Nick Shen already has Chinese opera background, where he is also a wayang performer and the boss of Singapore's oldest Chinese opera troupe, the Lao Sai Tao Yuan Teochew Opera Troupe.
The drama series is actually based the life of the former Singaporean Chinese opera star Madam Oon Ah Chiam, who also happens to be the mother of the head writer of the series Boon Teck Goh.
Fann Wong's first Mediacorp English drama, after long being known to Singaporean audiences on Mandarin television dramas.