Lee Chae Min in Talks for Male Lead Role Vacated by Park Sung Hoon in A Tyrant’s Chef with Female Lead Yoona
Well this is both fast and really odd of a pick. K-ent is reporting that young actor Lee Chae Min has been offered the male lead in the K-drama A Tyrant’s Chef with still confirmed female lead Yoona. The male lead role was recently opened back up after Park Sung Hoon dropped out post his Squid Game 2 parody porn video screenshot scandal. I like Lee Chae Min, he’s a promising young actor, but there is like zero anything in common with Park Sung Hoon from age demographic to acting ability to visuals, and he’s in discussions for the same character like wut? If this is due to availability of other actors in such late notice so be it otherwise this drama just took a detour on what to expect for me.
He’s charming but not the maturity for this kind of role. They need an older actor with more experience and depth…
With actors who are complaining about lack of work in the field , we can ask ourselves some questions ! Nothing against the actor but he isn’t enough experienced .
I dont know him..cannot comment if he is suitable.
Hahaha. Yeah, it’s funny they replaced a seasoned actor with a very green one. I don’t recall I’ve ever known this kid either. Perhaps he will give us a surprising performance? LOL
The only thing I know him on is hierarchy, so not sure if he is a good one…
It is my opinion that Lee Chae Min is nowhere near Park Sung Hoon’s level in talent, maturity and experience. So I don’t expect much from him. Of course, he may surprise anyone and reveal a depth to his acting – I’ve only seen him in minor supporting roles, so I don’t expect much from him – but I’m not holding my breath. Pity about Park Sung Hoon’s scandal. If he didn’t do something so stupid, his career would really have blossomed after the exposure from Squid Game.
Seriously WILD choice. What exactly is the story of this drama? There is no way a production can go for an actor who is 15 years younger than the first choice and still keep the character’s profession and experience the same. So are they just changing the script altogether to fit an actor who in his last drama played a high schooler??
I was curious who they’d go for because I thought they’d try to find an actor the same calibre as PSH. Instead they went for an inexperienced actor and now have a 10year gap Noona romance in their hands. No wonder so many knetz are now starting to say it would’ve been better to go with PSH. This just has to be one of the most bonkers casting choices I’ve seen recently 😂
Lol true it reminds me when Lee jongsuk was in talks with a drama choi hyun wook rejected 😂😂, must say Ksh agency is powerful.I think this the main bill is Yoona I don’t think established good actors are rushing fit this, Sunghoon is also too good but he could’ve done with a switch up from his usual villain roles.
I honestly had no idea who/what you meant by “KSH’s agency”. I had no idea this guy belongs to the same agency. Tbvh, I had no idea who this guy even was until I googled his filmography. Whether it was the agency lobbying hard or the production getting desperate – this is an unserious choice😂 Yoona’s fans rallied hard to get PSH out of this drama only to get this. Now they can rally even harder to get her out of it. What a hot mess and I have my popcorn ready for the off screen shenanigans.
Lmao I’m really curious now whether these fans really gonna accept this casting
If they’re trying to spite those Yoona fantards who bullied Park Sung-hoon into quitting with this casting, good job.
I really doubt they have a shortage of similarly-aged actors, especially now that drama production is in decline. I also doubt that they are pressed for time considering that this drama will not be on air until the second half of the year. So the only conclusion really is that the production agreed to this ploy by Gold Medalist as a way to raise the middle finger.
That is a thought…🤔.
The problem is production will start around next month so they can’t delay it any longer. What kind of experienced actor would take a dropped out role, from a scandal to boot, in last minute. I guess their pool is small.
Seems right, this kind of hot potato isn’t something anyone wants
This drama is female centric drama ofc they won’t get popular actors to play second billing behind yoona. PSH was the best choice they could get before. I already predict they will find another rising actor to replace PSH but LCM is kinda funny lmaoo gold medalist should give them CHW instead LCM 😂
I agree that PSH was probably the best choice before fitting the bill of popular, in his 30s, and willing to be second billing. I feel like there are a couple actors who have been discharged from the army in the last year who could take up the role, but they may have something in the works that haven’t been hammered out yet and they also have the disadvantage of having been away for so long.
CHW is already filming a drama where he gets to play a department head in his 30s!
Surely woo do hwan or Chae Jong hyeop… there are talented thirty something guys who don’t appear enough who I’d love to see headlining a romcom. Look at what numbers Love Scout is doing!
CHW is helming a romcom with moon kayoung. They’re currently filming
So wait this kid is supposed to play a tyrant king? I mean, LOL. He’s going to have to have Kim-Song-Yoo level charisma to pull that off in his early 20’s. Not saying he can’t, but it’s a tall ask for someone who’s been bad to mediocre in all his previous works. Not sure if he’s smart to accept it, or suic-idal.
Yoona’s likely gonna have to do all the hard lifting (also a tall ask lol) tho I suppose it’s a good opportunity for her. Time to take a page out of Suzy’s book – she did 2 back to back female centric dramas with not-so-popular actors and pulled it off remarkably. Yoona’s turn this time.
I agree with everyone else here, this is such a random casting decision lmao. Never hard of this dude before. He looks good, but I have no idea about his acting skills. If he’s an uncharismatic, mediocre actor, Yoona would have to carry this drama, which… well, we all know she’s not capable of doing that yet, so it would probably be one of those dramas where the second leads would overshadow the main leads. I don’t know, maybe this dude or Yoona would surprise us with their acting. But as for now, I’m not interested in watching it as none of the leads are pulling me in. Maybe if it gets good reviews lol.
Oh well, at least shallow Yoona fans got their wish for a more conventionally attractive male lead, I guess…
LCM debuted in 2021 and has already landed 3 lead roles in 4 years. Rookies these days are not short of opportunities. Big agencies like BH, SOOP, GoldMedalist, Artist Agency and Namoo backing them ensures they’ll always succeed.
Can I petition for Lee Soo-hyuk or Kim Jaewook instead, please? I’ve only watched LCM in Crash Course in Romance, and he was fine. I couldn’t make it through Hierarchy. He just feels so green.
He is green he’s 2000 born and has been acting for less than 4 years. Even Cha Eunwoo is a veteran compared to him. He went straight from minor supporting roles to lead actor in less than 2 years.
Wow he got big backing then
Great shout, more Lee Soo Hyuk all day every day.
Yes to those two! LSH is way overdue for a breakout. And as for KJW, I don’t even have to say anything anymore, we all know the man is talented and beautiful and has proven that he can play different roles be it a villain or a romantic lead. Another one I would like for the male lead role is Yoo Seung Ho, another good-looking and talented actor who needs a good script ASAP. Like seriously, YSH has enough gravitas for this kind of role, he would’ve been great.
I do miss Yoo Seung Ho…I wish this year will be good to him.
YSH would’ve been an excellent choice! He’s age appropriate and absolutely has the talent and gravitas to pull off a tyrant king role. I hope he does a good, well recieved drama this year. It feels criminal for him to not have a successful career because he has it all (other than an ability to pick good scripts I suppose)
YSH won’t continue with his agency only after 3 years, I do miss him too but i think that he is overshadowed by less talented actors who are popular and also taller than him . If you watched recent castings it’s always tall actors with XXX followers . Perso, i’m on the team Yoo Seung Ho .
Rather than worry about a younger actor being able to fulfil the role an older actor was originally going to get, it would be much more fun to be able to compare their performance in the role, and the changes to the script that might be required. Obviously, you’d have to base any acting comparison on their previous work, but that would be much more exciting than whining about how the actor might not be good enough, which is all very negative and pointless.
“Exciting” happens to mean different things to different people.
Maybe it’s “exciting” for you to compare a kid who has 3 previous dramas to an actor who has played multitudes of different types of roles. But that’s useless comparison because what can be compared exactly? LCH’s high school role to PSH’s villains? This is a drama site where people react to drama news – negative or not, useless or not. So maybe stop whining about other’s reactions. If you’re so inclined, write a comment “comparing” the two actors acting instead than expecting others to do something they aren’t interested in.