I love this unexpected casting twist so so much. After all that happened last week and it turns out to be much ado about nothing. Much sought after A-list leading man Hyun Bin has finally ended his television hiatus and will be coming back with a SBS prime time drama, the same network that his last drama Secret Garden aired on. The drama he picked ended up not being Kill Me Heal Me or Unprecedented, both of which are airing on MBC, nor was it reuniting with his SG screenwriter Kim Eun Sook for her middle of next year disaster zone drama Descendants of the Sun. Binnie is instead confirmed for the K-drama Hyde, Jekyll and I.
The drama is slated for a late January premiere following Pinocchio with Lee Jong Seok and Park Shin Hye. This drama landing Binnie totally comes off like the dark horse winning the derby. Writing is the screenwriter Kim Jin Woon who was half of the duo behind Cheongdamdong Alice while producing will be a tag team of two PDs, one directed Tree with Deep Roots and the other did Queen Seondeok. The drama is adapted from an online manhwa about a male lead who is a second generation chaebol that suffers from a personality schism whereby he is a normally nice Dr. Jekyll who can turn into the dark Mr. Hyde. Of course there is the obligatory love story with the female lead that both his personalities fall in love with.
Binnie is no stranger to playing different characters in the same drama since in SG he had to play Ha Ji Won‘s character in his body whenever their souls swap. Like I said, there seems to be an explosion of mentally ill main characters in K-dramas going into 2015. Thus far nothing beats KMHM with the male lead having 7 different personalities, unless the bad Mr. Hyde side of Binnie’s character in this drama turns out to be a murdering serial killer like the famous novel version. That would be killer twisty and way cool!
So I suggest keeping expectations low for this drama, despite the fan love for the…
So this is the drama trolly producer Yu Zheng recently praised as better than Goblin…
So the most recent casting for this drama is now confirmed as the final selection…
So there is a popularity award in both the film and the television sections of…
I have such a soft spot for C-actress Yang Mi and it just makes me…
So Queen of Tears was filmed in 2023 and wrapped awhile ago so it's not…
This website uses cookies.
View Comments
Only in Kdrama world can a concept like this just sound derivative... but obviously I'll check it out nonetheless.
Any thoughts on potential female leads? I hope they get a newcomer/ lesser known actress myself. I'm kind of tired of seeing the same faces everywhere.
Rumor it's Son Ye Jin.
I personally prefer YEH but that's totally my bias casting wish.
I'd dig YEH... SYJ is just so blah to me even though I know that she's a very good actress.
Is it true they're beginning filming mid-Nov? Isn't syj filming a movie right now?
I would honestly rather see yeh in the role too though.
koala..me tooo..hoping for yeh! they look so good together in Basic House Ad
I'm not big fan of YEH but her name comes to my mind first. YEH have big potential, sadly she kept getting bad written dramas after coffee prince... I would love to see her explore her RAW talent in future... son ye jin is good, but I dont know why, never really attracted to watched her drama except only Summer scent a decade ago :D
but also somehow I imagine eunji (TWTWB, reply 1997), is she too young? :D
@not,
actors/actresses can film a drama and movie at the same time. Many have done this. Yoo Ah In filmed SLA and Veteran this spring, Lee Jong Suk had IHYV and Hot Young Bloods at the same time last summer. Or Joo Won did GD, a movie, 1N2D and a musical all together last year.
YESSSSSSS!!!!! What a surprise! I'm SO glad he's not doing KES's drama.
I pray to the drama gods that the female lead be someone decent at the least!
I'm such a (noona) fangirl.... I actually squealed when I saw Binnie's picture on this post.
Looking forward to his new project and to staring at that face for a couple months!!
I wish it would be Yoon Eun Hye for the female lead..
Count me in with you for YEH as the female lead.
I like that he chooses unconventional characters. I'm excited to see how he is gonna make this otherwise creepy Hyde character lovable.
Yay! Not sure about the writer but I love this PD team!!
I also wish it will be Yoon Eun Hye.
Yay!! I too am excited and even more excited that it's not KES' drama, which I kinda thought it wouldn't be anyways. Hmm... i am also kinda blah towards Syj although I acknowledge that she can act. I would love to see YEH only cause I want to get her out of the bad project slump in terms of dramas. i think a binnie YEH pairing would be awesome.
WELCOME BACK TO DRAMALAND BINNIE :D
Yes! Can't wait to see who the female lead will be.