This is not what I was expecting. The first teaser for The King 2 Hearts is out and it appears action-packed more than comedic. I think it’s really hard to do an action thriller drama, and the carcasses of so many failed such K-dramas litter the landscape. It’s also claimed as victims many an actor I love. On the upside, the teaser showed that Lee Seung Gi appears to be rocking his kingly role, Ha Ji Won continues to be kick ass when asked to play tough, and they seem to be nursing some seriously potent chemistry. I want me some angst, but it better come with a story that doesn’t make me want to undergo a lobotomy because it is so stupid.
First Teaser for King 2Hearts:
Lee Seung Gi: King? And not during the Joseon era, but a royal family in the 21st century? Do you know what this is? We are just for show.
Ha Ji Won: That is correct. I teach the soldiers how to assassinate.
Lee Seung Gi: A woman?
Ha Ji Won: Even if I’m like this, you still like me?
Unknown voice: Let the man leave and kill the woman.
Ha Ji Won: Right now, the moment your eyes lock on it, you shoot.
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Mmmmmm....I shall reserve my opinion until the premiere.
WOW. I did NOT expect the teaser to show that kind of tone. I definitely thought it was going rom-com style.
That said, although this makes the success of the story a lot more up-in-the-air (Ha Ji Won can of course be fierce, but though I've seen LSG do some good melodrama acting, I don't know if he can do the gravitas and action), I may possibly be more excited than ever. This is the chance for LSG to stretch his wings. Would make sense career-wise from him, especially when paired with his decision to leave strong heart and 1n2d. If the story isn't dumb-as-bricks, but awesome realistic political and military action in this totally fantasy world... God, the king-in-modern-Korea set-up got SO much more interesting.
Also, LSG being all intense? Sign me up.
Very surprising. It gives me the IRIS feeling. But i think this will be just for the intro, and we will have something lighter in the trailer. In a way, it's not stupid : It's a way to differentiate the drama from all the rom-coms going our way. Plus i suppose most of people won't come to see HJW gently seated on a chair. I don't want to be mean, but she's more convincing as a legit bodyguard than an other recent one...
Count me in. Go HJW!
This has disturbing shades of the last North Korean-South Korean action-romance Myung Wol the Spy (*cough*trainwreck*cough*), but I'm still going to hope. Lee Seung Gi and Ha Ji Won are totally rocking it. Just please, let the writers not go crazy...they're the ones who did Beethoven Virus, right? That's a little iffy.
LSG still looks like a little kid playing dress-up to me. Even though he's only a few months younger than I am. Not that I don't like him, but I'm leery about his ability to bring it opposite HJW. I'm willing to eat my words if he nails it, though. I hope this is awesome. I feel like I say that every time, and every time I'm disappointed. *cough*IRISAthenaHanbando*cough*
Oh, I am liking this trailer. I was not expecting it to be so badass and action-packed since the new title was giving me a nosebleed (seriously, producers, wtf?). I found the other "action thriller dramas" Iris, Athena and Hanbando boring and kept falling asleep on the first episodes, but I actually ended up enjoying the first few episodes of Myungwol the Spy (before the plot went down the drain) when it was still about the North-South contract marriage hijinks. I'm not sure which this will be. It looks quite intriguing though so I might check it out. Thanks for posting!
Love it love it love it!!! OMG I so want it to be on right now! :) but I'm seriously afraid, I would love to see a badass action/thriller drama right now, instead of a room com, but if it's poorly done a romcom might be better ^^
now I think the rumors I've heard are right... King 2Hearts is definitely not a rom-com. though some people I know have said that there will be some funny rom-com elements in the story. it's a bit like Hanbando, Iris and City Hunter, though based on what I've seen in the trailer, it promises a lot. Ha Ji Won is good in melo, action, rom-com. About Lee Seung Gi, I think we're going to see a new side of him as an actor.
And good, good, GOOD chemistry on HJW and LSG. The trailer lessened my regret about MoonSun not having an extension! Go MBC!!!!
[MBC's producing a lot of good dramas lately. It's like in 2011 when SBS dominated the scenes with 49 Days and City Hunter.]
Oh, the teaser really picked my interest! I thought it will be a slapstick rom-com "My Princess" type, which I already planned to run away from! But the teaser seems to have a dark site to it, plus the chemistry of LSG and HJW that is almost palpable. I am in! I hope I won't have to bail out halfway. Finger-crosses! 2012 has quite some awesome treats already, considering it is only March now.