Jessica Hsuan Has Been Held Hostage 27 Times In Her 27-Year Acting Career

Talk about a plot point done ad nauseum.

Hongkong actress Jessica Hsuan, who’s been in showbiz for 27 years, made a hilarious declaration in her latest TVB drama, Armed Reaction 2021.

The 50-year-old, who’s appeared in a wide variety of dramas and movies over the years, somehow always finds herself playing the role of a hostage on-screen.

As early as 2017, netizens had already pointed out that the actress is almost a “specialist at being taken hostage”, with some even nicknaming the actress the “hostage with the highest survival rate”.

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Surprisingly resilient

And yes, they crunched the numbers too, revealing that Jessica has a survival rate of 92.86% when held hostage. Not bad.
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Jessica's had it

This interesting “record" is also probably why the writers chose to have some fun with the script for Jessica in this one episode of Armed Reaction 2021, where she’s taken hostage yet again.
In the drama, Jessica plays a cop who has a fear of guns after being held hostage by a criminal.
As she’s held hostage, Jessica yells out a series of lines: “You want to hold me hostage? Why must I be a hostage? Do I look like a hostage? I’ll never be a hostage again. Even if I die, I’ll never be a hostage again!”
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It's an interesting record, to say the least

But of course, it was all in good fun.

In a short interview, Jessica later shares that she feels “honoured” to be able to hold the record of being the “hostage with the highest survival rate”. And for good reason too ‘cos there’s probably no one else in the industry who can lay claim to Jessica’s crown.
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A sample of Jessica's hostage experiences over the years

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