Gossip Girl meets Hana Kimi = Runaway Sweetheart?
Actors for Dan (Chen Xiang) and Nate (Jiang Chao) check for gossip online during training.
Looking for new gossip? Try moving beyond the Upper East Side to a certain school on the other side of the world. Dan Humphrey’s alter ego, Dan(or Shan?) Hanfei, just got a new roommate, Shulei/Serena, and he (or should we say, she) is stirring up drama in the all boys’ college of Hua Gang. Swimmer Chuck is seriously questioning his sexual orientation, and even hottie Track Captain Nate is interested in this newcomer.
From the director of Hana Kimi, and following the style of Gossip Girl, Shineshow/eeMedia/Sohu’s “Runaway Sweetheart” is another take on the timeless plotline of girl-as-boy. The cast includes mostly first-time actors, including Chen Xiang, an unconfirmed female lead, newbie Chen Xiaoke 陈晓柯, and members of new boyband 8090. The drama will be mainland’s first weekly TV series, and will air next summer.
Chen Xiang plays the moody lead, a runner with a soft heart for his new roommate.
8090’s Jiang Chao plays the track captain Nate, a playboy with a broken heart.
Models Li tingyue and Mi Na, Central Drama actress Zhao Zhuona and Super Girl Tan Lina play supporting female characters:
Other confirmed supporting males include 8090’s Chen Xiao, 8090’s Zhang He, Wu Yi and 8090’s Xu Jiawei. Chen Xiaoke plays goofy and buff? swimmer Chuck who falls for neighboring school’s Tan Lina. Poor guy doesn’t really have any pictures, but you can watch him in a commercial here.
Will our Viola find true love in her Duke Orsino, or will this Zhu Yingtai finds tragedy with her Liang Shanbo?
Stay tuned.
XOXO,
Gossip “Girl”
source: cfensi