Semua Tentang Wu Zun: Tokyo Juliet –東方茱麗葉 (Dong Fang Zhu Li Ye)

Ariel Lin (林依晨) is filming a new drama currently called 東方茱麗葉 adapted from 東京茱麗葉Tokyo Juliet which is a very popular japanese manga. I haven't read this manga yet myself so I'm not too sure about the story line but she will be playing a fashion designer. The male star is a newbie by the name of 吳尊 or Wu Zun

http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420050820U/

The young guy is the male lead and the older guy is a famous hong kong actor called 任達華 or Simon Yam. Personally I think the male lead looks sort of funny..but maybe he will look better in the show...I guess he does sort of look Japanese...

There are some people who don't think Ariel is suitable for this role, but apparently the directors and producers of this show really wanted her to be the female lead because they feel that she is perfect for the role - they were even willing to wait for her to come back from studying (this is back when she was going to go to the states to study for a half a year but later changed her mind because her bro was leaving for france and she didn't want to leave her mom by herself).

Has anyone read the manga? Could they tell us a bit more about the plot? As a big Ariel fan I can't wait for this to come out! Ariel was a bit hesitant about accepting this role because she was worried it might be too similar to other characters she has played in the past but she hopes to show a whole new side of her in this show! Also the mangaka for Tokyo Juliet went to Taiwan to see them and she exclaimed that Ariel was 'kawaii'! So I guess Ariel got her seal of approval =)