Get ready Lee Seung Gi and Suzy versin 2.0, and judging from the character synopsis the production team could even pretend that the modern leads are picking up from where Gu Family Book ended. GFB is, of course, the fantasy sageuk drama that first gave the world Seung Gi-Suzy pairing and then subsequently proved that it should never happen again. And yet it shall as both famous stars are now confirmed for upcoming thriller romance drama Vagabond, coming from the PD-screenwriter pair behind the successful long drama Giant, with the PD also directing Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim and You’re All Surrounded and the screenwriter penned Empress Ki and History of the Salaryman. With the leads confirmed this pre-produced high budget drama is confirmed as a go but airing date will be pushed back from late 2018 into early 2019, with insiders explaining that shooting will commence shortly.
Lee Seung Gi will be playing a top stunt man, whose idol is Jackie Chan, and finds himself caught up in national intrigue and terrorism after his nephew dies in a plane crash and he becomes a witness to the events. Suzy will be playing a national security agent whose dad was a top general and is now deceased. She carries on the family training and is a highly capable spy. The two get swept up into revealing a conspiracy that reaches to the top rungs of the government with massive corruption.
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What a joke! I cannot stand another Gu Family Book ? Sayonara LSG... ??
then bye lmao
oh hi, another fan of mine, how nice... LOL...
The production team is good - both the PD and the writer but Suzy has the ability to turn any good writing and directing into another horrible nightmare. Not a fan of LSG and definitely can't stand Suzy. So, i check this one out of my watch list.
Koala off topic....Yoon My in Sang been offer the lead role to star along side Yoo jung. We talk abt age gap what is your opinion on this.
*Yoon Kyun Sang
Personally, I don't like the fact that they keep pairing the girls with men so much older than her. They're all professionals, true, but it still feels off to me. Perhaps if she's a little bit older, then the age gap would be a non-issue.
Anyway, hope he declines (even if I've liked him since I first saw him in Pinocchio) and they consider one of the following as a suitable replacement:
Yook Sungjae
Jang Dong Yoon
Kwak Dong Yeon
Kim Sungjoo
Woo Do Hwan
@anon lmao your idol cant act to save is life lmao. Rubbish idol who cant act and you dare put him 1st lmao. Idol trash cant even emote and execute nuance and depth acting. Other actors will destroy your rubbish idol in acting skills
@Neutral
just because he is an idol doesn't mean he can't act. and just so you know, i've watched sungjae in dramas before i knew he's an idol. i think he was really good in both school 2015 and goblin.
@anon your rubbish idol cant emote or nuance or execute any depth....Your trash idol has 0 acting skills lmao. All other actors will destroy your trash idol in acting period.
@anon trash idol who cant act to save his life....do not put your trash low life idol filth in with other actor...attention seeking low life idol filth...all other actors will destroy your trash low class 0 acting skills idol filth period anyday. No pd or writers wants to cast your 0 acting skills noob idol trash who cant act to save his life lmao that why there are no offers for your trash idol.
My opinion may not be important. But I don't get it when a 23-year old AHS is replaced by YKS who is 31 year old. While KYJ is 19 yo. I think we can see clearly their age by looking at their physical appearances. If they change with older cast, should they change the character? I mean twenty something guy is usually different with thirty something guy, right? Well, I don't know. I prefer Jang Ki Yong or Park Hyung Sik or L.
Why bother with actors real life age difference? They won’t be playing their own selves but a character. Great actors can make themselves look mature and young depending on the age of the character.
In this case, the age gap will be really obvious since YKS is a big guy who looks his age and Yoojung is petite and young-looking, and her styling will probably be understated and minimal in the drama since she's playing a slob. I hope he declines and they look at actors who are at most in their late 20s.
You will never know how they transform into the character though.
I agree with you. But sadly all these actors you mentioned are busy, sigh! I think maybe thats why they have to find an older actor.
I'm very disappointed by the casting news. YKS is a good actor whom I'll normally be very excited to watch but pairing him with Yoojung is just... wrong on so many level. No idea why they have to pair the 3 Kims with actors more than a decade older than them when there are so many young actors around these days.
It is more wrong to think of the actors as if they are playing themselves. FYI, they will be playing a character.
Wrong or not, it's my opinion and preference. If you don't mind the casting, then good for you.
It's not a matter of if they will be convincingly young or mature-looking by themselves. That's easy enough with styling and makeup. This is a fluffy romcom so it's most important that they match well and look good together. I like Kyunsang and love Yoojung, but the age difference + visual disparity isn't giving me confidence that they'll have cute chemistry.
YKS definitely meets the height requirement of the webtoon. Look-wise I am not too sure... Age at 31? maybe they can style his hair and dress him younger? He is a good actor :-) Too bad Jang Ki Yong is not available...
I agree with you. Too bad that Jang Ki Yong is not available. Can the drama Clean wait until Come and Hug Me complete? I wish.
He is available though. Come and Hug Me's filming ends in June. This starts filming in August. The problem is are the production team even considering him? Or is he willing to film two dramas back to back?
Well it's a rating winner. Get the free ride suzy.
Gu Family Book had good ratings but they weren't stellar either... Other dramas were better this year like The Good Doctor. So I can understand to cast a pair of actors who already had a great chemistry in project together but in the case of LSG and Suzy it wasn't that great. WYWS showed the Suzy's limits of acting and it was a preproduced drama too, so I really don't understand why.
Ah can she please sort out that fiasco with that Yang Ye Won. I mean good on her for securing this drama but first things first. Sorry the story does not appeal so not on the watch list and not because of the leads.
Maybe suzy can try her luck with kim eun sook drama that will be huge hit
KES will not cast an idol who cannot act
She casted idols, krystal for example, but literally not for main leads.. Which is not suzy's style. As someone who already got Best Actress awards, she wont step down for 2nd lead. And drama needs cf. Despite her wonderful acting, suzy has 'it' factor.
Congrats to them for their choice. Wishing them some good luck because they are going to need it. Suzy looks so much better in pictorials than red carpet and candid pictures. She should have just focused on her strength which is being a CF model and left the acting to someone else. Well, she needs to secure the CFs with acting in dramas too so.. I guess I can understand why she still insists on acting. Maybe this will be a lucky strike to Suzy after series of dramas that didn’t exceed the 10% ratings mark? Anyway, great timing ?
This is what I don't get with Suzy. She is a very good singer but not a good actress. Is she a strong enough vocalist for a solo career? Who knows she hasn't put the time or effort to really develop her natural talent and her vocals, but then she is putting all this time in acting where she is not naturally talented and effort alone can't take you far.
Her insistance in persuing single mindly an acting career is only going to hurt her on the long run. She is nowhere good enough to be getting main lead roles and everyone knows she is getting those because A. Her agency's backing and B. Her popularity that began because of her CF work, which she got because of her singing career as an IDOL SINGER.(See the irony) Her youth and looks can only help for a while to keep her popularity but... Popularity is only a fickle thing. It takes very little to loose the publics interest or their good will. Eventually she is going to be held to the same standars that other actresses are held by the public to be consider real good. So far she is getting bad feedback on her acting and if this project fails is going to be squarelly on her shoulders because she is the weakess link in a production that is pretty strong and be proven succesful.
So, Why? Why? Suzy-ssi you wants to be an actress instead of a singer. You obviously are a much talented singer.
No offence but Suzy isn't a good singer either. Singing and acting is a big no. She's a good dancer and model though.
Suzy cannot sing. Her vocal is very weak actually, the weakest in Miss A. She is still bankable now so JYP will market her in whatever places she will sell. She cannot dance, she only knows to stick her butt out and swing it. I only agree that she looks good on pictorials when photoshopped.
@ Daisy and @candycane All I can said I'm going to agree to disagree with both of you just because whether Suzy is a good or bad singer is a completely subjective.
What a disappointment! Why Suzy! Stop casting idols that can’t act and we need real actress :(