The drama just started filming and the initial murmurings over female lead Dilraba Dilmurat‘s look for Love Beyond the Grave has now exploded as new filming fan pictures have come out. Dilraba’s fandom are furious over what they perceive as ugly, unflattering, and over-the-top accessorizing of her character along with heavy makeup. The Weibo page for the drama has dropped in subscriber numbers as her fans have been posted on both the drama page as well as the Weibo pages for people involved including investor Huang Xiaoming, Dilraba’s costars in this drama, the director, and the costume designer demanding to change her outfits. Her fandom created a detailed 10 page powerpoint itemizing what is wrong with her looks so far and showing suggested looks instead. The costumer designer is reportedly offended and has doubled down refusing to acknowledge the complaint and going ahead with his vision.
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So there are fewer and fewer S+ budget C-dramas these days as it’s like putting all your chips on black or red in one roulette turn. Investors prefer to spread and risk and use the same amount to invest in … Continue reading
I would say Q1 2024 was not the best for C-actor Chen Zhe Yuan getting all that negative online chatter over his maybe casting and later not casting in C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land with Dilraba Dilmurat due to … Continue reading
So I’m not sure this is a great achievement to have done but it’s definitely quite a feat. C-netizens are discussing actor Zhang Ling He this week after he’s currently filming a modern C-drama Our Generation but already signed on … Continue reading
Well okay, shocks may be a little excessive what with the rumors of the two dating for many years now, but it does seem completely out of nowhere in timing for right now. C-actress Wu Jin Yan and actor Hong … Continue reading
The C-drama is titled Zhu Yu 逐玉 or Chasing Jade and is based a same name novel and will now get an adaptation. Casting insiders are saying the leads will be Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei, both have … Continue reading
So there is movement on a C-drama highly sought after due to the topic and the production team. The drama is titled Tang Gong 唐宫 or Tang Palace and is from the production company and team of Strange Tales of … Continue reading
So C-actress Zhao Lu Si is going from Love’s Ambition, her recently finished filming modern romance, into another of the same genre titled Almost Love. This isn’t just a casting melon as the production of Almost Love has released the … Continue reading
It looks like modern C-drama Family Business is starting filming soon as the schedules for the leads have aligned and the investors are chomping at the bit for a rare S-plus budget drama. The female lead is Yang Zi, no … Continue reading
So this may be one of those murky periods and it makes sense to try and do something right now before there is anything more definitive to come. Last week C-actress Song Zu Er had her year long tax scandal … Continue reading
The summer is over for good now that Labor Day is past and that means a slow down of drama releases but the ones coming seem more serious fare. Tencent is reportedly premiering Love of Nirvana (流水迢迢 Liu Shui Tiao … Continue reading
I live for constant drama casting roulette because its fun to ponder potential pairings even if it doesn’t pan out. This past month has had a lot of discussion over the casting of the C-drama adaptation of Gu Man novel … Continue reading
There is a new C-drama that kicked off filming titled Love Beyond the Grave (Chinese title 慕胥辞 Mu Xu Ci) based on a C-novel. Starring Dilraba Dilmurat, Chen Fei Yi, and Wei Zhe Ming, the first pictures are out of … Continue reading