- 30 episodes long.
- The five princesses are Sharon Chan, Tracy Ip, Charmaine Sheh, Yoyo Chen, and Charmaine Li. Charmaine will be bullied by the other four.
- The five prince consorts are Edwin Siu, Matthew Ko, Moses Chan, Eric Li, and Cheung Wing Hong.
- Louis Yuen (Kam Do Fuk/金多福), Moses (Kam Do Luk/金多祿), and Raymond Wong (Kam Do Sau/金多壽) will play brothers.
- Louis thinks that he is great, but he is actually useless. Moses is average-looking and not eloquent. Raymond is good in the arts, but avoids fighting.
- Susanna Kwan is the head of the Kam family household. Raymond is her son.
- The Kam family is a family of goldsmiths.
- Lee Heung Kam will play Susanna's mother-in-law. She is serious, but nothing she says is true.
- Kenneth Ma will play a fair and just royal designated matchmaker (金斧金秤, 公平公正, 天子授命的官媒). He is friends with Moses.
- Fala Chen will play Szeto Ngan Ping (司徒銀屏), Charmaine's maid who follows Charmaine into the Kam household after her marriage. She is a tomboy. She a fighter girl who will be like Charmaine's bodyguard. She will beat Moses when he angers Charmaine.
- Linda Chung will at first be a village girl. Then, she gets hired by Raymond as a maid, and she eventually becomes a princess. She is a strong girl who is easily satisfied.
- Selena Li will play Louis' wife.
- Susan Tse will play a kindhearted mother.
- Elaine Yiu will play a courtesan who is Moses' dream lover whom he discusses his troubles with.
- Lee Kwok Lun and Mary Hon will play a shrewd and cheapskate couple.
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FYI: The official English title of this series is "Can't Buy Me Love".
Related post: 《公主嫁到》 "Here Comes the Princess" Costume Fitting
Personal Note: Joyce Koi played a royal designated matchmaker in "Better Halves".
Bobby Au Yeung's name in "Wong Fei Hung Returns" was Kam Do Bo (金多寶). :)
"Princess" is becoming more and more like a crossover between "Mutual Affections", "Taming of the Princess", "The Legendary Four Aces", and "Better Halves".
The storyline of this series has changed quite a bit. Linda was originally the fighter girl, while Fala was the talented girl. Linda was also supposed to be Charmaine's maid. Now, she works for the Kam family.
I did not expect Selena to be Louis' wife!!! He he....
The only way that Linda can become a princess is by marrying a prince or she was a 'long lost' princess to start off with.
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It will be interesting to see Susan play a good character for once. We're so used to seeing her as a villain. :)
ReplyDeleteHm, interested in seeing Fala as a 'fighter girl.'
Selena as Louis' wife? O_O
Cast wise, I'm excited but I'm still hesitant about it being an ancient comedy. I don't think Beyond should have (two!) sequels in the first place. BTW, what did you think about the series?
Quite interesting but i dont think the cast needs to be this grand, i mean they probably dont need to use both linda and fala if there is selena and sharon...but i can see this series to be a good one, i think they are probably missing one more young male
ReplyDeleteanyway they make charmaine sheh the oldest princess or atleast use some older ppl for the 1st and 2nd because i just cant see sharon and tracy older
I'm so disappointed that Selena is going to play Louis' wife. Why can't they pair her up with Raymond or something? I think they make a pretty good couple.
ReplyDeletewhat!?!n selena's playing louis's wife?! i'm very disappointed.. i wouldn't have mind another kenneth-selena relationship or with another male character...
ReplyDeletethis series seems like a mix-up of past series...and true, i don't see it needing such a "grand" cast...
for some reason, i having some doubt about this series being really good...
Chuchu, Charmaine maybe 4 yrs older than Sharon, but she is still babyfaced. Meanwhile Sharon & Tracy look mature. It will be fine as long as they're not portraying 16-18 years old.
ReplyDeleteRelax about Selena pairing, who knows it might bring a pleasant surprise? Granted, Louis is not good looking, but he is a good comedian.
kenneth will pair with Sharon
ReplyDeletesehseh-i agree that charmaine is not that much older and looks young and yes tracy does look mature so i have no problem with that but for some reason i see sharon younger, so maybe that y i cant portrait her as the oldest princess...but then again the princess part is probably minor, as the really story is within the kam family, so it doesnt matter
ReplyDeletei just think for a ancient comedy there is no need for this grand of a cast, 5 fadan but only 2.5-3 male, thats y the paring isnt so great...btw this does look like beyond, it just show what artist is on who side
Chuchu, not all the cast attended the costume fitting. Edwin is also in the series. Matthew Ko as well...
ReplyDeleteThe reason why TVB have so many of its popular young fadans in here is because they want to take advantage of Beyond hype and promote them further. Comedy are more easily accepted by audience.
The cast remind me of A Colorful Life, another similar series also produced by Mui Siu Ching (and not mistaken, same scriptwriter as well).
Well.. Louis Yuen has a big role in here, it's not that bad that Selena is paired up with him.
ReplyDeleteMary looks very young and pretty, does anyone know what her age is?
after looking at the pictures.. alll i have to say is WOW. at the hairstyles. as in o_0?
ReplyDeleteno... i don't want kenneth pairing up with sharon...
hope the princesses don't act too "young"... that can get annoying lol
who does raymond pair up with?
Kenneth is NOT paired up with Sharon. Kenneth and Raymond are paired up with Linda and Fala, but not sure about who's with whom. :)
ReplyDeleteI think 文 (Raymond) should be with 武 (Fala). :)
Agree with sehseh, Sharon and Tracy look more mature.
Selena is in the Kam family, so her role IS bigger than Sharon's.
Mary Hon is 55 years old. :)
i dont get why people dont get (lol) the whole louis & selena thing... i think it's perfect... hahaha... the series is a comedy and what's funnier than chubby (fat is too harsh) louis being married to pretty selena... it's so awesome... XD maybe there's also something wrong with selena's character, which we won't find out till whenever... lol
ReplyDeletei think kenneth & fala also have that 文 & 武 thing that you want... what's better than charmaine's closest maid being with moses' best friend... it's perfect..! :)
and raymond did find linda and give her work at the Gam family so i think it makes sense that they be together...
i see a lot of potential for all relationships... hopefully it'll be as good as i imagine... ^_^
haha Louis is part of the "Kam" family again..lols..thats my first thoughts when i found out the family's last name was "Kam" just like VOH.
ReplyDeleteyeah agree with mare...it's also olden time...so it's common for older husband younger wife...i mean there's been plenty of historical characters with really young wives...
the cast is so huge that its hard to keep track and account for everyone lol they need to make map to map out all the characters! hehe
ReplyDeleteI agree that Selena and Louis is different but refreshing! I think they are going to be funny together!