Apr 14
TIL that Xu Haiqiao was originally cast to play Changheng but lacked chemistry with Esther Yu's Xiaolanhua due to their age difference - their theme was supposed to be 'young/first love,' but the two came off more like a senior partnered off with a junior instead, so they had to recast.
Then, just when the director was having a headache about this problem, Zhang Linghe, who just happened to be filming next door, wandered over to the LBFAD set when he had nothing better to do, caught the director's eye while practically doing fuck all, and was then promptly collared and cast on the spot to play Changheng LOL.
#lbfad bts#love between fairy and devil#changheng#zhang ling he#xu haiqiao#i'm just amused zlh practically had this role that propelled him to fame dropped on his head just by walking around hahahaha#trivia: apparently the original changheng (as meant for xhq) was supposed to be a serious mature 'high immortal' character#but the screenwriters tweaked the character and made him more 'youthful' for zlh XD
