C-netizens Discuss the Rumored Casting of Xiao Zhan and Zhou Ye in HK-director Tsui Hark’s Upcoming Legend of the Condor Heroes Movie

This rumor has been making the rounds in C-ent and has been gaining steam so it’s time to talk about it. HK-director Tsui Hark is reportedly making a new C-movie adaptation of Louis Cha‘s epic novel Legend of the Condor Heroes in a three film series. The first movie is called Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero and is set during the Genghis Khan seige of the walled city of Xiangyang and the wuxia heroes that rise up to protect it. Xiao Zhan is playing Guo Jing and Zhou Ye as Huang Ruong and OMG I have sooooo many thoughts. Xiao Zhan is the least Guo Jing version of Guo Jing in recollection, he’s really the perfect Zhang Wu Ji and a suitable Yang Guo, while Zhou Ye feels like the perfect personality and visuals for Huang Rong other than she can’t really act haha. C-netizens also think it’s a weird mismatch of “levels” in that Xiao Zhan is drama A-list and Zhou Ye is basically a baby rookie level still climbing the ranks.

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