[francesca]

Da S Afraid of gaining weight
Ariel Lin took over the role of a poor girl in the village

Noble posture and a high price tag, Da S has finally “Ti Dao Tei Ban” ! ( meet obstacle)
The GTV idol drama Love or Bread starring Da S and Joe Cheng replaced the female leading role that cast Da S by Ariel Lin. Da S cited the reason of schedule’s conflict with her movie’s project. Another speculation is that the character of the role she would play in the Love or Bread were way to “Villagers” that needed to only wear blue and white shoes and gain weight. Da S is not allowed herself to downgrade from the proclaimed princess to the character in the drama.

GTV drama will begin shooting in August. It has costumes set up and made the posters. Da S sudden dropout gave GTV headache. It was learned that the reasons for the dropout are the character of “Zhen Shan Mei”, a poor girl who only wears a pair of 20 bucks blue-white shoes and would knee down to count money on the ground. Upon hearing director Lin ask her to gain weight, Da S painfully consider to give up the role.

Ariel Lin is not afraid of being compared
Da S’s concern on the other hand is a challenge for Ariel Lin. GTV said that Ariel Lin was the first choice to be considered for the drama and later was replaced by Da S.

It seems that everything has retuned to how it was started. Afraid of being compared with Da S? Ariel Lin said “Every person will portray the character it his/her own way.” Da S’s agent replied “ Only because of conflict with her schedule. Shan Cai is also a character of “weed“. Da S will not pick on the role la”

translated by nkd @ VB.com
source : chinatimes

[jean3x1]

yay! another joe cheng/ariel lin collaboration!
i hope this drama is as great as it started again/they kiss again.

[cutie♥panda]

That is really good news that Ariel will film a drama soon but I wonder if this will affect the casting for Extravagant Challenge. Having Arjoe star in so many dramas together might be overkill.

This post has been edited by cutie♥panda: 17 July 2008 - 08:37 AM

[cathie_mai]

Yup, we are so lucky!!

I have not expected that ArJoe will collaborate this early! It's a blessing in disguise!

I'm soo looking forward to this drama!

[swimfishyswim06]

Wow, this is so sudden. I was used to the idea of Barbie doing Love or Bread with Joe and Ariel doing Extravagant Challenge in October with Jerry and Joe, but I guess it's Love or Bread now, and Extravagant Challenge will be pushed back. Eh, I don't know how I feel. I guess I'm worried about Ariel *gaining* weight since she just lost a lot of weight for LOCH and has been eating "green" and healthy lately. I know it's for a role, and she's a professional, but it seems like it'll be really hard on her body, especially if she has to gain the weight that quickly. (I wonder how much weight she'll have to gain... can they just have her wear a fat suit?) I kind of wonder if Ariel took on the role partially to help out so they wouldn't have to cancel/delay the drama (and to help out best friend Joe, too).

Also, it seems like TKA just ended, and Ariel and Joe are pairing up again. Lol, 10 years turned into 10 days! I guess it's good in that they can prove that they can play different characters and bring a different feel and fresh chemistry to these characters. Hope the script is excellent! Ariel and Joe are both talented actors with great "tacit understanding" already, so I'm sure they can make this good.

This post has been edited by swimfishyswim06: 17 July 2008 - 09:20 AM

[Pepperoni]

Wow! This is the third time Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin will be together in a drama ... I also hope Joe Cheng and Ella or Wu Zun and Ella will be together too in a drama again...

[orangeapeel]

cool, another collaboration. I hope they both can bring something new to the series since they both just filmed a series together.

[JEN.NY]

this could've been the very first pairing of Joe & Barbie. lucky ArJoe fans!

[marmar]

First: YAY!! for another Joe & Ariel collab. That's awesome. They are a perfect love team, I'm surpised neither one hasn't fallen in love with one another yet. Who knows maybe after this one they might, since this is there third drama together & you know that saying "third times the charm"...lol


Second: I think Da S might have made a bad choice because skinny actresses take up roles that require them to gain weight & some don't want to but they do it anyways & next thing you know they hit it big. The public becomes impressed with the fact that an actress whom is gorgeous did something dramatic to her body just to play a role & does an amazing job at it they become well known. So Da S giving up this role because she doesn't want to gain weight might just come back & bite her in the butt.

[boloney86]

Wow awesome a pairing of joe and airel again. Hope that the chemistry between joe and ariel in this drama will be as good as ISWAK. Lookign forward to this

[ForbiddenApple]

another collaboration of arjoe :shocked: ...don't know what to think about this...but i truly believe in them...they will make it good ...even though i'm more happy if barbie or someone else takes the role...

anyway,what the point if ariel accept this role coz she doesn't want to this series being delay or cancel and to help her best friend joe? ...i don't think that is the reason behind...i would think that ariel find the role quite interesting so that why she accept it...every thing depend on her by the way...

other than that, i concern with ariel weight too ...hope everything will going find...

after all, i will continue support this series coz of joe and ariel...

This post has been edited by apple_88: 17 July 2008 - 01:56 PM

[lovelygirl_veronica]

Woah so glad to heard this news..

Arjoe will be meet again not as Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin.
But with a different role.
I'm awaiting this drama.

[Eternally-HT&AY]

AWWWEEEESSSSOOOMMMEEE. This means that Ariel is gonna take on the role in Bread or Love rite? whoootsssss ArJoe reunited! another ArJoe drama! I hope this is confirmed and permanant. Looking forward to this drama!!

[jas219]

Yayyy! I'm so happy and excited. Can't wait! Just when I thought I'll be seeing the end of Ariel and Joe collaborating, they come together again filming for this series. That's really awesome! But i really wonder what would happen to Extravagant challenge then.

[Steph07Youngwoong]

YEHEY!!!!! ARJOE!!!!! AGAIN!!!! GONNA WATCH IT!!!! HAHAHA I LOVE THIS COUPLES TOO!!! ARJOE AND CHUNELLA ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MadHatter]

too bad, because i was really wanting to watch DaS acting. oh well another ariel and joe colab i can't wait.

that is the difference between ariel and DaS acting talents, ariel is more professional and will give up anything just to play her role right while DaS cares about looking pretty (nothing wrong there since i know she has a lot of modeling and commercial contracts so she wants to look good)

if i had to pick ariel will win hands down cause she is so much more divers in her roles.

[PinkAngel506]

Wow another series with ArJoe! Lucky ArJoe fans.
Not like I'm complaining though since I quite like them in ISWAK and TKA. lol

[~XoX~]

Da S to be replaced with Ariel? That's absolutely fine by me! Another Arjoe collaboration

[emptysky]

First: YAY!! for another Joe & Ariel collab. That's awesome. They are a perfect love team, I'm surpised neither one hasn't fallen in love with one another yet. Who knows maybe after this one they might, since this is there third drama together & you know that saying "third times the charm"...lol


Second: I think Da S might have made a bad choice because skinny actresses take up roles that require them to gain weight & some don't want to but they do it anyways & next thing you know they hit it big. The public becomes impressed with the fact that an actress whom is gorgeous did something dramatic to her body just to play a role & does an amazing job at it they become well known. So Da S giving up this role because she doesn't want to gain weight might just come back & bite her in the butt.

I definitely agree with you. Ariel is really professional in her work and she will take up different roles just to challenge herself and I think this is what every actress/actor out there should do - try different things. From this article I did not agree with Da S. I guess she cares more about her weight but then she does do alot of commercial modeling. But still I have to applause Ariel for taking up challenging roles. Looking forward to this show. yay for the pairing again i swear they must kiss like a kajillion times already haha.

[ansela_astig]

yehey that's great
Joe and ariel are both good looking together

[Faye Chan]

At least Ariel is willing to do thing for her work, more than I can say for daS. Ariel is always willin to do things for her role it makes her the better actress.

[ronacious]

YATTA!!!!! so far..this news has taken my mind of Chun! hahahahahaha....

OMG!!!!!! ArJOE together again..TOGETHER FOREVER!!! hahahaha...Ariel really is one admirable lady. she doesn't care about looking plain...dumb..and all that. all she cares about is that she plays her character right..which in the end make her fans LIKE ME all the more proud of her!

GO GO GO ARIEL!!! GO GO GO ArJOE! I AM CERTAIn..JOE is very happy that he would be working with Yi Chen again. waaah!!!! ArJoe fans must have been real nice the past year for us to have another ArJOe series this soon! weeee!!! THANK YOU GTV! THANK YOU DA S! hehe

[Hoodwinker]

YES! Joe and Ariel will be together again! I can't wait for this. I wonder what character Ariel will play? I'm so used to her playing the 'dumb' character around Joe, but I hope she plays the fiesty one like in TJ. Da S is really pretty though.

[LovesRainie]

Yay, another ArJoe collab!!
I can't wait to see them together again!
More kissing scenes(hopefully)!!

and i think it's normal for Da S to not want to put on weight
her skinny frame suits her nicely, but she could do with a LITTLE bit of weight gain o.O

[Eripeng.net]

GREAT! would love to watch this since the female lead role has changed!

p/s: i dont hate da s for this, but her san chai character stucked in my mind. i cant believe her portraying other character. hahaha!

[mzkarenn]

haha sweet arjoe drama =)characters sound interesting

[MAUDLIN]

Lol, 10 years turned into 10 days!

hahahha!!! i was actually a little disappointed when both of them
said they would collaborate after ten years.. but just today i read
this news and I couldn't help but be very excited about it!!!

OMG!!!!!! ArJOE together again..TOGETHER FOREVER!!! hahahaha...Ariel really is one admirable lady. she doesn't care about looking plain...dumb..and all that. all she cares about is that she plays her character right..which in the end make her fans LIKE ME all the more proud of her!

GO GO GO ARIEL!!! GO GO GO ArJOE! I AM CERTAIn..JOE is very happy that he would be working with Yi Chen again. waaah!!!! ArJoe fans must have been real nice the past year for us to have another ArJOe series this soon! weeee!!! THANK YOU GTV! THANK YOU DA S! hehe

Waaahhh soo many ARJOE fans are all hyped up now upon reading this article
and we're one of them!!

weee...
I hope tomorrow when i wake up its August already!!! hahaha!!

[~Sw33tz~]

hope after this they will annouce their engagement...
i don't think there is another couple in tw ent that deserves to be together more than them haha!!
those two are so cute.. the reali hubby and wife feel...

but the ariel does that a lot.. her LOCH has that feeling too haha!! too adorable...
after watching LOCH.. i believe ariel can act neything she wants...

Da S... yes yes commercials.. but i prefer professionalism...
myolie went fat and went back skinny... did more commercials afterwards...

that is professionalism... Da S to be isn't THAT professional as ariel...
but then she always wanted to be pretty... so it is alrite...

[onepiece1]

I've never liked Da S.
She gives me the impression of snobbish and arrogant, very shallow. This just proves that she only cares of how she looks on the outside, only pick roles that protrays her as a princess.
No depth.

[nzabanal]

The very reason why I admire Ariel LIN very much and ready to defend her at all times ..its because of her professionalism and is always ready to see a different character in her.. she always aspire for greater challenges..that will make as a great artist... This will remeber you in whatever roles..you will always be a standout.. How small frame your body is but when you stand..everybody notices you.. You are really different and that you make it the best..

[francesca]

somehow this thread turned against Da S... look, we dont know for sure if the reason she gave up this role is because she dont want to lose weight or she doesnt want to look unpretty... in the end of the article it says "Only because of conflict with her schedule. Shan Cai is also a character of “weed“. Da S will not pick on the role la”.. ai-yo ... if you guys think about it... almost all her previous roles she played the poor-girl.. only in CWL did she play the princess type.. so what the reporter was saying was really just speculation and plain BS

on the other hand , i like ariel too that's why i thought i should share this news to all AFers. not intended for you guys to think that Da S is unprofessional compared to ariel

[.xiaochien.]

The news is unfair, its obviosly just what the media said, not what Da S said, this couldnt be true, news are being exaggerated sometimes, but whatever it is, the damage has been done especially to her NON fans, people would easily believe, saying that SHE JUST WANTS TO LOOK PRETTY, BUT HAVE YOU SEEN HER MOVIES AND OTHER DRAMAS? if she only cares bout her look, then she couldnt have been a GHOST in SILK, looking extremely horrible with all that make up on her, she was once a POOR GIRL in Meteor Garden, and she was dressed really simple there, and her roles in Mars and Ghost inside, if youve seen her in those, she had less make up there and YET PEOPLE ACCUSE HER OF JUST WANTING LOOK PRETTY...

pathetic...


and talking bout Professionalism, youve only heard this side of news, then she's already unprofessional, then what about those projects she did that showed her professionalism? those news that talked how professional she was?

Unfair... indeed..

This post has been edited by .xiaochien.: 17 July 2008 - 03:22 PM

[ronacious]

eh! yes, we don't know for sure what Da S's real reason is for not continuing on with the project...

it is the way the news was written that is why people suddenly reacted against Da S. in most parts of the article...Da S was made to look like she aint professional, choosy, shallow, and all that..but the latter part says that IT IS CONFLICT WITH SKED!

however..they emphasized more on the negative..hence Da S is getting these reactions..anyways..hope people would just be happy that Ariel and Joe are getting together again in a series..and that Da S is also busy with another project! everybody..happy!

[.xiaochien.]

I've never liked Da S.
She gives me the impression of snobbish and arrogant, very shallow. This just proves that she only cares of how she looks on the outside, only pick roles that protrays her as a princess.
No depth.

she was only rich in Corner With Love and Phantom Lover, and aside from that she played poor and simple in every dramas, movies she did..

This post has been edited by .xiaochien.: 17 July 2008 - 03:54 PM

[francesca]

I've never liked Da S.
She gives me the impression of snobbish and arrogant, very shallow. This just proves that she only cares of how she looks on the outside, only pick roles that protrays her as a princess.
No depth.

does she look like a princess here ?


im just saying... she doesnt pick only the princess type roles.. she only played a rich girl in CWL & phantom lover.. all the rest of her work she played poor girl.

[sweetbub]

arjoe fans must be very happy.....i never thought that i would see them collaborate again so fast after that interview where they said they might have to wait until 10 years later to collaborate again....i really thought that i had to wait 10years, but it's good to kno that we didn't have to wait after all.....

i'm a bit disappointed tho cuz Joe and Barbie is a refresh pairing and i've been wondering wat their onscreen chemistry would be like....i guess they would have to wait for future oppportunities to work together again....

[bebexd]

wow another arjoe series!
good to know...
barbie is throwing some diva behavior~
lolll wait wasn't she supposed to film corner w/ love 2 w. xiao chu?

[engin]

JEEEEEIIII ARJOE ONCE AGAIN!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

the news is kind of unfair to Da S. but aint she suppose to act with Xiao Zhu in CW2?

This post has been edited by engin: 17 July 2008 - 04:05 PM

[Aishiteru_Pi]

YEHEY !!!!!... Its seems that JOE & ARIEL are stucked with each other..

[ceKa]

Hey guys,,i'm a huge arjoe fan,and i'm over the moon right now after hearing this news..i can't wait for this drama,,i never expect them to reunite this fast,,but very very excited..!!

honestly,i'm not much of a Da S fan,but i don't think she's unprofessional..i mean in Corner with Love she even learned and explored her character's horoscope,just to find what her character is like..i mean if that's not professional then i don't know what is..i really think that's just the press that is stretching the news too far..but i also love Ariel for taking the challenge for this role,,i mean this is a great pressure especially when fans like us expect their collaboration to be at least or even greater than in ISWAK and TKA..

Anyways,,all arjoe fans,,let us all rejoice and wait for their collaboration soon!!i wish i can fast forward time so i can see them both faster^^