Anson Lo on Wanting Roles About Mental Illness, the Rise of Hong Kong Pop and His Global Ambitions: ‘It’s Wonderful to be Me, But Also a Little Bit Challenging as Well’

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Anson Lo is one of Hong Kong’s most recognizable entertainment figures, but he still describes himself as feeling small.

The singer and actor – best known as a member of boy group Mirror and as a solo force with four consecutive Chill Club Male Singer of the Year gold awards to his name – spoke to Variety on the sidelines of Hong Kong FilMart, and the portrait that emerges is of a performer defined less by his accolades than by the pressure he places on himself.

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