TammyLBailey

I'm really excited! New pairing, as well. So much winning today.

To me, beyond her beautiful physical appearance, she has the sweetest, softest aura about her. I think this is why so many want to work with her again and love being around her. Even Zeng Li who played her mother both in LLTG and HL visited her on the set of LA recently. She has so many second collaborations with so many past co-stars. Even though I can't wait for her 2nd collaboration with LYN in TSOPG (although, technically, they didn't play the leads and were not the main focus), I like how she works with different ML's because it shows so much of her versatility and talent when it comes to creating and building chemistry.

Personally, because she's such a phenomenal actress, I love anticipating who her next lead may be, and hope it's someone I haven't thought of her ever working with before. For LA, I never would have imagined William Chan, but OMG, the excitement of seeing their collaboration through the BTS has been amazing.

Love the FL and the way she portrays her character. She makes it easy to get lost in the scenes with her. I’ve given up on dramas where I can’t feel the emotions from the FL. Here, it seems effortless between her and ZLH.

I stumbled upon Love and Destiny last year. Such AMAZING acting. The FL's mortal life tore my heart out, though. The number of episodes intimated me at first, but it was well worth watching.

This having a great script brings me comfort. To me, the Directing in the trailer looked phenomenal. The post production makes me nervous. Hoping the team takes their time with this one.

Oh, yes! Great chemistry!! To be honest, for me, I haven't watched one drama where ZLS didn't create AMAZING chemistry. She can create chemistry with her livestream hosts, which I find adorable.

Perfect! Thank you!

Do you have a link to the melon? I feel so lost waiting for her next drama to air.

Since I am a hopeless romantic, I will make this the topic of this post and just lay out my romance expectations between the leads. Hopefully, it's not too unpopular. First, I do believe the focus is on the FL, so her character arc is going to be the main attraction, at least for me. I'm absolutely okay with this since Zhao Lusi is so very enthralling to watch in scenes, even without the ML present. I do believe, however, the other characters will have their own amazing character arcs which I can't wait to see.

As for the romance, personally, I'm expecting more of a Jane Austen movie adaptation romance. Years ago, I fell insanely head over heels with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth) Edition. The lead's VERY subtle intimacy was brilliantly done. Sometimes kissing scenes are not even needed to get a sweet or even a bitter sweet romance across.

Also, my discovery of ZLS came in a YouTube video of her and LYN in TLB. It kept popping up on my feed when I really only watched K dramas. I will be honest and say I FF'd through to only watch their scenes together. So, I already know since watching them in TLB, how they can elicit intense and heart skipping, swooning moments together, just by a mere look or touch. I already noticed this in TSOPG trailer at :25, :46, and 1:26 along with a few BTS moments. Even if ZLS and LYN have the exact same intimacy as in TLB, or as Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, I will be very, very satisfied.

For several reasons, I have to sometimes watch dramas w/out the volume up. So, for me, I rely heavily on the actors expressions and natural acting to pull me through the scene. Both leads are perfectly animated and pulling me in with each scene. This was the pairing I didn’t know I needed in a broadcast drama this year.

I now have to add this to my watch list. Thank you!

I LOVED ZLH in TSOKP. I held off watching him again in this. He’s been so satisfying to watch. I’m so picky about FLs. I have to love them more than the ML sometimes. I’m REALLY loving her. I agree. Absolute great pairing here!

The cuteness and chemistry look amazing in the trailer. ZLH can deliver both romantic and angst roles, so I’m all in for this one.

Same!

Cast chemistry can never be underestimated. I’m so glad you posted this. I’ve been waiting to watch him again since binge watching TSOKP a few months ago.

I've watched a few dramas lately where I've had to trust the leads are in love or falling in love, because it's written in the script. Here, watching the ML's gazes and smiles, I have no doubt where his heart is, or at least where it's going. Lately, Korean dramas are firing on all cylinders and hitting every romantic bone for me. The FL, I absolutely love her, and I understand why the ML only has eyes for her.

Manifesting...

I was just talking to my son about the importance of cast chemistry. I think it's so important for the leads to have great chemistry, but for the entire cast to have it, it's actually quite extraordinary. This series has nailed it. I'm just loving every minute of this!

Just in case we might be talking about a different drama (because MDL seems very polarizing right now with VERY passionate viewpoints) the drama that disappointed me the most was the Thai series Praomook. I still haven't recovered from the mess the director/writer made of that series, and it's been over two years! But, I've LOVED every one of Lusi's characters, so I'm always optimistic about her projects.

Thank you!!