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5 Chinese celebrity couples who dated on-screen, then in real life – from Fan Bingbing and Li Chen to Mark Chao and Gao Yuanyuan, plus Tiffany Tang’s The Princess Weiyoung romance
STORYHanh Vu
- Fan and Li’s relationship has since gone the same way as Brangelina’s, but Li stood by the Marvel film star through her tax evasion scandal
- Wuxia series The Romance of the Condor Heroes had Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao falling for each other on set, while Liu Shishi and Nicky Wu met on Scarlet Heart
Spending all day every day side by side, filming intimate romantic scenes together – it’s no wonder so many on-screen couples develop real-life chemistry during their projects à la Brad and Angelina (although we all know how that one turned out). Fans can’t help but get excited to learn that the on-screen love stories they’ve enjoyed have become reality, too.
Here are five of the most famous Chinese on-screen couples who became real-life-lovers.
Fan Bingbing and Li Chen (The Empress of China)
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The couple fell in love while filming the TV series The Empress of China in 2014 and 2015, which was produced by Fan Bingbing and also saw her play the female protagonist.
As two of the most high-profile and bankable Chinese celebrities at the time, the power couple attracted a flurry of media attention, with netizens delving into almost every aspect of their relationship. Excitement built further when Li proposed to Fan in 2017, but then the X-Men: Days of Future Past star’s tax evasion scandal broke in 2018 – causing both her personal and professional life to grind to an abrupt halt.
Although Li is believed to have stood by Fan’s side throughout the ordeal, the pair eventually broke up, but reportedly remain on good terms.
Liu Shishi and Nicky Wu (Scarlet Heart)
