Cecilia Liu and Wallace Huo Share Filming Experience for “The Imperial Doctress”
The cast of The Imperial Doctress <女醫明妃傳> attended a costume press conference in Hangzhou on July 7. A joint production between Chinese Entertainment Shanghai and New Classics Media, The Imperial Doctress stars Cecilia Liu (劉詩詩) as Tan Yunxian, one of the most famous female Chinese physicians of the Ming Dynasty. The period drama also stars Wallace Huo (霍建華) as Zhu Qizhen and Huang Xuan (黃軒) as Zhu Qiyu, two brothers who eventually became the Emperor of China.
The cast of The Imperial Doctress made extravagant appearances at the press conference in their costumes. Cecilia chose to wear a light blue gown with phoenix embroidery and a low-profile but refined head ornament, expressing that this attire was her favorite look. Both Wallace and Huang Xuan appeared with their royal gowns, looking charismatic and aggressive.
According to media reports, The Imperial Doctress takes place in the mid-1400s during the Tumu Crisis. The story is about how Tan Yunxian, the granddaughter of physicians, broke social barriers for women and openly practiced medicine, a field that was traditionally for men. Tan Yunxian went to become one of the most famous female imperial physicians of the Ming Dynasty. In the series she will also romantically involved with the two future emperors, Qizhen and Qiyu.
Prior to filming the drama, Cecilia revealed that she took brief lessons with a traditional Chinese doctor to learn the basics of Chinese medicine and treatment. She was taught how to properly handle acupuncture needles, recognize the important pressure points of the human body, and massage techniques.
“The difficulty level is really high,” said Cecilia. “[The dialogue] involved a lot of jargon, and it’s easy to get confused by traditional Chinese medical terms because some of them sound really similar to each other but may mean completely different things.”
There were rumors floating around online that many of Cecilia’s costars did not dare to fool around too much with Cecilia because of her status as Nicky Wu’s (吳奇隆) girlfriend. Wallace explained, “That’s because everyone was tired and none of us really had the energy to do anything else.”
“The Imperial Doctress” Trailer
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Source: Sina.com
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
Can Cecelia get anymore expressionless? She’s so stiff in the trailer, like this is her first time acting.
Seem pretty snoozy trailer :/ they need better material -.- from a maid being tangle in imperial palace mystery and struggles, to a doctor being tangled in imperial palace mystery and struggle…. There isn’t much different -.- and there is nothing stand out about this series, LSS is boring to look at, in half of the trailer I’ve seen, there was nothing exciting about her character :/ no liveliness, no fight…. Love Wallace, but he need to break away, and do something different :/ than a struggle prince turn emperor :/ I’ll pass lol 🙁
wow the trailer is quite okay with all of the actress in it
and looks like Cecilia Liu is like she is always vey worried about something that is happening to her and plus “Is it her first time doing a TV Drama”??? <3 just asking because i don't really know that much stuff about her! ! !
very not vey!!!
And i quite like the outfit that they had in the trailer
but for the ladies is a bit too much colours when you look back to ancient Chinese history their clothing is very very very…..simple and don’t have that much stuff on their head!!!!! (i am just saying that their clothing of the colours is just a bit too much colours on it)…that’s all
It depends on which era of the many thousands of years of Chinese history. Tang court ladies wore elaborate flowery head dresses. Each dynasty had similarities and differences in colors and design.
Yes,it does depend on the era and dynasty and also the ranking and position they had as well.
ok…..
Another series with Cecilia Liu in it, skip. Can’t act and very stiff (same facial expression). Nicky Wu’s acting is boring too. Didn’t watch Bu bu jing qing I and II or any other series they were/will be in.
Nice ! looking forward to it ! Cecilia & Wallace fighting !
another mystery place drama? gonna give it a miss