Love or Bread: Ariel Lin took over Barbie Xu (update)

though i was really shocked when i heard the news before that barbie xu and joe cheng will be doing a drama together... i've actually kind of set my mind and looked forward to how this collaboration would turn out... i was really interested in seeing sanchai and zhishu together... then this news came up all of a sudden. who would have thought that after all that's been said, the role will eventually be portrayed by ariel lin? i really didn't expect that they would still be changing the casts after the announcements have been made.

but this is yet another arjoe collaboration... for the third time.. yey! Ü

photo credits: gogetgatchie @ asianfanatics

I read this article in one of the threads posted by francesca @ asianfanatics forum (http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=561832)

Da S Afraid of gaining weight, Ariel Lin took over the role of a poor girl in the village

Noble posture and a high price tag, Da S has finally “Ti Dao Tei Ban” ! ( meet obstacle). The GTV idol drama Love or Bread starring Da S and Joe Cheng replaced the female leading role that cast Da S by Ariel Lin. Da S cited the reason of schedule’s conflict with her movie’s project. Another speculation is that the character of the role she would play in the Love or Bread were way to “Villagers” that needed to only wear blue and white shoes and gain weight. Da S is not allowed herself to downgrade from the proclaimed princess to the character in the drama.

GTV drama will begin shooting in August. It has costumes set up and made the posters. Da S sudden dropout gave GTV headache. It was learned that the reasons for the dropout are the character of “Zhen Shan Mei”, a poor girl who only wears a pair of 20 bucks blue-white shoes and would knee down to count money on the ground. Upon hearing director Lin ask her to gain weight, Da S painfully consider to give up the role.

Ariel Lin is not afraid of being compared

Da S’s concern on the other hand is a challenge for Ariel Lin. GTV said that Ariel Lin was the first choice to be considered for the drama and later was replaced by Da S.

It seems that everything has retuned to how it was started. Afraid of being compared with Da S? Ariel Lin said “Every person will portray the character it his/her own way.” Da S’s agent replied “ Only because of conflict with her schedule. Shan Cai is also a character of “weed“. Da S will not pick on the role la”

translated by nkd @ VB.com
source : chinatimes


~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

Barbie Xu and Joe Cheng new series - "Love or Bread"

I was really shocked when i saw this article... i just never thought they would be paired in a drama/series... i think barbie's too old for joe cheng... hehe :P undeniably though, barbie is really babyface for her age. but since i know their age difference, i couldn't set the thought aside, sorry...

no offense meant to barbie fans... not that i don't like her. i actually am also a big fan of sancai in meteor garden, but i just don't think joe cheng would be a match for her... i just find it weird. but it's a good idea to pair joe with other taiwanese actresses, for a change at least and make room for growth... Ü

this was posted by francesca @ asianfanatics forum last may 30, 2008. here goes...

Source : UDN
translation by j_halo @ http://asianfanatics.net (pls give proper credit)

Zai Zai (Vic Zhou) and Joe Cheng's fate keep crossing because Honey & Clover and Wish To See You Again are rivals on TV. And now Barbie will be acting with Joe in the new drama. On the first screening of H&C, Joe said at least H&C's ratings will be higher then WTSYA which caused an uproar. But it turned out to be true. However, compared to Fated to Love You, the difference between them was quite big.

Joe's role in this new drama will be someone who on the outside he looks rich but actually he's poor and has a huge amount of credit card debts. This is rather similar to ZZ's previous drama Poor Prince Taro. It is said things might be a bit awkward between Barbie and Joe because Barbie used to date ZZ and Joe was a good friend of Xu Wei Lun who had previously dated ZZ. But Joe says he has always been a fan of Barbie even before he debuted. He would buy their CDs and stuff.

Regarding the bed scenes, he had one in TKA and one in H&C so they say he's the "Qing Se Pai Ou Xiang' which is like an idol who has lots of bed scenes.

This drama will be in production on the second half of 2008.


~grazhishu~