Nothing quite says striking while the iron is hot then signing on for a highly anticipated Kim Eun Sook drama. Choi Jin Hyuk, who has been toiling away in the industry for quite a few years, finally got his big break recently playing Daddy Gumiho to Lee Seung Gi in Gu Family Book. I liked his character initially but the whole arc died rather precipitously for me when he fell for a girl on sight and then got a sword through the gut for his love and kindness. Talk about reverse karma. I rather like Choi Jin Hyuk since he played the decent second male lead in I Need Romance, though he lost the girl for reasons still unfathomable to me since his competition was a serial cheater. I’m a little baffled by his meteoric rise because of GFB since its not like he is all that good in there acting or character-wise, but I suppose there have been cases of even more random break outs. He was offered a part in Kim Eun Sook’s upcoming Lee Min Ho–Park Shin Hye vehicle Heirs and today his agency confirmed that he will indeed be joining the cast. I said earlier he wasn’t playing the second male lead and was offered the role of Lee Min Ho’s brother, and today it’s been further specified that he plays Lee Min Ho’s older half-brother. He’s playing Kim Won (heck, is Kim Eun Sook recycling her names already – Kim Joo Won anybody?), the President of the largest conglomerate in Korea and the perfect guy. Lee Min Ho will be playing high-school younger half-brother Kim Tan. Also confirmed for the cast is Kim Sung Ryung, who plays lots of pretty mom roles and might be best remembered by young audience members for playing Jang Geun Seok‘s character’s mean actress mommy in You’re Beautiful. Also reportedly joining the cast is rising young actor Kim Woo Bin, but I’m a little skeptical as to whether he’s playing the role of second male lead initially offered to Jung Yong Hwa. No diss against Kim Woo Bin, but he doesn’t seem to be in the same league to be playing opposite Lee Min Ho in a high profile Kim Eun Sook drama. We shall wait and see what part he plays, but if a bigger name young actor joins the cast then I think Kim Eun Sook is collecting a posse of rich high school boys to surround Lee Min Ho’s role. Heirs premieres in October so still a long time away.
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Love the cast so far. Hope the storyline be good too.
Exactly my sentiments! I want strongly written characters in a story that is not a copy of or a reminder of gossip girl. With so much hype about all the actors/actress excited about working with KES, the plot should be an original and well written.
i really like kim eun sook's style, and i might be the only one with that, but i feel she has been doing too much of an episodic thing lately.
this one is similar to gentleman's dignity in the sense that its more about the characters and their relationships than a thought out plotline from start to finish. i wish she would tackle some more of the later.
I prefer him as evil Daddy Gumiho. But it's true, it's a random kind of break out role. I totally understand your comment on Kim Woo Bin. He has the charisma but I still can't understand what people saw in him in School 2013.
Oh my!!!He's gonna portray the perfect+not-just-rich-but-president-of-the-largest-conglomerate-in-Korea-hot-guy-who-also-possesses-that-perfect-smile-that-can-melt-you-away???ho ho,I guess from there on, he'll get like hordes of fangirls following him and supporting him (i hope)~ I'm really glad for him that he can make his break out finally, i've read some of his interviews and at last his struggles have begun to pay dividends!!! Looking of course forward to Heirs!!!
Watch School 2013 and you'll know the magic of Kim Woo Bin ;-)
I just started Gu family book and I liked Choi Jin Hyuk a lot :-)
Yay for the whole cast!!!
I am one of those who started to like Choi Jin Hyuk through GFB and I agree, he's not a great actor (at least not yet). It's just that his character is so endearing and I guess the face added up to it. But of course he still needs to proof his acting prowess.
Same goes to Woo Bin, but I guess it's more of his charisma, 'cool/bad boy' character in School and all.
*prove
I'm still ignoring the last episodes of INR. Choi Jin Hyuk was just the perfect guy there - character-wise and smexy-wise.
actually I love Woobin more in Gentleman's Dignity than School 2013. He's playing a trouble student in both School 2013 and AGD, and I just hope he won't have that kind of character again here. Anyway I'm going to watch this for Daddy Gumiho, Woobin and of course Shinhye. I'm not really into Lee Minho. I think he's a good actor, but somehow he didn't impress me so far, and I don't know why. XP
thanks for sharing the news! :D
I saw CJH in Hedgehog and Panda, as 2nd lead male, and he is quite cute and decent.
Dont get me wrong i'm weird i only like actors that are less recognize not those very popular ones. I like cjh since he play daddy's daughter I dont follow lmh's dramas because maybe i think he already has many fans follow him.
It is easier to accept any role played by a new actor because it is not affected by his previous ones ..........specially if they had become popular ones. In some cases, I also prefer that.
Personally, I feel that If an actor is good it should not be a problem to see him again because each time he/she brings something different on the table. The large number of admirers of any artist is just indicative of his being able to do that successfully.
wtf Koala...in term of quality.,Kim Woo Bin has a better chop acting than Lee Min Ho...LMH just got lucky bcoz of his face..and i'm not going to denied his popularity.while KWB already prove he is the future leading man..Just wait!