So this is making waves in C-ent this week and we’ll have to see if it ends up happening. Wang Yibo has been attached to the romance movie The Mermaid, not to be confused with the Stephen Chow directed movie of the same name, since last year and it’s now gaining steam to head into production. The female lead in talks is reportedly Huang Duo Duo (Christine Huang), the 17 year old (turning 18 next month in Feb) daughter of veteran entertainer Huang Lei. From what I gather she’s like the female equivalent of Chen Fei Yu so obviously there will be nepo baby comments if she is cast. She’s also super young and not sure it’s a good idea for her first major project to be a big budget movie. I’m scratching my head here and more curious now with this casting melon dropped.
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