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I believe she was gearing up for a Western debut but COVID halted her plans so hopefully its in the works. I read she does a lot of donating as well as raising funds but she doesn't announce it. Which I find admirable. Actually, she speaks clear, fluid English and converses very well. She is on her way, I have no doubt about that. She did a series where she travelled alone and for much of the trip when she was in Greece, she had a hint of an American accent which audiences found quite cute. Since Fan Bingbing has been absent and trying to rebuild her career, Dilraba absolutely has potential to fill that missing gap in the market. She is already considered a fashion icon so its just about making the right career and business moves.

And the fans are across Asia such as Korea, Thailand. The Swiss brand bought out 63 stars to celebrate her birthday. Damn they go hard!

Alices do this every year. And yes, Dilreba is directly involved in a lot of these causes. Not long ago she was involved in a docu creating awareness for climate change. One of her sponsors Kronenberg 1664 booked out Chongqing Guanyin Bridge which is the largest screen in Asia to celebrate her birthday.

Just wanted to share with everyone how thoughtful Alices are. They are following in her footsteps and raising money for outstanding causes such as International Women's fund, UNICEF, education assistance for schools, World Wide fund for Nature and assistance for hearing impaired children in her name to celebrate her birthday.

And don't even get me started on the LED billboards with her face on some of the busiest streets.

The difference here is that Yang Mi is partial owner along with her management. She is getting regular scripts and has proper promotion built around her. No matter how crap the script is, her star power and that of her co-star helps to pull it in which I have to say, she has starred along some popular actors lately.

Agreed that her scripts are not the best and that's because her earlier work and the way she was managed, always focused on her taking roles that first centred on the character being this other worldly beauty. She has built her career around playing these characters so it might be hard for her to pull away from that because audiences expect it.

Zhao Liying is not much better as she had played always cutesy roles. But the Story of Minglan really has proven to be the turning point in her career. I've noticed that actors tend to be their best when they play villians because Liying was great in Palace. I would love for Dilraba to play a villain. I hope she leaves Jaywalk soon. Their style of management sucks and really disadvantages actor growth.

I figured. It's a petty move on their part because they could be prospering at a great rate. Instead, they continue to let their stars be in poorly written dramas. Take Bambi and Zhang Bin Bin. They only just recently begun promoting them properly after stalling their careers for a good while now These studios waste such a good roster because they can't diversify their resources to their rostered actors..

I heard the same too. I love that her personal studio are handling her affairs and protecting her. I knew there was something up because promotion of her has been carefully and strategic handled lately. In the past, you are right. She wasn't given the best scripts nor many endorsements as she has now despite ranking in a lot of money for the studio. I reckon if she didn't gain popularity early, she would be with the rest of Jaywalk's talent. Which is sad because Jaywalk has such a promising roster.

It was a live commercial which was filmed in a store and fans were outside, all cheering and taking photos. I believe she did a similar promo event for Swiss a few months ago.

Filming usually runs against a timesheet so depends on the scene. Considering she is the protagonist, she probably went to shoot promo when she wasn't scheduled to be on set. Depending on how many scenes were shot and deleted, it would've been a very small window of opportunity. So negotiation with the studio/producers would've been crucial or advised prior to the commencement of filming. When you have a bit of weight to your name, it might be easier.

Indeed and they should be proud of her. She's on her way to becoming an icon. It helps that she has the right look and she's marketable. It's not an easy feat for an actress from China to have a collab directly with a brand with YSL when they released her perfume. She has worked hard to gain all she has especially since she's not Han Chinese. Yang zi has around the same pull in China as Dilraba yet I am always reading articles that high-end brands don't reach out to her which is a shame because I feel like she will up their appeal to audience in the midst of boycotts. I think she just needs a better team. On the strength of TLB's success, Zhao Lusi has just picked up promo work for Bvlgari and YSL's Capucine bag. Soon, she'll be in some decent editorials.

Usually, a lot of European brands choose Asian actors but they are always for the Asian region for promotion and not directly under the banner for their main brand scope. I noticed Western brands have warmed up to widening their promotional scope with Blackpink and BTS leading Celine, YSL, Chanel and Dior ads by storm.

Yeap, for the Kronenbourg 1664, she turned up to the event a few days ago and filmed the ad right then and there. The ads for the others were filmed previously. Filming commercials concurrently with series is normal for actors especially someone who is in high demand like Dilraba. I guess this is always its just work for them sometimes. We tend to glamourise it but it it's hard work especially when its on a tight schedule. I saw her schedule a while back and it's jam packed. I like that she does both. It's a great way to continue momentum for herself and also her future works. She has some of the biggest adverts in Shanghai and other major shopping malls.

Sadly it does happen, sometimes without people realising. Take Mirror: Twin Cities for instance. When it was announced that the manhua would be turned into a series, Dilraba's name, along with Xiao Zhan, was one of the first names to circulate. Producers nor the broadcasting network made any attempts to clear up the rumours instead used the buzz to gain momentum for the upcoming series. Its being spearheaded by Tencent so I am not surprised. It's a good thing Jaywalk and Dilraba are starting to be more proactive with protecting her brand, as recently they were taking action against some brands who were using her name and image to promote their shit. And I am glad, they're broadening her cannon so she gets to work with a variety of networks!

She's done Colorcode, New Leaf and Colorkey in this short span of time. Then she's done more promo for brands she's already an ambassador for such as Kronenbourg 1664, Qina and Louis Vuitton Capucines bag.

Apparently she's scheduled for some upcoming work with YSL but that has yet to be announced hopefully it's true because her signature perfume with them was divine so fingers crossed!!!

Honestly I hate these drama rumours because they use her name to create buzz for their upcoming series then don't even bother to at least let her read for these parts. I hope that the Legend of Anle rumours are true because it sounds exciting but judging by the scriptwriters past dramas, he loves using his female characters as vessels for the heroic arch of the male leads.

It shocks me too. Leo was recently at a Gucci event and Dilraba has been named an ambassador for 3 new products.

The fandom still going strong.

Just saw Leo and Dilraba at a few high end events and both are looking amazing!

I love that scene. His eyes had so much pride and content, knowing that all his efforts were worth it.

New goal fandom, lets get the comments up to 30k!

Probably. It would've been much better if they stuck to the manhua. It made it much more interesting and complex.

Does anyone else watch sword fighting scenes and suddenly want to wield a sword? Because same lol

I know, I want it too bad. She wore it for the Weibo Stars Awards night.

Just wanted to make a quick shout out to the fandom getting Reba's past 3k. I believe she is now the most liked Chinese actress on here! :) Here's to supporting our iconic Queen.

Is the second a modern or historical drama?

Ikr. It looks sooooo cute. I want one! lol