This casting news will make a lot of people happy, though I was personally indifferent either way. Jin Se Yeon has officially declined the offer to be Lee Jun Ki‘s leading lady in Scholar Who Walks the Night. If she had accepted, it would not be her first sageuk as she was the child actress in the sageuk The Duo when she first started acting, but the role would require her to cross-dress for the majority of the drama as the leading lady pretends to be a male bookseller to earn a living and stay safe. As of now, Scholar has now gone through two potential leading lady candidates, first Han Groo and now Jin Se Yeon.
Kim So Eun is the latest actress name to be in talks for this drama but it’s reportedly for the second female lead role. If I were MBC I would just switch it now and offer Kim So Eun the leading lady role, a no-brainer choice and saves the headache of starting the search from scratch. The production has said, however, that it plans to keep looking for a leading lady and wants a fresh face newcomer. Buh? It’s hard enough to find experienced actresses who can cross-dress convincingly, much less do it in a sageuk setting. To expect a newbie to deliver is shooting for the moon. Folks at MBC needs to take their meds.
Too bad Moon Geun Young is in the process of being scooped up by SBS for Chaebol’s Daughter/True Romance. She could do this role in her sleep, and with her arms tied behind her back. I would be paging Yoon Eun Hye since she can cross-dress like the best of them, but sadly her enunciation issues is going to get K-netz angry with her again regardless of how well she acts. Best stay away from sageuks for my pretty baby, I hate it when she gets picked on for her line readings. While MBC may have backtracked on Han Groo, she was reportedly also walking away from this role herself as the fan feedback has been very stacked against her casting.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Jin Se Yeon turned it down for the same reason, sageuks are hard enough as is, this leading lady character is especially hard to play as she has to walk that fine line between spunky and a damsel in distress. She gets saved a lot by her vampire honey is all I have to say, not really her fault as the manhwa writer loves sticking her in danger every few chapters. She is smart and gutsy, but its impossible to expect her to get out of trouble by herself when the danger comes in the form of evil bloodsucking vampires. With MBC going through the casting carousel recently with a hard time finding a male lead for Kill Me Heal Me before Ji Sung accepted, who knows, maybe the eventual Scholar leading lady will turn out to be an epic success from out of left field.
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*Happy Dance*
yes yes yes :D
I'm probably one of the few who is disappointed. JSY did a spread for Singles Magazine and it was am androgynous pictorial she looked great.
Sorry to say...but you are! can't stand her acting at all...no hmmpt to it
I was fine with her being in this. She was good in Gaksital. I don't get the herd mentality when it comes to bashing someone.
Anyways, maybe they'll get Park Shin Hye. Someone who can cross-dress and pass for a boy. And preferably someone with not too high of a voice, because come on the voice is a total give-away.
MBC is know for money suckers, who can pat their butt with good sponsor and money, everything will go smoothly, even they can arrange Daesang award to whoever they want it.
ALL the awards are arranged based on the actors' agency and the drama's popularity, not only MBC's.
They all are, not just MBC. Come on, it's a business.
Why not put the offer out to one of MBC's darlings like, say, Baek Jin Hee?
You know what, I like Baek Jin Hee. She played the crazy jealous queen in Empress Ki, but I like her acting. It would be nice to see her in a leading role, but I don't know how her popularity is like in Korea.
She take the right choice. good girl. It's so annoying to hear kse fans throw harsh words towards her.They are so noise.
those kind of fans make people dishearten seriously.
At least i didn't throw hard words. it seems you can feel what jsy's fans feel. right??
Im not kse fans, and i dislike jsy's acting. I hope you can see wisely and widely, and didnt blame kse bcoz of jsy rejection. It was jsy's fault for acting bad.
WoW, I don't know that KSE has so many fans. Almost 90% comments I read complaining JSY acting...
Its hilarious that when Ppl say they dont like jin se yeon acting get fans automatically think its another actress fans bashing her, like come on, same thing happened with ds, they said kang sora fans bash her just cuz they were costars, now kim so eun woods not eve gonna be her costar anymore, you guys are saying is her fans? U delusional Ppl need to accept the fact that we dont have to be fans of actresses who might costar with her to Hate her acting ok. We just hate her acting simple as that
My thought is: who really cares if the female lead is a rookie or not? It's not like anyone actually pays attention to the crappy female characters that tend to populate dramas anyways...
Poor JSY!
hepi : i didn't blame kse, i don't like some of her fans. the one who didn't take it is jsy. It's not because director rejected her. What do you know about acting skill??
We still have meet the in law 2 to see her acting. Accept or decline, her fans will always support her. Be strong jin se yeon!
What did I do for the drama gods to answer my prayers? I used to like JSY from my daughter, flower but the girl is acceptable as daily drama lead, not the prime time.