Absolutely Charming
Absolutely Charming (simplified Chinese: 糊里糊涂爱上它) is a Singaporean Chinese fantasy drama which will be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Cherry Hsia, Elvin Ng, Zhou Ying, Zhang Zhen Huan, Rebecca Lim, Richard Low and Patricia Mok as the cast of this series. The series was repeated at 7am on Mediacorp Channel 8 on weekends.
| Absolutely Charming (糊里糊涂爱上它) | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy Fantasy Love triangles Romance Idol drama |
| Written by | Goh Chwee Chwee 吴翠翠 Chen Siew Khoon 陈秀群 |
| Directed by | Doreen Yap 叶佩娟 Lei Lai Ling |
| Starring | Cherry Hsia Elvin Ng Zhou Ying Zhang Zhen Huan Rebecca Lim Richard Low Patricia Mok |
| Opening theme | 爱上 by Matthew Teng |
| Ending theme | 味道 by Deng Bi Yuan 糊里糊涂爱上它 by Deng Bi Yuan |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Leong Lye Lin 梁来玲 |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
| Original release | 1 May – 28 May 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Pillow Talk |
| Followed by | Yours Fatefully |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Synopsis
Heavens above will make fun of mortals, however they will also make fun of fox spirits! [1]
The female lead of the show, Hu Liqin, is the Fox Spirit, banished to Earth for being unable to suppress her feelings of love in the celestial heavens. The only way she would be permitted back to the Celestial Court was if she could find a man who is willing to sacrifice his life to love and protect her.[2]
Cast
| Cast | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hsia | Hu Liqin | Fox Spirit Haomin's real love Haomin's wife |
| Elvin Ng | Song Haomin | One of the designers at Foxy Concotes aroma fragrances Enemy with Enlin Liqin's husband |
| Zhou Ying | Xie Enlin | Ex-fashion student One of the designers at Foxy Enemy with Haomin Became villain but repented Zikang's wife |
| Zhang Zhen Huan | Wu Zikang | Haomin's good friend/business partner One of the designers at Foxy Enlin's husband |
| Rebecca Lim | Song Xinmei | Fragrance Inn's owner Tiancheng's daughter Haomin's younger sister Renjie's mother |
| Richard Low | Song Tiancheng | Haomin and Xinmei's father |
| Patricia Mok | Liu Bingbing | Haomin and Xinmei's aunt |
| Jason Lee Kok Yang | Song Renjie | Xinmei's son Haomin's nephew |
Trivia
- This drama's Chinese title was originally meant to be 我爱狐狸精. This drama evokes love triangles.
- Dai Yang Tian was initially planned to play the role of Song Haomin, but the role was played by Elvin Ng after final planning.
- Tay Ping Hui was initially planned to play the role Wu Zikang, but the role was played by Zhang Zhen Huan after final planning.
- Jeanette Aw was initially planned to play the role of Hu Liqin, but the role was played by Cherry Hsia after final planning.[3]
- Bobby Tonelli, Jacelyn Tay and her family and Douglas Kung (It's A Small World) appear as cameos in the beginning of episode 1, where they see a fireball (which was created by Heavenly Mother after slapping Fox Spirit). It is similar to 1988 TV series Star Maiden.
- There are no nominations for this drama for Star Awards 2013.
See also
References
Rebecca Lim is the celeb blogger on the Absolutely Charming posts.[4]