The battle of the dual female lead billing has appeared to have a decision. C-actress Ju Jing Yi will be top billed over co-female lead Chen Du Ling in director Guo Jing Ming‘s next drama Painted Skin. The male leads will be Zeng Shun Xi and Tian Jia Rui but no one cares about that haha. The billing makes sense from a popularity standpoint as Ju Jing Yi is way liuliang volume over Chen Du Ling and this year had a smallish hit drama with In Blossom. Filming is reported starting at the end of November and the drama is slated for late 2026.
If Fangs of Fortune was a bigger hit CDL might’ve had some leverage but i guess ultimately in terms of sheer celeb power JJY has her beat
She is one actress I never warm to. But her visual are definitely popular with locals.
The photo above makes her looks slightly different…
Which one? JJY or CDL?
Ju Jing Yi…
Honestly, I don’t get her visual besides being really skinny onscreen which I’m sure she’s even smaller offscreen.
It’s a bit silly of CDL’s team to fight for top billing. JJY still has more popular shows compared to CDL. Both almost same age but JJY has led in more shows than CDL.
Doesn’t matter to me, since this is GJM’s drama I will most likely skip it unless its trailer absolutely wows me.
Second this.
Dropped fangs after 4 episodes. And i dont even remember the ending of his MJTY.
I third this!!
Speaking of GJM’s drama, how is Fangs of Fortune faring in ratings, reviews, and overall buzz amd reception?
It flopped.
I see complaints about line delivery and action scenes being too slow, too many BL scenes, incoherent storyline etc.
I kinda wish JJY and ZSX choose a different drama. Because apart from them, the whole rumored cast for Painted Skin is just a 2nd Fangs of Fortune and it looks like another flop in making.
They prob let Fangs of Fortune to air first and see its reception. But ultimately it flopped so I guess Chen Duling wasn’t able to use it as her leverage.
I like Chen Duling but her team is quite delusional to even think she had a chance at first billing again JJY. Yeah, Duling was in two of the biggest hits last year (Mysterious Lotus Case Book and Till the End of the Moon) but her character was minor to the plot of both and she had nothing to do with why the dramas were so popular. JJY has had multiple hit dramas where she was the FL; so why would anyone give first billing to someone whose biggest success was when they played supporting?
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TTEOM was popular coz of Luo Yunxi, Bai Lu… I think Deng Wei was festured more than CDL. And I don’t see how impressive she was that she could push aside a more popular actress.
I wonder if CDL has more followers than JJY’s 29 million weibo followers…. Maybe she has??!!
Sorry left out @shan
Anyway well I guess CDL must be the muse of the GJM. So he might step on other actresses to give to more screen time to CDL.
It’s a risk to take on this production as he may sideline JJY like what happened to her in Blossoms and Sword & Fairy.
No, she’s not his muse. CDL’s character is an absolute waste of space in FOF.
Her team put out so many articles against Bai Lu claiming that she eclipsed the female lead. Maybe they really did believe in the marketing hype they created. Fangs of Fortune’s flop should bring her back to reality.
JJY was the original female lead for Fangs of Fortune. But she rejected it due to her conflict with iQiyi and went to Youku for Qian Xiang Yin. If anything I think GJM has long wanted to work with JJY since ten years ago where he asked if JJY wanted to film his movie. Besides, CDL herself is kinda side-lined in Fangs of Fortune.
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Got it! So is JJY fortunate to miss the role in FoF?
Does GJM have any favorite actors or actresses ….like how Yu Zheng keeps promoting Bai Lu and Ju Jinyan under his agencies…..
Sorry JJY has confict with iQIYI? Like contracts or something? I read that JJY is being sued by her previous agency. Hah they refused to let their golden goose go away. ….
So much hype about this FoFshow, I was thinking of watching it. But having three dramas at the same time is too much for me. I wanna watch both Esther yu and Zhao Lusi… but now I have to choose….. hmmm
Idk. Qian Xiang Yin is yet to air so we dk how well it would do compared to Fangs.
GJM has a set of supporting actors he uses for every single drama – Tian Jiarui, Lai Weiming, Xu Zhenxuan, Yan An. These people + Chen Duling will again star in Painted Skin.
JJY offended iQiyi when she called them out for letting Chen Zheyuan get away with the billing issue for Sword & Fairy 4. Yeah but JJY counter-sued her agency for faking her signature.
Honestly you should just try 2 eps of each and see which one you prefer.
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Thank you! I checked out your list of GMJ’s supporting actors and they are indeed a bunch of good looking actors. Some are even picking up supporting lead roles…
Wow Chen Ze Yuan’s team really worked hard to get him top billed. But it was done sneakily ya… I am surprised that iQIYI would do that to JJY. I also hope to see her unharmed from the recent conflict with her former agency.
Okay as what you’ve advised, I will check out the shows.
Also, I just noticed Chen Du Ling in main lead in The Glory (adapted from the web novel “The Reborn Noble Girl Is Hard to Find” (重生之贵女难求) by Qian Shan Cha Ke)
and He Hong Shan is supporting lead actress… wow they are really elevating CDL big time.
By the way, I happened to watch episode 1 of Dawn Amidst Hidden Clouds (2024) starring Yu Zheng’s new IT girl Zhao Qing and Chang Hua Sen. Needless to say, I am more interested in this new guy even though I dunno anything about him as I’ve yet to watch him in Are You the One. But too bad, Zhao Qing still doesn’t impress me, whether it’s looks or talent.
Yep they are good looking for sure. But sooner or later audience is gonna get sick or confused at seeing the same cast for every GJM drama lol. Not to mention all his dramas have that dark eerie asthetic he’s so fond of.
CZY is one of iQiyi’s affiliated artists afterall. iQiyi seems to be suffering alot as none of their dramas are a hit this year. Audience is complaining that they are just giving all the resources to their “princes” and “princesses” without caring about compatibility and chemistry. JJY’s agency seems to have such a bad reputation that the industry is basically ignoring them and JJY is still able to film and attend activities. I think she will be fine imo. At worse she has to pay a hefty sum thats why she’s counter sue-ing them to avoid that.
CDL actually had many supporting roles and side-lined lead roles before finally getting her first female-centric role in The Glory. I don’t think she’s elevated too fast compared to other people who just get lead roles straight away lol.
I like Chang Huasen too. He’s good looking haha. I’m looking forward to his drama with Gong Jun. Yeah Zhao Qing is kinda mid but I think Yu Zheng will be able to find some way to push her like how he did with Wu Jinyan lol.
Well, we all know CDL can run laps over JJY in acting. No loss to anyone if he gets a worse actress to star in his dramas. It’ll just prove to everyone how much of a crapshoot he already is.
The glorification of mediocrity. Cdramaland working its hardest to make a mediocre and shallow “actress” big while a lot of trained ones are struggling in the darkness. Even though I like money and I agree each production deserves its return of investment still everything need a brake and balance. The reign of quantity the reign of mediocrity
Gjm. Skip. I can’t anymore with the pretentiousness. JJY + Gjm? Just make it a pretty music video and be done with it