“My Stand-In,” an action drama that starts shooting imminently, is a new Thai-language original series for Chinese streaming platform iQiyi.

Fitting the booming ‘Boys Love’ genre, the series is a screen adaptation of a hit Chinese-language web novel “Stand-In Ship” written by Shui Qiancheng. The underlying novel has garnered over a billion readers on platforms including Weibo and iQiyi Novels.

The streamer also reports that “My Stand-In” is the first Chinese web novel to be adapted into a Thai drama.

The story follows a passionate stunt double, who falls in love with Yan Mingxiu, the young scion of the Yan family. He gives his all for this relationship, only to shockingly discover that he is merely a stand-in for a famous star, both on and off the screen. Even after the stunt man undergoes a two-year rebirth and comes to accept his position, the two men remain connected.

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