With my Yoo Seung Ho safely out of the army and back in my virtual drama land embrace, that leaves only Song Joong Ki left that I’m waiting to return triumphant from his military service stint. He’s still got four more months left so I haven’t been dialing up my anticipation too much yet but he was back in the news in a big way this week courtesy of his last drama Nice Guy leading lady Moon Chae Won. She’s been out promoting the rom-com movie Today’s Love costarring Lee Seung Gi and naturally got a reporter asking the typical question about which of her previous leading men she thought had the best acting chemistry with her.
The typical answer is the pick the current one but Moon Chae Won first apologized for not picking Seung Gi before revealing that Song Joong Ki was the leading man she had the best chemistry and synergy. Awwwww, Eun Gi and Maru ah! Chae Won explained that Song Joong Ki has an amazing voice to do scenes with and is such a good actor that he doesn’t need to make any expression yet can still convey oceans of emotions. She found Joong Ki very warm to work with and he takes good care of others around him while acting. I don’t think any fan of NG thinks these two had anything going on in real life but their acting synergy really was intensely off-the-charts so hearing Moon Chae Won felt the same herself brings me back all my NG feels big time.
Song Joong Ki basically couldn’t have asked for a better one-two acting punch to head off to the army on – both The Werewolf Boy and Nice Guy were bona fide hits and his acting in both garnered across-the-board raves. He also lucked out with two great leading ladies, Park Bo Young in Werewolf Boy and of course Moon Chae Won in Nice Guy. I especially found NG one of those super sticky dramas, it was impossible not to seep into the bones when watching and I had a hard time letting go afterwards.
Speaking of NG, famed screenwriter Lee Kyung Hee really ought to stick with her bread and butter which is the shorter prime time melodrama as her foray into the long weekend family fare in Wonderful Days had her trademark feel but was just too long and the intensity really seeped out like a water container with a tiny crack. NG remains of one faves of all the dramas she’s written and I think it’s the perfect time to share some of my fave Nice Guy MVs and maybe go rewatch some of the best scenes from the drama. I still immediately think of NG anytime I hear Scott Mckenzie’s “San Francisco”.
Nice Guy “Without You” Eun Gi and Maru:
Nice Guy MV – Instrumental “River Flows in You”:
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Oh hello feels, you're back again.
Cant wait for Joong Ki to be back!! he literally only had ONE headlining drama to his name before he went to army.
Although I didn't enjoy NG that much (excessive use of flashbacks plus plot points that made zero sense), but it turned me into an eternal Joong Ki fan. His acting was almost phenomenal there.
BITCH NG IS ONE OF THE BEST DRAMA.. IDIOT
My Love for these two never disappeared even once and it's more than two years already.Idk how to get over with these two gorgeous and talented people.It made me happy that she mentioned him.Moon Chae Won is really honest and straight forward..
AWWWWWWW….i love and miss Nice Guy!!!! thx for this post!!!! now, i also want to re-watch my favourite scenes
I'm reading this post over and over again. It feels nice to see Song Joong Ki's name first thing in the morning for a change. The two MVs leave a sweet taste in my heart with a little twinge as I realize it's been one and a half years since he disappeared from the limelight.
Oh Ms. Koala, you know what?? I just rerun watching Nice Guy like four hours ago. and this post just complete my day!!
And.. Song Joong Ki, I'll be waiting for you!
Awwwwwwwww my feels! I think there's no way she would have gone with seung gi what with him being in a relationship but I'm so happy she chose joong ki!
Crazy people will bash her if she mentioned Seunggi in anything though! LOL..
I love her with SJK.. Still think EunGi and Maru are one of the best Kdrama couples.
I wonder if that's part of the reason she didn't say him lol. Not that she didn't have great chemistry with SJK, but she's kind of toned down her public affection for LSG after people were basically suggesting LSG's relationship was over because of their chemistry. Freaking ridiculous.
Ha Jiwon just mentioned LSG has her best costar though, so it's not strange for people not to pick their current partners.
I knew I'm not the only one who think she toned down her puplic affication!
Yeah It's not wired but unexpected maybe! Anyways she looks fab with both men.
@dramafan
lol no, not just you! they sit like 5 feet away from each other now in public and she hardly ever touches him if she can avoid it when before she was very touchy feely.
She does look great with both. She looks good with everyone. :D
@ Mel can you tell me where you saw HJW interview. I would love to see it. Thanks I have just been looking at TK2H stuff, cannot believe it has been 3 yrs.
@scbound
It was from her recent fanmeet she said it. I think Ann (lsgfan) translated what she said.
This two were compelling to watch. I hope Song Joong Ki would come back with an awesome comeback project.
if only my fantasy of Song Joong Ki to be casted in the korean remake of In Time With You would come true...now come to think of it, Moon Chae Won would make an awesome You Quing.
she completely toned down her pda with seunggi after evrybody freaked out that his gf is a thing of the past. both of them did and it's hard to miss coz now they sit little bit more far and less skinship.
that said maybe seung gi is her bestfriend while joonki is the best costar . they realy were great together.
I don't see him acting much different. But then again she was the one who couldn't keep her hands off him, not the other way around lol
You should watch them on Running Man There was segment where they are partnered up & had to use long chopsticks to pick up objects & you could see LSG trying his best to not touch her at all while all the other members end up back hugging by accident LOL! Evidently they both are more careful with skinship compared to before!
Oh whoa, Moon Chae-won just strikes me as the type of person who uses a lot of skinship with people she's close to. I just assumed that she felt very comfortable around him, not that she "couldn't keep her hands off him" for other reasons lol.
@girlatsea
Thanks for the wise words.
I'm dying for song joong ki to to come back