I know that, but I felt she was so suitable and her story made me actually like ZZR at first. I meant I know differences between actors and their roles. I actually really liked her at first, which was really rare for someone portraying ZZR. Bambi Chu (祝绪丹) as Zhou Zhi Ruo ( 周芷若).Her best scene was probably at the seaside when she told Wu Ji that one day she was more capable of cruel acts than him, which ironically caused her more trouble later. It was fascinating to watch what Yukee could do with the character. She was gorgeous, almost fairylike yet also projected off this suspicious, cunning vibe as well. She handled the character brilliantly and made it her own. Yet when she appeared, the scene just lit up tenfold more–if that was possible. She was the female lead yet was the last to appear–as it should be like how the story was told in the novel. Because it just seemed too good to be true with me liking the casting for the majority of the characters thus far. I was scared to death that I wouldn’t like her when she finally appeared. I felt Joseph did really well in those scenes, bringing out all sorts of emotions that he went through or it highlighted the relations that he had with those characters. So it made sense that he was extra sensitive and all. Because comparing all Jin Yong protagonist, Wu Ji was probably the kindest of them all, except for possibly Xu Zhu (because of his monk background). I saw some criticism regarding how Wu Ji was crying too much or seemed weak. Anyway, as Wu Ji, Joseph brought out the character quite well and made it his own in this adaptation. It wasn’t like Wu Ji didn’t have his mischievous moments, but there was an obvious constrast to that of Tang San Shi Liu. So, I didn’t know what to expect–or if he could portray such a calm and toned down character. Yet I started watching him first in Fighter of Destiny and his role was extremely lively and bordering on obnoxiousness (initially until things got intense later on). Not saying that I didn’t have faith in him.
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