其实国内对他这样的年轻演员，评判更严苛。纽约时报的影评，反而对王一博评价超高, 形容他mesmerizing,影评写道：

“Impeccably coifed and suited, with his sad smile and careful manners, the simmering, mesmerizing Wang Yibo, who plays a young spy-assassin protégée (of whom, exactly, is a central question), is like a mirror to Leung （梁朝伟）from decades ago.”。