''Lost Romance'' () is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic-fantasy television series created and produced by

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. Starring

Marcus Chang Marcus Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Li̍p-ngong; born 28 May 1983) is a Taiwanese actor and singer-songwriter. He made his acting debut with the 2014 film '' Café. Waiting. Love.'' He is best known for his leading roles in the television ser ...

and

Vivian Sung Vivian Sung Yun-hua (; born 21 October 1992) is a Taiwanese actress. She is best known for the films '' Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014) and ''Our Times'' (2015), as well as the television series ''Lost Romance'' (2020). She was nominated for ...

, it tells the story of an editor in a publishing company who magically finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel – and comes face-to-face with the man of her dreams. The series premiered on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. on TTV in

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from June 7, 2020, to October 18, 2020, and aired on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. on cable television

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from June 13, 2020, to October 24, 2020. The series was filmed as it aired. It is available for streaming internationally on Viki, Vidol, and

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with multilingual subtitles for the global viewers. The behind-the-scenes clips were broadcast at the end of each episode under the name ''Encountering Romance Every Second.'' (

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: 遇見浪漫的每一秒).

Cast

Main cast

as He Tianxing/Situ Aoran *

as Zheng Xiao'en * Simon Lien as Duanmu Qingfeng/Chen Qing

Supporting cast

* Kelly Liao as He Mingli *

Jason Hsu Jason Hsu (, born 27 July 1985) is a Taiwanese singer, actor and ice hockey player. He was a member of the Taiwanese boyband 5566. Life and career Hsu's father is a businessman. He has an elder sister. Hsu is a keen ice hockey player, and ...

as He Tianjian/Situ Moran * Snowbaby Tsai as Ling Chuchu/Chu Chu *Tang Zhi Wei as Hu Chaoqin *Don Wong as He Zhaonan * Kiki Chen as Susanna/Susan * Pii as Lin Chuntian/Lin Qiutian * Sean Lin as Jason * Deyn Li as George * Hsu Yuan Kang as Yao Guping * Hsiao Yao as Xu Qiongmei *Feng Xian Bo as Chu Yun *Jacky Liu as Dr. Pan * Tannie Huang as Dr. Sun

Special appearances

* Belle Chuo as Dong Fangmeng *

Tony Sun Tony Sun (; born 20 February 1978) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, host and baseball player. He is the leader of Taiwanese group 5566. Career Sun gained much solo experience by releasing several well-received albums in Taiwanese Hokkien ...

as Cheng Qing *

Puff Kuo Puff Kuo (; born 30 June 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, model, and was the youngest member of Taiwanese girl group Dream Girls until their disbandment. In 2008, Kuo was scouted by talent agents and in 2010, she joined girl group Dream G ...

as Liu Mushuang

Production

had previously collaborated with director Eri Hao on the 2018 television series ''Between.'' Prior to filming, Marcus Chang had been actively doing weight training and going on a high-protein diet; hoping he could achieve the “cheetah-like” figure described in the script for his role as an overbearing CEO. This marked Marcus Chang's second collaboration with

since their 2014 film ''

Café. Waiting. Love ''Café. Waiting. Love'' ( is a 2014 Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed by Chiang Chin-lin, adapted from Giddens Ko's novel of the same name. The film marks the first on-screen appearance of Vivian Sung. Plot Si-ying ( Vivian Sung) is a uni ...

'' and his fourth collaboration with

. The series is Vivian Sung's small screen comeback in Taiwan after five years. The entire cast and crew attended the opening press conference held on April 14, 2020. Filming took place almost entirely in

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as well as other locations in

including

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

, and

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

. Scenes from the wedding ceremony were filmed at the Vena Manor, a popular wedding venue in Changhua County. The series was awarded $15 million NT in tax credits by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.

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Fan meeting

With 2000 fans at the event,

, Simon Lien, and rest of the cast attended the ''Lost Romance'' fan meeting, which was held on August 1, 2020, at Chungyo Department Store in

LINE stickers

In collaboration with

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, ''Lost Romance'' launched its own LINE stickers, featuring

and

Soundtrack

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were: *

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– I, Myself, Recipe of Life, U Motherbaker * FTV – The Mirror, The Rootless, The Story of Three Springs, Animal Whisper * CTV –

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(re-run),

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(re-run), Chinese Restaurant season 3 *

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– Top Singers * Numbers in denote the highest rating and numbers in denote the lowest rating for the drama's tenure. * Ratings are obtained from AGB Nielsen.

Broadcast

References

External links

* (TTV) * (SET Metro) * {{Sanlih E-Television Original Series Taiwan Television original programming Sanlih E-Television original programming 2020 Taiwanese television series debuts 2020 Taiwanese television series endings Taiwanese drama television series Taiwanese romance television series Taiwanese romantic comedy television series Taiwanese romantic fiction Taiwanese time travel television series