Kim Hye Yoon and Joy in Talks as Two of the Three Female Leads in Webtoon Adapted K-drama The Year We Turned 29

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• This actually sounds super boring to me.

• Kim Hye Yoon was phenomenal in Lovely Runner! Hope she’s getting lots of script offers and landing another hit for us viewers to enjoy.

• she is so incredibly beautiful and talented. hoping only the best for her from here on out. let lovely runner be only the beginning of your rise!

  • @mimi from your keyboard to god's ears!! 🙏

• This was offered to Kim Hye Yoon two years ago but the production fell through because of investment issues. MBC really wants her in this so they re-offered it to her after they picked this back up this year broadcast schedule. Two years ago, I'd say go for it. But now I hope she either chooses a film or does a project as solo lead. I am also not a big fan of the scriptwriters for this.

  • Agreed. It is from the scriptwriter of her Royal Inspector and Joy drama which was so mid. If she takes this after LR's success, it may impede her momentum similar to the Snowdrop fiasco.
    I have read little bit of this webtoon and the character offered to Joy is the most charming one tbh.

    Best to wait and hold out for a better script. It has only been two weeks since the drama ended. I am sure she is in demand after LR. She carried it acting wise.

    • what is it with that writer and hiring mediocre idols for leads? (Taecyeon there, Joy here, frankly 'mediocre' is too generous a term).

      I don't want this drama to do to Kim Hye Yoon's momentum after Lovely Runner what Today's Webtoon did to Kim Sejeong's after Business Proposal. She's better than this and I hope she doesn't take it out of some misguided loyalty or whatever.

    • and oh my god the Snowdrop fiasco.

      Bad enough KHY wasn't the first lead and did the small role out of loyalty to her Sky Castle writer, but to be billed behind that lisping BlackPink girl was bad enough, being co-lead with a washed up idol who's bad at acting and in a script from that crappy writer? Even worse imo.

• No hate with Joy, but don't they have lots of actresses not working at the moment? Oh well, RV isn't active in music nowadays too so SM must be signing them up for work.

• I think her fans don’t want her to join this production plus she joined AC, hopefully she choose something else.

• I think fans want her to choose a different production. Hopefully with joining AC, she chooses something better.

• KHY is great actress,she probably will have to carry the whole drama alone cuz Joe cant act

• This will be a disaster, I don't think that's the right follow up project for her.

• Agree with majority of replies here particularly @Gem and @Han. After the success of Lovely Runner this would be taking a big step back for her. The plot sounds average and KHY has arguably the least interesting character from the synopsis. Also she would be co-lead not lead. It's OK sharing lead if she was alongside two equally talented top young actresses (think Search WWW or Be Melodramatic) but she deserves better than sharing lead billing with an idol who is not known for god acting (no offence to Joy who seems like a nice person. I'm just speaking from an acting perspective). @Han said this was from the writer of the underwhelming 'Secret Royal Inspector' which makes this even less appealing.

  Two years ago her career had lost its way due to poor management from her agency so this project seemed promising but she has huge momentum now after Lovely Runner. She is surely getting a lot more offers now and better ones than this.

  ACOM were quick to release a statement that it's just one of scripts she was reviewing and nothing was confirmed so I am inclined to think think they will reject this. It wouldn't be a good look for their hottest new actress first project with them to be a two year old offer from when she was under another agency. They surely have more exciting roles on the table for her for her next project.

  • @Sunny late but this is a good point, if KHY's agency is invested in managing her career at all they should be advising her against this. A two year old offer, mediocre scriptwriter and on top of it, she won't even clearly be publicised as the main female lead and will have some idol name leeching off her as 'co-lead'?