The old dominatrix trick I guess. :lol
When has this actually succeeded, I wonder.

To continue this train of thought, Maggie Cheung did Irma Vep AFTER a string of amazing critical favorites. Plus it was going to be entirely different from anything else she'd done.

As for Bai Ling -- aside from gaining an odd sort of infamy for showing nipples and being offbeat in a not so affectionately quirky way... the only role I've seen her be good at was in "Dumplings". Gene Generation simply doesn't seem like a huge stretch.

I don't know how this will work to her advantage.
I have a feeling this is going to turn out a bit like... Lucy Liu's "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever". :lol

I could be very wrong though. Who knows?