Zhang Ling He definitely put on his A game in this drama. btw does anyone knows if his voice is dubbed ? in some…
he dubbed himself in this drama and MJTY, however this one was done in a studio afterwards while MJTY iirc was dubbed on set. I think he made his voice deeper here because he's supposed to be the older character of the main cast while in reality, he was only 24 when he filmed this and his actual voice is kind of boyish.
tbh this drama is proof that character > everything else because imo ZLH is wayyy more attractive in MJTY and his acting was more natural in that drama too but no one liked him there because his character was boring lol morally grey characters will always be more popular
I am beginning to lose interest in this drama. The guy who plays Zhang He is better at playing a scholar/ minister/…
honestly Zhang Zhe is such a bland character. On Chinese forums, they were hyping this character so much before he had any scenes because he's a "白月光" type of role (idk how to translate into English, but it's akin to an idealized figure in a person's life) but so far, he's just been very frustrating. don't get me wrong, I don't root for any of the male characters as romantic interests because imo Yanlin & Xiewei are both red flags (YL more so in the prior life) but at least they aren't boring like Zhang Zhe. for me, being boring is the worst crime for a fictional character.
actually now that I think about it, ChangHeng in LBFAD was also a similar type of 白月光 character (played by ZLH interestingly enough lol) but at least in that drama, they gave him a growth arc that made you root for him as a person.
there's rumors that IQIYI is going to air A Journey to Love on the 23rd. That's a big budget historical drama that will take most of the ad placement on IQIYI's front page. The leads are scheduled to start promo so the rumor does seem realistic. I wonder if that's why SOKP's schedule was adjusted? I have a feeling they will update 2 episodes per day until the 20th and then drop the last 10 episodes at once on the 21st.
I still have hope! I almost lost hope for Kunning Palace, but here it is dropping out of nowhere.
the problem is there's already been precedence set with previous dramas. if they air this one, then the shelved dramas of Fan Bingbing, Deng Lun, Yuan Bingyan etc will need to air too.
actually now that I think about it, ChangHeng in LBFAD was also a similar type of 白月光 character (played by ZLH interestingly enough lol) but at least in that drama, they gave him a growth arc that made you root for him as a person.
yan lin = 20 years old
ning = 18 years old