Moon Chae Won All Smiles Even After the Disappointing MBC Drama Goodbye Mr. Black

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• She's actress I love most. And whatever it is, I always tried every drama she's in, including GMB. It's really great, the acting is superb, but the story is too dark for everyone taste. Still it remind me of old great dramas in the past.
  I hope she make comeback soon, in the role she comfortable... I want to see the cheerful and relaxing side of her...

• I felt her acting as a tomboy was too forced in GMB.. I kept seeing her this soft feminine person trying to act all tomboyish. She was no where near close to YEH in Coffee Prince. The drama was frustrating at best.. I cut my losses quick so I didn't have the patient to see people making stupid noble idiotic decisions.

  • I think she did a good job in GMB and I kinda like her portrayal as a tomboy. On the contrary, I think YEH's portrayal of a tomboy is less natural compare to MCW and partially because I am on the minority who dislike Coffee Prince, feeling annoyed by both the male and female leads characters, not the actors. I hope MCW will come back with a much better project but this all depends on luck and timing. All the best, MCW.

  • IMO her character, Swan was not meant to be a tomboy like YEH in CP. So, don't think we can compare the level of the tomboyish that the two performed.

    I agree that the drama sucked..it was a big mess especially on directing part. It really irritated to watched it.

• I want Moon Chae Won and Lee Jong Suk do drama together!!!

  • Yashhhh,,,one of my dream couples!!!

  • I wouldn't be able to handle it. Ohmygah.

    And LJS would really be raking in the noona romances. Gah i would love it.

• Goodbye Mr. Black is one of the novel that I really want to see as korean drama adaptation but once the main male lead get announced, being honest, I felt disappointed. Lee Jin Wook is an okay actor but I just think he did not suit Mr. Black role. Though the drama already finished long ago, but I still hope they remake again with another mature strong alpha male actor. I thought Kim Nam Gil, Jo Jin Moo, Jang Hyuk or even idol actor like Eric is better to play Mr. Black than him.

  For Moon Chae Won, I don't think her role is best in GMB but again, the drama itself is more about the main male lead. The female lead is just like another super hero kinda story so though they're important but not playing the critical role. I just hope she'll back in better role. I hope saeguk for the next.

  • OMG YES!!!! I definitely agree. He was a complete miscast and glad that I'm not the only one who still believe so. I was so excited when I first read about the synopsis and even more excited when Moon Chae Won signed on.... until I found out the leading actor. I was one to actually say W.T.F. outlaid. My disappointment and it's a shame because the storyline had good premises and signed on a very talented actress.

  • Seem like a lot of here don't like LJW but i really like him as actor i thought he is good actor who always take different role n i guesss korean entertainment industry recognize that it proven he get role alongside many big name actress in korea act in many genre drama, goodbye mr black not that fail, it's unlucky that this drama air together with big budget drama descendant of the sun in the halfway, as i remember goodbye mr black get no 1 rating after descendant finish airing. If some say he's not charismatic, i see him first time in the teaser of three musketeers n getting curiouse who is this charismatic actor. I' m not agree if anyone say eric better as mr black or song jong ki, the story not as dark as i imagine it could be but it' s still not that bad

    • I agree..its not a fail drama..to be honest i like more this drama than the descendant of the sun..i do like sjk but when im already in the middle of watching it i feel kinda bored already and i stopped at watching at once. But when i watched GMB...its a two thumbs for me..its quite amazing eventhough the story is quite dark and revengeful but its really and all the cast gave their best esp. mcw and ljw. Maybe it doesnt get the best rating becoz of the casting doesnt have that much appeal to others or dnt have much supporters compared to sjk and shk that has a much more supporters but when it comes to storyline and the delivery of the acting im more suitable to watch GMB than DOTS.

  • The role wasn't enough interesting for her after his anothers great characters. And i don't know why LJW couple with seems so flat. It was the same with Ha Ji won. These 2 ladies have proved to have fantastic chemistry with their costar in the past. She was wonderful with Park Shi Hoo And Song joong KI .And Th script has nothing to do with "Le comte de Monte Cristo."

• She looks like ahjumma with short hair.

  • Even though I am a Moon Chae Won fan, I have to agree with you. HAHAHAHA!

• She was literally the saving grace of GMB and even then, I couldn't finish that mess of drama for her. It was so bad with so many plot holes lol.

  Not trying to take a dig at LJW (sorry LJW) fans, but he is just so uncharismatic as an actor. I think he should stick to 2nd lead roles, he'll probs be more likeable as such. Guy can't romance a tree to save his life.

  • I tend to agree. She was good in her role, but the drama was doomed to start with. And LJW constantly is bad in dramas. Yes, he was good in Nine and it was a good drama, but otherwise he's been bad. He was also horribly outshined by Kim Kang Woo in GMB.

    • I wonder why he got paired with high profile actress while he even did not get any hit dramas. Nine is good but the ratings was just so-so. First Ha Ji Won then Moon Chae Won. Such a bad luck for those girls.

  • LJW isn't popular like any other name people mention here but he keep getting role in many different genre drama or movie n you say he is bad actor, un charrismatic n should stay as second lead, sorry... but entertainment industry people didn't think like you and second lead sometimes need better actor than first lead because the charracter more complex. Sometimes so so actor get main role because they are popular, definitely it's not LJW but, i really agree if people say joo jin mo, jang hyuk n kim nam gil could take mr black role n so LJW, the writing is the problem esp in the halfway

• Moon Chaewoon and Lee Jinwook are two of my most favorite actors/actresses and I was really ecstatic when I heard they were going to be leading a drama together. The drama started out really good, the intro and the characters were refreshing; both Moon Chaewon and Lee Jinwook were spunky in their characters (compared to their usual reserved characters in other dramas). However, halfway the drama, when the revenge finally began and the couple reunited, is when they actually lost their spark. The characters they portrayed didn't make sense and the change of pace from indifference to romance was too quick and shallow. Both MCW and LJW acted in the best of their abilities but the writing and execution of the story was poorly done. It was sad because the secondary characters were actually interesting. The story of Goodbye Mr. Black reminded me very much of Song Joongki's Nice Man/Innocent Man (another drama I also love), the revenge-themed drama is always a favorite. So the fact that I have very affectionate feelings to the actors and even to the synopsis of the story makes me sad: I'm a sucker for this cliche dramas but the execution of the story was too insufficient that I couldn't even bear to finish or rewatch it.

  • THIS! Without speaking to anyone's acting ability or lack there of (cause in most cases it's all subjective), the issue with that show was the writing: character and plot development went bust early on. Everyone was shortchanged and became an utter disappointment at one point throughout its run.

• i love her and always thought she's an amazing actress... still do. I've called it even before the drama aired but I always believed it was due to the poor male lead casting.

• I couldn't sit through GMB even though I wanted to for MCW.

  I think the drama was doomed from the beginning. The fact that KBS dropped it and MCW probably couldn't get out anymore. Then the half-a** production which I give kudos to the production company for doing so merely weeks before the drama starts airing. Still the drama didn't really look good. And the writing was downright bad.

  For LJW... I think he is a nice guy but I also admit that I wasn't happy when he got cast. Although in the drama itself he at least had chemistry with MCW. But that didn't save the drama. And LJW is kind of a victim of the terrible writing in GMB as well.

  Now I'm just waiting for MCW to choose her next project. As far as I know she isn't with MS Team anymore and is looking for a new movie project. But who knows? :)

  • Now that you mentioned about the production. It was done so half ass*ed and it was glaringly obvious. Too bad for the cast. But well, take it as an experience.

    • It's indeed sad. Although I think a good production couldn't have saved GMB either. The writing was just too terrible. :/

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  hello @Jillia chingu!
  i sit through the drama except i stopped liveblogging at soompi at some point. MCW performance is as always top-notch but you can only do so much with the material given. I must admit i did not really like LJW and even if others said they have chemistry, I am not sold out with the pairing. There are times they are ok as a pair but other times I just shrug it off. The story is okay when it started but it dragged through midway and it seemed forever for the drama to get to its point and end. GMB is the kind of drama that you could get to in only 10 episodes and then it would make sense.

  • Annyeong chingu! :)

    For the chemistry: I think what I mean is that I could see they (MCW and LJW) liked eachother. The chemistry wasn't as good as between MCW and SJK though. :D

    And I agree on the length... With good writing 16 episodes would've been sufficient to make this drama work.