Bai Lu spoke candidly about her physical limitations while filming her upcoming costume drama Unveil: Jadewind (唐宫奇案), which is why she thinks it’ll be her last action-heavy drama. The Chinese actress who turns 32 this year and has opened up about health issues in the past intends to prioritize her health.
Bai Lu shared, “Indeed, my body is not like before. If I do front flips now compared to the past, when I filmed Arsenal Military Academy and The Legends, really, when it comes to flexibility, I can’t help but admit I’m getting older. In the future, I feel that my ability to complete such stunts would be lacking. So I hope to reduce these kinds of projects. I think that Unveil: Jadewind would be my last drama where I’d be giving it all, with so many action scenes.”
Playing Li Peiyi, the chief imperial guard in the Tang dynasty, Bai Lu reportedly underwent three months of intense training in swordsmanship, horseback riding, and close combat. Despite her rigorous preparation, she confirmed that the filming pushed her body to its limits, and she plans to significantly reduce high-intensity action scenes in the future. However, she’s not completely closing her doors, but rather, she is still open to performing action sequences, but in moderation.
foulthings
I don’t personally know her obviously so I can’t say for certain and this is speculation, but at 32 her body shouldn’t already be unable to perform these stunts. She has visibly been extremely underweight since at least her drama One and Only and I am wondering if this is the reason why. I fear that this may be an issue for many of these actresses (and a good chunk of male actors!) who spent their entire 20s so undernourished.
XZF
Correction:
@Foulthings instead of @foulthings
Du
Excellent point! Chinese actors and actresses sometimes look like ghosts how thin they are. I was shocked when I saw them first time in real life. Not that Koreans are much better but still comparing to C-ent they are. I think most ppl cannot even imagine how undernourished they are. They always were several layers of cloths, and those that accept to undress in scenes sometimes wear naked bodysuit props. That’s how thin they are.
XZF
@foulthings
Yes. Definitely I agree with you on that issue. Some actors when they were topless in dramas – it shocked me how thin they were. Even if they gain 10 more lbs they will still look so nice & healthy. A few of them look very unhealthy.
Anne
32 is still young but her saying all these just shows how unfit she is. all these actresses are super underweight and dont even have a single shred of muscle tone in them. all are stick skinny, including the male actors and only focus on looking super skinny and being on diets. how is your body gonna be healthy, fit and build muscle with all the irregular eating and dieting? most of the actresses dont even exercise and just lose weight by starving themselves, of cos they aren’t gonna have strength to perform action stunts.