Categories: K-dramas

Bright and Quirky Character Stills for the Cast of SBS Drama Backstreet Rookie

There a lot of smiles and outsized personalities to go around in upcoming SBS Fri-Sat drama Backstreet Rookie, adapted from the webtoon Convenience Store Morning Star. The premiere will likely be pushed back a week now that SBS preempted an episode of its predecessor drama The King: Eternal Monarch so we’ll see the drama in mid-June. Leads Ji Chang Wook and Kim Yoo Jung exude really strong auras here, distinctive character vibes that come across even in stills. She’s confident and he’s your average nice dude, nothing wrong with that. I learned what supporting actor Eum Moon Suk is playing, a webtoon writer with the pen name Foot Volcano who is into reggae culture hence the first impression that the drama is insensitively stereotyping Rastafarian culture. The could do without the fake dreads but I’ll wait and see how the drama handles a South Korean who loves and essays another culture because by itself there is nothing wrong with that.

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  • i cant get over the fact that they gave that dude some fake dreadlocks. it looks awful, its just sitting on his head like a damn mop.

  • That character is cringy as because the dreads look like they're channelling Whoopi Goldberg. Anyway I'm hanging out for this drama and will be open-minded and have below zero expectations and will try not to fawn over the leads and get overly excited but realistically I'll probably just do the opposite. Both leads and PD are fine just hoping the scriptwriter has a good script.

    • She looks the same with clean with passion, her chin still look wider type and her face isn't as angular as other but she has long neck and the hairstyle make her face more V shape.

      If she done super big procedure, you'll hear it

    • did she the FL do something with her Nose?. it looks different. her nose looked flatter before.

    • I hope this PS rumor will not affect her beauty listing in Korea's top beauty list. I hate that K-netz and K-media rank her rival higher than her.

  • I hope it's enjoyable and I actually have a rather big hype with the director. The fiery priest is just awesome.

    • From the director of fiery priest???

      When will this one get aired? The same days as KSH's drama? Daebak... i wonder who's gonna be the winner?

      • Not sure if it the same as KSH, it aired after The King .

        KSH drama definitely will get more buzz but idk if it the same day

      • Backstreet Rookie airs Fridays and Saturdays 10:00-11:20 p.m., while It's Okay to Not Be Okay is on Saturdays and Sundays 9:00-10:30 p.m. There is a 30-minute overlap on Saturdays.

  • I can't tell from the picture; is Eum Moon Suk's skin darkened? It might just be the angle of his head and the lighting though.

    • It's just a common nice abs, nothing special. Look at Seo Hyun Suk's, that's an extraordinary one.

      • You are wrong. They are not following the webtoon. You are just jealous with Kim Yoo Jung because she is acting with Chang wook or you are a fan of Kim so Hyun or Kim Hyanggi.

      • What are you talking about, reply to me, when I'm not talking about webtoon? I just reply about her abs, belly, you see it? It's a fact that KYJ's belly just an ordinary one.
        Ji Chang Wook? I'm his fan? No, I just likes his dramas, except for Suspicious Partner.
        Kim So Hyun? I'd like to see her and KYJ as lovers, not as rivals.
        And Kim Hyang Gi? I never watch her again since Queen's Classroom.

  • I saw the last teaser, and it’s fun seeing my girl being badass and all until near the end of the teaser it made me worried. It looked like she is about to kiss the male lead although she just barely knows him??? It kind of reminds me of the scene in cleaning with passion when she inappropriately kissed the male lead early on. I did not like that. I hope I’m wrong and that her character here doesn’t do the same.

    It’s kind of funny how in her high school photos her friends look normal but in the picture of the present day, they gave her friends such ugly hair while she maintains her high school hair lol She looks gorgeous.

    • I read somewhere that according to the webtoon,the female character kisses the male lead in exchange for a cigarette while she was still in high school.Few years later she coincidentally ends up working in his convience store. So unless they deviate a little from the original story,we can expect a kiss in the first episode itself.

      • What!?!

        Didn't the director and the webtoon writer promised they were going to change a lot of things? Why are they including this kissing scene? I hope the teaser clip is misleading us.

        This is going to make me feel so uncomfortable. I’m lowering expectations by a lot.

        Thanks for the info!

  • so looking forwardcto this. A fun drama to watch on friday and sat. i know that this show wilk be super successful I caaaaaint wait

  • Eom Mun-seok and Go Gyu-pil from The Fiery Priest ?
    I expect more cameos from The Fiery Priest, most likely Geum Sae-rok.
    Is it will be like Jo Jae-hyeon and Seo Ji-hye's cameo in Whisper?

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