Drama Llama say whut??!? One of the biggest question marks in K-drama land recently is the question of who is the second male lead in the upcoming MBC drama Missing You. The drama is less than two weeks away from its premiere, and the original second male lead it courted in Chun Jung Myung turned the drama down in no uncertain terms time and again. I’ve made it clear that the whole thwarted first love story feels stale and sullen to me, but with Yoon Eun Hye onboard I’m watching this sucker come hell or high water, even if I’m one of the few folks who doesn’t get the Yoochun appeal. Since my Eun Hye agreed to star in this drama, I really want it to succeed, and not having a confirmed full cast is one huge warning sign that the behind-the-scenes casting issues might portend cracks in the eventual product. With that said, every day I would wait for an announcement on the second male lead, not sure if I wanted my fave actors to take part to increase my desire to watch this drama, or hope that it was someone I didn’t particularly care for in case the drama sucked and I can stop watching without feeling as bad. So it was to my utter jawdropping shock to hear that Yoo Seung Ho has signed on as the second male lead of Missing You. WHAT THE HELL?!?! Did wearing that atrocious wig in Arang and the Magistrate damage his brain cells? Does my baby boy need an intervention, cuz unni here is on the next flight to Korea to liberate him if his agency strong-armed into this. This is just so weird I have no words. Yoo Seung Ho! With Yoon Eun Hye! The mind does not compute. He proved to me he can be a certifiable romantic leading man in Operation Proposal, where he was age-appropriately paired with Park Eun Bin. This here just leaves me speechless.
I love that Yoo Seung Ho takes on supporting parts as much as he does leading roles, because that just shows me he understands acting isn’t about name recognition as much as its about developing the craft and choosing roles that challenge him. With that said, I do not see how the sure to be mopey schmoopy second male lead role in a weepy melodrama like Missing You is good for his resume. I am truly baffled if he is indeed inked for this role, though this just makes it pretty much a done deal that I’m watching this sucker from beginning to end, and second lead shipping until the end of time. Yeah, bring on the noona-dongsaeng romance! Eun Hye and Seung Ho? A pairing that has never ever crossed my mind, but will be forever my ship in Missing You if it is indeed confirmed that he’s joining the cast. I hope he’s burned that wig from Arang, and I can’t wait to see him in modern garb again.
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My jaw just drop on the floor. Completely slackjawed at this casting. YSH is my ICMYM but this drama is a gonna be a train wreck. The problem is.. I'm still onboard.
I'm watching this train wreck even if it goes down in flames. If LizzyD is all weepy over the Joo Won-Choi Kang Hee casting, imagine me crying blood tears here with this here....insanity. ARGH. Korea, you kill me!
KDramaland is gonna bleed me dry because I now have 2 dramas I will watch!!!! My love for JooWon and YEH are strong, that I can't abandon their dramas right now. Will support it as long as I can!
I think I'll ask Santa for a good helmet this christmas to protect my self from the headdesking that these dramas might induce.
Koala Unni Jiejie- didnt you tell me to move on when I cried over Joo Joo Yeobo? I'd laugh at you except I'm too busy crying over Yeobo AND now Baby Jailbait to gloat. I wonder what they promised him?? They better not give him an old geezer mid part hairdo to make him look older. I hate kdrama land a really lot.
@LizzyD
I firmly believe in drama karma, and yes, I did mildly chuckle at your Joo Joo Yeobo's plight in that Secret Lovers thingamagigie. And of course that just means someone I love is joining Missing You as the second male lead. It's drama karma 101. Kdrama lands makes us all bipolar, from homicidal to euphoric at the drop of a hat.
I can't figure out which will be the hotter mess - MY or Secret Lovers.
Though I just want to send YEH a note for her to ROB THAT CRADLE GOOD and make sure she gets some love from our bucket baby jailbait. Love him, even though he sucked donkey balls in Arang and I loved his pet goat more there. He's forever and always my precious baby jailbat.
@LizzyD
What did they promised him?? Don't you think it's not enough for him to have some play I mean work time :) with Yoon Eun Hye? Okay he is "just" the second male lead, and this project is a mess from the beginning, but he is still a young actor who has a chance to work with a gorgeous and talented Noona, or is there something I(as a foreigner) miss here?
OMO, why am I suddenly hoping there will be a big,long kiss between YEH and this adorable puppy? I'm on board now too - no matter what. ;)
If ONLY this were a J-dorama.
The second leads get more skinship than the firsts in most of the dramas.
She's gonna break his heart, isn't she?
I casually refreshed this site and BAM. I literally was like "WHUT THE" I really do not know how to digest this. O___O. HMMM. Talk about unexpected. Yoon Eun Hye is that noona. You go girl.
holy macaroni!!! this drama is so unstable with its casting! it was unstable with the casting from the very beginning and now this!!! yoo seung ho? huh? this is so freakin crazy and outrageous.
*jawdrop*
*speechless*
Am still onboard cause I'm curious now... Hope it'll be enjoyable, doesn't need to be that good/perfect, just enjoyable would be acceptable for me. *still in daze*
Wow 9 yr age gap? Maybe he'll be just one of those puppy younger brothers that fall in love with the noona & wants to protect her even if he has no chance? Kinda like in Lie to Me with Sung Joon? I think that's the only way it'll make sense. Yeah either way I'll probably be shipping the 2nd lead with Eun Hye too. Although I don't love melos that much..I totally love YEH so I'll giving this a drama a shot..I'm watching for her more than anyone else.
Btw...they better give Seung Ho some decent hair this time. He's very cute with shorter hair. That wig in Arang was so atrocious I couldn't even recognize him.
btw, YSH is playing a 25 year old financial whiz?
That means, very very hopefully, tailored three piece suits.
He will look amazing, and I will weep.
Especially if it is a one sided crush.
9 years isn't too bad...wasn't Seo Woo older than that in Flames of Ambition? That said, wasn't playing a high schooler just this year? whereas YEH has been acting with the likes of Kang Ji Hwan and Yoon Sang Hyun...its extremely hard for me to imagine her with him, even if he is only second lead
We still don't know if he'll be playing the typical second male lead. If yes, I think he has the acting chops to pull it off. For his sake I hope not...what a waste of his skills. I totally watched GoS for him...it bored me but he was intriguing in it.
Yes, but Sung Joon is three years older than YSH and he just looks older for his age. I had no idea he was only about 21 at the time.
My jaw dropped, I kid you not...if this is true then I want Missing You to succeed and be amazing and blow me away otherwise I'll be crying because it'll have been a waste for the actors. And if he's really signed on then this is my new drama to watch :P My love for YSH takes me far. I don't see the age gap being a problem since YEH looks young for her age (IMO) and has a bubbly personality.
this totally blew me away, definetely not expecting this but hey, im not complaining lol! i like him and i adore yeh so what more can i ask? i dont care where this ride going to take me but i'm definetely onboard!!
This casting news is WTF-certified!! PIE would've made more sense than your dongsaeng. No wonder he wasn't around for the Arang wrap party. This show will either knock everyone's socks off or be crazy cringe-worthy. ackk, am nervous for the 3 leads.
WTFFFFFFF?!!!!! I want to cry and rip my hair out!!!!!!!!
I was re-watching scenes from Arang just a couple of hours ago and thinking about how YSH has been making really interesting acting choices for someone his age and with that popularity....How on earth does one give role that was planned for someone like Chun Jung Myun to Yoo Seun Ho??????? WAE?!!!
and I just tried to imagine him and Yoon Eun Hye together and I think my brain might have cracked open....DOES.NOT.COMPUTE.