Details
-Title: 微笑 Pasta / Wei Xiao Pasta
-Genre: Romance / Comedy
-Episodes: 17
-Broadcast network: TTV / SETTV
-Broadcast period: 2006 Jul 16 - 2006 Nov 5
-Opening theme song: Cai Hong De Wei Xiao by Cyndi Wang
-Ending theme song: Bei Ji Xing De Yan Lei by Nicholas Teo
-Insert songs: See Smiling Pasta OST
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Synopsis
Xiao Shi is a girl who has gone through many short relationships, 17 to be exact, not one lasting more than 3 months hence, she was cursed with a three-month curse. After being dumped by her 17th boyfriend, the world looks grimmer than ever. At that time, a famous idol, He Qun runs past, bumps into Xiao Shi, and they end up "kissing" on the street. Paparazzi swarmed by and to avoid a bad reputation, He Qun’s manager declared Xiao Shi as He Qun’s girlfriend of one year and fiancée. Thus, a love contract was made. This story is about how the couple learns to like each other after having disagreements in the beginning, as well as fighting the injustices the media throw at them. Will Xiao Shi finally break her 3 month curse?
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Cast
Cyndi Wang as Cheng Xiao Shi / 成曉詩
Nicholas Teo as He Qun / 何群
Gino as He Rui Zhe / Ah Zhe / 阿哲
Zhao Hong Qiao as Rita
Jian Chang as Cheng Gang / 成剛
Zhao Shun as Cheng Jin / 成金
Wang Juan as Chen Lin Ma Li / 成林瑪麗
Hu Kang Xing (胡康星) as Cheng Ming / 成銘
Song Zhi Ai as Huang Qian Hui / 黃千慧
Wu Zhen Ya (吳震亞) as Lei Long / 雷龍
Shen Meng Sheng as He Meng Yuan / 何孟元
Bao Zheng Fang (鲍正芳) as Bi Li Ling / 毕丽铃
Di Zhi Jie as Vincent
Wei Ru as Xiao Rou
Darren as Wei Zai
Vivienne Lee as Xing Ren Cha / 杏仁茶
Chen Yi Han as Tian Xin / 田欣 (ep 15)
Leon Jay Williams as Xia Tian / 夏天 (ep 15)
Pan Yi Jun as Betty (ep 15)
Fang Zi Xuan as Reporter (ep 14)
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Nicholas Teo’s performance:
He is a big shot star, and he acted so.
He can show his mischievous side as well as his caring side.A native Malaysian, even though his Mandarin was very good,you could still get a sense that he was not a native of Taiwan. This served a little problem because his accent and his brothers accent were different even though they came from the same families.
Cyindy Wang's Performance:
Cyindy Wang's performance was very convincing as well. She portrayed an innocent girl, although a little unsophisticated at times. She acted very cute and adorable, just as her character ought suppose to be.
Gino & Rita Performance:
Gino & Rita complemented the drama very well. Gino was fierce and unforgiving, but also have a caring side for people close to him. And Rita's character, the "evil other-woman" was carried out flawlessly, she was not too scheming, which was the right amount for the drama.
