KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Taiwanese Netflix series The Resurrected was officially released worldwide on Netflix last Thursday, starring Malaysian-born actress Lee Sinje (Angelica Lee) as Chao Ching, a grieving mother seeking vengeance against a scam ringleader responsible for her daughter’s death.
Ahead of the series premiere, a small media interview was held on Wednesday, October 8, where members of the press had the opportunity to speak with Lee.
During the session, she expressed hope that the success of The Resurrected would help Chinese-language Netflix productions achieve the same level of popularity as K-dramas.
“As an actress, The Resurrected is a very great and profound story, and we have a very strong team — crew, directors, actors, actresses — so it’s a fantastic project,” she said.
“I really like it personally.
“I’m not there to have any expectation on whether the international audience will like it or not, but I really hope so because we worked really hard to represent the best of this drama.
“We will just have to wait and see,” she added.
Lee shared that the character she portrays was written as a Malaysian woman who marries a Taiwanese businessman, which made the role feel natural to her.
“I just speak Malaysian Chinese, so I feel very natural,” she told Malay Mail, adding that she did not have to practise a Taiwanese accent.
The talented actress adds another notable role to her list of acclaimed performances, including Wong Kar Mun in The Eye (2002) and Teoh Yun Ling in The Garden of Evening Mists (2019).
The two lead cast of Lee Sinje (left) as Chao Ching and Shu Qi (Right) as Wang Hui-chun.
Joining her in the lead role is award-winning actress Shu Qi, who plays Wang Hui-chun.
Her repertoire also includes starring alongside Jason Statham in The Transporter (2002) and portraying Nie Yinniang in The Assassin, which earned her Best Leading Actress at the 2015 Golden Horse Film Awards.
When asked about the challenges she faced in portraying Wang, Shu described her character as “a little woman living in her little world” who is reluctant to step out of her comfort zone.
“That’s quite the opposite personality from me,” she said.
“I had to really suppress my own personality and go into the character of Wang Hui-chun 200 per cent.
“I was also thinking about how people could be in her shoes and try to give her sympathy, and this was a really big challenge for me.
“So I just put a little bit of positivity into the character.”
Netflix has become a powerhouse platform for Asian series breaking global barriers with their creative storytelling — from Korea’s Squid Game to Japan’s Alice in Borderland and Thailand’s Girl from Nowhere.
Now, Taiwan’s The Resurrected could be next to shake up the scene and bring something truly fresh to Asian cinema.
Set in the fictional city of Benkha, the story follows two mothers bound by hatred as they seek revenge for their daughters — victims of a brutal fraud and kidnapping. As dark secrets unravel, their fragile alliance is pushed to the brink in a gripping tale of vengeance, betrayal, and the blurred lines between justice and morality.
All nine episodes of The Resurrected are now available for streaming on Netflix. The series also features Alyssa Chia, Fu Meng-Po, Sukollawat Kanarot (Weir), Chung Hsin-ling, Caitlin Fang, Lin Ting-yi, Liu Chu-ping, Vivi Chen, Rexen Cheng, and Patrick Nattawat Finkler.
