Hhhmmm, this is interesting. Not as bad as I worried it might be, though experience reminds me that stylized execution does not guarantee a decent story in K-drama. The first official stills and a teaser trailer has been released for IRIS 2 starring Jang Hyuk, Lee Da Hae, Lee Bum Soo, Im Soo Hyang, Oh Yoon Soo, Kim Seung Woo, and a bunch of newbie idols that look good wearing black and carrying a gun. I feel like this drama has continued franchise potential since the casting equivalents are the same from IRIS to Athena: Goddess of War to the now IRIS 2. Pick leading man and lady, convince a leading man to play the dark baddie, find a sexy older actor or actress, and round out with interchangeable idols with hot bodies. I honestly have no problem with this formula since it’s a moneymaker, except every time Tae Won Entertainment has to go cast actors I love and make me watch it. This time around, the person who stole the show in the teaser is Lee Bum Soo. I’m loving how kickass he looks already, showing a riveting intensity and manly sex appeal. I’ve no doubt Jang Hyuk and Lee Da Hae will hold down the fort as the protagonists nicely, but this franchise has a reputation for the bad guys to steal the show and this time looks no different. IRIS 2 continues filming in Eastern Europe before moving back to Korea, so imma expecting location shoot porn if the price to pay is a dumb as bricks story. Check out more stills and the cast at the script reading below. Hyukie’s crew cut has grown on me, and Da Hae’s hairstyle is glorious on her. With this being the third pairing between them, they will have done a melodrama, a sageuk, and now a thriller together. They need to do a rom-com next and that will have spanned all the major genres in K-dramas.
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Teaser for IRIS 2:
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Lee Da Hee and Jang Hyuk look awesome...I can't wait to watch this!
Wow! Im Soo Hyang looks great.
she's like a vampire.
I like this 2nd Teaser more than the first one. Yes Lee Bum Soo, plays the bad guy like no others. Jang Hyuk and LDH, I can see the chemistry already.
IRIS 2 and KIA K7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rCg1LtHLwws
trailer or car advertising? LOL
but it looks ve it atry, since cool. so i give it a try since
i love the casts very much
haha, both I think,trailer and car promotion, but I love this new way of marketing-Korean can be very creative sometimes.
Ew on the KIA, but love the preview. I can't wait to see what IRIS 2 has to offer. 2013 please come soon :).
LOL ok, keep the obvious product placement out of the drama but in the trailers is fine for me.
KBS is never looked so young and bad ass than he does here.. :)
*edit* KBS never looked so young and bad ass than he does here..
I have wondered this before, but is there any heat during these script readings? Everyone is always bundled up. Script reading picture after script reading picture.
It's kinduv a catch-22, um, or an Ouroboros worm, somebody's cat?
People wear their cool clothes, including various hats and leather, to look cool, so that brings the temperature in the room down.
(Scientific fact: I checked.)
Thus requiring everyone else to dress warmly, I mean, coolly...ummmm... you know what I mean.
Whoa...LBS looks bad ass.
I know!
When did he jump into the HOT category?!
The Hyuk-Hae combo does nothing for me. It just reintegrates how much this franchise would benefit from not tackling romance. The first two dramas would have been much better if not for that major flaw. Absolutely agree on Bumsoo!! Only reason I'm tuning in. Plus a lottle Yoon-soo and Seung-woo?! Yea, I have to give the courtesy. If there was a diff leading lady I'd have more hope, but oh well, it's par for the course at this point.
This looks interesting. My only hope is that this time around the story is more fluid and makes more sense.
Lee Bum Soo the bad guy? Hella to the yeah! I was hoping he would be a good guy, but honestly I'll take him bad or good and maybe both.
Janghyuk is the man. This man can make even bad writing dramas look good with his overflowing charisma. Definitely checking this one out. Seong Woo Ajusshi is back. I thought he got shot by Kim Seon Yeon last time I checked, or maybe he survived.
Honestly, I hope this will be good or even better than the first Iris (I did not enjoy Athena, it wasn't the acting, it was just bad writing. I got confuse halfway through the serie).
Thanks koala for the posts about IRIS 2, I am really looking forward to it although I am not a lover for this genre to begin with but I what I can do with my obsession for LDH and Hyuk-Hae couple :)
Here is the full 5 minutes trailer and BTS shown in the press conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzf0uSOZK6w