So this is a high profile IP project for the C-drama Tales of Dark River adapted from the same name novel and anime. It’s a wuxia and assassin tale with a strong male lead character and will be starring Gong Jun in the lead role. Now the second male lead is confirmed as fast rising young fresh faced Chang Hua Sen who needs to deliver way more than his lovelorn puppy one-note performance in A Journey to Love for me to get behind his suddenly being everywhere. But the issue with this drama now is that it’s having a hard time finding a female lead who will take second billing to Gong Jun and that the production wants. The first isn’t popular enough and the latter doesn’t want to take it. The most recent name attached was Zhang Yu Xi and that won’t happen either, especially after Gong Jun’s fandom attacked her for not being popular/pretty enough for this role and her side actually issued a legal warning letter to stop the online bullying. I’m popcorn watching back here to see which actress ends up in the project.