Yoon Kyun Sang Offered Male Lead in Clean with Passion for Now Opposite Kim Yoo Jung

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• casting team wants to top gongyoo-kge age gap well done!

  • Nope. Kim Saeron-Yoon Shiyoon (14 years) age difference and Lee Byung-hun-Kim Tae-ri (20 years) already topped Gong Yoo and Kim Goeun's age gap.

    • upsss i forgot the ultimate age gap between kimtaeri and "you, romance, success" lol

• Just weird on so many levels. Apart from the height, YKS and AHS has nothing in common. And Idk how true is the casting with the webtoon male lead character.

  • I remember reading on Twitter that the character is supposed to be in his early-mid 20s in the webtoon while the heroine is 19/20. Not sure though as I haven't read it.

• Well, if KES drama can have a 20 year age gap romance, I don’t see why this pairing can’t be allowed.

  • The general knetz/inetz consensus is that that pairing looks terrible together though. It's happening despite the lack of public approval because KES and LBH want it to happen. There's ick factor on multiple levels, but at least Kim Taeri is in her late 20s.

• He's a good actor but this would look so much less weird if she was at least 20-21 (international age).

  What is with kdramas passing off all these late-20s men as being the same age group as literal teenagers? At least My Ajusshi acknowledged the age gap and it was integral to the characters. Kim Go Eun and Gong Yoo have a 12 year age gap irl but she was 25 years old during Goblin. But who is buying that 30 year old Lee Je Hoon is the same age as 14-15 year old Kim Yoo Jung in Secret Door? Or that 28 year old Taecyeon is the same age as 17 year old Kim So Hyun in Let's Fight Ghost? This is ridiculous.

• However I have to admit. They look ok together

• this pairing would be so weird. i'll probably have no issues had she been a bit older, but she's so young! why do they insist on pairing the three kims with much older actors. can't they pick someone closer to her age? how about the following:

  Yook Sungjae
  Yoo Seung Ho
  Jang Dong Yoon
  Kwak Dong Yeon
  Woo Do Hwan
  Kim Min Jae
  Kim Sungjoo

  I'm sure there many more suitable actors. They're just the ones I can think of over the top of my head.

  • kim min jae

  • they do not meet the height requirement of the webtoon character. Can you suggest some taller people?

    • Hmmm... Right... How about the following:

      Ji Soo - 1.86m
      Nam Joo Hyuk - 1.88m (but on second thought... maybe not)
      Sung Joon - 1.87m
      Lee Soo Hyuk - 1.84m (can look younger than his age but still 11 year gap)
      Lee Jong Seok - 1.86m (might look a little too old)
      Kim Minkyu - 1.84m

    • this is my ranking: i like Kim Min Kyu but he is in that weekend drama The Rich Son which runs until September... Sung Joon is good, btw what is he doing this year? Ji Soo is not "flower" enough. Lee Soo Hyuk's nose scares me, best to be a villan... hahaha... LJS should be going to MS soon. And finally, NJH - you said it already - all good actresses should stay away from him for a million years... lol... Hey, btw, is Kim WooBin ready to act yet? he will be excellent. Cheers!

  • How about male idols like
    Park Chanyeol (Exo)
    Cha Eun Woo (Astro)
    Park Jin Young (Got7)

• I know they're going for someone tall, but since Yoojung is quite short, someone around 180 cm and up would be tall enough for that manhwa-ish aesthetic. Someone like Yook Sungjae would've been perfect. Seo Kangjoon would be a good visual match too.

  If they REALLY want someone 185 cm and taller, 91-er Hak Jin from Yoojung's agency (who is also appearing in this drama) is available. Jang Kiyoung's drama will end July so he'll also be available when this drama resumes filming in August. Lee Taehwan would've been a good option but the filming schedule could overlap with his upcoming drama.

  I mean, is it too hard to find someone tall AND born after 1990? Ahn Hyoseop's casting meant they were willing to take a risk with a rookie, and Jtbc has cast unknowns as leads in their dramas before. It's one of the things I like about them. I wonder what's up now.

  • Agree with you. Jang Ki Young or Lee Taehwan. Can the drama be rescheduled so that she can have a more suitable partner to make it more convincing?

• I don't really mind the age gap if I know the both actors can surpass it and be good in their characters. But for example, Radio Romance failed to do it for me. KSH never convinced me in her character and in the love story. For me, KYJ had a great chemistry with Park Bo Gum and I didn't mind the age gap.

  It's a risk to choose actors with a big age gap when the story doesn't have one because it really depends of the actors, how they suit their characters and their chemistry. It's a "it goes or it breaks" situation for me.

  In this case, I like the both actors but I can't picture them acting together. I think the age gap and the very big difference of height would make it weird.

  • A 6-year age gap like with Bogum/Yoojung or Seungho/Sohyun normally works for me. 8 years is stretching it a bit, but more than 10 is just whuuuut. This wouldn't be an issue if the girls were in their mid-20s but they're still teenagers.

    That said, I did enjoy Sohyun's chemistry with Taecyeon in Let's Fight Ghost. But that was because Taecyeon projected a youthful vibe and was believable as an early 20s college student to me so the age gap didn't seem as big.

  • This likely pairing is weird and I just don't think that good acting (which both are known for) would be able to overcome the real-age and reel-visual disconnect. Male character is most of the time dress in CEO suits, while female character in trainers and sneakers. So they can't use what RR did by trying to dress KSH in chic clothes, to make her appear older despite it not being align to the character, so unless they throw away authenticity they can't use styling to make Yoojung appear older.

    I didn't expect this from JTBC coz them picking AHS before despite being relatively a rookie male lead, made be think that on top of the webtoon visuals + audition, they took into consideration KYJ's age and youthful looks. This is after all a Romcom, hence romance needs to be believable.

  • This likely pairing is just weird, and I don't think good acting (which both are known for) would be able to compensate for the real-age and reel-visual (she looks a bit younger than her age, and he looks his age-12 year difference). The male character is most of the time dress in CEO suits, while female character in trainers and sneakers. So, unless they go RR route where they had to forgo authenticity by dressing the female character in heels, coats and dangling earrings to make her look more mature align to the male character despite it not being align to the actual job.

    I thought that with JTBC picking AHS before despite him being a rookie male lead, it means that they took the webtoon visuals and age of KYJ into consideration. I didn't mind the casting of SJR despite him being 33 years old because it was mentioned that this drama would be full-blown one-way romance, hence SJR's character is more of the daddy-long leg type. But with this YKS casting, the age disparity is just gonna be highlighted, and their goes the romance in a Romcom drama.

    • You speak my mind.

  • KSH-YDJ were brilliant in RR! The chemistry was off the charts & they fulfilled their characters perfectly. Just say you don't like KSH because its never not possible that she doesn't play a character flawlessly.

    • I wont' say that I don't like KSH because it's not true. But I didn't like her in this role, she never convinced me that she was yound adult with some experience in writting. She looked like a teenager who acts like an adult. For me they didn't have a great chemistry. His chemistry with Kim Seul Gi was far better. She was a bad choice for this drama.

• I would hope people would stop mentioning Goblin age gap because Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun were both legal and she wasn't 18 years old. And even then it was weird tbh.

  As for the height... well the webtoon character is much taller than the female leade so in that regard it fits. BUT I'm definitely not happy about this possible replacement for AHS since YKS is so much older than KYJ. Everything about this is wrong.

  • but now look, they having a great chemistry! ? i’ve been watching kdrama for so long but YKS and KYJ tandem is one of the best.. they act normally, having fan in the set and it seems they both like and comfortable to each other despite of their age gap.. anyways, we are have different preferences ?
    #cleanwithpassionfornow
    #bestcoupleeverYKS&KYJ

• More than age gap, it’s the fact that Kim Yoo Jung is just ’legal’. It’s a different thing that a 28 yo. actress acts with a 50+ yo. grandpa than a barely 18 yo. acting with over a decade older actor. An 18 yo kids maturity level is not on the same level, it just isn’t no matter how mature they appear.