Meng Ziyi became famous when she starred in "Nine Purple" with Li Yunrui. Later, her popularity skyrocketed with her guest appearance in "Huaishui Bamboo Pavilion" and co-starring with Liu Xueyi in "Peach Blossoms Reflect the Country". After Meng Ziyi became famous, she successively filmed two new costume dramas with heroines, including the new drama "A Hundred Flowers Killing" starring He Yu, and the new drama "Princess Shang" starring Li Yunrui.
A few days ago, Meng Ziyi was officially announced to take on the role of the heroine in the new costume drama "Reaching for Stars and Beating the Earth with One Hand" directed by the director of "Filter". Meng Ziyi will play the princess for the third time in the drama. The male lead is rumored to be co-starring Meng Ziyi's fellow junior Dong Sicheng, who became popular after starring in "Five Blessings". However, some netizens believe that Dong Sicheng's appearance is too delicate, and he and the mature-looking Meng Ziyi feel too sibling-like, so they dislike the two's sense of partnership.
Meng Ziyi has hardly rested since he became famous with "Nine Purple". He has been filming the suspense drama "Three Lines of Mystery", the costume drama "A Hundred Flowers Killing", "Princess Shang", and recently started filming the new costume drama "The Only Queen" with Wang Hedi. In addition to Except for "The Alone Queen", Meng Ziyi has always been ranked first, and her status as a star has been significantly upgraded. Not only that, she recently attended the Hong Kong International Film and Television Festival Yao Ke's new drama press conference, and was even more surprised to announce that she will star in the new heroine plot drama "Reach for the Stars and Beat the Earth with One Hand".
It is reported that "Reaching for Stars and Beating the Earth with One Hand" was confirmed to be produced by Yaoke Media two years ago. Yaoke decided to invite Meng Ziyi to be the heroine. The two parties had previously collaborated on "Nine Purple" with great success, and later collaborated on "Hundred Flowers". They had a perfect understanding, so even if Meng Ziyi was originally There was no schedule to shoot "Reaching for the Stars with One Hand and Beating the Earth with the Other", but Yao Ke still postponed the filming for two years because of Meng Ziyi. It is expected to start filming in the third quarter of this year. The producer continued to optimize the script during the waiting period and polished it for 18 months, which clearly shows the importance it attaches to the project and Meng Ziyi.
Since "Reaching for the Stars with One Hand and Beating the Earth with the Other Hand" is a drama with a female protagonist, the male and female protagonists are chosen to be female and male. Although the male protagonist has not yet been announced, it is said on the Internet that Dong Sicheng, who is under the same sect of Yuekai Entertainment as Meng Ziyi, is being contacted. Dong Sicheng made his debut in South Korea in 2016 as a member of the Korean group NCT 127, and in China in 2019 with the Chinese unit Way V. After setting up his own studio in 2021, Dong Sicheng began to enter the drama circle. In recent years, he has performed as the male supporting actor in "Ice and Snow Ballad", "Five Blessings", and "Midnight Return", and his acting skills have naturally received praise.
Meng Ziyi and Dong Sicheng have collaborated on "Ballad of Ice and Snow" and recorded "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Woods" together. However, some netizens believe that Dong Sicheng was too delicate when he was growing up, and he feels very sibling-like with the mature Meng Ziyi.
