The first stills are out showing the meeting of leading lady Yoon Eun Hye with second male lead Jung Yong Hwa in Marry Him If You Dare. The scene was filmed outside a convenience store and she’s clearly drinking while complaining away her sorrows and/or annoyances. With how much the two leading men look like brothers, this scene totally screams Mi Rae bitching about big brother to little brother and he thinks to himself “yeah, I’ve live with that pain in the butt man.” I’m kidding of course, the two leads are not related in this drama. Lee Dong Gun is broadcast announcer Kim Shin while Jung Yong Hwa is VJ Park Se Joo, who is hiding his real identity as the grandson of the network president. I’m relieved that Jung Yong Hwa and Yoon Eun Hye also look good together, though I’m getting a more friendly rather than sparks flying vibe between them. I like Yong Hwa’s look in this drama except for the fact that it doesn’t look much different than his looks in either Heartstrings or You’re Beautiful. Yong Hwa’s acting limitations aside, does anyone get the sense that he always comes off as slightly disengaged? I look at him act and I think to himself that he’s doing but not feeling, and his mind is somewhere off composing new songs. He’s like that talented artist who would rather be doing what he loves (music) but is instead forced to do what he doesn’t (acting). It’s different than other acting-challenged idols like Taecyeon or Kim Hyun Joong, where I got they sense they like acting but just so happen to suck at it. Or like the DBSK Wonder Twins Changmin and Yunho, who are like lost sheep who wandered onto an acting set and assigned the role of a golden retriever. If I ever got the impression that Jung Yong Hwa loved loved loved to act with a passion, then perhaps so much of his dispassionate onscreen projection would be dispelled. I hope he has fun making this drama and learns a lot from his sunbaes, because his character sounds cute and would be a nice alternative to grumpy pants Kim Shin if indeed Mi Rae seriously contemplates Not Marrying Him Because She Doesn’t Dare.
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you got that one right Ms. Koala.. Yong Hwa looks like thinking the next song lyrics he gonna compose.
Man of Still strikes again! And what you said about him makes perfect sense: that he doesn't mind acting as a gig, but that his heart and his brain are engaged elsewhere, and it is just the body that goes through the motions. Ever so often he arranges his face into an appropriate pattern, and he says the lines, but ...
And I also agree about Taecyeon and KHJ - when you watch them play a role, you can see the wheels turning, they are thinking thinking thinking about what they are supposed to be doing, they are trying so hard that it is of course a fail; that trying, that brain in action is a huge wall they can't overcome. Plus Taec sometimes just can't resist mugging for the camera sometimes, and breaking the fourth wall (a common idol disease).
But he's useful, here, as someone for YEH to riff off of. He is a useful foil, but if they really think to make him into a believable love rival---? Well, I'm skeptical.
can't denied about that.. he's an artist after all. hehe.. I had not watch his work..can't see his acting that try to act. duh.
hahahaha.. captain koala, you got me LOL about the wonder twins.
I agree. Disengaged is a nice way of putting it.
The camera loves him, though. He looks good just standing there.
He has a nice voice and hair - really nice hair.
I think YEH will be fun with him. She can't un-disengage him, nobody can.
Oh goodness is he pretty! When he sings you love him because of his energy and he has a good voice. Yet when you see stills oh him, I can't help but admire the pretty. I was like that in YB but not during heartstrings, here he seems to back to full pretty.
I totally agree with you. JYH is so pretty in these shots.
I love him when he's singing with CNBlue because he is so passionate and vibrant. If he can just relax and act more naturally, as in, project a little of his real personality while acting, he might become more effective. Perhaps he might be overthinking his lines, or trying too hard, but I concur, he does have that vacant look in his eyes when he's acting - like a robot programmed to perform certain functions. *sigh... still love him though, so I will satisfy myself with this eye-candy.
I should get the substance (my meat-entree) with YEH and LDG.
It's kind of sad when official stills look like BTS snapshots...
I also thought LDG and Yonghwa looked like brothers! Yonghwa is not that bad. KHJ and Taecyeon are not that bad either compared to... I love him but I have to say it... YunHo. and his little bro Changmin. I watched some of their dramas and they were bad.
The stills do not look too bad because of YEH, her body language enough to make it up for the two of them.
Not bad... :) the more I think about it, the more I want all 3 of them to sing in this drama. JYH is going to be awesome in whatever he sings and YEH and LDG would be great too. I know that yeh already has one singin part but duet please. :)
I am so ready for this drama. I rewatched a favorite of mine, sweet 18 and also WIAN in preparation. If I have time, I am going to rewatch LTM again as well.
Considering that Jung Yong Hwa used to follow Park Shin Hye around during the filming of Heartstrings and pester her with questions related to acting and his script, AND was reported to have stood outside during most of the 4-5 hour shoot at the beach in Jeju in order to observe YEH filming her scenes, I would hardly think he's "disengaged" and uninterested in acting.
Watch YEH film for 4-5 hours? If that is not dedication, I wouldn't know what to call it. Merely observing or taking pointers? Either way, I'm impressed. JYH stills so far has not moved me one bit, but I concur, he does look pretty in those.
I hope yonghwa can learn to improve his acting from this drama
He need to be relax and not self conscious when acting
Tbh,he's visually perfect to be an actor as the cameras love him,looks good in any angle
and I do see potential in him and he's the type that really push himself to do the best