Hey guys, it’s Anton.
Happy Thanksgiving for those of you guys who celebrate it.
Today marks exactly one week since the premiere of the very first episode of “The Wolf”,
a drama that had been in waiting for literally three years before it finally aired.
The drama has been praised by netizens for its fantastic acting, great storyline, and
of course its excellent cast.
Fans started digging up old memes and media of Xiao Zhan from last year’s “The Untamed”
when they saw appear in his very first episode of “The Wolf”.
His first appearance was in episode 11, by the way, I’ll leave a link down in the video
description below if you haven’t seen it yet because I’ve already done an explained
video on his very first showing in “The Wolf” Anyways, netizens were able to find
an old clip last year of Xiao Zhan from July 2019 where he was shown to be running to a
surprise friend.
I’ll play a quick clip of it.
Yup, you're seeing it correctly, that's Darren Wang his co-star after two years from filming
"The Wolf".
Like it mentioned before, this clip happened in July of 2019, just less than a few weeks
after the premiere of “The Untamed” that began Xiao Zhan’s immense popularity spike.
The clip happened as a surprise meeting between Xiao Zhan and Darren Wang, when they both
happened to be coincidentally at Sina headquarters at the exact same time.
Xiao Zhan immediately runs up and hugs his former co-star as soon as he spots him in
the distance.
The two reportedly spend their rest of the time catching up and having fun at the corporate
office.
At the same time, sitting in the same building and probably waiting for Xiao Zhan's arrival
was his co-star from "The Untamed" Wang Yibo.
In the meantime as Xiao Zhan and Darren Wang are chatting it up, Wang Yibo had been waiting
in one of the conference rooms nearby for Xiao Zhan's arrival to do an official press
interview for "The Untamed".
When scanning through various video clips that Darren Wang had filmed himself, netizens
quickly noticed that he had in fact visited the interview area where Xiao Zhan and Wang
Yibo were sitting and even said hello.
This brief interaction between the three stars eventually ignited a now-classic “The Untamed”
meme last year when the drama was still airing.
All it really took was this very short thirty second clip for the fanbases of both the newly
premiered "The Wolf" and the community from "The Untamed" to get jumpy with excitement
to learn that the two are in fact very good friends, even to the current day.
The relationship between Darren Wang and Xiao Zhan in real life is very good, with the two
constantly interacting with each other both on social media and outside.
It was pretty cool, I admit, to see “The Wolf” Prince meeting up with the pair from
“The Untamed”.
A little awkward considering Wei Wu Xian’s former life was a bounty hunter who was in
love with The Wolf’s love interest.
But anyways, I also thought it was nice that their relationship was so good.
Usually with dramas during the promo period the actors are close but start to drift away
after time passes, but even two years after the filming of “The Wolf”, it seems that
the relationship between Darren Wang and Xiao Zhan was as strong as ever.
In fact, one thing I really appreciate about Darren Wang, along with Xiao Zhan, is that
they both seem like really genuinely nice people.
They seem really likeable and friendly despite being big actors.
I remember this photo from earlier this month where Darren was just hanging out and having
fun with Xu Kai in the same way as he did with Xiao Zhan, with Wang Kai photobombing
behind them.
I liked Darren starting from “Our Times” in 2015, way before “The Wolf”, but after
this drama it really made me remember why I wanted to support him, and just seeing his
interactions with his fellow actors reminded me of this.
As of right now, Xiao Zhan of course gets the most attention for “The Wolf” since
he is China’s number one drama actor, and with main female lead Li Qin trailing behind
him.
Darren Wang is sort of in a weird place where he is the main male lead but gets less recognition
than his co-stars, and I feel pretty bad for him because of that.
I really enjoyed his acting in “The Wolf”, as much as Li Qin or even Xiao Zhan, and I
hope the continued rising popularity of this drama will give him a boost in reputation
and get more drama projects in the future.
Please drama companies, give my favorite Wolf prince some more roles he deserves!
Anyways, that’s it for this video today.
Give this video a thumbs up if you thought the Xiao Zhan Darren Wang meetup from last
year was awesome and how about a sub for the little bonus with Wang Yibo on top?
It’s so cool to see all these actors interact with each other and I look forward to a lot
more to come with all of them.
I’m still making my way through “The Wolf” and am still in love with this drama, the
chemistry, the acting, its all so good.
I’ll keep posting my thoughts as I make my way through this drama.
For now, let me know who is your favorite actor or actress in “The Wolf” so far,
or if you are following a different drama let me know what it is currently.
Thank you so much for joining me today.
I’m really glad to be able to share this experience with all of you.
Also, it’s Thanksgiving today, so before I go off to eat my turkey, I want to remind
everyone to remember to spend their time with their loved ones today whether or not you
do celebrate the holiday, and always to give thanks to what we have in life.
As always, my name is Anton, I’ll see you guys in the next episode.
Later!