Liking how Old Imp is looking (Zhou BuTong yes?)
Not as sure about Northern Beggar who has HUGE shoes to fill.
Icha Parvati: (Sorry off-topic for just a little while!)
For your friend here's an incredibly nostalgia-driving MV with Yitian 86's love theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1jCroassI
Some of these scenes I've watched literally dozens of times over the last 30 years (oh yes happy B-day Yitian '86 for reaching 30 years and still missed by fans all over the world!!), and I'll say that one or two of those scenes ( Zhaomin crashing the wedding, Zhaomin biding her father farewell, the final sequence of an ldyllic life together, the fight at the Manor) are still definitive scenes for me in terms of what I consider epic wuxia romance. I admit I was thrilled to learn (years and years later) that Tony Leung actually dated Kitty Lai for a little while after the series. I think the role of Wuji and Zhaomin in here was just _that_ compelling!