Jerry Yan may be one of the most A-list of Taiwanese actors, but he’s notoriously picky with his projects so he doesn’t have as many completed works under his belt compared to some of his contemporaries. For the last two years it’s been a game of Where’s Jerry for the TW-media. Since filming Down With Love with Ella two years ago and dropping out of Material Queen last year (leading Vanness Wu to step in for him), Jerry has been virtually MIA from the public eye.
This week he triumphantly made a red carpet appearance at the Shanghai Television Festival to announce that he’ll be starring in the C-drama remake of the highly-rated K-drama Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance ( which starred Lee Seung Gi and Han Hyo Joo).
Jerry’s co-star will be the C-actress Yedda Chen, and he’ll be surrounded by heavyweights such as TW-actress Fang Fang playing the pivotal role of the Grandmother who forces her wastrel grandson to grow a pair by threatening to leave her vast inheritance to a down-on-her-luck girl, whose dad may have just died and her stepmother stole all her inheritance.
I’ve read the plot synopsis and this is definitely a blow-by-blow remake, but likely with tiny details changed, and the execution and pacing mirroring a C-drama production. Also, based on Jerry and Yedda’s age, likely the main leads will also be written slightly older than Seung Gi and Hyo Joo’s early twenties characters.
Honestly, I wish Jerry had stayed with Material Queen because I feel like he would have fit the lead character better than Vanness, and also appear more compatible with Lynn Xiong. However, since Jerry discussed in interviews that he accepted this drama because the script was so good he couldn’t let it go, I’ll have to wait and see if the C-version will wow me.
[Credit: World Journal News]
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i'm a big jerry fan!! i cant wait!!!
it's not like one of those chinese drama where they dubb their voices right?? cus it would be annoying and ruin everything!!!
lol. i don't think they would dubb his voice. there's no reason to since he can speak chinese so I doubt they would dub him or the other taiwanese actors.
wow....finally....miss Jerry so much!!
fang fang is super cool, show luo's grandmother and da jie <3
i love jerry, yedda looks pretty and fangfang is super awesome as.
so all in all, i just can't wait.
I used to be so IN LOVE with Jerry Yan back when he did Meteor Garden... It was the first ever asian drama I had ever watched (my first kdrama was Phoenix) and it was the one that got me hooked on asian dramas...
But seeing how he's changed over the years, he looks like more the horse than Prince Charming (sorry...). I remember thinking how girly Van Ness looked with his long locks when he did MG but now I'm completely fan girling over Van Ness and his bod. Yea, I know, I'm superficial... But hey, I like my leading men to look good...
If he had stuck with MQ, I thought it would have been less of a challenge given his rise to fame and his family background... so.. am glad Vanness took it up!
That said. Wish him well. So far, Down with Love is one of his better dramas. His acting still a bit stilted at times :P Oh well. He's still cute as always though.
i still forever jerry yan fan and still very bias if it him in the drama , i like him but if i dont like the female lead i just dont watch it ,well i get easily jealous hahahaha but i so glad he is back he will always be domyogi for me and alway be a fan of hana yori dango
jerry's back----yipeeee!!!
i'm jerry forever!!!!, give him to me!!
wow fresh look Ms Koala..:D
oo why Jerry dropping out of MQ?
yeah i'll be waiting for this too..it must be good cos BL was the great drama..
I really like Jerry Yan in Down with Love. Hope they don't dub his voice in this new series. Will definitely start watching it because of Jerry. However, whether I complete the series will depend on the appeal of the storyline.