It’s finally time to start running for the titular Vagabond, a drama that finished filming months and months ago and feels like it’s been promoting for that long as well. The cast of the SBS Fri-Sat drama attended the press conference to kick off the week before the upcoming premiere this Friday and everyone looks super different than their characters with so much time lapsed since they finished filming but with plenty of jolly cheer. I’m sure Shin Sung Rok is playing the baddie but he’s got lots of offscreen camaraderie with male lead Lee Seung Gi, and who knows if the hated rivalry will generate more chemistry than Lee Seung Gi with Suzy. I think of the OTP relationship is well written it can compensate for that and ultimately with an action thriller we just have to understand the motivations and the PD deliver the action with plenty of visual finesse. Continue reading →