In the span of twenty four hours the K-drama news casting cycle stirred up a veritable netizen storm and I’m still wondering what the heck happened. Was this even a serious casting consideration? The upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama Golden Cross, which initially was in talks with Kang Ji Hwan but that fell through after he went off to do Big Man on the same network, floated the possibility of being Park Shi Hoo‘s comeback drama. He’s been gone from K-ent for a year now, ever since he was embroiled in allegations of rape last February after a Valentine’s Day outing with a male friend and a young female idol trainee. The scandal was covered in great detail so I won’t rehash it here other than to say that it was resolved with the prosecutor not pressing charges and both sides also dropping a litany of civil lawsuits lobbed at each other. Park Shi Hoo has been in China for the past two months filming the C-movie called Fragrant Scent, and shortly after the news broke that he was considering the script for Golden Cross, his agency released a statement that Park Shi Hoo has declined the Golden Cross leading man role due to scheduling conflicts primarily with movie promotions for that movie. He’s also purportedly busy with CF shoots overseas as well. Consider me wary of the reason given for passing on the role, last year Kim Bum managed to film Goddess of Fire Jeongi but still participated in the huge movie promotional machine for the big budget blockbuster C-movie Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon. K-netizens of course went batshit with howls of outrage that he might be returning to drama land and who knows if that might’ve influenced his decision to pass on this project. Golden Cross is a revenge melodrama where the male lead is a prosecutor seeking revenge for the death of his father and sister. The cast currently has two leading ladies in Lee Shi Young and Han Eun Jung along with Jung Bo Seok playing the antagonist who sets the chain of events in motion that starts the hero on his path for vengeance. Golden Cross will follow Age of Feeling (Inspiring Generation) and looks to premiere April 10th after AoF wraps up its 24-episode run, which gives it some time to keep looking for that elusive leading man.
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I thought it was a float more than anything.
Obviously it is too soon for him to come back according to the reaction.
I wonder if he'll ever be able to be on ahjumma controlled airwaves.
Actually, I think most of PSH's fans are ahjummas. At 35, he's a bit too old to appeal to most of the younger set. That being said, I'm an ahjumma and I'm never going to watch him again.
Yeah. Mostbhis fans are ahjummas and known to be very obsessed and can be very malicious too. You don't want to deal with them or having your favorite actors, especially actresses to get entangle with him
Hi I'm a fresh 20's but I'm a fan of PSH we don't matter you or any haters anyway!!!
Good decision he made by rejecting the role. Seriously though, schedule conflicts! Okay that's a lame excuse but whatever.
He say really say: "sorry people hate me too much because of last year's scandals and some will never believe my innocence".
Its a good decision its WAY to soon
I honestly thought the whole thing was either a) PSH's management testing waters to see how the Korean media and audiences will react or b) SBS trying use media play to create hype because going against You're all surrounded is gonna... suck.
In general, it's too early and the scandal is too fresh in the minds of people. In Korea where image will make or break a celebrity, I think he needs to lay low for a year or few. This whole thing didn't do him good because now the audience would feel he's just looking for a chance to return rather than repent. Which I would imagine is what they expect of him.
Like most Koreans, I believe that this guy was trying to taste a water on how people take the news on him making a comeback and obviously, they didn't take it nicely. And I am thankful that we won't see him on our screen.
I would test things with something shorter like a tv movie or a special
Good. Now I can check out the drama. I like Lee Si Young.
Exactly my reaction. I honestly was excited for the drama. Revenge and all is my cup of tea! So now this feels right.
My reaction too. I'm a male, but am repulsed by his actions, whether or not they were technically criminal. I am hugely relieved that I can watch a Drama with an actress whose work I really like unburdened by having to put with staring at a douchebag beside her.
Same sentiments here. I was still going to try and watch it for her, since I am a fan, but I was really worrying about what working with a guy like him could do to her career.
I am glad she does not have to work with such a person and potentially get any hell by association. And on a more selfish note, I am glad I don't have to go through a series where the lead irks me. I don't even want to imagine the romantic scenes.
Uhm Ki Joon seems like an almost sure thing now, so I am looking forward to it. Their chemistry in 'Killer Toon' was not much, but the way their interactions were written did not help either. So let's see how it goes.
Love to see back on the small screen....
I don't care when and in what, but I'm definitely waiting for his comeback.
Me too!!
He's just testing the water.
Well, too bad my comment couldn't be accepted Koala, but I'm still getting this error page not found warning everytime I access this website. Will avoid for the time being, since might be a virus, kisses.
You just need to clear your browser history, too many cookies.
Thanks for telling, I'll try it!
Most likely testing waters. I don't think scheduling conflicts is a bad excuse, in fact what's worse is if he outright says "No, the response was bad so I'll back out." Perhaps no excuse is even better.
Good decision on his part for not doing this drama, the audience is not ready for his comeback yet. Give it another year or two.
Obviously testing to see the reaction. The spin from his agency isn't even believable.
Though really, how did they think it was a good idea. The plot of the drama for one thing and the fact that hasn't really even been a year since everything happened. People are going to need a lot of time to forget, if they ever do. There is no way to spin what happened as him being anything but a total scumbag at best or a rapist at worst. So um, good luck with that comeback.
Anyway, I'm glad. I think a netizenbuzz comment said it best with "We don't have time in our schedules to see you"