After a long hiatus from drama land after two back-to-back dramas in Flower Boy Ramyun Shop right into The Moon Embraces the Sun, Jung Il Woo is finally coming back to the small screen and is making up for his time away by doing a long 50-episode weekend drama. While the official confirmation hasn’t come down yet, insiders at MBC say that Jung Il Woo has in fact accepted the leading man role in the upcoming Golden Rainbow opposite leading actress UEE. She also hasn’t officially confirmed yet but is pretty much onboard as well. I’m not surprised to see Jung Il Woo come back with MBC drama, he’s worked with MBC more than any other network. Jung Il Woo got his start with High Kick Through the Roof, then Return of Iljimae, and most recently MoonSun (he did one drama apiece for the other networks). UEE got her biggest hit to date with a weekend drama Ojakkyo Brothers on KBS, so she might be looking to see if she can recreate that success and chemistry with Jung Il Woo as her co-star playing a prosecutor in an earnest orphan drama set in the world of marine fishing. Golden Rainbow is about 7 orphans who form a family with an adoptive father played by Kim Sang Joong. Child actress wunderkind Kim Yoo Jung will carry the heavy load playing the younger UEE for the first ten episodes. This would reunite Kim Yoo Jung with the screenwriter from May Queen who is writing Golden Rainbow.
Before I Summon You, Gold came along, May Queen was hands down one of the craziest makjang weekend dramas in years. But I’m not completely ready to relegate Golden Rainbow to the trash bin by the writer alone, because before May Queen he wrote the magnificent The President and that was easily one of the best dramas of 2010. Helming Golden Rainbow will be the PD who did I Do, I Do, who also worked as the assistant PD for some beautifully filmed MBC dramas such as My Princess, My Name is Kim Sam Soon, Hon, and Damo. Golden Rainbow might end up worth watching for the cinematography alone. The younger generation cast has already started filming and MBC released the script reading pictures which I have posted below. Seeing Kim Yoo Jung leading the script reading just flashes me right back to the production of May Queen which also had a long childhood section. While UEE has never impressed me with her acting, and I have to confess that I didn’t watch Ojakkyo Brothers because of my Joo Won allergy and I heard she wasn’t bad there, I do like Jung Il Woo and lately I’ve been on a weekend drama binge so if this drama looks promising I’ll check it out. It premieres in early November after Scandal: The Very Shocking and Immoral Incident. Now that is one well-acted effectively makjang drama where I like all the characters, even the baddies, for being so very understandable in all their angst.
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Uee did a good job in ojakgyo but i cant imagine her with jung il woo at the moment. I hope the streaming sites will have this coz i do want to check it out. I miss jung il woo. Hope it will be a good drama for his sake! He has been away too long.
The last time jung il woo filmed a drama was during the end of 2011, and then Moon Embracing the Sun came out in January 2012. It's been almost 2 years already! Also, he still has to fulfill his mandatory military service for 2 years. That would be a total of 4 years for his career hiatus.
Why you have Joo-won allergy? He is a good actor and really cute in real life.
Perhaps, like me, Koala also has a cute allergy. Someone like Joo Won or Suzy makes me positively break out in a rash.
I don't think Koala has cute allergy. In fact, from her favorites, many of them are cute and from her comments, she adores them so.
I love Teh Cute! But it's for the cute, not for the acting. LOL, that would be insane to think Suzy can act. But she's cute and I like her brand of cute. I just wish her brand of cute would stay away from dramas.
Hi bains, Captain K is not the only one. I'm not good in explaining but honestly it can't be help. I barely tolerated him in Ojakyo, my favourite pairing was actually Uee's character & the mother.
I don't find him a good actor. At. All. I have an equal number of dramas friends who feel the same way about his one-note acting but another equal number who love him and think he's the bees knees.
Oh, the little kid down on the right is young Joo-won in Good Doctor. *know-it-all mode off*
You should definitely check out Ojakgyo Brothers. Ryu Soo Young's love story is soooo good, the whole family is loveable. There is almost nothing to criticize about this show.
Jung Il Woo wanted to finish his studies, hope he achieved it and we will see more of him now. Love him!
Ojakkyo brothers is one of those family dramas done right.
And yes, that is mini shi-on!
The premise sounds boring and it's a weekend drama....I'll skip this...
Just asking out of curiosity: why the Joo Won allergy?? (I have not seen any of his dramas by the way)
Some people like to ignore talent.
Talent? Lol. Histrionics do not a talented actor make.
heh.
Joo Won is talented? XD Ooookay, whatever floats your boat. :-D
Mmm hmm. And whatever floats your big balloon.
probably due to he tend to overact?
In the beginning I didn't like Joo-won either; now that I see his serious and engrossing attitude towards acting, I do like him a lot.
I'm very happy for UEE. I think she can act (compared to other idols) and she made a good job in OB. But the golf drama was a big flop for me. I watch her every sunday in Barefoot Friends, and I like her attitude. And what can I say about Jung Il Woo? he's so sexy and charming! So count me in ^^
So I should start Scandal, right?
I am off GOM for now. Too too too much of me wanting to kill characters and I realize it isn't worth my time.
How do I feel about JIW? I am convinced there are some people of the opposite sex for no specific reason that we are drawn to and it is our genetic imperative to follow through on this attraction and, yes, I will say it, reproduce with them. That is how I feel with JIW. He makes my DNA insane with desire for his DNA. Even if I listed all the traits of his that I admire, it wouldn't add up to this overpowering urge to be with him.
I think your allergy to Joo Won is the other side of this phenomenon, and I understand it because I didn't love him in everything, either. I couldn't watch Gatiskal, the spy one, and the stills for GD frighten me, no matter how much I love MCW and JSW.
As far as this pairing of UEE and JIW...I'm cogitating on that...I think it would work because she can be adorable. My favorite scenes of hers in OB were with omani Kim Ja Ok. UEE's character worked so hard to please KJO's; the ups and downs and more downs made the pay-off satisfying.
Here is my video of them.
http://youtu.be/b-Q6OJh2oLg
Oh dear, please don't use biology terms like this if you don't know them well.It is really unpleasant to read.
Care to elaborate on this snobbish comment?
Wow. I used biology terms.
I am smarter than I even thought.
LOL
biology, physiology heck add in chemistry terms, you are definitely smart Jomo. It must be nice for some to be very well versed with biological science terms to be a stickler and be dogmatic about it. Is that being redundant???? However, I wonder what it says about their humor? I read a comment from a medical doctor that says they are boring (her comment not mine). Again I wonder if there is truth to that? Maybe I should get out of the biology field. Aaah! Just keep it up Jomo, I like reading your comments...
Hey jomo! I'm personally indifferent to JIW but I loved Uee in OB and I hope this'll be equally great. (though like many, I was more touched by her connection with the mother than with 'ajusshi', whom I adored anyway).
Start Scandal, baby. You'll not regret it. Kim Jae Won is nnnnnggggg.
Oh, Kim Yoo Jung and that little kid from Good Doctor, I can't wait. I guess they're gonna tug at our heartstrings once again. Going back to UEE and JIW, I really don't find UEE impressive, but I think she's done ok with most of her projects, so no complaints. I just hope her chemistry with JIW with be good.
Yeah I love UEE!
Why Uee? i kind of didn't like her acting. sigh!..