This has been rumored for months and months ago, even before Moon Geun Young accepted Cheongdamdong Alice, and now as the drama gets closer to airing there is further confirmation that the long-courted leading lady will indeed accept the role. The upcoming MBC sageuk (its another sageuk deluge lately, no?) Goddess of Fire Jeongi is scheduled to air in late June following the Lee Seung Gi–Suzy fantasy sageuk Gu Family Book on Mon-Tues. The story centers around the real life historical and cultural figure of Baek Pa Seon, Joseon’s first female pottery maker. During the Japanese invasion of Korea in the late 19th century, she was spotted for her talent and taken to Japan, where she ended up spreading the artistry of Joseon pottery in Japan. There is already talk that this drama is aiming to spread more Korean culture the way Dae Jang Geum spread Korean cuisine around the world. There is no word yet on the male lead but his character is supposedly a Japanese man. Hhhmmm, inneresting. Unconfirmed rumors from the intrepid fans of JYJ have Jaejoong signing on to this drama, though I’m not sure if he’s playing the male lead or the second male lead. If it requires speaking Japanese then he’d be my first pick. Acting-wise….not quite there yet. If Jaejoong does sign on this would make it his second consecutive sageuk, and both on MBC as well, since last year he was in the abominable laugh-a-thon that was Time Slip Dr. Jin. At least if Moon Geun Young does accept this role then he’ll have a sageuk veteran sunbae to learn from, since Moon Geun Young’s most famous performance still remains her Baeksang winning cross-dressing role in Painter of the Wind. I hope she does this and scrubs away all traces of Cheongdamdong Alice from my memory. That one turned out to be a hot mess. As for her leading man in this project? May I suggest Kim Jae Wook, who is coming out of the army in days, speaks fluent Japanese, can act, and has proven chemistry with Moon Geun Young. Win and win.
I don’t mind Jaejoong in secondary roles, and my gut tells me he’ll play the second lead if he indeed does sign on for this project. Chances are its going to be some protector role, K-dramas are so easy to predict. He was decent in Protect the Boss but pretty dreadful in Dr. Jin, but even then I sorta enjoy watching him onscreen. He definitely doesn’t act as well as Yoochun does, but I find him infinitely better looking so my shallow side loves the eye candy and his cheekbones are to-die-for. Too bad Changmin can’t act at all, because I find him the cutest of all the combined DBSK members. Moon Geun Young rocks the sageuk like no other and I don’t see another actress her age that has the clout and acting chops to headline this drama. Hopefully it’ll be confirmed soon so I can start looking forward to her next project.
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Everyone is considering a guy for MGY but I tell you she had the best chemistry with MCW in "Painter of the Wind". So why not a girl?? Okay I know... it would be another sageuk drama with a girl-girl relationship for her but who cares? :D Chemistry is the key.
Woohoo, Jillia! Talk about thinking out of the box ;)
Jaejoong? WHAT ? Stay away please. I keep praying for good co-stars and she never gets one I thought about.
Kim Jae Wook for the win!
But then again, he doesn't have a sageuk face if you ask me...
Are you serious!!?? I think you should go and take another look! Just saying :)
Yeah, I think KJW's face is pretty classic and masculine once you get rid of the androgynous styling.
kim jae wook for sure!
Kim Jae Wook for male lead please for Mary reunion
My thoughts are the same this drama will be AMAZING
I read that it's supposed to be set in 16th-century Joseon. It does sound like a interesting project, Korean and Chinese ceramics play a important role in Japanese tea ceremony (sado). Mishima Pottery was adopted from Korea and some scholars say the Raku pottery style also originated from there.
Jaejoong as the leading guy, pleas no. Yes, he's Japanese is quite good but he does not sound like a native speaker or have the acting chops. Here is a crazy idea, cast a native speaker in the role.
MTE. Jaejoong's japanese sounds so korean to me and he was dreadful in Sunao ni narenakute, making me think that he acts worse when he's not acting in his mother tongue.
yes, i think it is a better idea to have a japanese actor that can speak korean. maybe, there are some japanese actors qualified for the role.
feasible or not???
I forgot his name, I think it was Mizuta Koki? But he was in FBND, he's Japanese and I think he's a decent Korean speaker. But if he's playing a Japanese character, I don't think his Korean matters that much, no?
Ugh.
Where have all the experienced actors gone? Too busy raking in movie money to care about the drama industry I guess.
What I would give to see someone like Ha Jung Woo or Park Hae Il in this type of role... not necessarily this drama, but you get my drift.
ohhhh if kim jae wook does take on the lead, he'll finally get the girl and give us glorious mane at the same time!
These producers are really adamant on getting her to sign on, aren't they?...they've been talking about this since even before Cheongdamdong Alice...not a huge fan of the Jaejoong news...but better him being second lead than lead...please please please cast Im Joo Hwan dramagods!!!!!!! I doubt they'd pick Kim Jae Wook since he has no real sageuk experience
OOOhh. I was so fixated on KJW that I didn't even think of Im Joo Hwan. I don't know how his Japanese is, but I could really see him rocking this and he is sooooo awesome in sageuk. Good call! (And now that I think about it, I don't think being able to speak Japanese would be all that important since normally they just have the characters all speaking Korean anyhow even if they would really be speaking Japanese (think Gaksital).)
Omg Kim Jae Wook please!! Jaejoong is okay but up against Moon Geun Young it'll really show up how inexperienced he is. And here I was a few months ago thinking jeez I haven't watched a good sageuk in ages.... and now a gazillion are coming along at once!
(Also damn, I also wish Changmin could act. Agreed that he is the best looking of all the DBSK members even if his acting is atrocious).
Well, I'm not entirely sure if his acting is completely atrocious, or if it was the combination of mediocre acting and crap drama.
Update: He can't be all that terrible if he just won a newcomer award at the Japanese Academy Awards...I might give him another chance with this movie. Maybe he just needs a mature script to do well.
Yes im on board..can't wait for the confirmation..Agree with you Captain,there's no other actress in her age will ever give justice to that role..her Painter of the wind was beyond A-mazing..no wonder those producers are really dying to get her in...
In dramabeans they said its 32 episodes??hmmm if its true then this will be the first time Moon Geun Young do a drama over 20 episode..
Moon Geun Young hwatting~~~
OMG, I would LOVE to see a rematch with KJW.
Is anyone out there listening?
But I have to say, Miz K, you didn't mention Im Joo Hwan.
Tamra covered K-pottery to Japan in its storyline, so I thought of him immediately.