Hoo boy, now this is a drama casting I wish the male lead didn’t accept, even if it turns out to be good all the early signs are that it won’t be my cup of tea. Im Soo Jung and Lee Do Hyun are confirmed and will head into filming for romance drama Melancholia, depicting the love story of an older woman and younger man, and she happens to also be his former teacher. She’s a math teacher at a private high school and he’s a math genius who got into MIT at 12. She taught him when he’s 18 years old and four years later they reunite when he’s now 22. This sounds like the Doctors set up but gender reversed, and ultimately whether you think it’s fine probably depends on whether this is pure fiction or just not palatable even in a fictional world. I fall in the latter but it’s a taboo that K-dramas love returning to time and again, not sure the fascination. The drama is from the PD of Extraordinary You and True Beauty, with the screenwriter of Doctor John and Cheondamdong Alice doing the script. The drama is scheduled to air late in 2021.
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The premise sounds creepy af if you imagined it in real life, if she knew him when he is already 22 then it's okay but she knew him since he is a minor and was his teacher too, yikes
Another flop like doom at your service.Yikes.I hate mother-son romance, opps noona romance.
Ew hard pass for me
Why kdramaland, why.
SIGH ? … I love LDH but this is a drama type that I really super dislike
seems interesting. like both the actors. As long as both are adults, it's fine for me. if their emotion connection is portrayed well, then I can see this being a good show.
Same. I remember the naysayers when he was paired with the older KHN in 18 Again and that storyline but that drama worked out. Also the people that couldn't accept him with same age Go Minsi just because they played siblings prior (which has nothing to do with Youth of May anyway but personal issues with actors being actors outside of it) and the chemistry also worked out. While this drama very well be a dud, I'm willing to give it a try because both actors are good.
Everything about this drama sounds creepy and sick.. Ewwww
Everything is still vague and the official description of the drama never once mentioned romance.
Have seen elsewhere some LDH fans that want him to do a romcom instead and I know he has said he wants to do romcom, but honestly his current drama choices says otherwise. Maybe one day, but currently I like that he's trying different roles instead of falling back on what might be popular for the young international audience and honestly he's too good to be stuck in a poorly written romcom during this important period in his rising career. Although if this script is also poor then its a shame, but at least I have hope that the character here is more complex and would help him build on his acting than a romcom right now, especially after the cheerful Hee Tae and young ahjussi Hong Daeyoung that might just pigeon hole him into particular roles.
Pedophile story???? Duh