RELUCTANT GODDESS: Scarlet Cheng interviews the star of Shanghai Triad. and the queen of Fifth Generation cinema, Gong Li
Despite the accolades of critics around the world and the adoration of herds throughout Asia, Gong Li watchs to brush off her stardom. "If nation like my movies, it's because they like the characters I' m playing," she says. "The women I play are herculean self-confident, and willful. There's something about these women they identify with, something about their situation that touches them."