Jeon Ji Hyun and Lee Byung Hun in Talks for Spy K-drama The Koreans Adapted From Critically Acclaimed US Show The Americans
This sounds like both a prestige project and a potential big budget blockbuster type K-drama. K-ent is reporting that top stars Jeon Ji Hyun and Lee Byung Hun are in talks to headline the K-drama The Koreans, adapted from the hit US show The Americans. It will follow a married couple of North Korean spies living in South Korea, like the US version was USSR spies living in the US undercover. No word on the scriptwriter but the PD will be Ahn Gil Ho who directed The Glory and Memories of Alhambra so he’s used to working with an A-list cast.
There we go another show with LBH. My view of him I has really been impacted since his person scandal a few years ago and really puts a damper on all the shows he is cast in. Sigh
Same to me. I’ve been lukewarm about his dramas since.
Oh. Him. Pass.
He is one actor I am no interest in at all. Seeing on on screen makes me want to throw up.
I agree with everyone. Not keen in LBH. Please partner JJH with another actor…….
I love them both so much! And they’re such amazing actors and I can see them having amazing chemistry too. I’m not a huge fan of Ahn Gilho, but I’ll take it because this cast is chefs kiss. Super excited!!
Part of me feels like they would stand out too much to be North Korean spies.
Hahaha true that.
though I wish they had Ha Jungwoo so that it would be a reunion spy spouses from Berlin File…
Oh I loved The Americans! This is an adaptation I would watch.
Me too!
Haven’t seen much of his stuff but he’s a good actor and good looking. I like his wife, she plays strong-minded, quirky, individual women, that I’ve seen, the sort of characters I far prefer to the pretty but inane, vacuous type. Anyway, they’re still together so I guess she forgave him for whatever he did or didn’t do.
Son Ye Jin, not one of my favourites but still, someone who has enough clout to work with who she does or doesn’t want to, has just done something with him, too. Guess she didn’t care too much, either. And now Jun Ji Hyun, yet another woman who’s a big name, picky and yet chooses to work with him.
I’ll wait for how it’s rated – if it’s supposedly good I’ll watch it, if not, probably won’t. Too many dramas too little time to view.
Son Ye Jin did it for Park Chan Wook. She’d be stupid not to do that movie when a worlrd famous director offered her a part. She declined Iris with Lee Byung Hun so it’s not like she’s itching to work with him alone.
Iris? Haven’t seen it but just googled. From 16 years ago, a big success for Kim Tae Hee, apparently, way back then. Wonder why SYJ chose not to do it? From what I read, BH was great in it, so I’ll check it out.
Yes, SYJ accepted the role because of the director, as did everyone else in the cast. She declined Iris not because of LBH but because she was already tied to another project. From what I remember from past interviews, she was definitely open to working with LBH, but it’s only this time that their schedules and opportunities finally aligned.
ugh this sleazy guy again…
Ugh.. Hard pass I guess
No matter how people feel about him as a person, he’s a great actor. And his wife has obviously forgiven him since they’re still together and even had another kid, so why are some of you still up in arms about him? The wife’s forgiveness is what matters, it’s not like you’re the ones married to him!
His private life aside that is his business, I’ve never liked his dramas anyway. His scandal doesn’t help. I’m not a huge fan of JJH either. Therefore, this casting is not appealing to me, simple as it is. More likely, I won’t check it out unless the review is really good.
JJH has been working non-stop since last year. She hasn’t worked this much since before her marriage. Guess now she’s also got to provide for the family after her husband’s embezzlement charges.