Tia Li Steps in for Puff Guo and Pairs Up with Aaron Yan for Next SETTV Sunday Drama

I can’t imagine there is any TW-drama viewer out there thinking it’ll be a great idea for Aaron Yan to pair up with Tia Li for a drama. Well, let me step back and say that I don’t know how it’s possible to even think it’s a great idea for Tia Li to keep acting in dramas in the first place. The girl has one facial expression that passes for every emotion under the sun. Out of the three Dream Girls, only Puff Guo can passably act due to a natural effervescent charm and the ability to actual move her facial muscles once in awhile while reciting lines of dialogue. With Puff’s star blasting through the roof last year, in no small part due to the raging success of her onscreen pairing with Aaron Yan in the SETTV Friday night drama Just You, she’s apparently gotten too busy to even move up through the SETTV ranks. The network wanted to reunite Puff and Aaron and give them the most coveted Sunday night drama time slot for the upcoming drama to follow the currently airing turd Deja Vu with Yao Yuan Hao, Mandy Wei, and Jenna Wang. Due to Puff’s packed to the gills schedule which includes filming We Got Married Global Edition season 2 with Heechul of Super Junior, she’s had to pass on this plumb leading lady role but her agency doesn’t want the chance to fall to another actress so has managed to replace Puff with her group mate Tia. This will be Tia’s first leading lady role in a Taiwan drama, though last year she already netted her first leading lady role in China filming a collaboration TW-C drama called Tao Nu Lang (淘女郎 Tao Girl) with fellow TW-stars Lin Yo Wei and James Wen. I don’t dislike Tia because she’s rather harmless to watch but it’s undeniable that she’s a really really bad actress. The upcoming Aaron-Tia drama has the literal Chinese title of Falling in Love With Two of Me (愛上兩個我) and the only synopsis available is that Aaron plays a guy with dual personalities. He’s a cold arrogant businessman by day, a warm house husband type by night. That’s basically smushing his character and Puff’s character in JY together, right? The drama starts filming in two weeks with a scheduled end of March premiere. On one hand I’m glad Deja Vu is toddling off to the great drama abyss in the sky, but on the other hand I’m not feeling a potential drama crack coming up unless Tia magically learns how to act.


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Tia Li Steps in for Puff Guo and Pairs Up with Aaron Yan for Next SETTV Sunday Drama — 30 Comments

  1. Sigh. I was so hoping that this was not true. Tia was bad in both Office Girls and in Miss Rose–so she cannot play bad girl or good girl. She seems like such a nice person, so I don’t understand why her management would keep putting her in things so people make fun of her.

  2. I remember really a long time ago, there was a group of us (maybe a 100 of us?) used to pair him up with Hebe Tian and called the duo “Bebu”. But that was ages ago. haha

  3. Thanks I’ve been wondering if this was true or not after reading it on some Aaron fan page a week or so ago but wasn’t sure how reliable they were… Bummer puff is pretty darn cute with him

  4. Lol Surprise, surprise! Aaron is playing an arrogant and cold character… again. I don’t see how Tia and Aaron pairing up is such a big deal, since their acting level is pretty much the same. Tia actually has the excuse of being pretty much a newbie while Aaron has been acting and playing the same type of role for years and it doesn’t look like he’s gonna get any better than this.
    Besides, Puff and aaron pairing up again after such a short time wouldn’t necessarily mean that they would repeat the success of Just You. Did everyone already forget George Hu and Annie Chen’s “Love Around” fiasco?

  5. Noooooo, I really enjoy their chemistry in Just You…. And was waiting for a reunion for Aaron and Puff. No offends but I don’t like Tia acting because she is too stiff…. But either way I will TRY to watch just because of our cute Aaron… I do hope that there will be a future reunion for Aaron and Puff. I’m also looking forward for Puff in WGM.

  6. i still can’t erase her as the evil third wheel acting all innocent in office girls..why can’t they just wait untilk puff guo was free..ughhh

  7. Aaron, oh Aaron. I’ll start this for him, but I have no idea if I’ll stay if Tia doesn’t pick up the slack. Ugh ): hard to see him with another lead when Just You just ended ): I’m still trying to adjust myself~ still daydreaming about Puff & Aaron <3

  8. Loved Aaron and puff in just you so so much!! I was also excited about them reuniting. Hopefully they will act together again in the future!

  9. Well Tia Li is a taurus sign and Aaron is a scorpio, i wouldn’t be suprised that they are so opposite, but hey opposite attracts 🙂 I also like Puff Kuo but we should give Tia Li a chance too.Let’s wait and see how this goes~

  10. I truly think puff guo is better with Aaron can than Tia because in behind the scenes of just you they were very close and more natural than with Tia

  11. I have seen almost every drama from Korean to Taiwanese. I like Tia’s acting. I don’t understand why people put her down as being a bad actress. Yes she does not have a lot of expression in fee face. But I feel with enough time she will get better. She is doing a fine job in this series. I do like Puff. And also feel that Puff would have done a better job. Tia (fighting)

  12. Must agree that her acting can’t really compared to Puff, although she is the acting senior. I honestly would have preferred another actress and not a Dream Girls play. Tia and Aaron have 0% of the chemistry that Puff managed to pull of with him. It was sizzling between Puff-Aaron.

  13. Aaron and Tia are so cute, honestly they have a unique chemistry. their movie ‘Fall in love with me’ is airing in the Philippine Television. I don’t know why many people don’t like them as a couple (love team). Tia is so gorgeous and she seems have a good personality too. She’s so cute whenever she get shy.If Just You is better than Fall in love with me, how come it doesnt aired in other countries?

    • I finished watching Fall in love with me and I loooooved it a lot! I even watched every BTS from opening song to ep. 20 (but ep 17’s bts can’t be found in youtube, help!)

      Reading many netizens loving just you over fall in love with me, I searched for just you series and, I can’t understand why they say Puff pulled off better chemistry with Aaron, cuz I find their drama mmm… don’t get mad, but it’s boring. It’s been a week and I just finished 5 episodes. I finished all 20 eps of Fall in love with me in just over a week (if not for work I could’ve finished it faster. Cuz I’m always excited what will happen next). As for just you, I can wait for a day or two to see the next ep., cuz I don’t find excitement at all.

      I loved Aaron after watching FILWM, esp after watching the BTS videos, cuz they clearly show how he and tia look good together (watch ep 16 bts, lovely!)

      But one thing I realized bout A Bu watching his vids, interviews, BTSs, and reading stuff from fans bout him, he’s a flirt. Haha! =D

  14. I like the chemistry of Aaron Yan and Tia Li because for me it is the perfect couple rather than Puff Guo.and lets just accept that Aaron Yan and Tia Li are perfect match. People here in the Philippines enjoy watching Fall in love with me because Aaron Yan and Tia Li have a best skill in acting.Did you know that all my classmate love Tia Li so much because she is great even if some people embarrass and judge her.For us She is better and most beautiful than Puff Guo.
    oops I embarrass the Fans of Puff Guo But please Im also a one of a fans of Tia Li so please dont embarrass her because she is a human too if she read your embarass comment what do you she felt? to the Fans of Puff Guo sorry for my word but please think before you judge someone in other words dont judge the book by its cover

  15. I like the chemistry of Aaron Yan and Tia Li because for me it is the perfect couple rather than Puff Guo.and lets just accept that Aaron Yan and Tia Li are perfect match. People here in the Philippines enjoy watching Fall in love with me because Aaron Yan and Tia Li have a best skill in acting.Did you know that all my classmate love Tia Li so much because she is great even if some people embarrass and judge her.For us She is better and most beautiful than Puff Guo.
    oops I embarrass the Fans of Puff Guo But please Im also the one of a fans of Tia Li so please dont embarrass her because she is a human too if she read your embarass comment what do you think she felt? to the Fans of Puff Guo sorry for my word but please think before you judge someone in other words dont judge the book by its cover

  16. pinangungunahan nyo namn cla hnd nyo pa nga nakikita yung movie nla ni aaron and tia …. hnd nmn sya bad actress! tsaka may chemistry kaya clang dalawa pra nga clang real couple..lalo nah pag nakita nyo yung fall in love with me… ayyyyyyyy nakaka inlove… bagay na bagay sina tia at aaron … para sakn dito sa philippines mas bagay c tia at aaron ….NO OFFENSE

  17. SANA MAY BAGONG MOVIE SNA TIA LI AT AARON … BOTH LEAD ACTORS AND ACTRESS… BAGAY NA BAGAY TALAGA CLA AS IN.. TSAKA HND TALAGA MAWALA SA ISIP KO CLANG DALAWA LALO NA C XIAO LU/LU TIAN XING AYYY AARON YAN PLA..HEHEHEH

  18. whats wrong with tia li,?she’s beautiful..and that’s not true that she only has one facial expression that passes for every emotion under the sun..how could you say such a thing..?watch “fall in love with me” and you can surely in love with her…if shes not that good in acting then why they choose TIA LI to be the leading lady of Aaron yang? maybe she’s not that good…not all actresses are good..right?thanks

  19. I personally think that Puff and Aaron are more compatible with each other because you can really see the sparks between them and they can make your heart go crazy. I respect Tia, so I will never have bad comments about her. But in my own opinion, I like Puff better. Puff is a very flexible actress. She’s a good singer, model especially on acting because she can portrait her character well. (And for the record, have you guys ever notice how Puff looks more like a Korean rather than a Taiwanese?) with her eyes and cute smile, OMO! she definitely resembles Park Shin Hye (A very popular actress in Korea; Pinocchio) & Yoon Eun Hye (a very popular actress especially when we remember her in Princess Hours) Her pairing with Hee Chul (SuJu, a very famous idol group) on the Global We Got Married Season Two was also a success so it makes my shipping couple two. (1. Puff and Aaron 2. Puff and Hee Chul) On her recent award (China Wave Award) Puff showed her great and outstanding skills as a star that her popularity will not only shine in Taiwan but also on the other countries as well. No matter what, I’ll support you Puff! Eonni, FIGHTING!

  20. Haiz. I really like Tia li in this series. It’s true that she’s a bit stiff when it comes to acting. I cringed when her crying sounds a lot more like laughing and screaming at the same time, (although there are definitely quite a few parts which was done incredibly well). But when I look through her bts it seems she’s very sincere about having fun at the same time as working and that’s the most important thing in a job. When it comes down to Puff, I think she is worse in the acting department (or maybe it’s the character she’s given in Just You, in that case, pardon my comments). She was trying too hard to be all cutesy trying to pull off im-such-a-cute-8-yr-old and im-so-helpless-i-need-someone-to-carry-me look. I almost thought someone is going to pick her up from kindergartner. It is terribly irritating! She seems more materialistic when compared to Tia. So what I’m saying is if you ask me Tia Li or Puff Guo, I will immediately reply Tia. An honest, easy-going gal is what acting industries lack these days. I hope at least a few of you can agree.

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