I don’t think Kim Eun Sook is an award winning level of pure writer but her dramas are undoubtedly always worth a watch, whether to enjoy or kvetch or both. It’s no surprise that many of Korea’s top actors and actresses have chosen to star in her works, even Jeon Do Yeon who is considered the most legit true actress did a Kim Eun Sook drama. There are also a handful who have done more than one project with her and Song Hye Kyo is joining that crew with news of her signing on to Kim Eun Sook’s next drama. The ones in that small gang are: Kim Ha Neul (On Air, A Gentleman’s Dignity), Kim Jung Eun (Lovers, Lovers in Paris), Kim Go Eun (Goblin, The King: Eternal Monarch), Lee Min Ho (Heirs, The King: Eternal Monarch), and Hyun Bin (Secret Garden, A Millionaire’s First Love). I think it’s a smart collab for both and all eyes are on the male lead casting now. Honestly I think the lead will depend on the story and whether it needs to be similar age to Song Hye Kyo or notably younger. For example, both Goblin and Mr. Sunshine had intentional age disparity between the needs per the story concept. Taking out actors who are already doing other projects or have worked with Song Hye Kyo before, I’m going with Park Seo Joon as the right A-list lead who would be fun to see in a Kim Eun Sook drama.
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Omg can we have Gong Yoo or Won Bin for Song Hye Kyo leading man. If not then Lee Min Ho or Kim Soo Hyun. So excited for this because Song Hye Kyo is back again.
Won bin no longer do dramas/movies though so might remove him on ur least. Soo hyun is already confirmed for a diff drama so another one out.
Oh suck for me then but still it never hurt to hope since Won Bin is my favorite actor. I'm just going with what koalas 4 Male lead choices shown above for KSH and LMH. For real I would rather pick someone else.
If Won Bin, WON BIN, takes on the male lead of a KES drama with SHK as the FL than I’ll fully expect the sun to rise in the west the next day. Please think over what y’all speculate on, even delusions have a limit.
Umm since I'm a big fan of both, I will wait to see them have a production one day. You here calling me delusional? It's not that I haven't heard Lee Na Young saying Won Bin only accept well written scripts? As a fan of both, one can still hope although the script is cliché. Sorry I'm not a delusional shippers FYI so there is no limit here. As if I'm going to spread fake rumors of them? The man is married so have some respect please.
LOLLL are y’all good?? For supposed fans of Won Bin, you have surprisingly little knowledge of him. He hasn’t done work in 10+ years, is known to be extremely selective of the roles he takes on (he especially avoids romantic roles) AND has rejected the role of YSJ in DOTS but y’all think he’s a likely candidate for this mess?? A KES makjang/PPL circus with an actress who doesn’t know how to make more than 3 expressions in total?? Calling me petty won’t make your delusions any less delusional. Either re-examine your “fan” status or do more research into your fav so you don’t embarrass yourself like this in the future.
He hasn’t done work in 10 year not because he is selectuve but because he is afraid of failing, being coward would say, there are tons of good script either movie or TV, he is just too afraid to come back...
Haven’t even read the script and already jump to conclusion it is a makjang, you are not petty, but shallow per se
Lol you're the delusional one here so you can wait for your sun to rise in the west by yourself. I have no time for toxic people.
Gong Yoo would be amazing! I would love to be Jung Woo Sung, Park Hae Jin, Lee joon Ki, Lee Dong Wook or Seo Kang Joon for someone younger! I wish she would pair with an age appropriate lead this time.
Petty fans are everywhere. People should sent a straight PM to all their oppas agency to back away from anything with SHK name attached. She will date all of them and their reputation will be thrown in the trashed bin. It's hard to comprehend that to have SHK and WB in a drama together is so risky. To the point where this person has to wait for the sun to rise in the west the next day. I now know why WB is scared to accept anything nowadays because to many delusional people are waiting to crucify one's reputation. To any oppa out there, if you accept this drama with SHK, please secure your name first. ?
Lol ? I hope SHK sign a no dating contract with whoever she works with first. This will secure oppa fans heart.
@Indi Indeed! Will be nice if she can cooperates with them in the near future. With the veterans actor her ages will probably stop all these nonsense.
Didn't people already discuss this in the latest SHK article? With some even getting heated about it? And now there's a whole post on it again? Trying to trigger yet another fan-war, eh? Okay.
Why not, eh?
I mean, ppl are taking the bait. Some are enjoying it and others are losing their minds over it. Upto each person if they’d like to have fun or be idiots about it. How’s that anyone else’s fault? Lol
hahaha I thought the same, but that's the job of your blog, finding popular posts and sitting back and watching the world burn.
Butterfly
Lol. Didn't say anything is anyone's fault. She criticizes the woman's writing (which is understandable) but then goes on to make it sound like starring in her dramas is this huge Nobel Prize-level honor. Then puts up pics of massively popular Hallyu actors with massively crazy fans. C'mon, you can't say she she's not stirring the pot. Lol. The SHK article I mentioned earlier has around 80 comments with some getting wild as they discuss this same topic. Then boom, this one goes up. It's smart.
@gentlemansdignity
“you can’t say she she’s not stirring the pot”
LOL where did I say that? I practically said she was lol. And I say, why not. I mean, look, I think KES is an absolutely trash writer lol. Most of her dramas have driven a lot of people a little nuts (and I’m not talking about fandom). But excluding TKEM, all the others have a certain something that just seems to have get everyone really into it. I find the speculations lots of fun. If people wanna go beserk and fight like rabid animals, well, it’s on them. I usually enjoy all award posts too. Someone always has something hilariously absurd to say. It’s amusing af.
The you in “you can't say she's not stirring the pot” is a general one. Not you specifically. And as predicted, I see the claws and fangs coming out in the comment section. Yeah, it IS amusing af.
I think it's Lee Jung Sok as there's a rumour before he finished his military that his comeback drama will be with Song Hye Kyo.
the romoured for shk and ljs were from hong sister drama shining inheritance now from kes.but song agency dindnt cnfirm any news about the offer,if shk already accept kes offer mean she will not be joining hong sister drama with ljs.even ljs agency dindnt confirm any of the romours yet.
Hmm, amongst the photo shown (most likely by K-media?), Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Min Ho are both occupied unless either of them does double duty. JCW isn’t an A-lister so he’s out. So yea, I’m also betting on Park Seo Joon. He has no drama attached to him, and he’s a bonafide A-lister to be sure. He’s the only real big name with certified string of hits in this age range unless Yoo Yeon Seok is being considered.
I don’t even like Kim Eun Sook lmao. But I am getting interested in the guess-the-lead game. When it’s announced, it’ll be boring again lol.
PSJ seems the likely pick. Only thing is he's going to film a movie Concrete Utopia soon in March I believe. So dunno about schedule conflicts on that issue going forward.
I think it's Lee Jong Suk as I saw in some news before he finished his military duties that his comeback drama is with Song Hye Kyo but that was for Hong Sisters drama now that she accepted the drama that will be pen by KES they might offer it to LJS.
Nah. As someone above already mentioned to you, that drama was purely rumour from a different writer altogether. Neither actors confirmed even getting the script for it. I mean, it’s possibly true and in which case, they for sure won’t be in the same drama because one is with KES and the other with Hong sisters.
Ehm, when this news came the first name that came to mind was So Ji Sub.
On second thought Park Seo Joon is also a great option, but I stick with SJS.
It's hard to say a name without knowing the story and the characters... I guess she won't do a noona romance after Encounter.
So we need an actor around her age. I hope to be surprised!
It all depends on the storyline. The ML will change again if the setting is like The Last Princess (SYJ) or Assassination (JJH). If it is set in the past like Mr. Sunshine, I can possibly see Jang Hyuk or Kim Jae Wook. KES may not necessarily cast an A-lister for his ML since SHK has all the star power. Hyun Bin was not a mega star when he was cast in SG. As of now, I'm betting Park Seo Joon as I mentioned earlier.
I loved The Last Princess and The Assassination but that was purely due to the incredible performances by SYJ and JJH. Personally, I don’t think SHK has the range to pull off a one woman show, especially if there’s a historical aspect to it. She was barely passable in DOTS and that was mainly because SJK and the supporting cast were hard carrying the drama so :/ I really don’t see PSJ accepting the role either since he’s enough of a drama A-lister that he doesn’t need to ride on anyone’s star power. If anyone’s going to take it, it’s probably going to be an actor in the 40s-50s range, like you mentioned. Someone seasoned I guess?
@Vee, my reply came out at the bottom in a separate post, lol.
I agree with this. SHK don't really have the power to carry such a thick plot. What a shame because she is so popular but there are a lot of better actress than her
Regardless of who they cast, the general public are not going to let them be regarding the whole “SHK dates all her male costars” angle ? That’s probably going to be one of the biggest hinderances of anyone signing alongside her lol
Who knows? Maybe this drama will be of a different genre requiring no male romantic interest- (police/legal/medical) or they might just cast a married established actor like Cha Seung Won or Han Suk Kyu opposite her and tell a matured love story. I am sure the reasons you mentioned above are also factors that her agency would have taken into consideration. So for her to accept - something must be different about it. I sure hope its different too. Kim Eun Sook should just lay off writing romance for a while, her cringe dialogues are the reason why I can never successfully finish any of her dramas. I literally liked zero of her past works which start off an ok watch for me and always fizzle out in the middle or abandoned due to the cheesy dialogues. Song Hye Gyo is such a beautiful actress and really does light up the scenes shes in. Part of me wishes she will just turn this down in time and try out something else for change. Work with different writers and production teams, different type of actors (not pretty Alist actors), different genres and up her versatility game a bit.
A KES drama with no romance or domineering male lead? Pigs will fly before that happens.
She’s definitely taking a risk casting SHK in her first post-divorce gig, especially after the train wreck that was TKEM. The male lead is going to be crucial here since they’ll have to pull off a believable romance with SHK despite all the knetz speculations. Might have to resort to bringing in a married man to keep knetz at bay, who knows. I’m personally weary of the project as I am with all KES dramas; the woman may have once written crack watching but it’s far past the time to retire her trademark style at this point ?♀️
@Tara
“A KES drama with no romance or domineering male lead? Pigs will fly before that happens.”
???
Here, here!
The drama is most likely gonna be centered around SHK's character so I think they'll cast a popular actor but not really someone on the same level as hers.
Well I guess you could cross out Hyun bin for sure. Plus I have always felt that DOS was for his post army return after SG but he stepped away, so, period.
I’m not a fan of KES, the best of her dramas have problematic characters, the worst of her dramas have terrible terrible PPL and eye rolling plot holes. I get their popularity but I do feel that that that era has passed.
Lastly, let’s cross out Lee Min Ho too, the last thing he needs right now is another KES drama. Do something that challenges you LMH, come on - whatever happened to the fire in the eyes. Fight me but Eternal monarch bored me to death, my first ever LMH drama that I couldn’t finish. I put trust in his next project, please!
No. DOTS was always written with Jo In Sung in mind. But when the production inked SHG, I think he did not want to repeat the Winter The Wind Blows pairing and the overseas filming schedule. Recommended Song Joong Ki, his good friend instead. This is the back story.
People like to make up false rumors when it's Song Hye Kyo. Lol Hyun Bin was never a choice on the list of DOTS male leads but people like to make up stories. Maybe to boost him up or something. LMAO...everytime I came upon Song Hye Kyo article, some crazy fans will bring up his name all the time. For what reason? From my understanding is to make seem as if without him, she won't succeed. Bruh she's way ahead of him and she doesn't need his name to make headlines.
I don't know about people on this site but some CLOY shippers were spreading rumors that HB was offered the role of YSJ but had rejected it when he knew the FL was gonna be SHK. ??♀️
Woah. Jo In Sung turning down DOTS, and giving it to SJK. Shows he's a generous guy. I like him a lot too. He doesn't work as much, but he's doing a new drama soon. JIS would've amazing in DOTS. That's the thing, even though it launched SJK's career. It's a role that a lot of actors could've aced tbh.
I just wish KES will drop her old method of casting and storytelling. If she has any sense left in her please hire a new team of talented assistant writers. I don't think KES can write any decent drama on her own. Have to say SHK is playing safe and never venture out of her comfort zone. Sigh. Hope it doesn't end up an expensive flop. I think TKEM may just be the start of the KES flop drama curse. Expensive, pretty, hyped to death but discombobulated and hollow at the same time.
How do you know SHK is playing safe? There's been zero information about this project so far except for the FL, writer and PD. They didn't even release the genre, let alone its plot or her character. Judge her choices when when everything's released.
This is a KES drama, enough said.
@Aquarius So even if SHK's character in this drama will be different from her previous roles, you're still gonna say she's playing safe?
@Nad
I think you’re missing the point; it’s a KES drama. Every female lead of hers are cut from the same material. Every male lead as well.
Lol, by choosing a KES, it is playing safe because the character type (and genre = romance) is already a shoe in LOL. Not that I blame her or anything. I’m just saying this ain’t gonna be a “challenging role” if that’s what you’re hoping... but maybe pigs will fly as someone in this thread said.
@Butterfly, your comment is gold. Thanks for your mature reply.
What I'm saying here is wait for the details of the drama to be released first before judging her choice.
Once you watched 3 or more dramas from her, it is easy to guess what kind of casting and storyline she will use in this case.
Plotline came out in soompi article. The Glory is a sad revenge story. High school student bullied so bad until dropped out. As adult, became teacher of bully's kid. Plans revenge against kid's bully parent. Pre-produced with multiple seasons like Love Struck In The City. 8 episodes in first season. I personally don't like this multiple season thingy and is a first time for a KES drama. Getting worried. Sounds like makjang Penthouse or WOTM.
PD is not exactly inspiring. MOA gave me chills, only HB saved it with his acting & ROY was just PBG farewell drama.
Lol you seem to be soo bothered. Flop or not, it's none of your business. Her choice of what she want to play. All the recent popular dramas are cliche as hell and still hit big.