Is no one going to talk about this?
I got a lot of recommendations for the double, and I tried, dropping, retrying, only to finally decide to drop the show, which is such a shame because I really want to like the show. It has all the elements that I usually would love in a show: smart FL, intrigues, i even like ML's actor and yanxi palace. I think both actors are amazing in their own rights. Even the directing style was interesting so I really wanted to like it.. however:1. the actor WJY in this show is the wrong casting. She is pretty, but is far too old for the role, especially when her supposed fake parents looks like her sister and brother, and ML looks like he's in his early 20s. She is supposed to be younger than ML and same age as Tong er and the dead lady she replaced. This jarred me out of the show many times, especially because of the 2nd point.
2. Make up. Yes! I'd never thought that i'd ever drop a show because of their make up, and yet here we are. The make staff seems to put thick and lighter shade make up on the actors but forget about the neck. They all look like theyre wearing white masks.
3. The scene when tong er came out of the carriage and ppl booed her for being plain and unsophisticated, and then FL came out and supposedly blew people away. It was so weird because the actor playing tong er, her fake mom and even the dead lady she replaced was all very pretty and somewhat outshined her. None of her "woah so pretty" moment worked, it even jarred me out of the show and out of the suspension of disbelief that shes 20.
In the end, I couldn't help but dropped the show at eps 3, but some day perhaps I will give it a try because I really do like the novel.
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