Fun Facts

### Production

* Till the End of the Moon is the second TV drama produced by **Otters Studio** (獭獭文化), which was originally set up for dangai/BL drama **Immortality** (皓衣行). It's rumored that Luo Yunxi was tagged to the project since the start
* A big part of Till the End of the Moon's core creative team also worked on Immortality. And a lot of the Immortality team came from **Ashes of Love** with Luo Yunxi
	+ *Immortality:* Screenwriter (He Fang), Costume designer (Huang Wei), Music Director (Guan Dazhou)
	+ *Immortality & Ashes of Love:* Makeup designer (Tsang Ming Fai), B unit director & Action Director (Wang Haiqi), Special Effects Director (Shen Xufei), World Concept company (Hua Tian)
* The **source novel** (黑月光拿稳BE剧本) was optioned by Otter before it was complete due to strong early hype around the IP and interesting characters & premise. It's one of the top 10 most-saved web novels of that genre on the JinJiang platform (晋江文学城). Its title literally translates to "black moonlight is guaranteed a bad ending screenplay".

* **The screenplay was written for** **40 episodes**, which was edited into 50 episodes of probably 45 mins each. The original plan (based on governmental records) was to air 34 episodes as part 1 and 16 episodes as part 2. However, the NRTA (Chinese government agency that regulates TV) closed the loophole around airing two seasons back to back early this year, which is why TTEOTM was edited back down to 40 episodes of 55 mins each so that it could air in one go.

* This is the **second time** Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu have paired up in a drama. They previously played a couple in modern workplace romance **Love is Sweet** (半是蜜糖半是伤). Bai Lu expressed interest publicly in pairing up with LYX again in a costume drama numerous times.
* Part of the creative team came from **Huanyu** (欢娱), Bai Lu's management company, best known as the production company of the Story of Yanxi Palace. This includes award-winning art director Luan Hexin, and the actresses that play Lan'an & Yue Fuya).
* **Luo Yunxi was injured** when filming his final scene in Light Chaser Rescue, only a few days before he was scheduled to be in Hengdian to begin filming TTEOTM. He was punched in the mouth by a costar and required emergency surgery. This is why production was delayed and Bai Lu had to film her solo scenes first before the official booting ceremony.
* **TTEOTM changed its Chinese title twice.** It was originally named 月照千峰为一人 (The moon shines for one person). It was then renamed to 长月无烬 (long moon without Jin/ember, also a pun for without limit or endless), which is the official publication name proposed by fans of the web novel. Right before the booting ceremony, it was renamed 长月烬明 likely for auspicious reasons (especially after the LYX accident and Immortality not airing)
* Some keen netizens have noticed that if you **break apart the characters of its Chinese title**, 长月烬明, it becomes 长月火尽日月, which literally means....
	+ 长月 (long moon) - how people refer to the drama, in its short form
	+ 火 (fire) - Chinese internet lingo for explosive or popular
	+ 尽日月 (to the end of sun and moon)
	+ Thus, Changyue will be popular to the end of the sun and moon! (Gotta give one to Chinese people for coming up with auspicious names)
* **Working titles: 碧城诀** bichengjue **➡ 月照千峰为一人**yuezhaoqianfengweiyiren **➡ 长月无烬**changyuewujin **➡ 长月烬明** changyuejinming
* Many of the actors in **Love is Sweet** (半是蜜糖半是伤）(LiS) have minor roles in TTEOTM:
	+ **Chang Cheng** played Jiang Yaoming (Jiang Jun's father) in LiS, and plays Ye Xiao (Ye Xiwu's father)
	+ **Zhao Yuanyuan** played Yuan Shuai and Jiang Jun's female colleague Qiao Na in LiS, and plays the Moon Goddess
	+ **Denny Deng** played slimy CEO Wan Shan in LiS and plays Ye Zeyu, Ye Xiwu's eldest brother
* Some of the actors in **Ashes of Love** (香蜜沉沉烬如霜) (AoL) have minor roles in TTEOTM:
	+ **Wang Yifei** played Shuihe (Princess of the Bird Tribe) in AoL and plays Si Ying, the demon god's lieutenant
	+ **He Zhonghua** played the Heavenly Emperor (Runyu's father) in AoL and plays the King of Sheng
* **Chen Duling** (Ye Bingchang / Tian Huan) briefly dated **Wang Xichao** (who plays Jing Mie, the demon god's other lieutenant). They were apparently introduced by Yu Zheng (boss of Bai Lu's studio). Small world!
* **Yin Tao** (Who Rules The world, Love & Redemption, and Ancient Love Poetry) was originally considered for director, but he worked on the Blood of Youth instead. In the end they went with **Kuk Kok Leung**, an award-winning veteran TVB director who has adapted 7 out of 8 Jin Yong novels. One of the Cantonese songs Luo Yunxi kept singing on set is the OST of the 1983 Condor Heroes where Kuk served as Assistant Director.
* **Sun Zhenni** (who plays Pianran) won the role through audition while still in drama school. She was a big fan of Bai Lu and they became close friends during the shoot. She is 1/4 German Jewish through her paternal
* During the premiere day, **celebrities posted on Weibo to promote the drama** in support of Luo Yunxi (usually actors only ask for this favor when it's a really important project to their career): Huang Xiaoming, Tan Songyun, Wu Jingyan, Chen Yuqi, Cheng Xiao, Victoria Song, Zhang Ruonan, Huang Xuan, Chen Yao, and Zhang Binbin. The most noteworthy ones were Chen Xiao (whose drama was also opening on the same day) and EDG (the esports team that LYX supports).