There has been an uproar of cast controversies for CTV new idol drama, Paper Rose. Ariel Lin could possibly be removed from the cast list because of the filming schedules and the cast arrangement, and could be replaced by Angela Zhang. It is known that Ariel Lin felt annoyed about this, and bears the thought of retreating from the cast.
It is rumoured that the female lead has to be changed to suit Jerry Yan’s schedules.
The drama originally appointed Ariel Lin, Bryant Chang and Chen Chu He to take the leading roles, however, there have been a lot of controversies breaking out after that. SETTV was not happy with the fact that Fated To Love You’s very own male lead, Chen Chu He, was chosen to work with its opponent CTV. Later, there were rumours speculating that the crew disliked Bryant Chang, and wanted Jerry Yan as the male lead. They could even agree to postpone the filming date until next year, just to suit Jerry Yan’s schedules, and to change the female lead from Ariel Lin to Angela Zhang.
Ariel Lin felt bitter about this speculation, her manager Zhou Mei Yu felt assaulted on behalf of her as well. According to inside sources, Ariel Lin has already discussed this matter with her manager, and they planned to retreat from this drama’s cast list, as one of the problem solutions.
If the drama will not be filmed, it will affect the coaching fees.
If Ariel Lin really decided not to participate in Paper Rose, it will pose difficulty to CTV. The drama was scheduled to be filmed starting on June, if it is not done according to the schedule, CTV will not be able to apply for coaching fees in the future three years. One of CTV’s directors, Chen Zhi Han, said that Ariel Lin has always been chosen as the female lead, and that they hope to be able to start filming on June.
Regarding to the matter, the drama producer said that cooperation has to depend on fate; this drama was specially designed to suit Ariel Lin. How about the final decision? Zhou Mei Yu refused to clarify about it in the mean time.[by Aspire @ asianfanatics.net]
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Note: Obviously, the reporter made the title purposely inflammatory to stir up trouble (as if there weren’t enough gossip ). Just wanted to point out that the situation is neither Angela nor Ariel’s fault (nor Jerry’s nor Rui Jia’s, nor River’s fault), so they shouldn’t be blamed. I don’t know if the fault lies with CTV or the director or someone else, but there’s something wrong when none of the 3 leads get the lead roles they were promised. I guess we’ll see how everything pans out (since no decisions are made yet), but if I were Ariel, Rui Jia and River, and I knew they were seriously considering replacing me and my colleagues, I’d think hard about jumping ship. Why wait around just to be replaced?[by Swim]
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