I think you’re mistaken. The ML is a great actor. I think you’re finding problem with him cause of his character/personality.…
He is great for second male lead. he just cant carry the drama. Anle is prime example. WOH is prime example. Other lead carried the drama , he got the credit
That drama sucks. Animation is ok. But it was part of Blood of youth time line. We know BLood of youth is one of greatest chinese drama. Blood river sucks. Bad Male lead
The whole ever night series got killed after that. They are not gona make evernight 3.
Same thing , They put him here thinking WOH performance but there he was a side kick.
He just dont have dialog delivery to be Male Lead.
He is script reading in most scenes. I see it , others cant see it because of some bias
Even FL acting looks very authentic
He is like teacher ask , student say " i am present". And collect pay cheque
This drama is just meandering. They are moving scene to scene but you just have no one to root for.
We want have goosebumps but i feel every one script reading than acting
But instead pretty look and speak nothing.
My conclusion is this.
He is great as second lead when there is no pressure on him that success of drama not rely on him
As a male lead you have lots of pressure. You want drama succeed so you get more gigs,
Everyone around him have great expectation based on woh performance
As anle proved , he is an efficient side kick at his best.
This role need lots of Confidence and he lacks that emotion
I think 2nd episode he hesitated what to say in one scene.
That is not a big issue . lots of people mess up.
Issue is he did not bring assasin vibe
If people praise bad actors , i get angry.