If we had to vote for the most controversial film in the League of Legends community, especially in the LPL region, everyone would instantly think of The Most Beautiful When Smiling. The film starring Huā Kǎi and Chéng Tiāo only received a score of 2.9 on Douban and is seen as an insult from filmmakers to the Esports scene due to its numerous illogical and fictional details, promoting cheating among professional players and creating a villain character based on the image of Faker.
Not to mention, the film is also embroiled in plagiarism allegations. First, the song “More – K/DA,” owned by Riot Games, was accused of having a theme song that resembles it by 90%. Subsequently, the prestigious Chinese Esports organization LGD Gaming announced that they would sue an organization that used their old brand logo, and of course, the organization ZGDX in the film used a logo that is nearly indistinguishable from LGD’s.
Recently, the film The Most Beautiful When Smiling continued to stir up the Chinese Esports community when rumors emerged that the “Goddess of LPL” Candice would appear in the second part of this film and even replace the main actress Chéng Tiāo. However, before the Chinese Esports community and Candice’s fans could react, a series of fans from the film immediately flooded Candice’s Douyin and harshly criticized her.
– Sister, please don’t participate in the film The Most Beautiful When Smiling because we love all the people in this film. The second reason is that we don’t want to lose anyone. Although you are beautiful too, we prefer the current actors.
– Sister, I don’t want you to participate in the second part of this film! I really like the role of Dòng Diāo played by Chéng Tiāo. I don’t want ZGDX (the Esports organization in the film) to lose any members, please! Although you are beautiful and I also like your youthful vibes.
– Sister Dư Sương, can you please not take the role in The Most Beautiful When Smiling? I love this film and everything about it, and I still prefer watching the old cast. But you are also very beautiful and amazing. Thank you.
Immediately, Candice and a series of her fans, as well as the League of Legends community in China, rushed to defend their idol and refute the unreasonable arguments from a section of the film’s fanatics. In fact, Candice stated that she had explained many times but the film’s fans still wouldn’t “let her go.”
Some fans even made the bold suggestion to have Candice’s ex, commentator Quản Trạch Nguyên, send good wishes to the film. For those who don’t know, Quản Trạch Nguyên has a similar “spiritual aura” to commentator Hoàng Luân, as whatever he predicts always turns out the opposite.
The film The Most Beautiful When Smiling is not only criticized by the League of Legends gaming community but even by viewers who simply watch for entertainment, as the film is also considered disjointed and forced in terms of plot… Moreover, Candice has previously opposed the illogical situations in the film, so her participation as the main actress in The Most Beautiful When Smiling will definitely never happen.