Why does Zhou Xun look bloated in ‘Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace’?
“You can’t expect an actor to look forever 20,” says the show’s producer
The 43-year-old actress was required to play a younger, 15-year-old version of her character, Ruyi, due to the storyline, but her deep and mature voice was a strong contrast to her character’s supposed youthfulness. It didn’t help that she appeared more bloated than usual in the first two episodes, too, as compared to the later episodes where she has a noticeably slimmer face.
There’s a good reason for her rounder face, according to the show’s producer Huang Lan, and it’s no fault of Zhou Xun’s.
At a Sina-organised panel session two days ago, producer Huang Lan agreed that Zhou Xun did look “slightly more bloated” than normal but explained that it was caused by the production team’s “unreasonable arrangement” of her filming schedule.
Zhou Xun only filmed her 15-year-old scenes six months after production began and was “very tired” by then. “We already tried our best [to salvage it] with technology, but you can’t expect an actor to look forever 20,” she added.
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