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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > Entertainment > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Film Music People Television Arts Industry Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Environment Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Bai Ling cranks up moonstruck life for "High Voltage" Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:59am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chinese-American actress Bai Ling really thinks she is from the moon, and that her grandmother lives there. Really, truly. The actress, who stars in the action movie "Crank High Voltage" that opened on Friday, has made the admission before, and she insists she is not crazy -- just inspired. "I'm not really in reality. I'm in my own universe and my mind is a million miles somewhere else," said Bai, who won a Golden Horse award, a Chinese-language film honor, for her supporting role in 2004 movie "Dumplings." "Why I feel like I come from the moon is because my mother told me I was found somewhere," she said, explaining that at night she often sees the grandmother who raised her in the celestial sphere. During a stay at a mental hospital in China as a teenager, after a difficult spell in the army, Bai said she told the staff that she was of sound mind. "I went to the nurse, I said, 'Nurse I'm not crazy. I'm an actress, I want to get out of here, I'm doing a movie,'" she told Reuters in a recent interview. As improbable as it may have seemed at the time, Bai truly was a budding actress. Soon after her release from the hospital, she was cast in a stage play, then went on to win roles in a number of Chinese movies in the 1980s. So, as impossible as it may seem that she's from the moon and no matter what some moviegoers may say about her sometimes odd fashion choices, she is, nonetheless, a solid actress. GIRL, CRANKED Her character in "Crank High Voltage," Ria, is rescued from Chinese thugs by hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham), who is on the run from a Mexican gang boss and the Chinese. The movie is based on 2006 action flick "Crank," which also starred Statham and earned $45 million at global box offices. Both films come from co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Neveldine, who rolled around on Rollerblades while filming, said Bai was the perfect fit for Ria. "We loved that she was off the wall, and she's out there," he said. "For us, directing her was about reigning her in, and that's a great thing." Bai's breakthrough Hollywood role came in 1994 action movie "The Crow." In 1997, she starred in "Red Corner," a film about China's justice system that was banned in that country. She said she had to apologize to Chinese government officials for "Red Corner," which allowed her to eventually return to the country for movie work. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN leaves Oprah atwitter Also on Reuters Video Video: Reading the economic signs Yahoo and Microsoft approach endgame on search Volkswagen may oust Toyota as world leader More Entertainment News Beyonce announces U.S. tour dates Drew Barrymore "terrified" of "Grey Gardens" role Ashton Kutcher vs. CNN leaves Oprah atwitter Heidi Klum pregnant with fourth child Yusuf Islam's past, present in harmony on new album More Entertainment News... Editor's Choice Slideshow A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. 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