Next tvN drama Heart to Heart Finalizes Cast Led by Chun Jung Myung and Choi Kang Hee
The upcoming tvN drama Heart to Heart is going to have huge shoes to follow coming right after the highly rated and critically well-received Misaeng airing on Fri-Sat nights. At least the drama has finished casting the main leads and it’s a mixed bag for sure. Choi Kang Hee has been signed on since the project was first announced but for awhile the production was trying to land Lee Dong Gun as the leading man. Ultimately he passed and in stepped Chun Jung Myung to once again try out a noona-dongsaeng romance with the older Choi Kang Hee.
I’ve only ever like Choi Kang Hee in Protect the Boss but there’s still enough goodwill there to give this drama a shot since I really enjoyed the directing style of the Coffee Prince PD who is helming this drama. Chun Jung Myung also has a knack for romancing noonas such as Go Hyun Jung in What’s Up Fox? and Lee Yo Won in Fashion 70’s. Rounding out the main four is Sohee formerly of Wonder Girls and Lee Jae Yoon, neither of which excite me but does make for an unusual combination outside of all the familiar faces. The drama heads into production soon with a January 2015 premiere date.
Heart to Heart is set in the psychiatry ward of a hospital, though this time there is no multiple personality/schizophrenia going on. Choi Kang Hee plays a woman suffering from a blushing disorder so she disguises herself as a grandma. PIE’s character plays a pychiatrist and is dealing with the trauma of losing an older brother while Sohee doesn’t play a secondary love interest but is instead his younger sister with her own love line. Lee Jae Yoon plays the typical second male lead with a long standing crush on the leading lady, and even funnier is that his character is a manly detective which is now starting to become typecasting if you ask me since that’s his most memorable role to date in Heartless City.
Ugh why did lee dong gun pass I need him back on my tv now
He is probably still traumatised after Mirae’s Choice.
PIE’s character, which Lee Dong-gun was courted for, lost an older brother. Lee himself lost his younger brother in 2008. While time has passed, there’s surely no need to relive the trauma on screen.
LDG lost his brother years ago due to Chinese gangs in Australia. You can see that after those years he’s still not recovering from it. The LDG now carries this melancholy vibe through his eyes whenever I see him.
So it is no surprise that he wouldn’t take this drama because in the plot the main character lost his brother too. It would give too much painful memories.
I love PIE. He can’t seem to get a work that will yield him to new heights even though he’s a great actor.
As for Choi, no offense but I can’t stand her. She always play plucky heroine type that annoys me to no end.
i never like choi kag hee. i can’t stand her too. she looked old to whoever she was paired with. as much as i like ji sung, i cant bear to finish the drama protect the boss because of choi kang hee. 🙁
Chun Jung Myung and Lee Yo Won are the same age iirc… and at least Choi Kang Hee is only 3 years older. That’s the same age in my book although Kdramas disagree.