23 Jun – Alyssa Chia recently expressed elation to be a part of the Japanese movie, “Candlestick”.
The actress, who plays the role of a senior executive of a Taiwanese company in the movie, revealed during the premiere in Tokyo that the main reason she took the challenge was because no one has ever asked her to play this kind of villainous role before.
“Another very important reason was that I was able to work with Japanese film king, Hiroshi Abe and that the film is about a highly complex AI financial fraud, which is very challenging,” she said.
On the other hand, Hiroshi, who also attended the premiere, said that the film has a lot of English dialogues in it, and that he is amazed by Alyssa’s ability to digest the script so quickly and interpret it very well.
“It’s amazing. I look forward to working with her again,” he confessed.
Based on the novel “Soshikiri: FX Simulation Success Story” by Tetsuhiko Kawamura, “Candlestick” follows Nohara, a former genius white hat hacker who plots to deceive the impregnable AI that is the “guardian of the financial market” and make a fortune in the FX market after losing everything.
It co-stars Nanao, Kenjiro Tsuda and Austin Lin among others.
Alyssa with the cast of ‘Candlestick’
(Photo Source: Alyssa IG)
AloJapan.com