There are two upcoming KBS dramas on its schedule that I have not heard a lick about. I was getting ready to write a post about it when today the first casting news broke – Jung Yong Hwa is likely signing on as the male lead for Future’s Choice. This is the drama slated to air following The Good Doctor on Mon-Tues and what gets me super excited is that it’s written by the other Hong Sisters (of The King 2 Hearts and Beethoven’s Virus fame). The Good Doctor hasn’t even premiered yet (its following Shark the first week of August) so I wasn’t that surprised this drama didn’t reveal a cast or started dropping tidbits, but its also good that with today’s casting of Yong Hwa that means its getting a move on. What worries me more is the other KBS drama tentatively titled Secret, which in the context of K-dramas is about as general and ubiquitous as it comes. Every damn drama has a secret, and most have enough secrets to reveal one per week to keep the tension high. This is akin to the Taiwan drama tendency to stick the word Love in most of its titles. Secret is slated to follow The Blade and Petal on Wed-Thurs, which means it’s seriously wayyyyy overdue for revealing its cast by now. Yes, I know B&P has aired 4-episodes only but it’s not one of those deadly long sageuks and instead is slated for a 20-episode run. Which means Secret is supposed to air on Sept 12th. I’ve never seen the scriptwriter’s name before but directing is PD Lee Eun Bok who helmed Dream High and most recently did School 2013. Clearly he’s one of the KBS home grown talents. The only blip I’ve read on Secret is that it’s the story about a woman who confesses to a crime for the man she loves. I’ve heard KBS wants Yoon Eun Hye for this role but I think it’s not an exaggeration to say than she gets offered tons of roles so I’m not sure whether this is wishful thinking on KBS or they did write this part for her and she’s seriously considering it. I wish all drama productions got major head starts, such as the Kim Eun Sook rich teen SBS drama Heirs which has been casting for a few months now and is also slated to premiere in October.
Future’s Choice is the story about the son of a network channel CEO who falls in love with a female scriptwriter, she was formerly just an ordinary office employee but switches jobs to pursue her dream to write dramas. Aside from being written by the Hong Sisters, this drama is slated to be directed by PD Kwon Gye Hong, who did Crime Squad and Bad Love, which makes her also a KBS home grown talent. Since I loved both The King 2 Hearts (writing) and Dream High (directing) and both of those talents are involved in Secret and Future’s Choice, my eye is firmly trained on ANY news to come about these two dramas. I’m not exactly pleased that the Hong Sisters are following up the phenomenal casting of Lee Seung Gi and Ha Ji Won from TK2H with Yong Hwa, but I guess I’ll wait and see who is his leading lady. I suppose there the slight chance that Jung Yong Hwa magically learned how to act in the two years since he starred in Heartstrings (You’ve Fallen for Me). But I feel that even if he sucks as usual here in Future’s Choice (at which point its been three strikes), his fans will still say he just needs time to improve. At which point does one just call it quits? I hope for my sake he improves because I really want to see what the Hong Sisters have up their sleeve as their follow up to TK2H, easily my favorite K-drama of 2012.
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Actually, this is also a timeslip drama - the female lead apparently goes into the past for some reason so that might explain why the male lead was cast to be so young.
Either way, I know for sure it's going to be barf-worthy with this guy on board. Where are all the oodles of competent actors that actually pulled me into Kdramas in the first place?!
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Pass for me as it looks like a mishmash of King of dramas and Drama Go Go Go. Another reason to pass is the male lead, he sucks really bad at acting (I watched you're beautiful) and I doubt he even had time to take acting classes since he is so busy composing, writing, performing his music and with photoshoots.
oh really ?? Are you that good in acting that you can judge him like that??
Silly logic that only people who are good at something get to criticize it. lol!
lmao do you expect food critics to be 5 star chefs and film critics to be mastermind directors/writers or talent judges to be good at a wide variety such as singing, dancing, etc?
you've exposed yourself to being rather ignorant to the real world.
I've turned anti on him since he rejected 'Heirs' and therefore Park Shin hye. No way am I watching it. Not until he pairs up with Park Shin hye.
heol ... than you can't call you a fan of him since Day 1 since you cannot accept he's pairing with another female actress .. wake up will ya
Excuse me! Ever heard of freedom of speech?!? Plus I only meant to comment. I wasn't looking for a fight. Most importantly I wasn't asking YOUR opinion. I honestly don't get why there's a reply icon under there but since you are clearly doing it atleast have the guts to press it!
Youre not a fan of him. Because if u're fan you know that its not him that reject the role. But his agency. Geeezzz. .. at least learn the fact before you speak.
Read what I wrote to chezzy. It's for you too.
do they come in a bundle or something? actors don't work with the same person in every drama! that's ridiculous! yonghwa's worked with her on both of the only 2 dramas he did, many people would be sick if he worked with her for a third time too. also working with the same person over and over again won't help him grow as an actor, which he needs since he already gets a lot of criticism for his acting. if you've turned anti on him for the most intolerable and ignorant reason you weren't a fan to begin with.
Read what I wrote to chezzy up there. It's for you too.
man.. why does JYH have so many crazy shippers? everywhere I go.. people are either talking about him with park shin hye or that snsd girl
Say it to my face honey. Plus read what I wrote to chezzy up there. It's for you too.
You are rude as hell. You have no respect for your fellow commentors. You have your head stuck in the clouds and your ego needs it's own house. Lordy, please get off your high horses please.
Toru, thanks for writing my thoughts! Asmara, you are rude and need to take a chill pill. Now, I've said it your face.
LOL, you're funny.
Really, when you post your thought in a forum, it means you're opening room for people to comment on it. The comments may be positive or negative, but its others' right to comment on what u say once u decide to make it public.
If u're really not asking for opinion, then don't make it public.
But then again, what sense do we expect from the writer of such a groundless opinion.
oh, grow up.
I wish I could say that to your face, but your grasp of both internet etiquette and the English language are so poor, I fear you may not understand the words.
i guess there's a misinformation over here. it wasn't yong hwa who turned down the offer, it was his management, not him, so there's no reason for you to hate him because it's not his fault. please just continue supporting him even though his not with shin hye anymore or better not be an anti on him. love<3 :)
He did not rejected the role! in fact, he already accepted it but FNC decided to pull out Yonghwa.
he's not the one who turned down the role in heirs..did you see any photos of him after that turned down issue broke? you can see that he barely smile after that. he's not the one who turned it down.
Speaking of The King 2 Hearts...! I've been re-watching that drama ever since finishing Gu Family Book to try to erase all my hatred from that show and I came across one of my favorite fanmade MV's for TK2H and thought I'd share it with you since I know you also love this drama....brings back so many feelings ^^ I wish I could make such memorable videos like this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKh6o9eGcG8&feature=share&list=FL_3l18iHA_Mlp713l6IFy7g
heol!!Even top actors of today were criticize for their acting in their earlier days..Some improved, some stayed the same and some had proven their worth..Give the boy a chance..He is young and has played almost the same role in his 2 previous drama..Don't hate on it this early and instead just wait patiently for it..Just hope FNC wont be a tease this time..
He can have a chance, but he shouldn't be getting cast as lead (or even second lead) – if he has acting talent, he'd learn more playing a smaller role and being guided by more seasoned and skilled actors. Instead, it's all on his shoulders, which unfortunately won't be able to carry this drama.
this! he can have chance if he really talented. how many chance we should give to him. He don't improve from YAB. i think he quit ambitious that why he reject the heir because he don't want to be 2nd lead. hope this drama will be female centre. because i don't think he can carry this drama.
can we just wait for the results before putting negative comments on him? don't you think you're being to judgmental? he had put all his efforts on his past dramas and i guess that's why many fans like him, he had done what his character asks, so can't we be patient this time and observe?
I have seen him in two dramas at least so if I'm being judgmental I'm judging him based on what I have seen.
Kudos for him that he's putting in the effort, but effort doesn't make something good - it just means someone's trying hard. It's not elementary school, where we all get top prizes because we try so hard, this is the entertainment industry where IMO good actors should get lead roles and not-so-good or still-learning actors should hone their craft in smaller roles until its good enough to carry a drama.
I really hope Jung Yong Hwa will accept it, but I also really hope he'll do better on this. ^^
yay, yay, hwaiting Jung Yong Hwa!!
I'm excited that the drama is written by the (other) Hong sisters!
The storyline sounds somewhat cliche, but the Hong Sisters really excel in the detail of drawing out their characters! I really hope the leading man won't be Yong Hwa though, because as cute as I think he is, I don't see him as leading man material. I really hope it's going to be a more seasoned actor that they cast!
the plot sound like king of drama?
cannot understand why the broadcast still cast young hwa. is there no other good actor in korea?
Of course they have good actors but casting an idol will help the drama to be popular since these idol have large fandom and supporters... :)
only popular for their fandom. general public in korea don't even care for idol drama and usually it will flop except for certain drama like dream high 1.
This guy cannot act. Stop.