Yang Zi’s Next Project Confirmed to be the Daylight Produced Tibetan Plateau Set C-drama Tree of Life with Male Lead Bai Yu

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• Hold it for just a second. What does AI face swap mean?????? I remember it to be the drama with Chris Wu that got shelved and now they are planning to literally keep his scenes and just alter his face through AI…????? Nauuurrrr 🤣

  • Who is the face swap lead for sure? It would be interesting to see out of curiosity. Like if the face suits the body or not. And see whether it takes away from the actual drama or not. I wonder if that might be the main reason people will watch or not. It is so bizarre.

    • I am tuning in out of sheer curiosity too. AI has gotten so advanced if this is now a possibility. The cost associated, not to mention the optics. We all know it’s CW’s body there but the face would be different and the expressions too??? Truly bizzare.

  • It will do both, they will do the AI face swap and film some scenes with the new male lead Yanng Zi actually did film many of her scenes again, they never intended to make the drama shelved,if I remember they said that Lu Han is the new lead not sure ab that

    • I thought it was supposed to be Peng Guanyin that was the replacement. Did it change again?

  • Swapping face is nothing new in the filming industry at all. There are plenty of examples in the West using this CGI technique, e.g., Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Good CGI would deceive a lay person (without CGI expertise) from telling faces that are being swapped. Also deepfake is already prevalent on social media that has become a concern to many governments. The Double also swapped the face of one actress who was cancelled for tax(?) scandal.

    • Yes rogue one I remember however you could tell cause the face looked awkward with Princess Leia and the old dude who had passed on and they ai his face. My memory it was alike yet not so alike but now things are more advanced and maybe better. Idk 🤷🏻‍♀️ I haven’t seen the double yet so I can’t comment on whether it looked good or not.

  • They did replace most of kris wu scenes with peng guanying refilming but they also made use of AI for some scenes. Yangzi and chen zheyuan with some other actors had to refilm their scenes

• I love both actors. Always mesmerized by Bai Yu's acting and enjoying YZ's performance in LYF. I also loved the projects of Daylight Picture. Those dramas mentioned above were amazing.

  Omona, finally... The Golden Hairpin.... who's the substituted male lead? Hopefully it'll really be aired on late fall.

• OMG what great casting choices! I love Bai Yu, he’s so smexy. Underrated but so darn good! Yang Zi snagging both great actors under the same agency in a roll! First Li Xian and now Bai Yu. Yay!!!! I look forward to both Flourished Peony and now this!

• Bai Yu came a log way from his awful hairstyle in Love 020... I have enjoy a great number of his dramas. He may seem underrated... but I suspect he chooses to be so. He could rid on the Idol marketing path years ago but he does not. I am suspecting, he rather balance his career with his private life. And being a Idol may gain more $$ in tthe bank but it can also loss alot.
  Bai Yu just want to act in dramas that suits him, he does not want to be controlled by investors etc...
  Again just my speculation...dont quote me on this.

  • LOL. You reminded me of that awful character in Love 0202. I have disliked BY since perhaps because of that role he took for Love 020 or just thanks to his acting that is not my cup of tea.

    I have an unpopular opinion here. BY isn't as popular as others perhaps the industry also knows there are many drama fans who don't really appreciate him that much. LOL

    • In Love 020 they only tried to highlight the main leads. LOL. I also remember that Mao Xiao Tong had an awful hairstyle + bad character writing. LOL. Bai Yu looks aren't up to my alley but I genuinely think his acting skills are far better than MANY liuliangs out there.

    • I never knew he could be disliked. I watch his show, enjoy his acting but have absolutely no interest in anything else. Thus he is not someone I would say i like in the manner I like Xiao Zhan, etc..

    • Omgee, saaaame! Did not like Bai Yu because of Love 020 with his dorky hairdo and this still sticks to my feeling as of today.

  • Omg, I had to look up Love020 to spot him as the dorky guy. He has come such a long way since.
    I have only watched a couple of his recent dramas, very versatile actor, I didn't think of him as an idol actor at all.
    Look-wise, he reminds me a lot of young Tony Leung.

    • He did look so dorky then 🤣. He have come a long way.

• Where was this confirmed?

  The melon is for YZ and Bai Yufan, not Bai Yu. So where was the confirmation?

  • I'm also looking for the confirmation because Bai Fuyan is a good actor too. I'm enjoying him on Ripped Town (which is a great surprise).

    • Ripe Town*. LOL.

  • @Lyss

    There is no confirmation yet. I am not sure where koala found it when there is no official announcement.

    It is almost certain that she is the lead in this though, all credible melons point to it but the ML isn't because YZ is not happy with their choice so she wants a different one.

    • Lmfao where did you hear your own story from?? who said that she isn't happy with Bai Yu?? A lot of ppl are saying that his name got mixed up with Bai yu fan (reason is quite obvious)

• Bai Yu is a very solid actor. I like his The Bond vy much. He was good in Parallel World too. Im also liking YZ pairing with a veteran rather than noona-dongseng