On stage he used to play mostly tragic emperors, generals or ministers, and when he made the leap into television and film, he got typecast for leader-of-the-nation roles, playing the emperor Zhao Kuangyin one moment and Lee Teng-hui the next.
以往他在舞台總是扮演悲劇性的帝王將相居多，跨行進入影視界，也幾乎成了國家元首「代言人」，一會兒演趙匡胤，一會兒成了李登輝；這會兒要如何以喜劇詮釋一個小人物，令人十分好奇。