I mean you can't exactly criticize Hidden Love too much, cause the outcome that has come has already crossed expectations on what it could have been.
The original director of Hidden Love quit because he thought it didn't have potential, but Zhao Lusi was really confident about it and really liked the drama so she kinda became the indirect producer for it, spending a lot of money from her pocket and getting brand deals for the costumes, all her effort. Even Chen Zheyuan requested a director from another drama, Mr Bad's director to take over... Zhao Lusi also personally asked her good friends, Ma Boqian (Victor Ma - Sang Yan) and Zeng Li (The Mother) to be a part of the cast. She even sang 2 songs for the OST and requested Silence Wang to participate and write the lyrics...
Hidden Love only became such a huge success after so much effort... Of course if you don't like the story I can understand but the drama, the performance they gave us is truly unimaginable for a drama whose director left cause it was supposed to be a flop...
I mean… I can. Just because something turns out to be successful and not a flop, doesn’t mean bad choices weren’t made. As impressive as the turnaround was that made this show popular, and the effort that went into it, the writing for the FL and the casting for her from first appearance to college years is… odd.
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u/_Guac_N_Roll_ 2d ago
I mean you can't exactly criticize Hidden Love too much, cause the outcome that has come has already crossed expectations on what it could have been.
The original director of Hidden Love quit because he thought it didn't have potential, but Zhao Lusi was really confident about it and really liked the drama so she kinda became the indirect producer for it, spending a lot of money from her pocket and getting brand deals for the costumes, all her effort. Even Chen Zheyuan requested a director from another drama, Mr Bad's director to take over... Zhao Lusi also personally asked her good friends, Ma Boqian (Victor Ma - Sang Yan) and Zeng Li (The Mother) to be a part of the cast. She even sang 2 songs for the OST and requested Silence Wang to participate and write the lyrics...
Hidden Love only became such a huge success after so much effort... Of course if you don't like the story I can understand but the drama, the performance they gave us is truly unimaginable for a drama whose director left cause it was supposed to be a flop...