Yang Yang in Talks as Male Lead to Join Zhang Jing Yi in Xianxia Period Drama A Beautiful Destiny
So the casting continues in looking for the confirmed leads for xianxia C-drama A Beautiful Destiny (Chinese title 月都花落 Flower Falls on the Capital Moon). Actress Zhang Jing Yi is basically confirmed for a few weeks now but the male leads are still in discussion. The latest word is that it will likely be Yang Yang, and that will make him top billed and will continue to add to her resume of working with male leads with big fandoms. Zhang Jing Yi is currently enjoying the popularity of mega hit C-drama Legend of Zang Hai while Yang Yang’s big male lead centric xianxia drama The Immortal Ascension was supposed to air in March a few weeks ago but now will likely drop this summer. It’s certainly very busy in C-ent with so much casting, filming, and dramas airing news.
C-ent continues to put pace K-ent in terms of volume and variety and with so many rising and established stars it’s a casting directors dream to mix and match across genres and platforms. I’m curious why the production cost crises that plagued K-ent doesn’t happen to C-ent? Fewer and fewer K-dramas are being made with the same 10-15 stars working together back to back. Fresh combinations are rare and very few end up having chemistry. Still K-content is dominant for now but C-ent is having another banner year and quickly catching up which is good to see. Maybe it’s time for C-ent and K-ent crossovers again like in the pre THAAD era. J-ent and K-ent are already collaborating on a large scale and frequently which is good to see. Excited for the Marry My Husband adaptation directed by Ahn Gil Ho. Looking forward to more Asian content domination and collaboration.
You wonder how long Cdrama land can sustain w/ the # of dramas they produced. Their Alister artists are making more $ than most of the average western actors, but so many actors are barely making enough. How devoted are fans to stay motivated with the same story line and loveline.
In general, the film/drama industry are experiencing set back. But so far, Cdrama has so much backtrack dramas and so much awaiting drama to be produced. I know that a while ago IQiyi was investing alot on int’l fans but they haven’t been able to make enough as they are still in the early stage. I wonder how they are doing now. I do see more and more Cdrama on Netflix so maybe that’s a good sign to settles more of their bills.
I have a feeling Cdrama will cut down production and produce more worthy dramas.
But it’s not just their dramas even their movies are thriving and getting picked up by Netflix on the regular. There is clearly a strong demand for their content and for every 10 new stars China produces Korea only gets 1 which why the veterans in their 40s are still thriving. The era of JJH, SHK, SYJ is still continuing. Same for HB, GY, JIS etc. The 30s stars are only now breaking out with IU and Suzy getting more and more recognition and PBY finally getting good projects. KTR as always continues to dominate but she’s left films and gone purely into dramas just shows how little room for growth there is.
There was a time many look forward to Yang Yang next drama..similar to Xiao Zhan. But Yang Yang’s acting is inconsistent plus he takes long breaks, his popularity is replaced.
I hope this drama will be good.
They certainly are a beautiful pair… guess we will see if they will act well together.
ZJY continues her winning streak of male leads and good projects. Her and ZJM are rising steadily through the ranks which is great to see.
The FL is a decent actress. I’ll check this out although the synopsis doesn’t appear interesting to me. You’re My Glory was last drama of Yang Yang that I got to enjoy. It’s been a while. I hope he can up his game. Although he is limited in acting, he does have visual merit that actors covet. That’s his huge asset. Actors can mostly improve acting skills through experience and hard work, as many K actors have demonstrated. Visuals, however, need going under ouch LOL painful knives. Therefore, I don’t dismiss him as many Cdrama fans do or wish for his downfall (, specifically on Reddit sub full of self-absorbed “objective” fans of certain actors LMAO “objective” my as*). I hope he will have another breakthrough soon.