Ivy Chen in idol drama Extravagant Challenge

After going through many changes and setbacks, GTV’s idol drama “Extravagant Challenge” is finally set to begin filming in April. News has just been confirmed that Ivy Chen (Black & White) will play the main female lead, while popular Korean boy group Super Junior members Siwon and Donghae will be male leads.

As many of you may already know, the drama is an adaptation of the popular Japanese manga, “Skip Beat”. The story is about a girl (played by Ivy) who dreams of making it big in showbiz. She sets a goal to become like superstar Ren Tsuruga (Siwon), and to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend / singer (Donghae). As the main lead, Ivy will need to act as a village girl and then transform into a superstar. She expressed her confidence, “I am ready!” On the other hand, Siwon and Donghae are currently working hard on practicing their Chinese.

After confirming that there are no further complications regarding the copyright, the drama will be co-produced by Feng Jia-Rui and Doze Niu.

Source: UDN
Written by: fufu @ CpopAccess.com

Ivy Chen arm injured in movie Black and White movie

Black and White Episode 1 is now in the process of test shoots, director Cai YueXun along with the crew has began to rehearse several important action packed scenes. In addition to having a French choreographer Cyril Raffaelli coming to Taiwan to train the actors, the female lead, Ivy Chen, had already been bruised all over, having to fight several big guys in the movie version. She also posted on her microblog Weibo a picture showing a big bruise on her arm's injured picture. As a result, Ivy Chen has currently been named as "Heroine".

Ivy in a trail run scene, was in action against several big guys with sharp knives. The choreographer wanted it to look more realistic, requested the martial arts actors to attack closely, to cut for real. This however caused Ivy to suffer as when she couldn't dodge in time, the back of the knife would directly hit her head. After several practices, Ivy found bruises of all sizes all over her body, one very large one being on her left arm had caused her to shout in pain on Weibo "Woman fighter is not easy to be!"

Seeing herself all bruised up, Ivy jokes,"Really feels like to being tortured, I am simply a woman "being" hit." However, after finish filming the trial runs, Ivy carrying her injuries hurries to film a beauty advertisement, scaring all the staff there. In the end, they had to spend a little more time than usual to cover up all the bruises on Ivy.

This time, Ivy in Black and White's movie version can be said to be Taiwan's Milla Jovovich. She alone faces both black and white sides, both handsome and agile in her moves, will definitely be an eye opener for her fans; In addition, large amounts of money was invested in the film to shock all fans!

source: nownews.com
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Mark Chao and Ivy Chen filmed Black & White in Kaohsiung

Almost 80% of the drama “Black & White” was filmed in Kaohsiung, which included the True Love Ferry Pier, Formosa Boulevard MRT Station, the Dream Mall and more. The drama’s magnificent filming also increased the local area’s tourism. Even the hotel room where Sonia Sui seduced “Wu Ying Xiong” (Mark Chao) in is being called the “Honey Trap Suite” by netizens, costing NT$40,000 per night to stay in.

The movie version, “Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault”, is returning to Kaohsiung again. Since the original south district police station has been taken down and the hamburger place was destroyed in an explosion scene in the drama, they will be constructing new ones for the movie. The local government is also providing funding for the movie to rebuild the south district police station film studio.

Director Cai Yue-Xun hopes that the new 6,000 pings (~216,000 sq. feet) film studio can be split into two sections: a theme park and a professional film studio, “The goal of the film studio is not only to increase tourist attraction, it is also to transform Kaohsiung to be the focal city for the filming industry.”

Director Cai and the cast of the "Black & White" movie held a press conference and the movie is scheduled to begin filming in November.

Source: Appledaily, Liberty Times
Posted by fufu @ CpopAccess.com

Ivy Chen poses as Cinderella; Seduces Eddie Peng on the streets

Ivy Chen, whose popularity has risen from , was in the process of filming the new film yesterday on the streets. Under a high temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, she endured through 3 hours of special makeup to become a Cinderella street-performer. She pushes Mark Zhao away, and uses sign language to express her love to Eddie Peng, the male lead of the film. The process of their filming attracted many passer-bys.

Considerately helps Eddie fan off heat with small electric fan

In the afternoon of June 19th, reporters saw Ivy Chen painted in grayish-white from head to toe, while wearing a hat and in a western style dress, posing as a street performer. Eddie Peng, who is in love with her in the film, kept making faces and gestures at her to make her laugh. Between takes, the two of them often continue to fool around. Due to the hot temperature, Ivy Chen considerately takes out her mini electric fan that was prepared for her by the staff, to help Eddie Peng fan off some heat. According to the staff, Ivy Chen and Eddie Peng, who are of the same age, have been getting along very well, and that they often get together outside of filming!

Because Ivy Chen has very sensitive skin, her face makeup was put on last. In order to pretend to be a street performer, she also wore a grey color wig. She joked, "The only part that's real are my breasts.

Source : Liberty Times
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