Hong Lou Meng

[kidd]

Li Yu Chun is a female singer, right? Sorry, I'm not very familiar with her. I search the internet and found this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Yuchun . She's the one ZJZ planned to cast as Jia Bao Yu?

Btw, my personal choice for Jia Bao Yu is Kenny Kwan. Ok, he's not the best actor out there, but he looks the part. If Jay Chou can do it, so can he.

[Sparky]

Hmm so anyway, they're really going to remake Hong Lou Meng? (That's not very hard to believe, actually, so scratch the exclamation point.) But Zhang Jizhong CANNOT be directing it...after the Lu Ding Ji casting, I don't really have much faith in ZJZ's ability to pick out actors.

I actually heard somewhere that people were considering Liu Yifei for Lin Daiyu, Chen Hao for Wang Xifeng, and Zhao Wei in some role...Shi Xiangyun, that's it! However, I'd say Liu Yifei and Zhao Wei are probably too busy with school (actually, no idea whether Liu Yifei plans on going to Stanford or not, but whatever). Although I don't think Liu Yifei is fat, she's not as skinny as I imagined Lin Daiyu to be. As for Zhang Ziyi, she came to mind when i heard they were remaking Hong Lou Meng...I'm not a huge fan of her "acting", but like owbjhx, I can see the sense in casting her.

[Lady Zhuge]

Hmm so anyway, they're really going to remake Hong Lou Meng? (That's not very hard to believe, actually, so scratch the exclamation point.) But Zhang Jizhong CANNOT be directing it...after the Lu Ding Ji casting, I don't really have much faith in ZJZ's ability to pick out actors.

Hu Mei will be directing this remake. You may be familiar with some of her other productions which include Yong Zheng Wang Chao and Han Wu Da Di.

[Neuron]

I love her. She is quite a good director.

[c13:4567]

I agree.....Han Wu Da Di was awesome, she did well.

[sunnysnow]

Sina's site:

http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/v/newhlm/index.shtml

SFF is apparently rumoured to have gotten the role of Qing Wen, but she has denied the rumours.

[Lady Zhuge]

According to the Hong Lou Meng special I watched, there will be a nationwide search/open casting calls for the cast of this remake that will take place in many locales, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shen Zhen. They encourage all interested parties 18 and over to try out because there are so many parts and you never know. The official search will begin in November of this year and end in April of next year. The serial will start filming next Fall and be broadcast after the Olympics in 2008. Planned number of episodes: 50

[sunnysnow]

According to the Hong Lou Meng special I watched, there will be a nationwide search/open casting calls for the cast of this remake that will take place in many locales, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shen Zhen. They encourage all interested parties 18 and over to try out because there are so many parts and you never know. The official search will begin in November of this year and end in April of next year. The serial will start filming next Fall and be broadcast after the Olympics in 2008. Planned number of episodes: 50

Ah...still a long way to go then. It'll only start filming the end of next year and there are already big news about it now.

[sunnysnow]

GYY as Xue Bao Chai


LYF as Lin Dai Yu


Shu Chang as Lin Dai Yu


Hu Jing as Feng Jie


Sun Li as Yuan Chun


Dong Jie as Xiang Ling


Lu Yi as Bao Yu


Ma Tian Yu as Bao Yu


Qiao Zhen Yu as Bao Yu


credits: http://post.baidu.com/f?kz=133463388

[Excelsior]

So if ZJZ is at the helm again, can we expect recycled actors/actress, terrbily butchered serials, over the edge CGI effects and his most important and unmissable horrible financial planning?

Confusion here Lady Zhuge said Hu Mei will be directing it, but so far it has been ZJZ here, ZJZ there...

[Lady Zhuge]

It would be nice to have some unknowns star in this series, but I can totally see GYY as Bao Chai and LYF as Lin Dai Yu! Ma Tian Yu looks decent as Bao Yu. The photoshop of Zhen Yu still looks too much like Sai Hua Tuo rather than BY.

So if ZJZ is at the helm again, can we expect recycled actors/actress, terrbily butchered serials, over the edge CGI effects and his most important and unmissable horrible financial planning?

Confusion here Lady Zhuge said Hu Mei will be directing it, but so far it has been ZJZ here, ZJZ there...

ZJZ was mentioned in rumors, but those have been put to rest now. It's been confirmed that Hu Mei will be directing this remake.

[Gacoi]

is there any ways I can watch this series again, any webside has it, please tell me if you know plzz

You can watch The Dream of Red Mansion (1987) on youtube or video.google. I'm sure there is a guy who upload this serie on Internet. I don't know Chinese so I can't help you find the entire link for all episodes.
Episode 1

Anyone can tell me where is this serie filming. I would like to visit the filming place. I though the filming place become a tourist place.

I love this serie and aslo Chen Xiaoxu. In my heart, no one can replace her as Lam Daiyu, she is Lam Daiyu. I like the way she persuaded/ told the director ""I am indeed Lin Daiyu. If I don't play this character, the audience won't like the series"
So sad knowing she become a nun, maybe it's her destiny, wish her good luck and strong health to overcome her sickness.

[Leanna]

I love this serie and aslo Chen Xiaoxu. In my heart, no one can replace her as Lam Daiyu, she is Lam Daiyu. I like the way she persuaded/ told the director ""I am indeed Lin Daiyu. If I don't play this character, the audience won't like the series"
So sad knowing she become a nun, maybe it's her destiny, wish her good luck and strong health to overcome her sickness.

me too....i was pretty surprised and sad after hearing the news
any recent pictures of chen xiaoxu?

[yearning]

Could Zhao Wei do Feng Jie? Hmm...she's not pretty enough now though I think, based on her recent pictures. However, with make-up and losing some weight, plus getting rid of that atrocious hairstyle, it could work. I can sort of see her doing it.

Shu Chang is way too healthy looking for LDY. Actually, yeah, if they get LYF to lose some weight, she could do it, although it would put me to great pain because I hate LYF but like LDY.

[yearning]

By the way, Lin Dai Yu has one of those really "tragic faces", so they have to get someone w/ that type of face. People like Shu Chang, Sun Li, Gao Yuan Yuan are way too happy-looking.

[Gacoi]

me too....i was pretty surprised and sad after hearing the news
any recent pictures of chen xiaoxu?

Here is some pictures when she decided become a nun

You can see the sadness in her eyes

[invisible_dolphinbay]

I never really watched or read hong lou meng carefully because i don't quite understand it but I'm curious about how it ended. For example: How did lin dai yu die and what did she exactly die from? And also, did bao yu stay married with bao chai?

[Gacoi]

I never really watched or read hong lou meng carefully because i don't quite understand it but I'm curious about how it ended. For example: How did lin dai yu die and what did she exactly die from? And also, did bao yu stay married with bao chai?

Daiyu die because she know that the bride is not her.
Baoyu not stay married with Bao chai, after marriage, he become a monk.
Actually I want to explain more but I don't know how to express the chinese words.

[invisible_dolphinbay]

Daiyu die because she know that the bride is not her.
Baoyu not stay married with Bao chai, after marriage, he become a monk.
Actually I want to explain more but I don't know how to express the chinese words.

thanks for answering. I'm surprised that bao yu woujld become a monk!
Daiyue died because she wasn't the bride? you mean suicide? that's... quite tragic.

[kidd]

Daiyue died because she wasn't the bride? you mean suicide? that's... quite tragic.

Nope. She's already sickly and melancholy to begin with. But after knowing that she wasn't the bride, she became more sad and died of sickness/sadness.