Beauty beyond words

"People think of me as a sweet little ingenue," she says. "But I am actually rebellious by nature.

"Those were the roles I played but now that I am an actress, people shouldn't be surprised if I branch out to do something else."

The 24-year-old finds herself typecast as the girl-next-door and is actively seeking edgier roles. Her pickiness with scripts has made her a rare young star who does not regularly appear in newspapers and magazines. Not until the recent Pusan International Film Festival, that is. "Obviously, this is different," she says.

Now she is promoting directors Tian Gao and Joshun Tong's Twilight Dancing, an edgy, experimental indie that has no conversation. Wearing a long wig and a loose-fitting white cotton blouse, Wang portrays Mei Mei, a girl who is associated with two men owing to an accident.

Since its debut at the Pusan International Film Festival, the movie has earned the actress positive reviews surpassing those for her previous work. During interviews at Pusan, audiences frequently questioned Wang about the role and the story.

"They asked about the relationship between the girl and the bus and the use of red color for the bus," she says. "Though there is no conversation in the film, audiences can interpret the story the way they want."

For Wang, the film is a realization of herself. "I feel like every role I portray shares something in common with me," she says. "I am a fairly shy person at first. But the director understood me. He used a wordless film to tell me that there can be communication without words."