Just because I haven't been watching a lot of Taiwanese dramas lately, doesn't mean I don't constantly keep one eye out for Jasper projects (A Jasper update is needed!) or any good pair ups. This one is set to be interesting, both in the pairing and actually story line. New Sanlih drama, Lost Romance sees Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung star paired together for the first time. Both actors come from the same agency, Star Ritz (The same agency as Eugenie Liu and Megan Lai), so they know each other well and have worked on a number of projects together, most notably Cafe. Waiting. Love. However, this is the first time they've worked opposite each other in romantic lead roles.
Here's a selfie they took back in 2016 at the 18th Taipei Film Awards, when Marcus was starring in Back to 1989 and Vivian Sung had just found huge success with Our Times, both extremely good projects to check out if you haven't done so already.
Lost Romance is looking to be a fun drama - a romantic comedy that actually pokes fun at the big romance tropes and conventions often found in Asian dramas. Th story follows an overly romantic girl who wants to fall in love and have a romance with a CEO (the modern day equivalent of a prince in Asia). Somehow getting transported into a romantic novel setting, she meets the overbearing CEO of her dreams and uses her romance knowledge to make him fall for her. The plot twist is that she is apparently not the heroine of the story, but it turns out that she may not be the heroine, but the evil second female character in this story. So hijinks ensues! The literal translation of the Chinese title to English is 'Romantically losing to you' which also gives a hint to the story.
The drama had it's official opening ceremony and press conference recently with the drama set to be released for 7th June, 2020 after the current drama ends. Second leads are looking to be Simon Lian from Taiwanese boy band speXial and newcomer, Tsai Jui-hsueh, also known as social media personality, Snowbaby. It also looks like Deyn Li from Pleasantly Surprised and When I See You Again is back as a supporting character too.
A few funny things about the press ceremony: It's lucky that Taiwan seems to have had a good control over coronavirus, but this is definitely one of the first ceremonies where so many people are wearing face masks while they do the rituals to bless the new drama. The second funny thing is that the cast are all wearing white T-shirts with a picture of Marcus Chang on the back!
A few funny things about the press ceremony: It's lucky that Taiwan seems to have had a good control over coronavirus, but this is definitely one of the first ceremonies where so many people are wearing face masks while they do the rituals to bless the new drama. The second funny thing is that the cast are all wearing white T-shirts with a picture of Marcus Chang on the back!
Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung both mention in the interviews that there are many romantic tropes in the drama - just about every one you expect in a romantic drama will be there. When asked about working as a pairing, Vivian said she was worried at first about doing romance scenes because they have been friends for so long that she thought it might be weird. but it turned out to be really easy as they have a good understanding of each other/ have good chemistry. Also they signed Marcus' t-shirt (on him) and Vivian said she signed at the spot where his heart is to give her love to him. Haha. They also joked about Marcus' body, with Vivian saying when she signed his shirt she could feel her writing getting bumpy because of the ridges of his body (meaning he is ripped), with Marcus saying she was exaggerating!
Thanks for the post and all the pictures!
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ReplyDeleteI Love that drama!!
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