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Gong Shangjue is the real ML
Very biased review coming - nothing much about the drama, just me gushing over Cheng Lei!
I really love Zhang Linghe but Ryan Cheng overshadows him by miles in this one.. His ruthless 'villain' character was so multifaceted and believable - unlike most wooden unfeeling similar characters. I also get why MLs are usually the mean/mysterious ones.
I always find it weird like why would these mean/unfeeling people be the main characters and the nice and truly good people always end up being the 2ML. In real life, no one wants to fall in love with those kind of people. Seeing the swap in this drama make me realise that this obviously not real life and in a drama, I guess I also prefer the mysterious handsome man~~
That being said, I don't think he's better looking than ZLH but man, his acting in here is just too good to overlook and it makes him soo attractive! And his character is not like the usual ruthless characters where they don't smile at all, look constipated and wooden all the time. I just couldn't help falling in love with Gong Shangjue <3
To be honest, the whole cast really did a very good job.. Don't know why I waited this long to watch this! (I know why - I had A LOT of reservations about Esther Yu - cannot deal with her usual baby voice, but everyone was right, she's really good in this). I would say I really watched the whole thing because of the cast and the camerawork - every episode is so beautiful, if they made it less black I'd probably be happier. The story itself is not without flaws, the flow of the story and the role of the spies could be made better so I'd only give a 7/10 for the story. The drama was saved by the beautiful cast and their acting skills.
Also going to pretend the last 5 minutes didn't happen.. What's with cdramas and their endings these days
I really love Zhang Linghe but Ryan Cheng overshadows him by miles in this one.. His ruthless 'villain' character was so multifaceted and believable - unlike most wooden unfeeling similar characters. I also get why MLs are usually the mean/mysterious ones.
I always find it weird like why would these mean/unfeeling people be the main characters and the nice and truly good people always end up being the 2ML. In real life, no one wants to fall in love with those kind of people. Seeing the swap in this drama make me realise that this obviously not real life and in a drama, I guess I also prefer the mysterious handsome man~~
That being said, I don't think he's better looking than ZLH but man, his acting in here is just too good to overlook and it makes him soo attractive! And his character is not like the usual ruthless characters where they don't smile at all, look constipated and wooden all the time. I just couldn't help falling in love with Gong Shangjue <3
To be honest, the whole cast really did a very good job.. Don't know why I waited this long to watch this! (I know why - I had A LOT of reservations about Esther Yu - cannot deal with her usual baby voice, but everyone was right, she's really good in this). I would say I really watched the whole thing because of the cast and the camerawork - every episode is so beautiful, if they made it less black I'd probably be happier. The story itself is not without flaws, the flow of the story and the role of the spies could be made better so I'd only give a 7/10 for the story. The drama was saved by the beautiful cast and their acting skills.
Also going to pretend the last 5 minutes didn't happen.. What's with cdramas and their endings these days
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