An Actor's Rhapsody: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is a story about a wildly imaginative capitalist who fully finances a production team to fulfill his various dreams of being the male lead in historical dramas. His crazed rewriting of the script results in a disjointed storylines. The lowly and poor screenwriter is powerless to resist, desperately trying to fill in the gaps and inconsistencies despite their impending hair loss. The result is a complete departure from the original style, with character development constantly not working out. From palace harem to suspense, from suspense to fantasy, from fantasy to martial arts, from martial arts to palace life, and from palace life to time travel... breaking through the dimensional wall. All types of historical dramas gather together, diverging into a melting pot of themes. With their efforts, the fantasy genre will be introduced to geographical continental plates for the first time; the cold-faced male lead's soul is actually a piece of ancient ice that has existed for thousands of years; the palace harem is unusually harmonious, with deep sisterly bonds; the case-solving suspense of the imperial guards is full of suspense but the murderer is never found throughout the show; a scholar on the road to the imperial exam is unexpectedly crowned the champion of the martial world through a rich girl's investment; the male fox, who is both good and evil, and the female demon-hunter, who switches personalities frequently, are unable to resist temptation and become enemies due to love. Even the protagonist's friend's dog, brought on set during a visit, is turned into a spirit to add to the story, with a romantic subplot added... However, behind all the absurdity, you will discover that he is an actor pursuing his dreams and redemption with unbridled passion.

Series details

• Title: An Actor's Rhapsody
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2023-04-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Tencent QQ
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 14 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 76589
• TVDB ID: 434273

Cast and credited roles

• Chen Teng Yue — Gu Zong | Gu Xian
• Qu Meng Ru — Shang Guan Yun Zhu
• Joey Chua — Zhao Wan Qing
• Yang Zhi Wen — Pi Duo Duo

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-04-28; final listed air date 2023-04-28; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-07-15; final listed air date 2024-07-30; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from An Actor's Rhapsody on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.