menda tshering:
As far as I know they go with the script to the A listers first and if he/she agrees they add on the rest of the cast. How can you have a script without the slightest clue which actors or actresses could play the role? They have a basic idea of what they need in the actors/actresses
Oh, this one...I watched interviews from those cdrama celebrities but they all said the same thing. They have no power on whatever is going with the drama and that includes the stars they will work with.
What they will receive at first is a script, so they can know at least about the plot. So all that's written on that script is the plot, not whom they will act with.
So they will accept the script because they like the plot.
Then when accepted. They just have to wait. Once the other cast also accepted, only then will the main cast will know whom they will act with.
So some of them can back out if they do not want to work with that person, if not then they will be confirmed to work together and just have to wait for any updates for the script reading (where the casts will meet)
So fif they get to work with good people, they are thankful. If not, they will just endure until the filming is over.
I just watched RJ later interview and he said the same thing. Before they joined the cast, LQ message him a lot and asked him if they should confirm "certain content"(probably kissing scenes and all).