Zhao Wei
publication date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (part of Fall 2015)
category: 
Movies
clue: This star of hits about soccer and princesses may be one of China's most successful actresses (literally: one of the four), but in some places she's better known for staring at one viewer from his television set.
explanation: Zhao starred in Shaolin Soccer and My Fair Princess. She was one of China's "four dan actresses," a quartet of very successful actresses who dominated entertainment in the nation in the early 2000s. In 2015, a viewer watching her show Tiger Mom sued her for inflicting spiritual harm on him by staring at him through the television screen. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
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