First Look at Country Boy Wu Lei in Concept Teaser for Wuxia Period C-drama The One
So the Tencent period C-drama The One (Chinese title Jian Lai 剑来 which means Sword Comes) has been filming since the end of 2025 and is reportedly close to wrapping production within the month. I didn’t even realize that even though I’m looking forward to this drama since it stars Wu Lei as the male lead and is his first drama filmed in close to three years. This drama story and arc is absolutely the class wuxia tale of an ordinary boy with a great fate and his growth to becoming a swordsman fighting injustice. The concept teaser released hammers home the ordinary boy aspect, showing Wu Lei fishing in a creek looking as country boy as possible. The teaser does have some AI vibes but it’s just a first look and I’m really curious what the drama will look like in terms of full costuming and color grading.
Concept teaser for The One:
It will be interesting to see Wu Lei and Vanda Margraf acting alongside Chang Chen, given that the latter is such a fine actor. He has been solid since his youth, as seen in A Brighter Summer Day.
Wu and Margraf are so-so.
Oh great! Bring back the wuxia swordsman journey from nothing to greatness. I miss those types of shows. Tired of everything involving court politics.