Meet Jelly Lin, actor Stephen Chow’s muse

Fans think Jelly Lin looks like Taiwanese actress Shu Qi.

Jelly Lin Yun doesn’t like to speak much in public. In fact, the 20-year-old star of Stephen Chow Sing Chi blockbusters The Mermaid and Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back couldn’t remember her prepared acceptance speech when she went on stage to accept the Rising Star of Asia Award at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Konglate recently ... she said little beyond courtesies.

Media interviews with film stars tend to drag on beyond their scheduled time slots, but Lin was apparently so efficient at dispatching reporters’ questions in the preceding sessions that our slot ended up starting 25 minutes early. Reticent and exceptionally soft-spoken, the actress talks about acting, Chow, and her ambitions.