Yay! My Heon oppa is coming back to the small screen. It’s been over a year since Song Seung Heon dropped a charming performance in the uneven My Princess, and surprisingly had marvelous chemistry with leading lady Kim Tae Hee. This time around he’s switching gears from rom-com to fantasy sageuk. He’s considering, and likely the casting is pretty much finalized, the title role of Time Slip Dr. Jin. Of course the name “Jin” isn’t just a coincidence with the same Japanese name, as the drama will be an adaptation of the hit dorama JIN (which was so popular it spawned a sequel in JIN2). I’m thrilled to see him take on his first sageuk role, as his character will be a doctor who time travels from the present day back to eighteenth century Joseon and ends up practicing medicine there.
Joining Song Seung Heon will be Jaejoong playing a loyal and dedicated Joseon guard. If I didn’t watch Protect the Boss, I might deride Jaejoong as just a pretty face. But he was surprisingly good in that drama, and showed plenty of potential to get better. I’m actually more giddy with how insanely pretty the male cast for this drama will be. The drama is slated to air in the first part of the year, so likely before June, on one of the new cable channels. Now I’m curious who the female lead might be? Not every girl can pull off a sageuk, so I hope it’s someone with decent acting chops.
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I heard that they are considering Park Min Young for the leading lady role...but isn't he too young for Song Seung Heon
Hi Lizzy,
I'm not hating PMY, but I hope is not her. I agree she is way too young for SSH we need a someone who can keep up with our pretty boys in this drama.
I liked her in SS but I got lost midway in City Hunter cuz she's kind of expressionlacking on that pretty face. So please don't let it be her in this drama.
I have justed started watching JIN and it's extremely good.... about female lead... Moon Chae Won can definitely pull off sageuk... and Han Hyo Joo for sure as well... I am hoping a female lead has some serious acting chops... i love both males lead.. but their actings are not consistent.. as for the jversion, Osawa Takao was so good and effective as Dr. Jin... SSH has big shoes to fill... i am really looking forwards to seeing this one.
Ooh... I really hope they will cast Han Hyo Joo as the female lead. Although, I assume Jaejoongie is not gonna get the girl in the end... :(
After watching Heaven's Postman, I just want them in another drama together. Call me a shipper, but Hyo-joo is one of the few actresses jaejoong is close to, and I do want them doing another project together. Please, drama gods...
So true! I simply love "Heaven's Postman" and they were so adorable in it.
i think shin se kyung should be the female lead. she was great as so yi in tree with deep roots and can pull off a hanbok too. really can't think of anyone else, but maybe, lee da hae, though i still think the female lead should be se kyung
Is it bad that I wished Hero was Dr. Jin instead? I'm pretty sure they didn't have hand towels in the days of yore.
I loved Jin, that is probably my favorite dorama. I read back in January this article, although here it didn't reveal many details about the drama
http://www.allkpop.com/2012/01/kim-hee-sun-to-make-small-screen-comeback-after-six-years-with-song-seung-hun
(hope its ok to post links)
Kim Hee Sun's drama is "Faith" which is to be aired on SBS with no dates yet.
Can someone please fill me in on the 'hand towel' references? I'm lost...
Other than that, I'm pretty much toast over this one. These two in one drama? My inner fangirl is having a heart attack. So much pretty in one drama...
I f I remember correctly, the way his name pronounced is a bit similar to how hand towel pronounced in Korean and if I'm not mistaken, critic called his not-so-stellar acting performance like a hand towel?
Read it somewhere at dramabeans but I forgot which thread.
my princess thread
YEA!! to SSH coming back to small screen!!! I can't wait...I'm hoping for final confirmation that he'll be the main lead
So much pretty. Me loving it! Good thing I broke my "no-saguek" rule at the end of last year.
I am worried since it's an adaptation which always tend to have meh/hate reactions from the fans who watched originals... Kinda bad for Jaejoong since he's new and all (now, that are the worries of JJ fan girl).
As for SSH, I hoped he would do another comedy!! But this one is cool too. Yay both JYJ boys on screen at the same time!!!
I don't think this cast can hold a candle to the japanese cast. Osawa Takao, Uchino Masaki, Nakatani Miki and Ayase Haruka were wonderful.
The dorama was brilliant, it was excellent and deserved all the praise and awards it got.
I'm so skeptical about this adaptation.
Oh time-travel dramas. Wonder if this has anything to do with the slew of Chinese time-travel dramas produced in the past year or so?