Hong kong to Hollywood: Mission impossible 3 and die hard 4 star maggie Q on CNN'S Talk Asia

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New Delhi, November 8, 2007

Airtimes: Indian Standard Times

Saturday, Nov 10 at 0600, 2130

Sunday, Nov 11 at 0700 & 1930

One of Asia's hottest actresses Maggie Denise Quigley, or Maggie Q as she is better known, joins CNN's Kristie Lu Stout on this weekend's TALK ASIA. The star discusses her scene-stealing moment in the Tom Cruise blockbuster Mission Impossible 3, working alongside another megastar Bruce Willis in the fourth 'Die Hard' movie, her personal struggle to find her place in

Hollywood and her passionate fight for animal rights.

Maggie Q tells Lu Stout how her audition for Mission Impossible 3 taught her to have full confidence in her abilities and to focus entirely on what the role demanded. She explains how on the morning of the audition she woke up jetlagged from her long haul flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles and was shaking and trembling with a high fever all the while knowing she couldn't miss this once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity.

Q's Hollywood debut opened up further movie opportunities including her second big role, this time as the villainous cyber-terrorist Mai Lihn in 'Live Free or Die Hard' with Bruce Willis. Her career up to that point was marked by cameo appearances in movies such as 'Manhattan Midnight', 'Rush Hour 2' and 'Around the World in 80 Days'. More recently, she's had an on-screen romance with Hong Kong actor Andy Lau in the Chinese historical epic. Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon', playing the granddaughter of a warlord. She tells Lu Stout this filming experience, some of which took place in the Gobi Desert, was the hardest thing she has done.

Away from the big screen, Q has seven dogs and devotes time to campaign for animal rights. She and Lu Stout visit a local dog rescue center as she explains her passion for the cause and her involvement in producing an animal rights documentary.

Growing up among the palm trees and beaches of Hawaii, Q was born to an American father and a Vietnamese mother. She explains how her background has at times hindered rather than helped in her career, as she thinks the vast majority of scripts are written specifically for 'white' women. She adds that she wants to be remembered as Maggie Q instead of just another typecast Asian actress.

For more program information on TALK ASIA visit www.cnn.com/talkasia.Transcripts are only available online after the program has aired.

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