Oh man, this is one K-drama that that’s doing a 180 going from casting purgatory hot mess unable to land a male lead to gathering an amazingly talented group together in the end. The Mon-Tues ratings race got shook up in this third week of airing, with KBS‘s Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho taking the lead followed by Monster on MBC and the strange disappearance of viewers for Jackpot (The Royal Gambler) on SBS which once led the night.
That bodes well for the next KBS Mon-Tues drama Beautiful Mind (formerly Dr. Frankenstein), which has been stitched together like the monster of the former title into something that might actually come alive. Jang Hyuk and Lee Hee Joon are near locks for the first and second male lead, and now an offer is out to rising movie actress Park So Dam to join the drama as the female lead. She was filming Cinderella and the Four Knights and clearly must be done if she’s considering this drama which starts filming soon.
I loved screenwriter Kim Tae Hee‘s last two dramas Sungkyunkwan Scandal and music drama Monstar, while PD Mo Wan Il has a deft touch having directed Sirius, Dream High 2, and Smile Again. After two years at the ratings rock bottom, KBS is now the ratings leader in both prime time slots Mon-Tues with Jo Deul Ho and of course Wed-Thurs with Descendants of the Sun, making Beautiful Mind not a terribly risky drama to pick for both Jang Hyuk and Park So Dam. The fifteen year age gap doesn’t bother me either, I still remember the howls when Yoona was cast opposite Lee Bum Soo for Prime Minister and I (also on KBS) and look how amazing their onscreen chemistry turned out.
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I like the fact that she looks very natural and hasn't done anything to her eyes.
I like park so dam in "its my first time" so im gonna check it out.. Well, i guess 2016 is KBS year! Fighting! :D
Kinda weird combination of the two
In what universe does this seems like good casting? They can certainly act but JH and PSD as a couple? Really?
This seems like a bizarre combination. Jang Hyuk's looking good, but let's be real, he looks his age, Park So Dam on the other hand has a babe face and looks even younger than she really is. I don't think this pairing could work, they look like father and daughter even in these pics above.
I'm still praying for Jang Nara to sign on this one with him. Wishful thinking, I know, but I'd die to see them together again in a drama soon...
This sure is the year of the age gap+ former costar going up against each other's dramas. This age gap doesn't really bother me though because Jang Hyuk's worked with actresses as young as Jo Bo Ah before and pulled it off. Come to think of it, even Ji Sung's worked with Park Sodam.
Wow this drama getting better and better. Really looking forward to it.
The 15 year gap does bother me, if there is a love line. I hope she turns it down.
dude look old. why there so many old dude pair with young girl this year.