I’ve heard the unconfirmed murmuring from KBS insiders since early March about Lee Jun Ki taking the titular role in Joseon Gunman, then the media picked it up around middle of March when both the network and the agency released the news. I’ve also heard about the rumored leading lady pairing up with Jun Ki on this project since the middle of March but it was such a major juicy costar I didn’t write about it since I was still trying to figure out whether I liked the pairing or not. Lee Jun Ki’s confirmation for Joseon Gunman came out this past weekend and the next day production members working on the drama posted on their personal SNS accounts that the drama is starting filming Monday. Excuse me but what? Without a leading lady confirmation yet? That usually means KBS has locked down its leading lady and the news out to be coming out shortly.
When a drama starts filming, it might not involve the leads right away and could have child actor portions (common for sageuks) or location shoots and other early stage filming needs so. I’m not surprised it’s starting this early since it follows Golden Cross on KBS Wed-Thurs and that drama premieres this week. That means Joseon Gunman premieres in June so a two month early head start is quite normal for sageuk productions. So I guess I’ve beaten around the bush enough since the title of this post already gives away the big shocker – the leading lady for Joseon Gunman is rumored to be Park Shin Hye. Along with second leads Jeon Hye Bin and Han Joo Wan, the cast is thereby rounded out in a very eclectic mix. I’m going to tentatively say this is a promising coupling if it does come true because I do love Shin Hye and have been wanting her to do a sageuk drama for ages, and Lee Jun Ki just shines like no other in sageuks. Hoping for a confirmation soon so I can start anticipating the drama.
Park Shin Hye has been filming the K-movie The Royal Tailor with Go Soo, Yoo Yeon Seok, and Han Suk Kyu for the last three months so she could conceivably have wrapped her supporting role as the Queen and take on Joseon Gunman. Last year she flirted with doing a sageuk drama when she was mulling over doing The Blade and the Petal but ultimately passed to do Heirs instead, which probably was a great decision for her career since the former tanked in ratings while the latter was a ratings success. If she does pass on Joseon Gunman, I hope the leading lady is someone I love as well. Jun Ki totally deserves a leading lady as charismatic as him. This drama comes from the production team behind the KBS hit sageuk The Princess’s Man so I’m confident the quality will be there. As for Park Shin Hye in this drama – yay or nay for you?
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Shin Hye in hanbok and saeguk speech? interesting... i think it's about time, so yay.. especially sinve it's JunKi.. man is hot wearing a gat. Will it be a straight saeguk or fusion/fantasy? I muvh prefer the latter
Well she'll look pretty and her non- existent kissing skills will actually fit the series. Not that there is any romance in thriller sagueks. So it might fit. After all she can't be as bad as someone famous with her modern accent in a sageuk. She has been in the industry long enough.
Well so true she has no passion, good acting but no passion in her kissing scenes I felt sorry for Lee Min Ho in Heirs :( I wish other actress will take this role with Lee Jun Ki .......
R u kidding me u must be blind...that was the best kiss
Seriously why always bringing up her kissing for whatever her name is there? Nothing else interesting?
Because she cannot even do "that" realistically or convincingly when in character as an actress....
Well she is not interesting. She looks good and looks good in CF and photo shoots.
But not her acting. Or her expressions. Or her kissing.
So what is there to bring up? Her acting chops?
She is really pretty but after heirs..she is just really boring for me. Like I cannot stand another scene without screaming "boringgg".. I don't know why. I never felt like this with other bad actress. She is not bad..but just plain boring altho she really looks pretty in all her photo shoots
PSH !!!! Always waiting to see what drama/ movie is line up for her.
Excited !!!!!
I'm excited too! I love LJK in Arang and the Magistrate and I just love PSH without questions asked. But I hope she finishes her studies first! Priorities!
I'm not sure about this casting, i'd want an actress with more sageuk experience...she has definitely improved a lot when I saw her in Flower Boy next door and could definitely do with a change in genre even though I think comedy and romance are her strengths....I'm also not sure if she'd dive back into a drama so soon after Heirs, I wasn;t expecting to see her on TV again till the end of this year or maybe the beginning of nxt
Darn. I was hoping for Han Ji Min. My wishful thinking of having Jun Ki-Ji Min pairing.
Same here...;-)
Mee too but she is too busy with Empress Ki well I hope it's not PSH:(
Han Ji Min is not in empress Ki.
Definitely nay for me. Ugh.
Casting of Lee Jun Ki, my all-time favorite Korean actor, on the other hand is the best news. But PSH could destroy the whole show for me.
Not excited. :(
My sentiments exactly. PSH cancels my anticipation of LJK. Gosh, he needs a powerful female lead 'cause he's off the charts when it comes to OTPairing, but she is like a wet fish. Why does she keep getting leading roles when her dramas fail miserably? Go figure!
I am totally going to throw a Hail Mary and say I was hoping for Yang Jin Sung. I know I know. She is new, but she has that " it " factor and I think she would have chemistry with tree. And it would be really funny if she went from lee hong ki to lee jun ki.
But it is a dream and my dreams never come true so that's that.
As for park shin hye, I really did love her, but than I realize she just plays the same character over and over and over again. And her inability to kiss has made me less of a fan. Since casting for these thing is about popularity more than talent I Mauser she is shoe in to be the female lead. Good luck to her.
OMG I agree I hope Yang Jin Sung will play the leading role I think they will look good together cose Lee Jun Ki and Lee hong Ki have similar body, height etc.....
Yay to that! Love that girl
Nay
She looks great in hanbok, that's for sure, and if it's a non-romance thriller then her zero chemistry with male leads, at least in Heirs and FBND, won't be a problem either. I was very impressed with her performance in FBND except when she had to act like she was attracted to or interested in YSY's character, so if she has a strong role here that doesn't include a love arc, I might check it out.
I agree. I don't think she is good at romances at all, I think she would be better cast if they stopped seeing her as a pretty face, acknowledged the fact that she is horrible in the clinches, and gave her something meaty and distant. I think she would be better at stabbing someone than kissing them.
LMAO! Best comment ever.
Definitely a yay!! Hope this casting comes true!! I love them both to bits!! :)