Tag Archives: Peng Xiao Ran

Period C-drama Love and Crown with Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran Manages to Deliver an Even More Absurd and Ridiculous Ending When Viewers Were Already Expecting to be Bad

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C-drama Love and Crown feels like if a group of middle schoolers played Mad Libs and then made a drama out of it. Reportedly the script was written/rewritten/unwritten as filming went along and it certainly delivered on that foundation. The ending this week, which I along with any viewer watching expected to be bad, actually outdid itself on just how … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Love and Crown with Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran Opens with Anemic 4.8 Douban Ratings as it Limps Towards Finale

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I would love to take poll and find out when other viewers dropped Love and Crown. I dropped at episode 22 and when I checked back this week I realized it has 35-episodes total and I wonder if others have the fortitude and tenacity to watch it all. I was genuinely worried about brain damage so had to quit but … Continue reading →

Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran’s New Period Romance C-drama Love and Crown is a Masterclass Level of Bad in Acting, Narrative, Directing, and Visuals

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I’ve been meaning to write about recently premiered period romance and revenge C-drama Love and Crown (凤凰台上 Feng Huang Tai Shang) with Allen Ren (Ren Jia Lun) and Peng Xiao Ran ever since I watched the first episode, but then I started having trouble formulating phrases much less full sentences because this drama is both sooooo bad and sooooo stupid … Continue reading →

Youku Premieres Wuxia Period C-drama Dark River with Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran This Week October 20th

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For some reason I thought this drama would be an early 2026 release, but heck come on down and join the October 2025 C-drama party Dark River! This weekend Youku announced the release of the drama this Monday October 20th and I don’t see a lot of promos but recently a few air drops have ended up being surprisingly successful … Continue reading →

Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran Enter a Contract Marriage with Major Stakes in First Preview for Period C-drama Love and Crown

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The first teaser is out for Youku period C-drama Love and Crown, which like its title suggests involves the monarchy and romance in equal measure. Though it looks way more scheming and political than any actual romantic vibes in the preview, with male lead Allen Ren back to being poker faced and Peng Xiao Ran reminding me so much of … Continue reading →

Wuxia C-drama Tales of Dark River with Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran Wraps Filming and Releases Production Video First Look

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I gotta say, this drama actually looks good IMO. C-drama Tales of Dark River wrapped filming recently and the production released an official behind-the-scenes look at the production process and filming as well as first posters. Starring Gong Jun, Peng Xiao Ran, Chang Hua Sen, and Yang Yu Tong, the drama is adapted from the same name novel and also … Continue reading →

C-netizens Liking Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran’s Visuals in New BTS Filming Stills from C-drama Tales of Dark River

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After a few weeks of the costuming atrocity coming out of the xianxia C-drama set of Love Beyond the Grave, this is a bit of eye bleach to cleanse the fugly. New filming stills are out from the set of wuxia C-drama Tales of Dark River and show leads Gong Jun and Peng Xiao Ran filming a scene together when … Continue reading →

Director Guo Jing Ming’s Planning C-drama Version of Painted Skin with Female Leads Ju Jing Yi, Chen Du Ling, and Peng Xiao Ran

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So director Guo Jing Ming is famous for his works focusing more on visuals and aesthetics over all else. If he’s lucky and has a compelling story and good actors then it works like My Journey to You, but most of his stuff just comes off as empty but pretty. He’s planning to make the C-drama version of Painted Skin, … Continue reading →

First Look at Gong Jun and Cast Filming Wuxia C-drama Tales of Dark River

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This feels like an anchor project for C-actor Gong Jun, a make-or-break moment for him to stay an A-list drama male lead or show that Word of Honor was indeed a one-hit wonder for him. He hasn’t had a hit in four years and the most promising ones Legend of Anle and Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact were both … Continue reading →

Peng Xiao Ran the Lead Actress Opposite Gong Jun in Wuxia Drama Tales of Dark River, with Yang Yu Tong and Chang Hua Sen as Second Leads

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The final casting has shaken out for the upcoming wuxia C-drama Tales of the Dark River and it is slated to go into production with filming to start next month in mid-June. The female lead is now confirmed as Peng Xiao Ran, and the earlier discussed female lead Yang Yu Tong turns out to be the second female lead. The … Continue reading →

Youku Confirms Period C-drama Phoenix Stage and Releases Teaser Posters with Leads Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran

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So Allen Ren is super busy with one drama filming after another but sadly for me the one I was looking forward to the most is in the same predicament as Liu Yu Ning and his upcoming dramas. While Liu Yu Ning’s Prisoner of Beauty is stuck as the prisoner of purgatory due to female lead Song Zu Er, same … Continue reading →

C-actress Peng Xiao Ran Looks Like a Different Person in New Period Dress Snowy Photoshoot

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Is it new year new face for C-actress Peng Xiao Ran, or a case of makeup and styling lending to the unrecognizable flair. The actress’ agency released a new snow scape period attire photo shoot this week, which is fairly common for actresses to do their own shoots for promos, but if her name wasn’t attached to the photos I … Continue reading →

Youku Releases Period Drama Shining Just for You on November 30th with Peng Xiao Ran and Feng Xiao Feng Echoing Shades of Her Previous Hit Goodbye My Princess

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I didn’t watch 2019 hit period C-drama Goodbye My Princess but it was impossible to miss the pictures and posts all featuring Peng Xiao Ran as the titular princess dressed all in red as a princess from the outer tribes swept up in an ill-fated romance. It was career making for her so it’s frustrating to see her new upcoming … Continue reading →