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Date: July 3, 2020
Temporary Chinese title: 《逆襲人生》
Pinyin title: Yik Jaap Yan Sang
Temporary English title: "Strike Back at Life"
Producer: Wong Wai Sing
Attending Cast: Shaun Tam, Gloria Tang, Cheung Wing Hong, Angel Chiang, Brian Chu, Timothy Cheng, Moon Lau, Toby Chan, Gilbert Lam, Iris Lam, Fung So Bor, Mary Hon, Amy Fan, Keith Ng, Wong Yee Kam, Griselda Yeung, Sheldon Lo, Virginia Lau, Baby Bo, Gary Chan, Shally Tsang, Tong Chun Ming, Ivan Yau, Gordon Siu, Chiu Lok Yin, Matthew Chan, Marco Lee, Nicole Wu, Man Yeung, Lucas Yung, Tiffany Ng, Carmen Ngai, Yuki Law, and Harriet Lai.
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- 25 episodes long.
- There are parallel universes and time travel. The plot has fantasy and is light.
- The story tells of Shaun Tam's character taking a chance to return to the past, hoping to make up for the mistakes made in the past to avoid the occurrence of a tragic ending. Can his strike back reverse a known future, or will it bring more incalculable crises?
- Shaun and Gloria Tang's ending is that they will be killed in a building collapse accident. However, this death is only their first life. Shaun will be given an opportunity to return to the past to save the lives of himself and his lover.
- The story begins with an old building that was acquired by a real estate business and is about to be demolished. While engineer Shaun was inspecting the old building, he dies in a building collapse accident. He wakes up unexpectedly and finds himself back to nine months before the collapse of the building. He decides to use this opportunity of rebirth to reverse his own destiny and save his girlfriend, Gloria, his younger sister, Angel Chiang, whom he had just recognized, and the householders who refuse to move out of the old building.
- Shaun will play Si Kwong (時光), a civil engineer. He and Gloria are already dead in the first episode. He wakes up nine months later, and he also has an opportunity to reverse his life. He wants to change his destiny and make a decision that differs from his 'previous life'. However, every time he makes a change, it brings about even more unknowns, which brings forth even more changes and crises. In order to save his girlfriend and younger sister, he decides to not pursue Gloria and to not recognize his younger sister. He thought that, without knowing them, they would not have encountered accidents. He, who knows the ending, discovers more unknown secrets and conspiracies in his second life. The story is like parallel universes, so his actions trigger different developments and changes; thus, for his scenes, that is, for the same scene, two faintly familiar but different scenes will be shot. He and Cheung Wing Hong have been friends for ten-plus years.
- Gloria will play Hailey Cheung Man (張旻), Shaun's girlfriend. It is a rather mature and heavy character.
- Cheung Wing Hong will play an architectural engineer. There is a love triangle among him, Gloria, and Shaun. He has always liked Gloria; Shaun always secretly helps him pursue her.
- Angel will play Au Yeung Ka Sun (歐陽家純), Shaun's younger sister. She will be killed at the beginning of the series, and Shaun will go back to nine months before to save her. She has a romantic storyline with Brian Chu.
- Brian will play Pok Po Kim (朴寶劍), a lawyer. He is a mixed Korean. He is Shaun's good friend who has always thought he was an alien.
- Timothy Cheng will play the boss of an engineering company.
- Moon will play Yeung Chi San (楊紫山), a rather free-spirited girl who has been married twice, but her husbands died both times. She is also the daughter of a gang leader. She carries on in her old ways regardless of what others say. She has a tough appearance and always yells at people, but she is actually hiding her uneasiness and is weak on the inside. She, Gloria, Angel, and Toby were good friends in middle school, but because there were some misunderstandings, they separated when they got older; they are all girls who have seen the world and have become middle-aged women. She wears tank tops and shorts.
- Toby Chan will play Chu Yau Yau (朱筱筱).
- Gilbert Lam will play Hong Wing Yan (康永仁), the boss of a real estate company. Amy Fan is his wife; Iris Lam is their daughter.
- Amy will play the boss lady of a real estate company. She is Gilbert's wife.
- Wong Yee Kam will play Timothy's wife.
- Iris will play Hong Chung Kei (唐仲琪), the daughter of Gilbert and Amy.
- Virginia Lau will play Daisy.
- Baby Bo will play 「琴姐」.
- Tong Chun Ming will play Lee Yee Kam's younger brother.
- Ivan Yau will play Lau Sing (劉星), a barista.
- Gordon Siu will play Ken Wong Wing Leung (黃永亮), Gilbert's younger cousin.
- Man Yeung will play Chan Hin (陳軒).
- Tiffany Ng will play the younger version of Toby's character.
- Carmen Ngai will play the younger version of Moon's character.
- Yuki Law will play the younger version of Angel's character.
- Harriet Lai will play the younger version of Gloria's character.
- Nicole Wong will play the younger version of Gloria's character.
- Patrick Lam will play Nicole's father.
- Wong Yee Kam will play Tina Ching Tin Na (程天娜), an architect. She is an associate director.
- Sophie Yip will play 'Vanilla L'.
- Eddie Pang will play Si Tung (史東), a bad person.
- Joe Yau will play William.
- Au Oi Ling will play a paternal grandmother.
- Casa Yuen will play a secretary for one scene.
- Henry Lo will guest-star as a voice actor.
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FYI: The Chinese title of this series has been changed to 《換命真相》 (literally translated as "Life-Changing Truth"). The official English title is "Take Two".
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Personal Note: The parallel universes/time travel theme has been rather popular in dramas recently....
Gloria, Angel, Moon, and Toby are being middle-aged women?! o_O
Funny how Angel did not want to play her younger version, while Moon and Gloria did! :P
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