Insider Casting Rumors Says Suzy Will be the Female Lead Opposite Song Joong Ki in the K-drama Adaptation of The Youngest Son of Sunyoung

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• "Until the day suzy is not popular" suzy in 2021 being the highest paid actress according to DC :) the highest actress in korea Forbes, the only actress in forbes under 30, 6th in Gallup actors,2nd actress in hallyu wave survey by governmet :*
  Intel roaches can cry as much as they want, suzy is in a goddess position in her country, successful for 11 years, goddess level beauty young , always there in the major surveys, and her relevancy will forever surpass ya'll fav.lmaoo... Now.. 3.. 2..1 bash her as much as u want..really no ones give a f..

  The last thing,suzy is rumored for this drama from the last year, so if she got an offer, 100% she declined this one already, since her news didn't came out with his articles.. As it should be.

  • Bold of u to assume that she is the highest paid actress??..Just because other A-listers don't disclose their income doesn't mean they aren't actually top paid.

  • @Elsa Suzy may not be my bias actress but I really appreciate her as a person. I hope the best for her.
    Korea loves her so much and it's sad to see a lot of bashing towards her in this blog in any article written for her.

    • @Chie

      Hahaha! Exactly! Suzy has many haters on this blog but a few are not. Don't worry, if you love her just continue loving and supporting her. At least these people know what's happening with Suzy, meaning they are interested with her.

  • SPILL THE FACTS!!!

  • Rofl more paid than movie stars or hally queen.like jjh when she flops with her shows. Woozie's mediaplau and her fans delusional is other level. She is flop plastic monster

• Well, at least they'd look cute together.

• I didn't even watch East of Eden but the summary made me laugh so much. I am off to Google what that drama is about now.

  • So what happened to Park Haejin's characters wife? I spent 30 min Googling about EoE and can't work out what happened to her. And Lee Da Hae's was smart. Then she just sailed off into drama not- get- the- guy land?

  • Well, east of Eden is a mess, And I was always laughing watching the drama For So ji SUb Fix.

• Whatever happened to Lee Da Hae BTW. Haven't seen her in years.

  • I miss Lee Da-Hae too. Googled her name the other day to see if she had any upcoming projects. I long to see Lee Da-Hae and other actresses in her age group who have proven themselves in past roles/projects way more than once as the female lead with their acting skills/talents still get the offers for the kdramas nowadays with good writing, plot, and casting.

  • She was into variety show. But this time I have not known her whereabouts.

• I looked up east of eden on MDL, seems like Lee Yeon Hee was the FL, so why is it surprising that song seung heon ends up with her?

  • Lee Yeon-hee was not main lead material at the time. She was not meant to be Song Seung-heon's leading lady; it was the bigger actress Lee Da-hae, but she quit the show, citing poor writing.

    • I beg to disagree. I watched the drama from start to finish. LDH role is really the FL of SSH's dongsaeng YJH (hubby of Han Ga In). If you have watched it LYH's role is really SSH FL. They just had a long story of finding the right time for their love story since LYHs Appa is against SSHs role.

      For LDH, her role is smart university student classmates of YJH. She quitted so her character brought to States. Rumors then she had a bitter attitude in the set.

• Haha from yeon yeo bin to such mediocrity. Suzy is doing herself no favours if she accepts the acting skill level between her and soong joong-ki will be jarring. She made the right choice in start up, at least Nam joo hyuk was her equal. Thing is will Suzy ever hold her own must she always act opposite super popular male leads. The backing that this girl has due to her visuals insane. Then you have Kang Hanna who imo is equally beautiful and more talented yet she's still stuck in second lead roles.

  • I think Kang Hanna has also been held back by some of the soft core movies she did earlier in her career. Most people aren't lucky enough to pull a Song Ji Hyo.

    • Kang Hanna is so good, I've been watching her since Moon Lovers and she really lacks nothing except a chance like this - she's talented, can do drama and comedy well, and she's beautiful too. Plus she has the kind of presence that would mesh really well with SJK.

      It's a shame that actresses like her are held back by shallow k-ent ideas of who is and isn't allowed to become a female lead.

    • Damn if that is the case then it's really sad. Meanwhile her costars in empire of Lust are thriving

    • @kailey B Shin Ha Kyun, Jang Hyuk, and to a lesser extent Kang Haneul were already established stars + men are not looked down up for on screen nudity.

• Song joong ki turned down role most talented writer kim eun hee kingdom no regret for that.He can still work with top writer-pd in artdhal chronicle although rating was biggest failure in 2019, several year later park jae bum sent him script vincenzo and doing well in rating.So he can reject this drama because very similiar story in like vincenzo it's not good choice comeback lol.Lets hope he reject this drama and choose movie instead.No hate for suzy,she can get paired with top popular actor like park seo joon or hyun bin it will be massive hit in korea and international lol!!

  • Lol you keep mentioning Arthdal chronicles as if it was disaster. Lol that show has still good fan base who are demanding season 2. Keep on hating, you still won't change the fact that suzy is more popular than your bias and is getting to work with A list actors of korea.

• Yikes...

  IDK what made SJK accept this casting. She must be his weakest FL pairing yet, acting skills wise.

  • I think it's obvious that he was cast first.

  • Kim Ji Won is weaker, IMO.At least There is a times SUzy nail emotional scene sincerely.

    • @missjb Kim ji won Weaker than suzy, the forever blank/wooden Suzy?! Wow, this is hilarious I can't even. But seriously get your eyes tested. That's seriously a bad take. I'm still imagining how awesome Kim ji won would've been in while you were sleeping(all of Suzy's roles) I bet you it would've been 1000 times more watchable and convincing.

    • @Kailey: bias might cloud judgement I See. I don't get it why everyone can't see KJW as bland as Suzy. heck doesn't has talent nor technique to act with sincerity in emotional scene.

      she can do well in no substance rom com, but it's clear KJW is out of depth too. yes i rate Suzy alittle better at least suzy can be convincing in certain scene.

• Why can't it be Moon Chae Won.

• Seems like Suzy will finally be having a high rated drama...

  • Oh well. Based on the description it seems that the female lead will not play huge role in the plot and require no difficult acting chop. She may be bearable as long as she's not given difficult task. And this one doesn't sound like one.

    However i still can't understand this pattern of casting popular pricey actors/actresses with limited acting skill to create more buzz. Hasn't they learned that solid writing/engaging story and directing can bring high rating? Revolutionary sisters and taxi driver are some of the recent examples.

    Maybe i just don't understand how this "buzz" can bring more cash with the advertising/sponsor deal. Doesn't high rating bring more commercials too? It makes me wonder which one is more valuable/bring more money to the production team, high rating drama with average buzz or an average rating with more buzz.

    • 2049 is the most important age group for advertisers, that’s where the buzz comes in I think. Weekend KBS dramas also get high ratings but the demographics for those are the older generation.

    • Yeah I don't get it either. SJK alone has enough star wattage to bring in all the hype and CF and what not. Just look at Vincenzo.

      What incremental value does Suzy bring? Is she going to be able to penetrate a market he cannot?

    • @Lila - same, did the casting team for this drama not look at Vincenzo?

      Song Joong Ki got crazy buzz for that even among younger viewers and that was with an unknown FL who also got popular because she was good at acting/had good chemistry with him.

    • @Royal We - I guess they didn't take the right casting lesson from Vincenzo.

      To be fair though, JYB isn't mainstream but she's known more in the film circles and she is a powerhouse actresses stacking up those acting awards. So not exactly like they plucker a novice outta nowhere.

      Point is, you already have SJK so buzz and $ are assured. This is a good oppty to cast a actress who can act and have people discover someone new.

    • @Lila - true, Jeon Yeo Bin was acclaimed in Chungmuro but not really known to the Korean gp. And to intl kdrama fans she was relatively unknown too except for those who watched Be Melodramatic.

      As you said, it's an opportunity to give a boost to an actress who actually has the talent and enhance the quality of the overall drama because SJK brings enough hype on his own. JYB is proof of how well a quality-oriented strategy can work, but it looks like KBS has other priorities.

  • Apparently i mistakenly tap the wrong reply. Sorry for the irrelevant reply.