C-actress Zhao Lu Si’s Potential Next C-dramas The Adventures of Jian Chou and As Beautiful as You Want Reportedly Not Getting Funding to Start Filming
There is new rumors around the next project for C-actress Zhao Lu Si that is worth sharing, it’s more likely than not true and yet another sign of how hard it is in the industry now to get a new project off the ground. Last year she went through a health scare, then breakup with her long time agency, and finally signing with a new bigger agency. There was talk that her agency was lining up a big drama project for her and the two in discussions was xianxia period drama The Adventures of Jian Chou (我不成仙 Wo Bu Cheng Xian or I Won’t Become Immortal) or modern romance As Beautiful as You Want (要多美丽就多美丽 Yao Duo Mei Li Jiu Duo Mei Li). Unfortunately for her, neither drama will be able to get greenlit right now due to funding and investor issues, especially with concerns surrounding Zhao Lu Si’s penchant for dramatics on set. The worry is that she may have problems whether behavior or health-wise, so investors are wary especially with funding harder to come by. Reportedly her team is looking to buy the rights to a big IP novel and find their own investors to self-produce her next drama.
She just needs one big break then the offers will come rolling. I haven’t enjoyed her projects since Hidden Love. All the dramas have been a ‘miss’ for one reason or another. She needs an image overhaul and needs to go back to playing the ‘nice, sweet, charming’ characters she started her career with, since the audience loved those. Her foray into playing characters with more depth has not shown the same degree of success.