Jo Boa Joins Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Si Eun in K-drama Knock Off

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• I find Jo Boa beautiful and she's not a bad actress, but I just find her lacking in charisma and screen presence, like, she's just not exciting to watch onscreen in my opinion. Can't say I'm a fan of this pairing for now, but let's see if she'll surprise me.

  Again, just my opinion

  • It sounds like Kim Si Eun is the female lead who is Kim Soo Hyun’s business partner in the drama. Jo Boa plays his first love but I don’t think there’s a love line so they’re not a “pair”. If you follow KSH’s filmography, he always take on projects without romance after one with romance.

  • I think her problem is that despite her beauty and technically decent acting abilities, JBA doesn't suit the standard kdrama female lead type roles - which was exactly what she was playing in Tale of the Nine Tailed, Forest, My Strange Hero etc, and came across rather bland.

    But there was a bit in TOTNT where she was meant to be possessed by the villain and she instantly came alive in a way she hadn't through the rest of the drama. Same with her earlier work where she was playing a quirky weirdo mermaid, manipulative high school student (Innocent Thing) etc, she does well in roles that give her something to actually do, otherwise she's just pretty and bland.

    • Totally agree with your assessment of JBA.

      She's a very good actress but I find her terrible with generating romantic chemistry. I also think she is doing herself a disservice by picking roles that need her to be docile, sweet, or candy-ish. Like you said - standard kdrama female lead. I can't quite think of another actress who suffers from the same issue, but YSH on the actors side is comparable. Amazing actor (one of my favourites in fact) but he shines the most in action, sageuks and projects where he can show his acting skills. He was utterly spellbinding in IMY as a the sweet SL turned psychotic villain. JBA needs that kind of role. Not exactly sure this is it, but for her sake, I hope so!

    • I completely agree. That part you talked about in TOTNT,where she was possessed was so impressive. I hadn't thought of it like this before, but now that you said it,I can totally agree. I hope she sees it too, and since she isn't the female lead in this drama, maybe they'd give her more character than just being nice and all.

    • @Butterfly - yeah JBA's track record on romantic chemistry is....not great, though in Shut Up Flower Boy Band and the mermaid drama (can't be bothered to wiki right now) she had fantastic chemistry with Sung Joon and Song Jae Rim, same with Jang Hyuk in Innocent Thing despite how creepy the concept is.

      She actually has taken roles that don't have such a focus on romance e.g. Military Producer Doberman and I guess now this, which suits her strengths as an actress much better than playing some spunky-candy kdrama lead. And I do hope this particular role won't be written like a typical kdrama 2nd female lead i.e. a one dimensional hate figure. She deserves better than that.

      and yes, you're spot-on about YSH, he's a good actor but as a lead, he's a romantic chemistry dead zone unless it's with Chae Soobin (who could generate chemistry with even a tree and deserves more credit for I'm Not A Robot). The truth is, being a good actor and handsome or pretty doesn't mean someone will make a good romantic lead, chemistry is a funny thing that way and just not in some people's skill set. To take another example, Lee Je Hoon as a drama romantic lead is even worse than YSH - when even chemistry goddesses like Chae Soobin and Shin Minah can't manage to sell a romance with him in their dramas together, his decision to focus on crime dramas makes more sense in hindsight.

• This drama isn't about romance drama so it's fine for me and I believe this drama will be focus about KSH's character. I think it's gonna be itaewon class 2.0

• I like her. She's really beautiful and natural. She had a great chemistry with Rowoon in DyW.

  It will be fun to watch her with Lee Jae-Wook in the meantime.

  • Jo Bo Ah is nasty...she will accepted a role as a 2nd female lead or even 3rd lead role or even an extra role..as long as she know Kim Soo Hyun is in a drama...all the female actress this day just accepted everything KSH is in..thats is a fact!!

    • Wtf?

      🤡

    • Yeah... it's being nasty to want to work with great people.

    • You know who's nasty? Y O U

      After shitting on KHY, you are now after JBA. I genuinely can't tell if you are just an obsessed KJW "fan" out for KSH's new costars, a shipper or a troll. But you need to get a grip.

    • @Dudu
      You embarassed KJW fandom under her post, now doing the same with KSH fandom... You look not like their fans but as some troll.

• Joo Woo Jin and Lee Jung Eun just confirmed their appearance as well. I like this line up so far!!

  • Yoo Jae Myung and Kim Eui Sung as well for the supporting casts

  • It’s been a while since I’ve seen Jo Woo Jin. Not since Goblin actually. He’s amazing and still gives me the creeps. This drama has such a strong cast!

• Boy oh boy and I glad this is not a romance drama and that the writer is not known to write romance. KSH always has good chemistry, but my god JBA is the exact opposite. She is undoubtedly a good actress but is so much better when she is not forced to have romantic chemistry.

  This cast is solid solid solid. I love everyone in it and everything about it so far. YJM, KSE, JBA and KSH. I hope they add another actor for the bromance side of things lol. I have a long wishlist, but honestly, anyone is fine. I just want some bromance.

• If the drama is aired either on terrestrial or cable, it’ll no doubt be one of the marquee upcoming dramas. KSH is such a ratings magnet and with the added monetary fund crisis background and the interesting synopsis, it’s sure to pique a lot of interest. According to the K Media articles, Jo Boa is the female protagonist and KSE is the other female protagonist. So we don’t know who is 1st and 2nd lead officially. I would hazard a guess it’s KSE though as she has been bagging all the best new actress awards on the movie side in the past year. Jo Boa needs a career reform of sorts and working with the hottest kdrama star is a good thing for her. I’m here for the 90s costumes and ~hair~ eeeps! If it’s a pineapple head, I’d be willing to dish out some cash.

  • Pineapple head?! Blasphemy!! 🤣

    I’m picturing Do Ming Su from Meteor Garden rn. Undecided if even KSH can rock that and can’t make up my mind if it’s worth finding out…

    • Its not... its really really not lmao. Okay, okay, maybe as a 5 sec reel in a fast forward a few years section. I'm admittedly a little intrigued LOL.

    • Ah Si from 2001 MG fame pineapple head? Gosh it brings back great memories!! I was obsessed with Ah Si and Shan Cai for yeeears!!!

      No comments on pineapple hairstyle but…

    • Ah Si x Shan Cai forevah.

• I like her in Military prosecutor Doberman , she played a badass role . I think that she enjoyed the role , she could show another side of her way more interesting than playing a romance .

  • she was amazing in military prosecutor doberman and had excellent chemistry with ahn bohyun despite the show not being a romance drama

• It is a one-top drama so I did not expect two female leads in the cast list actually. Jo Boa is being reported as his first love and Kim Sieun as his partner. I am indifferent on who gets first bill since really, everyone is a sub in a one-top drama technically.

  Some new unconfirmed info on the broadcasting is that it will be 8 episodes on D+ but last night the news articles confirming the supporting cast was saying they are looking at broadcasting platforms. We just have to wait even if I am bad at that hahah

  I just hope both length and D+ info is wrong really since the episode weekly release is so meh. Really, if it’s not a one part of two part release, what is the point of being OTT excl?

• Huge huge project for Jo Bo-ah. This is Kim Soo-hyun’s follow up to Queen of Tears so it will have all the hype leading up to it. I personally did not care for her any of her previous choices but Knock off / Nock off is likely going to be a winner.

• KSH and Jo Boa costarring a black comedy drama was not in my 2024 bingo card but I love it. According to twitter, she plays a customs employee so pls be badass so we can get lots of tension filled sarcastic exchanges while they try to outsmart each other. When is it coming out again??

  • so exciting! not sure when the show is coming out but it's supposed to begin filming in june or july. i think it might be a little later because jo boah is currently filming a historical drama with lee jaewook

    • Shooting will likely start after KSH is done his Asian tour so maybe around end of Aug. If we get lucky, it might even air end of year or Jan. Highly depending on if it ends up tv broadcasting or ott excl.