Lee Jun Ki is one of the best K-actors to follow, he always picks interesting projects and is a delightful sincere presence on social networks with his fans. He’s one of my absolute favorite actors and, unlike some of my other faves who don’t have consistent track records in picking dramas, Jun Ki picks roles and stories that end up delivering enough in all ways to consider it a success. His last three dramas since finishing military service have been Arang and the Magistrate, Two Weeks, and last year’s Joseon Gunman. I thought he was due for another modern drama to keep the trade-off going but the news media is reporting that Lee Jun Ki has been offered the leading man role in the fantasy vampire sageuk Scholar Who Walks the Night. Jun Ki as a Joseon vampire? I’m so onboard with that idea!
Scholar Who Walks the Night is yet another drama this year to be adapted from a manhwa, this one about a Joseon world where vampires secretly live among humans and play roles in the typical power struggles of the times. Rising young actress Han Groo has reportedly been offered the leading lady role, a girl who cross-dresses as a boy to sell books for a living and crosses paths with the handsome vampire scholar. Han Groo isn’t one of my fave actresses but I’m game to give her a shot opposite Jun Ki, and hopefully her role this time will win my heart and this let me see the full potential for why some drama fans seem to love her these days.
I don’t even need to close my eyes to picture Jun Ki as the perfect vampire scholar, made all the more amusing since Arang was also a supernatural sageuk except he played the straight (human) character there to Shin Mina‘s otherworldly ghost girl. Lee Jun Ki’s side has confirmed that he was offered the part and is currently still considering the role. Scholar Who Walks the Night is slated for the MBC Wed-Thurs slot, which is about to start airing Angry Mom this week, which will be followed by Feeling Good and Warm (formerly Jejudo Gatsby) in May, and Scholar will follow in July. I’m glad Scholar is casting this early and would love for Jun Ki to take it just so he gets back on the small screen sooner rather than later.
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I don't think they will be great couple.Han groo is not that popular to pair up with top actor like him.
How is any young actress going to get chances if all we look at is their popularity? She is a good actress, isn't that more important? Some absolutely terrible or mediocre actresses are popular too.... I thinkHG did well in all her roles so far but maybe she'll be good at sageuk too.
it's true she's not a top actress but i don't think that should be the only basis of casting stars on drama..
Everyone needs a chance and I like that dramas are injecting new blood into the kinda stale acting pool we have now. I'd rather watch Han Groo than any of the more popular actresses in her age range too. I find her edgy and very vibrant. So what if she's way less popular...
If we only cast top stars all dramas will be rotating 5 actors and actresses all year round. Han groo proved herself in marriage not dating. is that not enough?
+1
LOL !! I will leave Dramaland if there's such a rotation.
Don't get why people want popular actors only for every dramas *sigh* I'd rather watch unpopular actor with good acting than the popular one but meeeeeh on screen -_-
yaa i was thinking exactly the same thing
I think I need to agree with you... I like her in Marriage not Dating but Jun Ki is on anther level and he needs someone in his league to be the female lead.. more a tomboy one like Go Ara would be nice...
You should check out girl k if you don't think Han Groo is tomboyish enough. Also I checked out the manhwa to see what the characters are like and I could totally picture her in the role! But since I don't believe either of them have accepted we will have to wait and see! But I'm willing to bet they would make a pretty good pair. Plus I'm intrigues to see who they get to play all the other male characters! Potential drama for a whole lot of eye candy!
uhh, han groo knows how to sword fight and does martial arts. she also does a lot of sports like horse riding and golf...
Regardless of whether Han Groo is popular or not, I have not been impressed by her acting at all. I would be surprised if Lee Jun ki took this role. He doesn't seem like a good fit for this. I would like to see him in something modern for a change. I think he would've been a better fit fit decendants of the sun. To me, he is manlier than Song Jong Ki, as seen in Joseon Gunman.
I need him im modern romcom. T^T
I mean "in".
I'm so over vampire themes, but I'll gladly watch for Lee Jun Ki. I like Han Groo too, but her look is too modern for sageuks. Like Go Sung Hee from The Night's Watchman. I hope they find another actress.
Go Sung Hee's looks were not a real problem but her horrible acting was. As long as Han Groo can act well, I rather have a decent young actress like her than a girl with a sageuk look who can't act at all like Suzy.
Poor Suzy. She got bullied when she filmed Gu family book. And her costars were not that great to create a good chemi as well.
I like how Suzy fans blame her shit acting on her costars, the PD, the drama shoot system itself, the weather, and now some made-up bullying. Anything but the fact that her 'acting' is horrible because she lacks the ability to act beyond looking pretty.
and Lee Seung Gi, Sung Joon, Lee Yoobi, Yoo Yoon Suk not to mention the senior cast are actually talented. Why should they be responsible for her wooden performance, they did well at their own.
Made-up bullying my ass. That was actually revealed in a talk show a long time ago, dear. It was not easy to act in saguek esp for someone who was new and unexperienced. Obviously Suzy couldn't learn much from her "talented and experienced" costars to improve her skills. Those talented and experienced costars had projects with poor performance as well, but because they were considered veterans compared to her, so their poor acting could be passed. And all the blame came to her. Simple truth. Out there, heaps of veterans who keep failing.
@tamarine - Lee Yoobi was also new and unexperienced but still delivered a great performance in sageuk when she actually did only 3 acting projects compared to Suzy who did 4. She can't act properly even in modern dramas so now you blame the sageuks themselves for being difficult, lolololololol.
and she was hanging out with her costars for several months after GFB ended, would she be doing that if they bullied her? Stop blaming the whole world for the obvious lack of talent of your bias and her poor performances, she already gets so many allowances made even by writers because they know she can't act and trynot to give her anything too difficult for her low level acting skills. But I bet when her next project comes out and she sucks again you'll find something else to blame for that lol.
What does looks too modern mean? I'm not being sarcastic, genuinely curious. I've seen this before and it still confuses me. Unless someone has had a lot of plastic surgery, how can they look too modern?
I can't speak for everyone, but when I say someone looks too modern, I mean that I can't picture them in traditional clothing. They don't look believable in the era they're playing in. It's a subjective term. Plastic surgery has nothing to do with it. Michelle Chen and Suzy are natural, but they don't fit well with the traditional era either. Again, just my opinion.
Hopefully, Jun Ki would consider the role.. even though it is again set up as a sageuk drama, but as a Vampire? this is totally going to be different. How he can differentiate this role from the other roles that he had will definitely put to the test.
I want to see him in modern drama too. But this one is pretty good enough to feed my addiction. Park Min Young will look good with him. Hmmm... I can feel chemistry between them.
Park Min Young is good with all of her male leads in my opinion. But she probably wont do another cross dressing sageuk. :(
I love Park Min Young too. I heard she's going to do a drama. Hope she could be paired with LJK.
Have been waiting for drama news about Joon Gi. Thank you very much.
I want to see him in modern drama but i think lee junki matches the theme of being a vampie and falling in love with human. Han groo is quite decent as a rookie, but as for this female lead role, i want someone with innocent vibe like Son Yejin.
Likewise Ms K, if he picks this for his next project, no question asked, trust him much it would be another Lee Joon Gi trademark! Needless to say, he's absolutely the perfect male lead & would never get tired of watching him in another historical/fantasy drama. Already am so looking forward to see him in yet another successful series! Bring it on Joon Gi oppa!^_^
oh this...i will watch anything for lee jun ki. when the offer was turned down by park hae jin i initially thought of junki who would be perfect for the role and its a sageuk so..oh my he would be the perfect choice..
My first sageuk ever was il Ji Mae and I LOVE it. Sageuk is his bread and butter, but he is great in anything.