Speaking about reuniting with co-star Tuan Tran in a new project, Phuong Anh Dao said that this is an advantage. "Tuan Tran is a lovely, skilled co-star and very sincere in connecting everyone in the crew. Tuan Tran brings pleasant work energy," she shared. Because they have cooperated before, the two no longer spend time on initial awkwardness. "This time we are less polite with each other, that is, the distance is closer, we can exchange more comfortably, and argue more to build a new pair of characters together," the actress said.
However, the biggest pressure for her lies not in the second collaboration, but in portraying the character Ngoc vividly. According to Phuong Anh Dao, Ngoc is a type of character with an imperfect past, even "bad", so it is not easy to create goodwill from the beginning. "How to touch the hearts of the audience, convince them to believe and empathize is what I think most about," she confided.
After the success of "Mai", the actress admitted that she received more love from the audience, but accompanied by greater expectations.
Being loved a lot will come with expectations. I think that's normal. I myself have also had expectations for myself before," she said. For Phuong Anh Dao, no milestone naturally appears without a long journey ahead. Today's success is the result of many roles, both morning and evening, both successful and incomplete.
Before the question of whether there is revenue pressure or pressure to surpass "Mai"'s achievement of more than 500 billion VND, while "God-given Treasure" only reached 70 billion VND, the actress affirmed that she does not put the two films under the same conditions for comparison. "Each film has its own destiny, each crew creates its own achievements. Mai has her own success, and God-given Treasure will also be the same," she shared.
Phuong Anh Dao believes that if you always only think about "more, more", people are very likely to fall into unnecessary pressure. "Life must have times of going up, times of turning this way, turning that way. The important thing is how to be happiest, how to exercise to feel most satisfied," she added.
For the actress, the only motivation when coming to the film set is still to do her role well: acting and contributing to the story. She believes "God-given Treasure" will be suitable for many audiences because the film is like a "feast" of many dishes - with family, emotions and laughter so that everyone can find something in tune for themselves.
