Singapore, April 16 -- Lawrence Wong's career has been going great guns in the past few years and, now, he is branching out.
His success seems heady, but it did not come overnight.
The actor has been a steady presence in the local entertainment industry for over a decade, first with a breakthrough role in the 2010 telemovie The Promise (for which he nabbed his first Star Awards nomination) and then with supporting roles on hit TV dramas such as 118 (2014 to 2015) and Three Wishes (2014).
But it took a gamble on his career and leaving the country for the Malaysia-born actor to finally hit the big time.
Wong, 39, left Singapore for China in 2016. And in that much more competitive and crowded field, he managed to nab a role as a palace...