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

Sanlih E-Television Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; ) is a Taiwanese nationwide cable TV network founded in May 1993. It also produces Taiwanese drama that are broadcast on free-to-air channels like Taiwan Television (TTV). In terms ...

. Starring

Marcus Chang Marcus Chang (; born 28 May 1983) is a Taiwanese actor and singer-songwriter. He made his acting debut with the film '' Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014). He is best known for his leading roles in the television series '' Back to 1989'' (2016), '' ...

and

Vivian Sung Vivian Sung Yun-hua (; born 21 October 1992) is a Taiwanese actress. She made her acting debut as the female lead in the film '' Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014). She rose to fame with her role in the film ''Our Times'' (2015), which earned her ...

, 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

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, Vidol, and

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with multilingual subtitles for the global viewers. ''DailyView'' ranked ''Lost Romance'' as the “Most Popular

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of the Year.” It is also one of the highest-rated Taiwanese dramas on Viki, with a score of 9.6 out of 10. 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 Lian 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, Bruce Hung, and Marcus Chang. Plot S ...

'' 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

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, and

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. 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 (Taiwan), Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.

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Fan meeting

With 2000 fans at the event,

, Simon Lian, 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 Line TV, LINE TV, ''Lost Romance'' launched its own LINE stickers, featuring

and

Soundtrack

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were: *CTS Main Channel, CTS – I, Myself, Recipe of Life, U Motherbaker *Formosa Television, FTV – The Mirror (TV series), The Mirror, The Rootless, The Story of Three Springs, Animal Whisper *CTV Main Channel, CTV – Attention, Love! (re-run), Chinese Restaurant (TV series), Chinese Restaurant (re-run), Chinese Restaurant (TV series), Chinese Restaurant season 3 *SET Taiwan – Top Singers (TV series), 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 Philippines, AGB Nielsen.

Awards and nominations

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