Lee Do Hyun Offered Male Lead in Kim Eun Sook’s Next Drama The Glory Starring Song Hye Kyo

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• What the…

  Is Song Hye Kyo getting pigeonholed into noona romances? Her leading men get younger and younger with each drama. I don’t get it. I feel like she has the clout to get paired up with older, established actors. From an experience perspective, doesn’t it also get tiring to consistently work with novices?

  • Park Bo Gum ---> Jang Ki Young ---> Lee Do Hyun and at this rate her next leading man will be Song Kang. Men pushing 40 acting with 20 somethings is creepy and while the reverse isn't as creepy it is completely unnecessary.

    • It’s gonna be someone younger than Song Kang at this rate if the pattern holds, since he is older than LDH. Like an early 20s actor.

    • Watch her get paired with Cha Eun Woo next and everyone on social media will hype them as the ultimate visual couple to end all visual couples. At least he’s young and still has room to improve his acting.

    • It could be song kang or someone from the 97-99 line. Whoever is trendy basically.

    • Why isn't the reverse creepy? Sexist. Noona romances are the stuff of middle aged housewife fantasies and don't actually happen much in real life lol.

    • @Rina - that's a dumb argument since a lot of dramas classified as noona romances are ones where the woman is like....less than 6 and more usually less than 10 years older than the (adult) man. Something in the Rain, SHK's own Descendants of the Sun, even the iconic My Name is Kim Sam Soon etc. You want to clutch your pearls over that, be our guest - interestingly, no one says anything about pairing 20something women with guys 6 years older, calls it an "oppa romance" or similar.

  • Maybe she prefers being paired with younger guys?

    • If that's the case, she sounds like a creepy predator.

    • possibly, then she could marry the next young man..

  • Not all listers want to star KES dramas which are mostly cringey and on public channels, especially now after KES tarnished her reputation with the Eternal flop and OTT dramas are all the rage.

  • Why? That will be one drama I won’t be watching. I hate the romance of OLDER WOMAN and younger man. It is creepy.

  • Won't be long before we find out because she committed to an untitled drama directed by Lee Eung-bok.

    Maybe Song Hye-kyo's next leading man is Yeo Jin-gu.

  • I don't get it. Why she keeps pairing younger man in the 20s. If you watch"Now, We're breaking up". Her face is already sagging and her jaw becoming more protruding, compare to Jang Ki Young's boyish face. It just made me cringed. I am no hater but just not appealing. She could play role like sophisticated power woman or lawyer etc. not in drama of dovey lovey pure love story.

    I would not be watching any of her drama this point onwards.

• Whataver people say, I just love them both so muchh, Omg I legit scream when I saw this news!!! Just hoping the glory will not have romance just like my mister. Lee do hyun is sooo talented, he deserve high profile writer and actress, he will be the next top tier actor

• Unrelated to casting news but it finally clicked who Lee Do Hyun reminds me of. Teenage Gaspard Ulliel.

  • Yes! I can definitely see it.

  • oh yeah I can see it in this pic, he does look like young Gaspard in A Very Long Engagement from that angle!

    (and both are very handsome ofc)

• Noo! I love SHK but she making it so hard for me to get excited about her new dramas with all these young guys, however isn't this a thriller drama with just 8 episodes, so maybe not romance, I really hope so, don't want it, specially if it's with student character, nope, nope. When it's she going to act with another older a+list actor?, the last time was in 2013's TWTB with JIS, I being waiting for so long now, after dropping both DOTS and Encounter, never been a fan of either actor and to me they were not A+ list either sorry, to me they are just extremely popular actors.

• I mean..why? There r tons of mature male lead out there. Gong Yoo, Jang Dong Gun, Lee Dong Gun, Jang Hyuk. They r maturing like fine wine. SHK is so beautiful but the age gap will be obvious here. Sigh. So frustrated with kdrama casting nowadays

  • i think the main reason that she's doing these drama with younger actors rather than mature actors is probably because they have enough clout to attract viewers to the drama but in comparison she would still be the main focus/attraction thus giving her more chance for exposure and acclaim.
    If she paired up with mature A listers, there is a possibility where the focus and hype could get shifted to them. I'm not saying it wouldn't be beneficial to her at all but,for example, a gong yoo pairing would definitely overshadow her. I think she sees pairing up with hot upcoming actors as a good chance for a decent hit AND for her role to be highlighted.

    • Literally CLOY exists and neither HB nor SYJ overshadowed each other at any point. This is complete bullocks saying two A listers would overshadow each other when that literally never happens. Even in Kingdom JJH never overshadowed BDN despite having more screen time. Talented veterans would rather act with equally talented veterans as someone said before.

    • It shouldn’t be about sharing the spotlight. Like another poster said, other top stars are fine with sharing the spotlight - Hyun Bin x Son Ye Jin, Bae Doona x Gong Yoo, Jun Ji Hyun x Jun Ji Hoon, list goes on. None of them are getting overshadowed by the other.

      It also doesn’t have to be an A lister. Just someone closer in age. There are plenty of great older actors.

    • KIM HYE SOO AND JU JI HOON WITH THEIR HIT DRAMA SAY HI! THE LENGTHS PEOPLE WILL GO TO MAKE EXCUSES!

    • Hyun Bin and Son Yejin were in two projects together where SYJ the movie star got top billing for The Negotiation and Hyun Bin the drama star got first billing for CLOY. Neither of them overshadowed the other in both works. There a number of kmovies with even dramas with A-lister pairings who actually brought out the best in each other instead of overshadowing each other. That kind of reasoning for choosing a non A-list partner makes SHK out to be vain and selfish and way too much into her own hype somehow which really doesn’t help her at this point.

    • @checker: This is a good analysis. I agree that is SHK and her team's strategy for repeatedly pairing her with significantly younger "hot" up and coming actors rather than mature actors who might overshadow her.

    • @Sunny - @checker's explanation is super unflattering if true. You're telling me that one of the OG Hallyu star's team is so insecure about her being overshadowed that they're purposefully pairing her up with up-and-coming actors? Come on man.

    • I agree! When she was paired with rising star, Song Joongki, it worked out well professionally (if you discount the whole marriage and divorce thing that felt out of left field). It became a big hit even outside of korea. So why not get paired with a buzzy young actor, especially if the upcoming roles are more female-lead centric?

      While her name is buzzy, I'm not sure if she's getting that many great roles. She is not a bad actress, but she is more limited in her acting than Son ye-jin, Han Ji Min, Gong Hyo-jin, Jang Nara, Lee Bo young, etc. She has not had a domestic movie on her filmography in years.

      I think for this drama, it's probably Kim Eun-sook calling the shots on which actors she wants for the lead roles rather than Song Hye-kyo having an influence. And Song Hye-kyo was cast first.

• No I feel bad for LDH being stuck in Noona romances. Youth of May was a breath of fresh air when he finally had an age appropriate female lead. Boy is mad talented don't waste it on doing the same type of roles over and over again. It was refreshing when he did it for 18 again but doing Melancholia and The Glory back to back is a waste of his talent. Clearly SHK no longer has the clout to attract A list male leads unlike JJH and SYJ but she needs to step out of her Noona romances and do something else. Free LDH from this misery!

  • You do realize that shk turned down the chance to act with joo ji hoon despite the writer's attempt to revise the script for her, don't you? And which a-list actor is gonna be syj's partner in 39?

    Jsyk, the glory is a revenge drama, not romance. Ldh first has to free himself by declining the offer. Nobody's forcing him to accept it.

    • @Nivo thank you! Its bullocks. SHk hasn't been paired with anyone age appropriate in how many years? Or anyone at the level of any of the actors you just mentioned. Something is very odd about that.

    • Yeon Woo Jin is an 84-er, so he is only 2 years younger than Son Yejin lol. Male lead doesn't have to be A-list actor, but age-appropriate would be nice in SHK's case. Son Yejin never paired with an actor more than a decade younger than her.

  • No top actors will be 2nd fiddle to anyone. The glory clearly revolves around shk's character yet you expect someone on ljj's level to be her partner? Lol

    • That's not true. Joo Jihoon has no problem being second to Jun Jihyun and Hyun Bin shared the screen with Son Yejin. Even Lee Byunghyun had no problem being second to Kim TaeRi in Mr Sunshine despite being the titular character. Let's not forget currently airing Hometown Cha Cha where Shin Minah and Kim Seonho are both A listers or the upcoming No Heekyung omnibus drama that has only A list celebs. You can lie to yourself all you want but it's not true that A list actors are unwilling to share screen with A list actresses. Even the new Gong Yoo and Bae Doona drama is focused more on Bae Doona who is the primary character. Top stars would rather work with other top stars than rising celebs.

    • @nivo if the role is good, then yes. Do hyun's character is said to be someone helping song hye kyo to go after her bully..can you imagine gong yoo or jung woo sung in that role?

    • @Nad Now that you mention it based on the character description Gong Yoo would be perfect and the sexy chemistry. Sigh.

  • I love LDH but lets be real here, he is still rookie, I dont think anyone should feel bad about him playing with senior/hallyu actress like SHK and A+ list writer like KES, instead its his LUCK that he was choosen to play with SHK and KES, tons of actors are hoping to choosen as KES male lead

    Sorry but you're so delusional here, LDH deserved better fans who support his career not a whinner and childish fan like you

    • Not true KES does not have any reputation anymore especially not in the age of OTT television where script dominates. Nobody wants to work with KES anymore which why she had to resort to using a rising male lead something she would never do 5 years ago.

    • It's too early to say that KES has no reputation anymore. She screwed up with The King, but she still has a strong reputation. This next drama can indicate whether The King was just a fluke or the start of a decline. She took a chance with Song Joong-ki too in 2016 since who knew if he was going to flop or not after being away on military service. Some guys just never reach pre-enlistment heights. He wasn't in the top running either, but her other prospects declined. Maybe this is the case here too until she got to Lee Do-hyun.

      I wouldn't say script dominates since there are still mediocre dramas being released even in the age of OTT. There are actually more homes for mediocre dramas now, but that is balanced out by there being more opportunities for creative storytelling.

  • You said it, Jackie! Who actually enjoys this noona crap?

• Still waiting for that epic lee dohyun - kim sohyun that absolutely needs to happen! Guess the wait will be longer but good heavens is this boy busy!

• I love this boy! As an "actor" he has the brightest future among his gen.
  But I feel disappointed. SHK and this boy?! Why on earth man!
  Drama god save this boy, LOL

  • He's still considering the offer. You can spam his IG, if he has one, asking him to decline. LOL

• Doubt there's gonna be any love lines. Ldh's char will be helping shk to get her revenge.

• ....oooooooh. and kissing all these young men? this must be exciting for her. lol.

  • Your comment is very disgusting tbh. Sad that you're probably woman too