Justin Chien’s First Splurge Purchase

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Netflix’s crime dramedy ‘The Brothers Sun’ (2024) not only put Taiwan-born actor Justin Chien on the map (and onto the 2026 InStyle Breakthrough List), but it also further cemented his love for co-star Michelle Yeoh’s work: “Her sausage fingers in ‘Everything, Everywhere All At Once’” lives rent-free in my head, he told InStyle. The star of the live-action series ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ on Netflix across two seasons, Chien is most recently garnering praise for his turn in Hulu’s ‘The Season,’ a sexy drama following Hong Kong’s richest families, from the producers of ‘Crazy Rich Asians.’

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00:00We spend a third of our lives sleeping, and I certainly try to, so it was worth it.

00:04Hi, my name is Justin Chen. I'm an actor, and I'm on InStyle's 2026 Breakthrough List.

00:10My first job was probably when I was really young, tutoring English.

00:15My first real job was I was a personal trainer in Koreatown.

00:18I realized I wanted to become a performer around the third grade.

00:24I had just done a play. It was a Midsummer Night's Dream.

00:26I played Puck, and I got to be on Wires in Hong Kong.

00:29That was my first childhood memory of, like, yeah, I think this is something I might be interested in doing

00:33for the rest of my life.

00:34My first splurge purchase was a new mattress and a mattress cover from Eight Sleep.

00:39We spend a third of our lives sleeping, and I certainly try to, so it was worth it.

00:43If I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life, When We Are Together by the

00:481975.

00:49The first thing that comes to mind is Michelle Yeoh's Sausage Fingers and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

00:53Golf content and mini schnauzer content.

00:55Damson Idris, when he appeared at the Met Gala in the F1 and they ripped off his racing suit,

01:01and he was wearing that red suit underneath, that was really dope.

01:05My mom.

01:06She said something to me at one of my lowest moments in my career that I always remember.

01:12I still get a little emotional when I think of it, and I'll probably share that when the time is

01:17right.

01:17My parents.

01:18They were on a hike.

01:20They couldn't really hear me very well, and I don't think they realized how much it meant to me at

01:25that point.

01:26But then a year later, after that project came out, I think they realized it then.

01:30Keep at it.

01:31Trust your gut instinct and really give everything you have.

01:35If you think there's more you can do, there probably is more you can do, and just give it everything

01:40you've got.

01:41Trust your gut instinct and really give it to you.

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