Host-actress Xixi Lim scores first lead role in new series The Blockbusters

Singaporean comedienne, host and actress Xixi Lim on the set of The Blockbusters at Legacy Dance Studio in Marina Square.These days, Xixi Lim’s days are packed to the brim. The 36-year-old Singaporean comedienne, host and actress is often on set for close to 12 hours, before having a quick dinner and then heading off to dance practice.

“This is my first time taking on a lead role, and I really didn’t expect myself to be in every scene and to have to film every day, so I was quite overwhelmed in the initial stages of filming,” the multi-hypenate tells The Straits Times over the phone during a lunch break while filming. She is among the regular hosts of the YouTube variety programme Outcasts, which has more than 76,000 subscribers on its channel.Lim says: “I’m very happy about this opportunity. There is quite a narrow genre of roles for plus-sized actresses because we are often seen as the funny ones or comic relief. So the fact that there’s a script like this – it’s an eye-opener not just for me, but also for everyone.

In her acceptance speech, she tearfully said: “It’s not easy being a plus-sized female artiste... I want to say to everyone, no matter if you’re a man or a woman, if you believe in yourself, you can do it. Lastly, I’d like to say, I am Xixi, I am perfect the way I am.” In an e-mail to ST, Ms Leong says: “We hope everyone can join the four main characters on their journeys of self-love, self-acceptance and growth.”The third season of Netflix period romance Bridgerton, premiering on May 16, will be led by Irish actress Nicola Coughlan, who is curvier than British actresses Phoebe Dynevor and Simone Ashley, the conventionally model-thin female leads of the first and second season respectively.

After a short-lived stint as a child star in the 1990s, Lim started acting in 2011. Since then, she has had to contend regularly with comments mocking her weight.

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