“Acting has absolutely been my dream. Since I was a child, I have always loved being on stage and performing.”
It’s a dark brooding night, sharp concrete and metal silhouettes dominate the background, armoured Sentinels drop from the sky. Blink opens a portal and teleports to warn the rest of the mutants. That’s the opening scene of X:Men: Days of Future Past. Fan Bingbing-sleek leather jumpsuit, purple streaked hair and iridescent green eyes-made everyone stand up and notice the badass mutant.
When you think of Fan, what immediately comes to mind are her luminescent complexion, slender jaw and piercing black eyes. But in the two decades and more that she has been in the film industry, she has proven that she is a lot more than just a pretty face. Her calculated defiance, steady gaze, all embedded in a face that could-all cliches thrown in- launch a thousand ships have launched quite a few movies. The 2014 Marvel movie, albeit her breakout Hollywood role,. Fan, who plays a Chinese intelligence agent, co-stars with Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Sebastian Stan and Édgar Ramírez.
