Song Joong Ki Discharged After Serving His Mandatory Military Duty

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• He still maintains his baby faced beauty ~~ Although he looks more mature ~~
  Awww, waiting for the script reading of Descendants of the sun on this week ~~
  Song-Song couple fighting!

• Welcome back!

• How does he maintain that face and skin after two years under the sun with intense military training?

  Sorry for such a superficial question, but SJK, WELCOME BACK!!!!!

  • Those damn genes. Some people are just born with perfect skin.

• So excited. He is back. Can't wait to see him in the small screen again.

• What kind juju be dis? Who comes out of 2 year army service looking younger? How dare he?

• Aww yeah... This man can do no wrong... Looking forward to seeing him on the small screen again. :)

• Super excited to see him back from military service. Waiting patiently for his comeback debut in Descendants of the Sun. Expectations are through the roof on this one :-) Thanks for sharing!

• So happy that he's back...now I wait for news on the Descendants of the Sun with the Song-Song couple :)

• No fixed airdate yet (and I don't think it'll be Oct) but they did confirm script reading's due later this week, and they'll start filming next month, with SJK joining the cast in July.

  Btw, Kim Eun-Sook was also there: http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=427&aid=0000018544

  • How can the main lead join the filming a month later? They are all beginning filming a week from now, since he only has 1 week to rest. And I read that it will air in Korea and China simultaneously, but the chinese network announced it will start airing in September, so we might be getting an earlier premiere than we thought.

    • hmm, if it airs in Sep, it s not pre-filmed anymore.

    • That's what's been reported in the press today, quoting a network/KBS rep: http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002420376

      26일 오전 KBS 드라마국 관계자에 따르면 송중기, 송혜교가 주연을 맡은 KBS 2TV 새 드라마 '태양의 후예'(극본 김은숙·김원석, 연출 이응복, 제작 바른손·NEW)가 오는 6월 첫 촬영을 시작한다. - filming will begin in June

      관계자는 "송중기의 복귀작인 '태양의 후예'가 다음 달 첫 촬영을 앞두고 있다"며 "오는 28일, 29일 중 '태양의 후예' 첫 대본 리딩이 진행될 예정이다. 이번 대본 리딩에는 송중기 뿐만 아니라 송혜교, 진구, 김지원, 강신일, 온유, 서정연 등 극을 이끌어 갈 주요 배우들이 참석한다"고 밝혔다. - script will take place later this week (28-29th of May)

      관계자는 "대본 리딩 후 6월부터 본격 촬영이 진행된다"며 "송중기는 오는 7월 촬영장에 합류, 송혜교와 호흡한다"고 말했다. - filming will follow cast reading and SJK will join SHK in July

      이어 "송중기가 다른 주요 배우들보다 촬영장에 늦게 합류하는 이유는 군 전역 후 작품을 준비하는 기간을 주기 위해서다. 보다 완벽하게 작품에 몰입할 수 있도록 제작진과 송중기가 이미 얘기를 나눴다"고 덧붙였다. - the reason SJK will join them later is because we want to give him time to prepare for the role (ed note. possibly grow his hair back for instance?) and it's already been discussed/decided with SJK.

      Both (writer) Kim Eun-Sook and PD Lee Eung-Bok were there to welcome him back in person and reportedly met him after his fan meeting, so my guess is that by discussion, they mean all parties.

      And I've never seen any rep either from the network or the production company state that he'd begin filming within a week from his discharge. That's always been speculation.

      As for the airing date, maybe the Chinese network has a credible, independent source, but so far the only official statement on that matter is "later this year."

    • @CL: But I still can't understand how they can begin filming without the lead. What are they gonna film for a whole month? The surroundings? They can all just wait to begin filming in July if he really needs to grow his hair back or whatever. Or maybe the second leads will film their parts? IDK it seems very odd that one of the most important parts of a drama is not there from the beginning.
      @j2hr: They never said it will be completely pre-filmed. Only that it will air in the fall and since SJK only starts filming in July they won't be able to finish all the filming and all the post production in 3 months. They'll probably still be filming even in October. A drama usually takes about 5 months to shoot.

    • @jane: I don't know why that's an issue? It's not like it's unheard of, plenty of productions (not necessarily on k-dramas but that's only because they work on a much tighter schedule than is, frankly, humanly possible) work around lead actors' scheduling conflits and such, and if they have the scripts (which DotS does, through ep. 8 or so at this point), they can start with scenes that do not require the male lead, in this case filming SHK's scenes first (eg. with her family, workplace).

• Joong-ki-ah!! OMG, he looks so good! I love his confidant, manly stride, and at the same time, I'm happy to see that he still has his boyish face. His face was thinner before he enlisted-- I'm glad to see his cheeks have filled out again. I can't wait until he lights up my screen again!