Fan Bingbing Responds to Tax Evasion Scandal Question in First Major Appearance in Years
Fan Bingbing is back on the global stage for her first major appearance in years.
The 41-year-old Chinese actress stepped out for the press conference and premiere for her new film Green Night at the 2023 Berlinale International Film Festival on Thursday (February 23) at Zoo Palast in Berlin, Germany.
The Green Night premiere marks Fan‘s first appearance to promote a major film since she was involved in a tax evasion scandal back in 2018. She was held under house arrest while tax authorities investigated her records. She was eventually fined $70 million.
Fan, best known to American audiences for her work in X-Men: Days of Future Past and Iron Man 3, was most recently seen in the spy thriller The 355 alongside Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, and Lupita Nyong’o.
While at the Berlin press conference, Fan responded to a question about the scandal despite the moderator’s attempt to move on.
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“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Fan said through a translator (via Deadline). “I was at home, and I’d like to thank all my fans worldwide for being concerned about me… I was dealing with some things, but you know, everybody’s life has highs and lows, and when you reach a low, you steadily, gradually climb back up again. It’s a tough process, but you learn a lot of new things at the same time and a lot about the world and a lot about people… For me, it was a very good experience in retrospect… Everything’s fine with me now.”
Fan made her first Berlin appearance in 2007.
“I’m back a dozen or so years later and it’s like a restart for me… Acting is something I’ll probably be doing for my whole life… I’m going to stick at it. Wherever I am, whoever I’m playing, this will be things that I want to do and I’d like to thank all friends around the world for your support and I hope to be able to play lots more different types of parts and I hope to bring that to you in the future,” she said.
FYI: Fan is wearing M Essential at the press conference.