Natalie Tong Always Plays the Rape Victim

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In episode 19 of Lord of Shanghai <梟雄>, Natalie Tong’s (唐詩詠) character Chi-ching gets raped by a very intoxicated Chak Kam-tong, who is played by Kent Tong (湯鎮業). She runs out of the bedroom in tears and tries to commit suicide, but is stopped by Kenneth Ma’s (馬國明) Kiu Ngo-tin.

Netizens who watched the Saturday episode said their hearts ached for Natalie, and also praised the actress for making a convincing performance. But the terrifying episode also made netizens realize one thing—this isn’t the first time where Natalie portrays a character that gets sexually assaulted.

In the 2010 martial arts drama A Fistful of Stances <鐵馬尋橋>, Natalie gets raped by Eric Li (李天翔), and her eye-opening performances in the scenes regarding the rape’s aftermath was what got her to win TVB’s Most Improved Actress in 2010. Two years later, Natalie portrayed a rape victim again for the television drama Bullet Brain <神探哥倫布> as her character gets assaulted by Ngo Ka-nin (敖嘉年). All three of these series are costume period dramas that take place in the post-Qing era of Chinese history.

Netizens marveled at the coincidence, joking that Natalie has now become very experienced in doing those scenes. However, Natalie fans insisted that only three of Natalie’s roles were rape victims—she has portrayed dozens of different characters throughout the span of her 13-year acting career, most notably as a real estate agent (2006’s At Home With Love and 2012’s No Good Either Way).

But netizens are very supportive of Natalie, agreeing that she has a shot at competing for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s TVB Anniversary Awards.



Creds: Oncc