Age of Feeling Faces Filming Halt as the Cast and Crew Ponder Quitting Due to Unpaid Wages

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• Wow. What would Anthony do?
  Seems like a bunch of conflicts that led to this hot mess and people are looking for scapegoats. Well, i just feel bad for everyone involved cause working conditions are horrible in kdramaland that this shouldn't be all that surprising. I'm sure these problems crop up, but most of the time producers handle the issues without it being known to the public.
  My sympathies rests with KHJ the most -- it's a double whammy for someone like him who's had a failed project in city conquest and now, perhaps another in AoF.
  Still following this show.. although my lack of disappoint/anger from the possibility of it no longer airing might show the altitude of love i have for this show.

  • Yes, I totally agree with you! I really felt sympathy for Kim Hyun Joong. He really works hard for this drama and he is totally rocking the role. Just compare his acting from his other dramas, just by simply watching KHJ here in AoF you can really see his improvement.
    I was also disappointed when I heard about the script writer and second lead leaving the drama abruptly, that alone made one hell of a burden to the production.
    I really wish that we can see this drama till the end. FIGHTING AoF!

• I'm still shipping Gaya and Il Hwa...Hwangbang's threat is a way for it to happen lol

• Well I feel bad for Kim Hyun Joong, he really worked hard at it when everyone expected him to suck. You'd he got a break after what happened with his previous drama! I started worrying ever since the writer switch & kinda got stuck at episode 6. Was even harder to go back to when i heard second lead was written out. The cast & crew are right to be pissed off its too much hard work!!

• lol this drama is such a hot mess. I can't help but feel sorry KHJ and his terrible luck with dramas even if I'm not a fan.

• You know I think Jin Sae Yeon actually always do the double timing thingy. If I remember correctly (I may be wrong), she did the same thing shortly before her Gaksital series ended. Well she might need to take whatever is offered to her befote the offer flies to the moon. I don't really enjoy her performances and think she's very limited.

  I feel rather sad for KHJ though. His past few production choices have always been caught in some kind of troubles. Sigh.

  • Yeah, but,

    *spoilers if you haven't seen Gaksital!!*

    she was killed off before Gaksital finished airing, so that wasn't a big deal.

    I was surprised she picked up Doctor Stranger though, filming dramas back to back just sounds like digging your grave to me.

    • Part of the reason why her character got cut off was due to her accepted Five Finger while still do live shooting for Gaksital and without informing Gaksital crew's before hand and they were not please about it. This is her second time.

      Fans might excuse her for taking drama before the other one ended but there are tons of actors (newbies, C, B, A lists and so on) who received offers while they're still committed with other acting project, but why we only saw her keep doing that? and I'm not even talk about jumping to another project AFTER finished the other one. It gave of such ambitious character on her part and being unresponsible. She's not a great actress to begin with and in fact, a very limited actress, so how do you expect for her to perform her best if she keep jumping from one drama to another at the same time?

    • I'm not a fan of Jim Sae-yeon and agree she is limited as an actress. I just thought that if they planned to write her character off (which as you pointed out, they didn't), then I don't see a problem with her taking on another drama. Do I think it will help her act better? Absolutely not, but it will get her exposure and I think that's what she's aiming for.

    • Well, it's nice that she notified the production team beforehand this time around, but skipping out on four days of shoots plus the couple
      of days that she wasn't allotted is unacceptable.

      Never mind the fact that she'll be overworking herself—she has the right to take up whatever she wants to, but she's gotta make sure that she can keep both sides happy.

    • Jin Se Yeon's agency has said that Jin Se Yeon was cast in Dr. Stranger BEFORE she accepted and started filming Age of Feeling, where she was a last minute replacement for Kim So Eun who dropped out. So much he said-she said going on here.

    • Koala: we would never be sure of that claimed. If she got offered before she accepted Age of Feeling, then how about Park Min Young? PMY was offered for the role and rejected and then we heard news on JSY's casting and that not too long ago and definitely after the AoF airs.

      I suppose, it depends on how we see things. Some people (fans obviously) are strongly excuse her for being hardworking and such. And yes, that's not wrong to keep working if she can manage her time and health plus to get as much exposure as she can. But personally, and I'm speaking of my own point of view in case if people come and argue on this, I can not take her seriously as an actress who is really focus on improving her craft by keep filming for 2 dramas back to back when she is a limited actress to begin with.

    • Apparently, this is not her second time for double book her filming. It is the third time. My Daughter Flower + Gaksital. Gaksital + Five Finger. And now.

    • And, here you go with some eyerolling excuses by fans http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/03/age-of-feeling-caught-up-in-budget-woes-and-controversy/

    • @koala - I highly doubt that is true, sounds like a load of agency bs to me. Are we really supposed to believe that JSY was cast so far ahead of Lee Jong Seok, the actual hero of the drama?

      Or that once they did offer the role to Park Min Young who's a much bugger star, SBS just HAD to get JSY back even though her other drama was still filming? Did every other actress in kdramas just mysteriously vanish or something?

  • You aren't wrong. She took up Eunjung's role in Five Fingers after they abruptly dropped Eunjung due her group T-ara's bullying scandal while she was still filming for Gakistal. I completely agree with you, I am not a fan of Jin Sae Yeon at all, her acting is limited at best and she simply isn't interesting to see on screen.

  • In case for those who are wondering, the filimng of dr. Stranger was delayed so JSY accepted AoF. Naturally DrS offered the lead role to another actress but when that didin't pan out either they went back to JSY bec AoF will be finishing by april while DrS starts may. And people shouldn't be criticizing JSY as she's only doing her job, if anything tell on SBS or her talent agency.

    • Er, sorry but why can not we criticized her on this? yes, her agency plays BIG part on making decision but they can't totatlly forced her if she does not want to do that either. Or are you implying that she is always 100% forced and in a some kind of slave contract?

      And if she got offered but didn't take it (otherwise they won't offer to another actress) and accepted AoF and then, we are back to square one aren't we? she had no responsibility to take both dramas. And only means, she confirmed for the Doctor Stranger AFTER Park Min Young rejected and that only happened last month. And do you honestly think that the casting confirmation had made that way early? even the casting confirmation for LJS happened not long ago and doubt that Park Min Young is the second choice after JSY.

    • And please don't throw the 'she is only doing her job' kind of excuse you fans always use. It won't be her job in the first place if she is not keep taking them both on the same time. Some even ridiculously made excuse such as actors and tv networks should be thankful of her since she help them when other actresses rejected the offers and the dramas in dire need for actress o.O so, she is being. volunteer worker plus actress?

    • Having slave contracts are not new in Korea - though I'm not saying that she's on one. Also, basically what you're implying on the other hand though, is that JSY has enough girth as an actress to TURN DOWN offers all by her own. In Korea, actors/actresses do not shop around roles they wait for the offers. For a rookie actress like her, will she be able to refuse a lead part when it's offered right at her? Will her agency even support her on that - especially with the current financial woes that her current production is facing?

      Yes, you're correct, you can criticize her, but to me, you're simply "rolling your eyes" as if you have any say to what she does with her work. You're just a spectator, and I doubt you're even contributing to the ratings which ultimately pays her and the production. Yet, you're so pompous right now as if you're holier than thou, because GASP she missed two days of shoot because KBS is on the brink of a LIVE shoot. Talk about SLAVE conditions.

• Oh no! For the sake of the cast and crew who are still enduring to film this drama despite the off-screen issues, I hope they get their pay soon.

  I'm still watching this drama. But I'm finding (since the writer change) the plot or the focus of this drama has changed too. Sometimes I wonder if the drama is about KHJ's character or about the Japanese characters. There's more screen time for the villains or the not-so-lead characters, and yet up to now I'm still not clear as to who really are the bad guys or who are on the side of KHJ's character Shin Jung-Tae. Every episode so far has 1 or more of Shin Jung-Tae's fight scenes. Is the only way to tell someone is a hero by fighting other people? I think there's too much fighting, making KHJ appear stiff in the other scenes where he shows up.

• This is ridiculous! The cast and crew are working so hard and are not getting paid!? I would have bounced long ago, I know that sounds a mess but people have families to feed.

  It is also a mess because honestly, the last 2-3 episodes I have really come to enjoy; sad being as though it came more than halfway through the show. However, if the show stops all together I will not cry any tears— I just need people to get what is due to them.

• I thought Jin Se Yeon is the main female lead....as KHJ's character is in love with her....correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not watching it..just read some recaps...

  At least, the drama showed that KHJ can act efficiently..

  • She play's KHJ's main love interest, but Im Soo Hyang is the main female lead plot-wise.

    • *plays

• And also what's up with Kim Hyun Joong fans? They have not created enough buzz I guess for their oppah this time, I don't see them pushing the drama on the top of any popularity survey not enough comments on any drama sites. I guess most of them would still prefer Kim Hyun Joong to portray flower boy roles. Another thought of mine is that Key East made a mistake by pushing Kim Hyun Joong too early to always take the lead role, he should be getting more acting experience by taking second lead role, just saying not meaning to offend KHJ fans.

• What is going on with this drama? I guess alarms should have been going off when KJW left, but this is crazy. Also, did they really think this was going to sell overseas just because KHJ is attached? I haven't watched it, but I doubt a drama advertised as patriotic would do well abroad.