Lost Romance

Lost Romance is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic-fantasy television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung, it tells the story of an editor in a publishing company who magically finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel – and comes face-to-face with the man of her dreams. The series premiered on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. on TTV in Taiwan from June 7, 2020, to October 18, 2020, and aired on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. on cable television SET Metro from June 13, 2020, to October 24, 2020. The series was filmed as it aired. It is available for streaming internationally on Viki, Vidol, and Netflix with multilingual subtitles for the global viewers.

The behind-the-scenes clips were broadcast at the end of each episode under the name Encountering Romance Every Second. (Chinese: 遇見浪漫的每一秒).

Main cast

 * Marcus Chang as He Tianxing/Situ Aoran
 * Vivian Sung as Zheng Xiao'en
 * Simon Lien as Duanmu Qingfeng/Chen Qing

Supporting cast

 * Kelly Liao as He Mingli
 * Jason Hsu as He Tianjian/Situ Moran
 * Snowbaby Tsai as Ling Chuchu/Chu Chu
 * Tang Zhi Wei as Hu Chaoqin
 * Don Wong as He Zhaonan
 * Kiki Chen as Susanna/Susan
 * Pii as Lin Chuntian/Lin Qiutian
 * Sean Lin as Jason
 * Deyn Li as George
 * Hsu Yuan Kang as Yao Guping
 * Hsiao Yao as Xu Qiongmei
 * Feng Xian Bo as Chu Yun
 * Jacky Liu as Dr. Pan
 * Tannie Huang as Dr. Sun

Special appearances

 * Belle Chuo as Dong Fangmeng
 * Tony Sun as Cheng Qing
 * Puff Kuo as Liu Mushuang

Production
Marcus Chang had previously collaborated with director Eri Hao on the 2018 television series Between. Prior to filming, Marcus Chang had been actively doing weight training and going on a high-protein diet; hoping he could achieve the “cheetah-like” figure described in the script for his role as an overbearing CEO.

This marked Marcus Chang's second collaboration with Vivian Sung since their 2014 film Café. Waiting. Love and his fourth collaboration with Sanlih E-Television. The series is Vivian Sung's small screen comeback in Taiwan after five years.

The entire cast and crew attended the opening press conference held on April 14, 2020.

Filming took place almost entirely in Taichung as well as other locations in Taiwan including Nantou County, Changhua County, and Yunlin County.

Scenes from the wedding ceremony were filmed at the Vena Manor, a popular wedding venue in Changhua County.

The series was awarded $15 million NT in tax credits by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.

Fan meeting
With 2000 fans at the event, Marcus Chang, Vivian Sung, Simon Lien, and rest of the cast attended the Lost Romance fan meeting, which was held on August 1, 2020, at Chungyo Department Store in Taichung.

LINE stickers
In collaboration with LINE TV, Lost Romance launched its own LINE stickers, featuring Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung.

Episode ratings
Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:


 * CTS – I, Myself, Recipe of Life, U Motherbaker
 * FTV – The Mirror, The Rootless, The Story of Three Springs, Animal Whisper
 * CTV – Attention, Love! (re-run), Chinese Restaurant (re-run), Chinese Restaurant season 3
 * SET Taiwan – Top Singers


 * Numbers in red denote the highest rating and numbers in blue denote the lowest rating for the drama's tenure.
 * Ratings are obtained from AGB Nielsen.