Categories: TW & C dramas

Aaron Yan and Tia Li are Gorgeously Flirty at the SPop Magazine Signing for Fall in Love with Me

I’m still staying away from Fall in Love with Me with Aaron Yan and Tia Li after a terrible first episode (IMO) and lackluster follow up episodes that left me floundering for any reason to keep watching when I couldn’t stand Tia’s acting. The lure might just be here in the recent promotion that Aaron and Tia went on for the magazine signing fan meeting as they graced the June cover of SPop Magazine. The magazine is published by SETTV so it always features the popular leads of the network’s latest idol or weekly dramas. I bet the next month’s issue will have Puff Guo and Liu Yi Hao from Pleasantly Surprised on the cover. Back to Aaron and Tia, I loved their SPop cover and photos which is a testament to how Aaron rocks both acting and still photos equally. He’s just got charisma and the ability to move his face into all sorts of sexy smirky looks. My biggest gripe with Tia isn’t that she is a bad actress, honestly Puff used to be pretty bad too especially in parts of Just You when she overacted until I wanted to give her sedatives, it’s that Tia’s bad comes in the form of being really stiff.

Her face barely moves and she says her lines with this robotic tone of voice that destroys my sanity. Feeling and intonation matters a lot in Mandarin. I find her voice lovely but her line readings need the help of a dedicated speaking coach. Aaron and Tia do look ever so gorgeous together both in the SPop spread and attending the magazine signing, and sometimes the promise of gorgeous eye candy plus angsty make outs can tempt me back. Aaron definitely knows how to fan the flames as evidenced by his princess carry of Tia and then kissing her with a finger strategically between them. He’s purposely cockblocking himself so audiences will turn to the drama to get the fix. Damn him! Aaron is also in the news for abruptly shutting his mega popular Weibo account and he explained at this event that he was getting fed up with antis flooding his account with plastic surgery allegations and generally hijacking posts over fans who actually wanted to get updates on his life. It’s a tough line to toe and I’m sorry any entertainer needs to deal with the critical aspect of their job.

Tia is much MUCH better as a stills model than she is as an actress. I love these pics of the couple together!

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  • Aaron yan should be memorialized with a statue right in front of that production company hahah thats how much he is awsome !

  • She looks so awkward in those top photos from the event, I find it weird she is so stiff even in real life. But even if she is a horrible actress I'm liking fall in love with me I just keep picturing how good it would have been with pretty much any other actress.

  • I watched 3 episodes and I just really found no motivation to keep following the drama. I don't know, there's something about her acting. However, the only plus side to watching the first 3 episodes was discovering Aaron! How did the drama gods give birth to such a perfect human being?! His jaw line!
    Contemplating if I should watch Just You...newbie to T-dramas.

    • Yes! Watch it!
      Qi Yi > Lu Tianxing, hands down. Plus you'll get to hear more of Aaron's beautiful voice in the Just You OST. ^^
      However, be forewarned that JY is all brainless fluff, though imo it is nowhere nearly as offensive as the idiocy that is FILWM.

  • No matter how much I like Arron, I also stayed away from this drama because of Tia. Really never liked her acting at all, plus I don't see her as a convincing female lead whether it's acting or the way she looks. Despite the occasional awkwardness and overexaggeration, Puff is way better. At least she looks sweet. Tia... IDK sorry but she just has that look that reads third party. In addition to her personal rumours, she just gives off too much of a negative vibe.

      • Rumoured to be the third party of Roy Qiu and Tang Yan, also with many insiders such as Tang Yan's assistant and her bff Yang Mi that hints that the rumours were true. The news was quite big back then. I love Roy, but even I kind of believe that he wasn't good to Tang Yan.

  • She looks stiff even here. It's like she's forcing herself to crack a smile. And it's sad because she's very pretty and should be happy on her drama! with Aaron Yan! lol. I will try watching this after the bar.

  • Like you, I was turned off by the first episode of Fall in Love with Me. However, I got back into it during a short-lived drama famine, and found that the show wasn't too bad. I prefer Just You, because I honestly think that Puff has better chemistry with Aaron. Unfortunately Fall in Love with Me is now into the big separation/nobile idocy part of the plot, and that gives Tia plenty of opportunity to look stiff and emotionless (can I say how thrilled I was that Rock 'n Road's BS/NI turn lasted less than two episodes? Although, I'm not sure that another one might be coming...)

  • No wonder I don't see him on weibo anymore. what to do when people out there refuse to acknowledge that he naturally looks like a Greek god, only smaller and Asian.

    How many episodes is the drama? It is getting seriously draggy with all the crying, morphing and seemingly unnecessary side stories. The leading lady is like a foil to aaron, her parents make more of an impression than mopey she. I hope the writers will give her a backbone rather than just the ability to shout and cry. The butler's my favorite character ATM.

    By the way, are aarons's lashes for real? He looks like he has eyeliner on all the time.

    • "naturally looks like a Greek god, only smaller and Asian". Erm... No. Just no. Refusing to see that aaron's face is completely plastic at this point is being beyond delusional. I assume you're a new fan, because if you followed him from the beginning you wouldn't be saying something like that. Just go and see how he looked in his Fahrenheit days (pre "Super Hot" era, that is when both him and Jiro Wang got themselves a new nose). Aaron used to look like a cute anime character, now he looks like a very feminine Ken doll.

      And quitting weibo account was the best thing he could've done for him image, imho. He might still be one of the prettiest taiwanese stars around, but he also got the worse temper imaginable. He got a pass when he was still with frh because he was the cutest and the youngest, so everyone blamed it on immaturity. But he often throws tantrums even nowadays and goes on long rants on his weibo, insulting even his own fans. So... yea. If he just shut up and let people stare at his pretty plastic face instead, he might do a lot better...

      • Aaron looks the same. He just outgrown the baby fats.He trains really hard to maintain his fats at 3.3% and who will looks the same from 19-28?

        If only I can post picture here.

        As for quiting weibo, he just would like a quieter place to interact with fans. Whats wrong with that? He is still on facebook and instagram. He did not insult fan. He is well known for loving and protecting his fan. Do your research before you post.

  • So cute together ^_^ I actually enjoy FILWM. Probably because Aaron plays in it and I get to see his divine and overly handsome appearance. Such a sight to see.

  • I rarely agree with negative drama assessments but geez this drama's first ep was horrendous. I watched the preview and found the trajectory ludicrous and never turned back.
    Tia Li is one of the stiffest "actresses" I've ever seen... EVER! How is it she's even bad showing up to an event as herself? But I'd love to see what happens in the studio to make her print sessions so lovely. What on earth are the photographers whispering in her ear that a director can't?
    Perhaps it's a matter of what she enjoys and doesn't. Can't help but feel bad for her everytime I see her. She's delightful as a DG and I think she loves her day job. Wish she could just stick with that.

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