''The Legendary Swordsman'' is a

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an television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''

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''. It was first broadcast on TCS-8 (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in Singapore in 2000. It stars Steve Ma,

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, Ivy Lee,

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, Jacelyn Tay, Florence Tan,

Chen Tianwen Chen Tianwen (born 28 March 1963) is a Singaporean actor. Career Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th arti ...

, Priscelia Chan & Zheng Geping as the casts of the series.

Differences between novel and drama

The plot deviates significantly from the original story. Notable differences include: Ren Yingying appearing much earlier in the series than her first appearance in the novel; Ren Woxing is killed by Yue Buqun instead of dying from a stroke; an additional subplot on a romance between Tian Boguang and Lan Fenghuang; Dongfang Bubai is given a greater role in the series as the ultimate villain as opposed to his role as a minor antagonist in the novel, in which he only appears in one chapter.

Cast

* Steve Ma as Linghu Chong *

as Ren Yingying * Ivy Lee as Yue Lingshan *

as Lin Pingzhi * Jacelyn Tay as Dongfang Bubai * Florence Tan as Lan Fenghuang *

as Tian Boguang * Priscelia Chan as Yilin * Zheng Geping as Yue Buqun *

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as Ning Zhongze * Natalie Faye as Qiu Xueying *

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as Ren Woxing * Li Haijie as Zuo Lengshan * Huang Shinan as Xiang Wentian *

Rayson Tan Rayson Tan (; born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor. Career Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search Singapore talent comp ...

as Liu Zhengfeng * Liang Weidong as Qu Yang *

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as Lin Zhennan * Huang Shaoting as Lin Zhennan's wife * Hong Peixing as Yu Canghai * Jin Yinji as Mute Granny * Brandon Wong as Lao Denuo * Chen Junguang as Lu Dayou * Li Zhizhou as Mu Gaofeng

Awards

Production

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was initially selected to play Yue Lingshan but she rejected the offer. Jacelyn Tay also turned down her role as Dongfang Bubai initially, but retook her role after a telling-off by Steve Ma in the Singaporean media.IMDB
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References

External links

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''The Legendary Swordsman''
on Mediacorp website {{DEFAULTSORT:Legendary Swordsman, The Singaporean wuxia television series Works based on The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 2000 Singaporean television series debuts 2000 Singaporean television series endings Television series set in Imperial China Television shows based on works by Jin Yong Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming