Her Sister Wanted the Stage, But Yi Laidi Had to Go | The Lead

Her sister wanted the stage. Yi Laidi wanted to stay home, but she was the one who had to leave. Watch The Lead on WeTV: https://u.wetv.vip/TheLeadGlobal This EP1-3 highlight cut follows the beginning of Yi Qin’e’s story in The Lead 主角, when she is still Yi Laidi, a village girl pulled into a Qin opera troupe she never asked to join. The Lead 主角 is a 2026 prestige C-drama supervised by Zhang Yimou and adapted from Chen Yan’s Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel. Yi Laidi is renamed by Hua Caixiang, pushed by her uncle Hu Sanyuan, sent to kitchen duty, mocked as “silly girl,” and slowly drawn toward a stage she does not yet want. Her first stage appearance is not glorious. It is small, strange, and almost invisible, but it is the moment the stage first notices her back. Drama: The Lead 主角 Cast: Liu Haocun, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Shawn Dou, Zhai Zilu, Wang Xiaochen Creative team: Supervised by Zhang Yimou, artistic direction by Zhang Jiayi, directed by Li Shaofei Note: This video contains highlight cuts, not full episodes. #thelead #liuhaocun #zhangyimou #cdrama