Therefore, many of the male and female leads in idol dramas have mediocre acting skills.
In the entertainment industry a decade ago, male and female stars who acted in idol dramas were good-looking, and their acting skills were also commendable.
In recent years, however, they have become increasingly poor and eye-sore.
It's one thing for their acting to be terrible, but their looks are also getting worse year by year.
With a sea of fake, surgically enhanced faces, audiences can barely distinguish between the male leads, second male leads, female leads, and second female leads.
Very few truly achieve both excellent looks and acting skills.
Especially for someone like Jiang Ling, who is in high demand for any type of drama.
When acting in dramas that emphasize acting skills, other seasoned actors might match her in performance, but they lack her stunning looks.
Thus, she can maximize the benefits of her appearance in serious dramas.
When acting in idol dramas that prioritize looks, artists of the same age group may have appearances comparable to hers, but they lack her masterful acting.
At this point, her acting skills can shine brilliantly among a host of handsome men and beautiful women, comprehensively outshining them.
For this reason, Jiang Ling is hailed as the most beautiful actress among the talented performers and the best-acting actress among the idol performers.
Although Jiang Ling has an advantage in any type of drama due to her unique qualities that other actors lack, she has been automatically classified as a serious drama actress because the dramas she has appeared in over the past two years have basically all been proper historical dramas.
Having a serious drama actress act in an idol drama is definitely a dimensionality reduction attack on acting skills.
Jiang Ling chuckled, "Not necessarily. The script is the core of a drama. If the plot is too bad, even my best acting skills can't save it."
Ge Ying said, "In the many years of development in the entertainment industry, idol dramas, especially those about rich second-generation heirs falling in love with beautiful and kind Cinderella heroines, have always had the most capital and the hottest themes. It's truly endless. But the world is diverse; idol dramas vary in quality. If you pick the right script and perform well, you can become famous overnight. However, if you choose poorly and mess up, you can crash and burn in an instant."
Jiang Ling nodded in agreement, "I know. I'll choose scripts carefully. I've always had high standards. I either don't act, or I act in the best."
"Alright, I'll have someone help you select a batch first, and try to find as many good scripts for you as possible!"
"Mm!"
As a powerful businesswoman, Ge Ying was extremely efficient. Seeing that Jiang Ling wanted to act in idol dramas to benefit the public, she quickly selected a batch of scripts and sent them to Sister Sa.
After reviewing them, Sister Sa carefully made another selection, discarding the brainless plots. Only five scripts were finally sent to Jiang Ling.
The script for "The Prince Who Turned into a Frog" was among these five.
Jiang Ling suppressed her inner excitement, pretending to finish reading all five scripts, and finally pointed to the script for "The Prince Who Turned into a Frog," saying, "This one!"
Upon seeing this, Sister Sa smiled, "Of these five scripts, I also thought this was the best and the easiest to make a hit. I was planning to recommend it to you, but I didn't expect you to like this one too."
Jiang Ling smiled, "This is what they call great minds think alike!"
She paused and asked, "Has the female lead of this script, Ye Tianyu, been cast yet?"
Sister Sa shook her head, "Not yet. However, the director in charge of filming this drama is like a Napoleon of idol dramas. There are many artists vying for the female lead role, including several established first-tier actresses."