Now that Flower Boy Next Door is off to a solid start, the rest of the first half of 2013 is shaping up with a diverse bucket of dramas that I am mostly curious about but not necessarily all that rabid to watch (That Winter, The Wind Blows, IRIS 2, The Incarnation of Money). I’m sure another K-drama will come along to hook me and its probably something I never expected. With that said, the next K-drama I am salivating over is the upcoming fantasy action sageuk Gu Family Book. Starring Lee Seung Gi (LOVE) and Suzy (Love), two singing-acting fresh-faced cutie pies, I foresee tons of chemistry and lots of laughter ahead. Lee Seung Gi recently revealed some tidbits about the plot – he plays the offspring of the union of a human woman and a male god/deity (or maybe a demon like a gumiho). He learns his heritage through a book passed down in his family called the Gu Family Book which explains his condition. Apparently when he’s injured he manifests explosive emotions. Who’s with me in thinking this sounds just like Inuyasha! HOMG, please don’t butcher that Takahashi Rumiko masterpiece manga, though using the general concept of a half-human/half-demon guy and his love story with a regular girl could make for a compelling K-drama narrative. The narrative is about his quest to become fully human and is billed as a fun and fast action sageuk with lots of physical sequences. What worries me is the scriptwriter – earlier works like Hotelier and Dalja’s Spring is promising, later works like Baker King Kim Tak Gu and Man of Honor are not. Please don’t fuck this up, writer-nim. The PD hasn’t done a sageuk before but directed every one of Kim Eun Seok‘s dramas which makes A Gentleman’s Dignity his last work. Gu Family Book airs after Horse Doctor on MBC Mon-Tues nights, which marks its premiere in early April. I cannot wait!
While I adore Lee Seung Gi and Suzy, I’m not blind to their limitations. I thought Seung Gi was ahhhhhmazing in The King 2 Hearts but in truth he never impressed me before then so I don’t know if it was a fluke or genuine growth in acting. Or perhaps the result of him working with a veteran talented sunbae like Ha Ji Won so his acting rose to meet her level. Suzy has always been more charming onscreen presence than actual acting ability, though she really was decent in Introduction to Architecture. With that said, I am a teensy bit worried that putting these two together might result in both just hamming it up onscreen. Let’s hope my worry is for naught and they challenge each other to tackle this new sageuk genre for them.
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I'm not a fan sageuk drama but I'am a HUGE fan of Seunggi <3 I'll give it a try, who knows if he could make me like sageuk drama too! :)
Is that photo of him decent Koala? He looks so hot (swoon) but also super thin, thinner than usual! Anyhowwww, I am beyond excited at his comeback. I've been strangely taken to him that I've been rewatching his Budokan concert every night this week :D
*recent I mean, aha decent doesn't make any sense !
LSG photo is recent. Photo shoot & interview for Star1 magazine Jan 2013. There are more photos & interview translation at LSG fan's blogs.
I'm not worried about the acting, more so the writing... so I can see how things could go terribly wrong possibly. But Seung Gi and Suzy are bound to be completely adorable together so there's that. Still really looking forward to it and Seunggi's glorious Sageuk mane.
Omg, why is he so darn sexy? That picture...woooof. lol. I'm really excited for this drama. I'm hoping it's more comedy than melodrama. And while I haven't seen Architecture with Suzy I think she's cute and a quick learner so I think she'll be fine. It's all about the writing for me. If it's crappy writing, then there's only so much actors can do. April is TOO far away.
sounds like INUYASHA, which I loved so much.
suzy-seung gi... cuteness overload...
can't wait.. and i'm so happy because you wait for that winter the wind blow and iris 2...
i think its not that similar with inuyasha (i'm a huge fan of its anime and manga).. Inuyasha has time-travelling theme rite? And Kagome is a reincarnation of Inuyasha first love.. And i guess there are still more.. IMHO
Sounds a lot like Inuyasha which I adore to pieces..and I'm fine with it if it borrows the general concept.
I adore Seung Gi and I think Suzy is cute so hopefully they'll be a good match! Am glad to see him acting opposite someone who is a bit closer in age to him. Can't wait for April! I'm such a sucker for sageuks for some reason (especially fantasy ones)
He's actually got nearly eight years on her: he's early '87 and she's late '94. So no, not much less of an age gap here than there was with Ha Ji-won.
Lee Seung Gi is older 7 years & 9 months to be exact with Suzy (WOW) a brother & sister relationship I guess, kekeke…but because Suzy is one of my favorite korean singer-actress & Seung Gi as well I'm very excited to watched this series. BTW, Kim Soo Hyun (Suzy's leading man in DREAM HIGH) is 6 years & 8 months older to Suzy but their chemistry together is PERFECT! Suzy was paired with Lee Je Hoon in Architecture 101 and he's older 10 years & 3 months to Suzy, oh my…so I think age gap doesn't really matter here.
Fighting Lee Seung Gi & Bae Soo Ji!!! (although I am a HyunZy couple fan & Hoi-Hoi couple fan, I will definitely support this two together)
three months is too long!! LSG in his first sageuk ! omg can't wait~
Not a fan of saguek, even less a fan of fantasy saguek.
But this is LSG whom, like you said, was ahhhhhmazing in TK2H so I am counting down to April.
He looked really smoking hot in the star1 picture.