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Making A Splash Abroad
A feather in Mark Lee's cap
With a nomination for a Golden Horse acting award under his belt, home-grown comedian Mark Lee's efforts to show his chops as a serious character actor are finally paying off
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In the film Number 1, actor Mark Lee plays a retrenched white-collar manager (left) who unwittingly gets a job as a drag queen (right) and discovers his talent and love of stage performances.
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When local actor Mark Lee first heard that his performance in the film Number 1 had been nominated for a Golden Horse Award, his reaction was: "Oh, okay."
Speaking in Mandarin in a telephone interview with The Straits Times, the 52-year-old says: "It only slowly dawned on me as people started sending me their congratulations that, 'Wah, I got nominated for Best Leading Actor'."
