Lin Wei, the 57-year-old former “Flower Series” niche player, recently became unexpectedly popular on social platform threads. Netizens discovered clips of TV series such as “Female Flower” and “I Will Always Love You”, which she starred in nearly 30 years ago. She found that when he was young, he was gentle and handsome, and his smile was somewhat similar to the 36-year-old popular Taiwanese actor Xu Guanghan of “Want to See You”, so she named him “Ancient Xu Guanghan”. Lin Wei himself also recognized him and joked that he would check out his family tree.
This wave of “renaissance” not only introduced the youth of Generation Z to the male protagonists of Taiwanese dramas in the 1990s, but also made the bold plot scale of the year, the past video tapes of Lin Wei and his ex-wife Gong Hsien, as well as their post-divorce life and second-generation star daughter became the topic of conversation again.
Starting from mid-October, a Threads netizen posted a message, and the algorithm continued to release photos and drama clips of Lin Wei when he was young. At first, he just clicked on it out of curiosity, but eventually went back to watch “Female Flower” again. Netizens were surprised that Lin Wei’s delicate appearance was also quite attractive in today’s idol market.
The discussion spread quickly, and many people dug up Lin Wei’s old work “Pilgrimage” and found that she wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked very sexy in the play. The angle of her smile was similar to that of Xu Guanghan, and he praised her for her “pure natural look”. The passionate kiss scene between him and Shea Manning in “I Will Always Love You” also went viral. In one scene, the two were kissing wildly, but Xi Manning said that she was going to find her “old husband” later. It turned out that he was going to find his grandfather.
Xi Manning, who turned 63 this year, has deep facial features. Netizens simply called her “ancient Tiffany Su”.
Lin Wei admitted that his appearance resembled Xu Guanghan, but he believed that Xu Guanghan was more beautiful. He also joked that he would look at his family tree to see if there was any connection between the two. He said that friends around him have been sending him messages recently, and bumping into Xu Guanghan was really not bad.
👉57-year-old Lin Wei was dubbed “ancient Xu Guanghan” and netizens praised her “pure natural look.”
