Here is another big drama worth its own post. I know we already covered it before, but this time, we have more official pictures to share (finally)!! The drama Princess Weiyoungng started filming on December 2nd, 2015 and is aiming for a 2016 release. Princess Weiyoung will have the following cast:
Link to first article here for the summary. Chinese name of the drama is 锦绣未央.
- Tang Yan 唐嫣 will play Princess Li Weiyang 李未央
- Born as a princess. A little bratty, smart and tomboy since young, due to the sudden attack, she becomes the Li Weiyang, the daughter of her new adopted family. Because she is full of a hatred toward the enemy government, she becomes stronger and more careful. She however keeps her innocence and good heart the whole time. At the end, she understands that war is part of life and at some level needed.
- Luo Jing 羅晉 will play male lead, 拓拔浚 Ta Bajun
- Prince who is heartwarming and a good person, he is liked by everyone especially the king. He always got the best education in the kingdom. He is afraid of getting the crown after the king’s death since this would put his mother in danger. Will fall in love with Li Weiyoung.
- Wu Jianhao (Vanness Wu) 吳建豪 will play 王爺 拓跋余 Ta Bayu
- The other prince. Had to go through a hard childhood, he has claustrophobia (scarred of confined space) and has a cold personality. His life dream is to become the king so that everyone will be underling him. He is attracted to the intelligence of Li Weiyoung and wants to use her in his ultimate challenge. However, he gets refused. Hence, he hates his older brother Ta Bajun even more.
Other Cast:
- Rachel Mao (YES! she is casted in the project!!) 毛晓彤 as Li Changru 李常茹, the sister of Li Weiyoung
- Li Xin Ai 李心艾 will play will play number 1 beauty 李長樂 Li Zhangle
- Liang Zhunlun 梁振伦 will play 李敏德, a Northern Kingdom general
- Liu Ximing 刘锡明 will play 拓跋焘 Ta Badao, the Northern Kingdom Princess
- Nan Fulong 南伏龙 will play 李敏峰 Li Minfeng, eldest son of the Li family
- Tian Li 田丽 as 蒋柔 Jiang Rou, the wife of the Li Xiaoran from the Li family
- Bai Fan 白凡 as 李萧然 Li Xiaoran
- Wang Yanzhi 王妍之 as Jun Tao, Li Weiyoung’s servant girl
- Mu Len En 穆乐恩 as 白芷 Bai Chi, the other servant girl of Li Weiyoung
- Peng Dou Dou 彭豆豆 as 李常喜 Li Changxi, the fourth daughter of the Li family
- Chen Qian 陈倩 as 拓跋迪 Di Tuoba, a past princess
- Wang Liyuan 王丽媛 as 老祖母, the old “grandma” in the Li family, loves Li Weiyoung
At Press Conference:
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Looks like they pretty much deviated from the source work.
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Really? I am not familiar with the original work, but it would be disappointing if they did. The cast is really good so I was actually hoping to watch it!
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Is this adapted from a book? Is the book title also “Princess WeiYoung”? I’m really interested with chinese novels. Sad thing only is when live action adaptation can’t exceed the readers’ expectations (which happens alot).
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Story of female-Sasuke xD
I feel bad for Vanness. I still can’t accept the absurdity which they doing with eye-brows in c-dramas. Most of time it’s looks extra awkward.
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HAHA. cute cute Sasuke. If that is the case, I will be rooting for female-Itachi 8D Yes, eyebrows are so common! I still remember Shanshan’s in Boss&Me 😦 so horrible
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Uhum, violet eyebrows, never thought to see staff like that.
I hope drama have some fighting scenes!
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This looks really interesting. Tang Yan reminds me of Xena: The Warrior Princess in the first pic 🙂 also, didn’t we just see her and Luo jin in like two dramas before this? Not complaining.. just? Welcome back Vaness Wu I’VE MISSED YOU! Kind of wish she ends up with him lol
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Haha, I didn’t know who Xena was so had to google! I see the similarity, but of course cdrama doesn’t show as much cleavage 😉 Yes we did! Those two did way too many collabs together now. Luo Jin’s character is so boring I am sure I will have a second lead syndrom when I will watch it. But the ending is quiet predictable and unlike Diamond Lover, I don’t expect a last minute twist.
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I love Xena! And yes, Luo Jin is great, but I can really get into his characters, but I still watch them. I’ve already prepped myself to second lead syndrome and let’s not bring up the last minute Diamond Lover twist (never happened)
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ahh luo jin is a fantastic actor, i’m confident that he can make his dull character more interesting as he has done with some of his previous roles
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Agree! I was never into any of his projects, but he is a great actor nonetheless. Also, we can count on the chemistry between him and Tang Yan 😛
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Thankies for this news update~
Wow. This is the first I’ve seen Vaness Wu in traditional clothing, not bad~
Just curious~ In one of the pictures, why is Tang Yan feeding the lady? What’s that about? Is that a fan?
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I know. Dare I say Vanness looks the best out of the three leads? hehe
Tang Yan was feeding a fan. I think it was to celebrate the Dongzhi Festival (Winter Solstice Festival) which happened on December 22nd. I saw a lot of celebrities posting dumpling pictures on their weibo too! 😛
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Hahaha. Vaness Wu IS gorgeous after all. LOL.
Man, even tho I’m a girl, I’d still be soooo fangirling if I was THAT fan with Tang Yan. Hahahaha.
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xD I know right! I would become a fan afterward if it happened to me 😉
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Omg, AGAIN?….isn’t this like Tang Yan and Luo Jin’s 4th collaboration together? I LOVE their chemistry together on-screen, but dear lord, give them a break LOL.
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Yes it is v__v I know, Chinese dramas are starting to reusing WAY too much the old pairings. We need new blood! I really like Luo Jin though and he looks especially good in period dramas :3 just not sure about these character stills so far.
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It’s weird that they’re collaborating again, especially right after Diamond Lover…..now i really wonder if they’re dating lol. if they’re not, it’s really not helping the rumors about these two that keep resurfacing every time they collab, which cause a lot of fanwars between LJ and TY fans since 2013.
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I didn’t realize there were fanwars until you mentionned, but of course, it is natural 😛 The thing is, even with so many collaborations together, they still don’t give me an OTP feeling to them. Do you know what is their most popular collaboration together? I think in 2013, Tang Yan was still dating Roy Qiu.
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Roy qiu and tang yan broke up in 2013. If I remember correctly, it was right before Agent X (their 2nd collab). I think Luan Shi Jia Ren and Agent X had an equal amount of popularity, but Diamond Lover boosted their popularity even more, and they’ve become like one of the most popular TY ships after Wallace/TY. I think they have a strong “夫妻相” dynamic lol
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Probably, after all their projects!! I never tried neither of those projects, but in Diamond Lovers, TY definitely had more chemistry with Luo Jin than with Rain. xD but if I had to ship TY with someone, I would ship her with Wallace first hehe, more 夫妻相 😛
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I am loving TY and LJ in this drama. In fact, LJ is doing a great job , shining in his rendition of a smart, good hearted , peaceful TJ. Anyone else would have disappeared because of Wei Young’s (TY) strong character. I have seen many second lead characters written the same way as TJ and they are usually boring, leaden.
As for the rest of the characters, Prince Of Nan An (VW), Chiyun Nan, Li Men De, Chiyun Rou, L Chang Ru, LC Le and the others, they make this drama unforgettable. I am watching it unsubbed and subbed on English and rewatching it.
Loving PWY a lot.
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I was deeply impressed by all 54 episodes of the C-drama “The Princess Wei Young”. Impressed by the script. Impressed by “the actors”. Impressed by the entire “achievement” of “shooting” for small screens. Actress Mao Xiaotong has exhausted herself giving life “character” Li Changru, the woman who in the name of love – a toxic love, in my opinion, as revealed the dark side of the character – and the fact that she has always been oppressed by her cousin Li Chang, chose the path of revenge not only against that which humiliated her but Princess Wei Young who tried to keep the relationship with Li Chang and to put in value whenever she was offered the opportunity, under the guise of gentleness and innocence. And I say that the actress has exhausted herself in interpretation since it went so well in character – gave a “mask” so truthful to the innocence and gentleness – that he managed to get “fool” me – although generally fail in the first episodes of a series to realize which characters are negatives and which are positivea – and I did not realize until very late the paltry character of the heroine. Although Wikipedia is mentioned that this series is an “historical fiction drama” script was so well written that gave me the distinct impression of authentic reflection of historical reality. He caught my attention from the first scene and made me watch every episode carefully focused on “action” and characters. If I had more time available I could write many comments ample about each episode. But as time’s relentless with us yet people I stick to what I wrote. Maybe I’ll come back when I will find a “window” in my very limited spare time.
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