How similar or different are WYY of TLBB and Little Dragon Girl of ROCH?
In television adaptations, WYY of TLBB and Little Dragon Girl of ROCH have appeared to be extremely similar. Besides the universal agreement that they are both extremely beautiful in physical appearance, both characters have been simply portrayed as quiet, cool, and uncompassionate to everyone except their own lover. However, from reading the original novels, Dragon Girl is actually a much more complex character than WYY. But the depth of Dragon Girl’s character is often times lost in adaptations, leaving behind only the surface of her, which greatly resembles WYY.
I think one of the most obvious reasons for the two characters’ great resemblance in adaptations is filmmakers’ tendency (coincidental or planned?) to use the same actress for both. We had Carmen Lee first acting as Dragon Girl and then WYY. I have also heard that Chan Yuk Lin, TVB’s Dragon Girl in the 80s, also acted as WYY in one of the adaptations. And now, Liu Yi Fei, who played WYY in TLBB ’04, is taking on the role of Dragon Girl in the next ROCH.