International star Shu Qi recently accepted an interview in mainland China, and when reporters asked her about filming porn movies in the past, she immediately broke down into tears.

China’s ‘Sohu’ website reported that when she was young, Shu Qi regarded Veronica Yip as her idol. (Miss Asia runner-up, who became famous after filming porn movie ‘Pretty Woman’ and then successfully transformed and was nominated for Best Actress in the Golden Horse Awards for her film ‘A Roof With A View’). Shu Qi thought that if Veronica could do it, then so could she, and she would do whatever it takes to become famous. However, now Shu Qi says: “Back then I was only 17 years old, I didn’t even know what I was doing, and I didn’t know what price I would have to pay later for this mistake.”

Hong Kong director Wang Jing chose Shu Qi, and told her to go to Hong Kong to film porn movie ‘Sex And Zen,’ and just like Veronica, she immediately shot to fame after stripping. However, afterwards Wang Jing said to Shu Qi: “Although you are still young now, you should think more before you do something, if you continue like this, it won’t be good for yourself.” Didn’t Shu Qi’s parents try to stop her? She replied: “I think my parents knew that it wouldn’t work, so they never once told me off, but instead chose to silently guard over me, waiting for me to wake up.”

How did she wake up? Shu Qi said: “There was this one time when I was on the streets of Hong Kong, and a lorry drove past me, and several men inside it yelled at me ‘Porn Star’ . Those 2 words sounded so ear-piercing to me, and this finally made me realize what I had done, and that this was the kind of impression I was leaving on everyone.” Once she said this, Shu Qi immediately broke down into tears and said: “This incident left a big effect on me, and I was determined that from then on, I would only film good movies. The clothes I’ve taken off, I want to put them back on one by one.”

Source: UDN
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