Anson Lo Eyes Mental Illness Roles After 'The Season'
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- Anson Lo appears as himself in "The Season," a six-part English-language series from PCCW Media and SK Global set for a global premiere in June 2026, with a cast that includes Jessie Mei Li, Chris Pang, Karena Lam, Justin Chien, Yvonne Chapman, Celina Jade, Toby Stephens and Lee Jae-yoon
- Lo said he wants to pursue roles involving trauma and mental illness, framing the interest as both personal and local: "As a Hong Kong person myself, Hong Kong people feel very stressed every single day."
- Since his 2020 solo debut, Lo has won four consecutive Chill Club Male Singer of the Year gold awards, a 2021 MAMA Best New Asian Artist (Mandarin) prize, and drew close to 40,000 attendees across four sold-out 2023 concert nights
- Lo's international performances have included the One Love Asia Festival in Malaysia (2023), the SBS Supersound Festival in 2024 and Waterbomb Singapore in 2025, though he said performing abroad still makes him nervous
- Lo credited his years in Mirror with shaping him as a performer, saying observing his bandmates' "strengths and weaknesses" built his stage experience
- Lo said the two principles he will not let go of are being humble and being ambitious, and attributed Hong Kong pop's revival to genre diversification rather than any single catalyst
Why it matters: Lo's casting in a PCCW Media/SK Global English-language series with a transnational ensemble signals a concrete pipeline for Mirror members into global English-language production, not just overseas stage slots. His stated interest in psychologically demanding roles would also test whether a Hong Kong male lead can carry that territory commercially.
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