So director Guo Jing Ming is famous for his works focusing more on visuals and aesthetics over all else. If he’s lucky and has a compelling story and good actors then it works like My Journey to You, but most of his stuff just comes off as empty but pretty. He’s planning to make the C-drama version of Painted Skin, the C-movie that deals with the Chinese horror folklore about a woman demon who wears painted human skin and has lined up his cast in talks. The original movie he also remade into a short form C-movie that came out in 2019 so he’s adapting his own version. The female leads will be Ju Jing Yi, Chen Du Ling, and Peng Xiao Ran, and the male lead is Zeng Shun Xi. This story is highly female character centric and the male lead is just there to be pulled and pushed in different directions with the ladies. No word on when this goes into production.
Awww ~ reminds me of Lotus Casebook where ZSX is the lil eager puppy to his seniors but this time with ladies .. My interest is piqued..
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Joseph Zeng Shun Xi looks mixed and pretty.
Peng Xiao Ran looks a little plastic but still pretty.
Ju Jing Yi is pretty enough.
Chen Du Ling is too much of a plain jane and basic looking
@Eh
I love JJY and Joseph …. They had good chemistry in The Rebirth. It would be interesting to see her acting in a more challenging capacity than her usual sensible and intelligent next door girl types.
I like Peng Xiao Ran but I find her taking similar roles lately. Strong woman type. Her mannerism and gestures slightly tomboyish and it’s just a little bit out of character for ancient Chinese dramas who are usually deeply trained in etiquette ….
Sigh…. Chen Du Ling… I think she is very lucky to get lead roles in ancient Chinese drama series which places very high standards on beauty… she must be under a super good agency
Am I the weird one? But I like chen duling in her debut movie left ear. I don’t really watch cdrama these days so I don’t watch her work, but she did look stunning in the still for that drama with fang in the title, with her face smeared with blood. I think she has that good girl or good wife type of beauty, and it creates this uncanny sense when she plays bad character
@Eh Are you implying that looking mixed is better? Lol. Joseph Zeng is average looking. He has a big head, and his face and body have no harmony. Lol.
@Eh, were you high when you wrote this comment? 🤡 Joseph Zeng also looks plain and basic. @Rei, his face in particular lacks a lot of harmony. His bulbous nose is distracting to me.
Lol Peng Xiao Ran playing second to Ju Jing Yi. Lmao
There’s no PXR… Rumor has always been Ju Jingyi, Joseph and Tian Jiarui with Chen Duling potentially making a guest appearance as Ju Jingyi’s master.
Exactly 🤡
She is the better actress but doesnt have the backing or popularity. Its no different from the rumors of Ding Yuxi playing second to Yang Yang. This project might be good for PXR if she is casted since she needs to garner more interest. She’s an older actress and is running out of time to turn her career around.
LOL too. PXR would overshadow JJY totally.
Ju Jingyi is having such a massive glowup in resources after leaving her old agency.
I gave on JJY ages ago, her acting will never improve but I am sure many will tone in for the sake of Joseph Zeng and JJY CP
LOL. My Journey to You also came off as empty but pretty.
If aesthetics is what he wants, he’s got it because it certainly isn’t acting he’s going for.
None of these ladies’ acting has moved me. I like Joseph Zeng, but this drama sounds ill-fitting.
I reaLLLLLy loved Ju JingYi & Zheng Sunxi’s chemistry on screen & behind the screen in ‘Rebirth for You’ Im so glad to be able to watch them together in costume again!
Joseph Zeng reminds me of Wu Jinyan, both are decent actors but when they’re called pretty or beauty, it’s funny because it seems East Asians are lacking. They’re not: big heads, faces without harmony and proportion. They are a joke when putting next to actually attractive co-stars. She in particular looks hideous in The Double next to Yang Chao Yue, Ai Mi, Joe Chen, Wang Xing Yue.