My vow of silence was shattered three months in, when I was introduced to my native-Chinese conversation teacher. double quotation mark Eight years after making my Chinese teacher cry, I was a featured extra on a Korean setFive years later, I finally made it. Weeks in Korea turned into months, and months turned into years. This shoot led to another, more music videos led to adverts, and more adverts led to the holy grail: Korean dramas. Eight years after I had made my Chinese teacher cry, I was sitting on a Korean drama set.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2026 06:02 UTC