Kim Ji Won in Talks for SBS Medical Drama Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia

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• I said last year after Queen of Tears that Kim Jiwon's pattern of projects is always that she follows up a romance drama with one that isn't so focused on romance and it looks like this story has no love line and will be carried by her character so I'm feeling quite vindicated haha, she challenges herself and that's what I love about her as an actress

  (and medical dramas don't need love lines, e.g. Trauma Code has none and is still a huge hit)

  • She mention a few times last year in wanting to do a thriller. Usually she gives hint like before LITC she mentioned before trilogy and before MLN mentioned Chungking Express.

• Maybe just me but the premise of every medical kdrama is almost the same - genius doc who fights with the system with his skills
  Looking fwd to seeing jiwon in his first billed era though

• It sounds like a good role except for the fact that I have no idea who the writer is… and that’s always the biggest factor for me when deciding if I’m excited for a drama or skeptical.

  Anyways, good to see medical dramas making a comeback. Hyperknife is another big one coming next month.

  • the skill of the writer is the most important thing in a drama, but Kim Jiwon has done projects by new/less high profile writers in the past (her breakout hit Fight My Way was like that, so was Lovestruck in the City).

    Anyway I hope this medical drama actually stands out and doesn't just disappear into the trend, I'm excited for her first drama with her name being first on the cast list!

• Would be a hoot if YYS plays a villain opposite KJW in this drama. Just giving enough dangerous sexy tension to tease viewers like their horror thriller movie. Koala had covered their dating rumours way back in 2015/2016. Would be a casting coup if it happens. Both are riding high on their recent success. Would tune in to this regardless of ML.

  • He oredi signed up for a legal fantasy drama with Esom.

    Read that this KJW drama would be on SBS. YYS new drama also on SBS. Not to mention Whenever Possible also on SBS and stars guesting promoting their drama there.

    So, expect to see KJW and YYS reunion on WP and SBS Drama Awards?

    • Lol, my reply went down below.

    • It also depends when they air. Yys drama starts filming soon but her drama is not till second half of the year so who knows if there will be a reunion or not haha.

    • Sbs released their drama schedule for 2025 last week. Yys' ghost law drama is left out and Kjw hasn't confirmed this one so no WP guesting or reunion at Sbs award show this year.

• This is a remake of a Japanese series and there isn’t a main male lead in that one. It is more of a female centric drama so I’m more interested to see who will be her female counterpart than her male counterpart

• When u have a great story, u don’t need love line. Trauma Code is a prime example & just up great chemistry and character drivin. At the end no antagonist character either

• She's not new to the writer being unknown, in her first lead role the fight for my way writer was basically a rookie. Good that she's taking a risk, the last 2 writers she worked with was big names hence the show was bound to do well.

• I finally started to watch My Liberation Notes per good reviews from many here a while ago. To my surprise, I like the drama A LOT cuz the synopsis appears very depressing and the genre is supposedly not up my street. I really appreciate the acting in MLN. I already thought KJW a decent actress in Queen of Tears even though I didn't like the series when watching it. Now my fondness of KJW is elevated to another level given MLN. Never been a fan of medical dramas unless lead actors are appealing to me. So this is one for me to pay attention to. Please keep us posted. Thanks.

  • You should try to watch her even other works even just snippets because she has this ability to digest variety of characters like how the chaotic Aera is very different to introvert Mijeong and sassy chaebol Hong Hae in when in reality she is really shy and quiet. But I fell in love first with her military LT Yoon Myeong Ju in Descendants. ;)

  • I watched MLN because of the writer.

    Surprisingly, I don't like it and I find it very boring. Not that I don't have a stomach for that genre since My Ajusshi is my all time fave. But maybe I can't stop comparing MLN to My Ajusshi and find MLN to be underwhelming.

    • MLN is a slice of shitty life. Who would want to be reminded how tough life is off heck work? LOL. But I was really surprised to find the story had charm in certain ways very unexpectedly. Yet to watch My Ajusshi. But I hesitate thanks to late LSK. It's hard for me to enjoy the works of someone who passed that way.

  • MLN might sound depressing on paper, but it's actually very uplifting. Glad you gave it a go! It's a comfort watch for me lol. I love the performances of the main cast too, for me their acting are very realistic, like I can actually imagine meeting these people in real life

    • I'm currently taking turns to watch several dramas (both C and K, old and new as well), depending on my mood LOL. MLN is my favorite right now among all I'm currently watching. I usually watch an ok drama by just going with the ride to get myself wind down a bit after a long day from work. But for MLN, I watch it with the same level of focus as playing Chopin. LOL. I want to absorb each single detail of the narratives and don't want to miss a bit. Excellent script! Excellent directing! Excellent acting! I don't know if MLN won any awards. But this drama is award worthy IMO.

• The genre is medical noir, and the title says White Mafia so Im not sure if its a remake like everyone is getting excited about but happy for Jiwon getting what she wants, she has been repeating in her fanmeets and endless magazine interviews that she would like to take a cool charismatic heroine role in a thriller or action genre so this seem to have a mistery crime feel and her top billing herself too. Because she is a master of romance, I won’t be surprised if there will still be a subtle romantic interest but since she is top billing it, so whoever will play it isnt important. She is someone who has strong chemistry to ALL her male leads anyway including Arthadal where she had love square chemistry with two Jongki and Yangcha lol.

  Nugu writer? I trust Jiwon’s choice, especially being someone who had the most hype last year, most Knetz will be looking forward to her next work and it also took her almost a year to announce so I’m sure she put a thought about it.

• YYS' SBS law drama will start filming end of this month/beginning Mar, finishing end of July/early Aug. It's been scheduled for 2nd half of year premiere slot. He squeezed in 4 projects last year - Hedwig, WP, WTPR & Park Chan Wook's No Other Choice. It will be a breeze for him to handle 2 projects this year. He's competing with JJH and JCW to see who can film more projects, lol. Anyways, to see YYS, KJW, PHS, LJH, HJM, JSM, CWS, etc in one room for SBS Drama Awards Show 2025 is drama heaven. Can't wait.

  • This is meant to be a reply to @Alexa above, lol. Yes, to have KJW guesting in WP will be such fun. Last year LR's Kim Hye Yoon guested and it was so cute to see her interacting with YYS and YJS. All three born in the year of the rat therefore workaholic energizer bunnies who can't sit still. Lol.