KUALA LUMPUR: Theatre actress Bella Rahim has been given the thumbs up from film fans, for her small but significant role in Train To Busan: Peninsula which opened in cinemas on Wednesday.
Bella, who also starred in the 2015 multi-director feature film Train Station, was lauded for representing Malaysia in the horror film, which is the sequel to the best-selling 2016 movie Train To Busan.
Netizens described her character as a pivotal one in the thriller about a zombie attack on a train.
The 46-year-old actress from Ipoh said in a news report that she was proud to be Malaysia's representative in Peninsula, and revealed that her scenes were shot at two locations in September last year.
"I spent a week in South Korea, and filming took place in Daejeon and Incheon," she said.
Bella who is a fan of Korean films, said she was delighted to have had a brief conversation with the film's main actor Kang Dong-Won, main actress Lee Jung-Hyun and director Yeon Sang-Ho.
"They were very friendly and down to earth," she said.
Paskal actor Hairul Azreen, who attended Peninsula's sneak preview on Wednesday, congratulated Bella for her role in the Korean horror film.
"This is our Malaysian actress who stars in Peninsula. Congratulations Bella Rahim," said Hairul.
Besides Kang and Lee, Peninsula also stars Kwon Hae-Hyo, Kim Min-Jae, Goo Kyo-Hwan, Kim Do-Yoon, Lee Re, and Lee Ye-Won.
Train To Busan collected US$87 million (RM359 million) at the box office, and is one of the best-selling Korean films.
Peninsula is the first film to be released after cinemas reopened on July 1.
Bella is a graduate of Ecole Philippe Gaulier College in France, where British actresses Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter also studied.
Her best known play is PAN Productions' 2016 adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into The Woods directed by Nell Ng.