I love discussing casting rumors because its such a fun game of “what if”, and I try not to get too invested in a potential pairing that if it ends up being a pipe dream its no big deal. Fresh off her well-received turn as introvert Go Dok Mi in cable network tvN‘s Flower Boy Next Door, a youth drama that wasn’t all that trendy or fluffy, Park Shin Hye continues to cement herself as a genuine contender for A-list actress status. She picks a wide range of roles and projects, works hard, and continuously improves. Her management company has just confirmed that she’s seriously considering the leading lady role in the upcoming KBS sageuk Sword and Flower, which was a drama that initially courted Kim Nam Gil who has now taken on another KBS drama Shark. The papers haven’t been signed yet, but if the news is out and even her management company is confirming she’s considering it, I think its pretty much a done deal. Park Shin Hye has done a saeguk before, when she played the younger version of the heroine in the Chinese-Korean collaboration drama Bicheonmoo. Sword and Flower is set in the Gorguryeo dynasty and involves a princess who falls in love with the warrior who assassinates her father the King. Say what? This is like The Princess’s Man on crack! In TPM, Park Shi Hoo‘s character kept trying to kill the princess Moon Chae Won‘s character’s father the new King but he never goes through with it. Now we’re getting a drama where there is actual patricide going on? Yikes, I foresee lots and lots and LOTS of pain, tears, and suffering ahead. Which means I am totally on board. The leading man hasn’t been confirmed yet but you guys want to hear what the little rumor birdies are saying? Three hangul characters – Song. Joong. Ki. The possibility of Park Shin Hye and Song Joong Ki in a romance sageuk? Mindblown happiness.
KBS has a mega-line up coming up. Aside from sageuk Sword and Flower, which will be a Wed-Thurs drama following Mandate of Heaven (is it raining sageuks this year or what since there is also MBC sageuk Goddess of Fire Jeongi with Moon Geun Young), it’s also lining up a medical drama called Green Surgical Knife that is slated to be a Mon-Tues drama following Shark (which itself won’t premiere until June following God of the Workplace). All of this is fluid and can change (I remember when Gu Family Book was scheduled to be a Wed-Thurs drama), but these are definitely the upcoming dramas lined up. Kim Soo Hyun, who has been hotly watched for his next move now that he’s finished up a his latest movie filming, confirmed last month that he will be doing a drama this year. Now casting rumors have Kim Soo Hyun doing a medical drama since he was spotted learning on the job at a pediatric clinic. Will it be Green Surgical Knife for KBS? That is the word on the street. But its also possible he’ll reunite with the PD from The Moon that Embraces the Sun who is preparing his own medical drama called Top Medical Team airing on MBC sometime in October. I totally have good feelings about Song Joong Ki potentially taking on the KBS Sword and Flower since his last drama was the successful KBS drama Nice Guy, and this pairing with Park Shin Hye totally works for me. So does the thought of Kim Soo Hyun in a medical drama, Song Joong Ki did OB/GYN a few years ago for SBS and I really enjoyed it. I’m crossing my fingers all of these casting rumors come true since its a great career move for all of them.
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OMG SO EXCITING.
Excitement on the horizon
Song joong ki and Park shin hye: yay!!
but hasn't Song joong ki already done so many sageuks...so from that point of view, I'm not that excited.
yes, but he's never been the leading man in any of those, for that alone this will go on my ABSOLUTELY MUST WATCH list if he signs on (I would watch for Park Shin-hye anyway, but I have my fingers crossed that it will be well-written and that the leading man is someone she has awesome chemistry with).
Also it might just be his last drama before he goes off to military service, so it better be good because it has to tide us over a long while :)
you have got a point there....but I want to see him in a romantic comedy :)
Song Joong Ki, playing a warrior? I mean, I lurvv this guy but he def is no warrior material unless he bulks up a ton.
Now if the male lead is slightly mature-looking and has the physique and gravita of a warrior, then we're talking.
Park Shin Hye and Song Joong Ki? in a melo sageuk drama? Say what?
I'm on board!!!
if it's true.. i'm really waiting for it and so curious abt this Drama!!!
I hope it's true . . . If its not maybe Bigbang's TOP I think he can do well as a warrior
OMG..when news broke out about shinhye's new drama, sjk was the first that came to my mind but didnt hope for it too much since i heard that he's due for military enlistment. crossing my fingers for this team up..thank you
Well, he has until the end of this year to enlist so hopefully the drama can have its run and not have him do a Kim Nam-gil (though Kim Nam-gil was turning 29 in Western years when Bad Guy was on, SJK will be 28 this September so maybe he isn't as close to the wire?)
I have a bad feeling if they cast these two actors together.
Me too ! i have a feeling they are too similar in personality...quite introverted and shy
Are you sure that you know them
Because as far as I know, none of them are introverted and shy lol
They are friends and actually hang out together
Aren't they trained actors? I don't see why their real personality is a factor when they are professional actors. For example Yoon Si Yoon was able to portray energizer bunny Enrique in Flower Boy Next Door when his real personality is the opposite.
^_^ I agree for Yoon Si Yoon.
I have to agree and its not because of their personalities (I dont think either of them are intoverted if you;ve seen BTS from their dramas or CFs)I think SJK has more gravitas than Shin Hye when it comes to sageuks...maybe its cuz I've only seen her in trendies playing timid characters, but I would hate to have a similar character for her in a sageuk
well you haven't watched all her projects then lol
No I haven't claimed to.do so either
try her movie cyrano agency at least or her role in taiwan drama Hayate the Combat Butler. She plays different kind of characters but it seems like people only know of only a few dramas after 2009 lol
Super excited if the rumors are true - regarding Park Shin Hye and SONG JOONG KI (OMG!!) - but I'm not so excited regarding the plot. Sageuk - yes but Goryo era-sageuk?? Uh, no thanks.
But IF the rumors are true I'm too weak to resist watching it. :D
Not Goryeo-era sageuk, ala Faith or The Great Seer. Gorguryeo-era ala Jumong and Kingdom of the Wind.
Ah thank you! Sorry read it wrong. :)
those time periods are soooo dramatic. i will only do it if it's park shinhye and song joongki. okay fine.. if it's anyone of my top fave dude actors.
Goguryeo was along Silla and Baekje one of the Three Kingdom of Korea. Goguryeo was founded by Jumong, a prince from Buyeo who fled the kingdom because of power struggle.
Song Joong Ki/Park Shin Hye seems like an interesting pairing, I'm totally on board!! Moreover Goguryeo period is rarely addressed in korean dramas.
Actually there have been a number of sagueks based on Goguryo like Jumong, Kingdom of the Winds, Gwanggaeto the Great, Yeon Gaesomun, some parts of King Geunchogo addressed Goguryo, the Legend, etc. There have been a number of them although not as many as Joseon dramas