Online comedy breathes life into career of struggling actress

Chinese actress Zhang Tian'ai has risen to fame with her online series Go Princess Go. [Photo/Mtime]

The series attracted more than 2.6 billion clicks within six weeks of its premiere, and one episode was clicked on 200 million times.

"Today's TV screens are full of cute girls who prefer to be fair ladies," says Zhang.

"And, there are many heroines. But, few Chinese actresses dare to endanger their images and try roles like this."

Zhang says she was taking a risk when she took the role.

"After reading the script, most people would hesitate because the story is very unorthodox," says Zhang.

"But I could understand its logic immediately. It got my imagination all fired up."

So, perhaps, her success is not accidental.