei was at the fashion show Croisiere 2011-2012 by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in Cannes. Tang Wei's name rang a bell and no wonder - Tang had won the Best New Performer Golden Horse award after being selected from more than 10,000 actresses to act opposite Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wang Li Hom and Joan Chen in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution in 2007. In the movie, she played Wong Chia Chi and had to learn Shanghainese and the Suzhou dialect. Tang reportedly learned Cantonese in 2010 when she played Oi Lin, an orphan in the romantic drama Crossing Hennesy which also starrred Hong Kong star, Jacky Cheung. That really reminds me of the American actress, Meryl Streep who had to put on a Polish accent in the 1982 Sophie's Choice and a Danish accent in the movie with Robert Redford, Out of Africa. The latter is well-known for her ability to imitate foreign accents. That would be just as difficult as learning foreign languages or dialects, don't you think?
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