Success of Yang Zi's Lost You Forever Adds Fuel to the Rumor of Reshooting The Golden Hairpin with Lin Geng Xin Leading New Male Leads Talking Along with Other Actors

So the C-drama adaptation of The Golden Hairpin was a S-level project so there was a shit ton of money already spent on the drama. That it was done and just waiting airing permit with male lead Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) was arrested for rape and other myriad allegations meant that a completed project was about to become a sunk cost. It’s been two since the scandal in the summer of 2021 and recently the court upheld Wu Yi Fan’s 13 year prison sentence on appeal. So the talk of a replacement male lead coming in to reshoot and then CGI his face into Wu Yi Fan’s body in appropriate scenes have continued and the most recent rumor is that the reshoots will happen in August 2023 so this month and Yang Zi will reshoot as needed any of her portions with the new male lead free of pay. Lin Geng Xin continues to be touted as the replacement male lead but also this week there was word that the production is considering Xiao Zhan, Deng Wei, and Tan Jian Ci. Deng Wei may be a good fit but Xiao Zhan is not stepping into any replacement and reshoot project and Tan Jian Ci isn’t as good a physical approximation to Wu Yi Fan.