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The Former NCT Member Joins a Story Eight Years in Development
· New York time
Lucas Wong, formerly of K-pop group NCT, is making his acting debut in A Time, a Taiwanese drama unveiled by director Tsao Jui-yuan at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest. Jerry Yan and Ning Chang also star in the series, which draws on Taiwan's campus folk music movement of the 1970s. Tsao spent eight years developing the project. The story traces decades of friendship and love against a musical backdrop, giving the former idol a role in an ensemble far removed from a concert formation. Tsao's previous work includes Crystal Boys, A Touch of Green and Seqalu: Formosa 1867. The casting links a performer known to an international K-pop audience with a drama rooted in a specific musical history. Its unveiling is the announcement of a project, not a verdict on how audiences will receive it. Eight years of development also puts the usual entertainment-industry definition of a quick pivot in perspective. The former boy-band member is moving to acting, but the director has been preparing the stage long enough for the folk movement's guitar to require a fresh set of strings.
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