Well C-actor Cheng Lei certainly has parlayed his chemistry laden supporting male lead turn in My Journey to You last you into an even smexier male lead upgrade in the just finished filming period C-drama Legend of the Female Lead. With that title and top billed female lead Zhou Ye as a strong female-centric story, I’m here for Cheng Lei to see if he can hold the court as male lead and whether he can do more than just plot and brood beautifully. The drama released its first official stills this week to celebrate the end of filming after five months and these two leads definitely deliver in visuals separately and together.
Continue readingTag Archives: Cheng Lei
A new C-drama is in early casting stage but it has a pretty name and also potential leads and I like. The drama title is Green Cloud Platform adapted from the same name period romance novel set during a wartime … Continue reading
I really like this casting of the two young leads and feel like with the lack of liuliang baggage this could be a sleeper hit. Filming remains underway since late last year with period C-drama Legend of the Female General … Continue reading
After Cheng Lei got his breakout for My Journey to You there was talk of his leveling up to male lead and it’s here with the kick off filming of Legend of the Female General. The female lead is Zhou … Continue reading
There is a new period C-drama casting called Chao Xue Lu (朝雪录) that has Bai Lu and newly breakout Cheng Lei as the leads. It’s a mystery detective thriller which kinda sounds like Cheng Lei’s last drama My Journey to … Continue reading
Period C-drama My Journey to You ended unexpectedly this Friday as iQiyi went from a snail pace one episode a day to dropping the final 7-episodes in one sitting for the finale. Now that it’s over, I can safely say … Continue reading
Most C-drama OTPs are chaste but still plenty of chemistry enough to hook viewers. But it’s rare to have a sexy as all heck OTP and the second leads in My Journey to You is just burning up the screen … Continue reading