Asia One
Date: Nov 25, 2017
TAIPEI – Veteran movie stars will take on a 14-year-old newcomer on Saturday (Nov 25)
Taiwanese actress Vicky Chen poses after winning the Best Supporting Actress award for the film “The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful” PHOTO: AFP
at Taiwan’s Golden Horse awards, dubbed the Chinese “Oscars”, with the teenager tipped to steal the show.
Stars began arriving for the ceremony to cheering fans, with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee among the big names set to walk down the red carpet in Taipei’s Sen Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
He will present the best actress award with Hollywood star Jessica Chastain also set to grace the red carpet.
Taiwanese teenager Vicky Chen is up against some of the industry’s biggest names for the best actress gong, including acclaimed director-actress Sylvia Chang (“Love Education”) and mega-star Shu Qi (“The Village of No Return”), both also from Taiwan.
Chen plays a hotel maid struggling with her conscience after witnessing a sexual assault, fearing she will lose her job if she reports it, in Chinese director Vivian Qu’s drama “Angels Wear White”. [FULL STORY]