Joe Cheng (It Started With a Kiss) and Amber Kuo (Invincible Shan Bao Mei) will be starring in a drama called Channel-X (國民英雄). The first episode will air on December 5.
It’s been a while since we last saw Joe Cheng (in Love or Bread in 2008-2009) and Amber Kuo (she was in The Happy Times of that Year in 2009), so this is exciting news for all their fans. A press conference was held just last week (November 14), but overall, the promotion for this drama has been pretty low key. Unlike other dramas that have been announced way ahead of time, I haven’t really picked up on much news about this drama. I can’t even really pinpoint exactly what the story will be like.
However, this is what I’ve picked up from the previews (and reading their website: http://blog.iset.com.tw/hero/, but BEWARE: it’s in Chinese). Joe Cheng plays a news anchor named An Zai Yong (安在勇) who was accused of murdering his girlfriend, Hong Xiao Lu (洪小綠), played by Amber Kuo, a paparazzi. It appears to have a dark, suspenseful tone to it (which makes sense because it’s marketed as a suspense thriller), making it a unique addition to the general line-up of Taiwanese dramas (usually light/happy romantic comedies). I can’t say that I’m looking forward to this too much, but I’ll probably catch the first episode and make my decision from there.
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