So those who watched the weirdo makjang time-travel drama Lady Durian will get the same whiplash feel for the set up of this upcoming MBC drama The Story of Widow Park’s Marriage Contract. The drama stars Lee Se Young as a Joseon newlywed wife whose husband Bae In Hyuk dies on their marriage night and she gets tossed in a … Continue reading →
Oh this looks so promising for me cuz I love both these cuties! Lee Se Young and Bae In Hyuk are confirmed for the sageuk romance time-travel Park’s Contract Marriage Story (The Story of Park’s Contract Marriage) with the drama slated for the second half of 2023. The drama is a time-travel story of Joseon’s most virtuous widow who is … Continue reading →
I’ve long since put Love by Law (The Law Cafe) in the rear view mirror and neither leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young have come out worse for wear with, I just chalk it up to wrong roles in a lackluster story. I’m ready for whatever each has in store for 2023 and Lee Se Young has just … Continue reading →
Fall is my favorite season and rom-coms my favorite genre so it has been such a sad disappointment the last two months to not have fall weather arrive yet and for the rom-com The Law Cafe (Love by Law). It starred two faves of mine Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young who both can act AND had shown great … Continue reading →
Watching The Law Cafe (Love by Law) elicits first the feeling of deja vu. Like, the sense that I’ve seen this or that before, or maybe all of this and that before in other prior K-dramas. The horrible corrupt lawyer dad leading the son to give up (Uncontrollably Fond), the cute cafe boys with different personalities (Coffee Prince), the shrieky … Continue reading →
I’m so thirsty for a K-drama rom-com right now that as uninspired as this poster looks I DO NOT CARE! Give me Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young going from high school bickering classmates to dueling lawyers with emotional issues and budding romantic interest. The first poster is out for KBS drama The Law Cafe (Love by Law) and … Continue reading →
This is a reunion I’ve wanted on the small screen but not a true reunion since the two leads didn’t play leads opposite each other in their previous drama together. I’m talking about Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young going from bickering and got each other’s back pals in Hwayugi (A Korean Odyssey) to now playing opposite personality lawyers … Continue reading →
The contrast could not be greater between Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young in their upcoming drama Love by Law, versus each other in this drama and versus their characters in their previous drama that they first worked together on A Korean Odyssey (Hwayugi). She’s all grown up, with a good head on her shoulders as a capable lawyer, … Continue reading →
How does one follow up on arguably the biggest role and drama to date, and one that was twenty years in the making. Lee Se Young was a true child actress, starting very young and one of her first roles was as the younger version of a female lead in Dae Jang Geum in 2003. So sageuks are part of … Continue reading →
One of my fave rom-coms from last year 2021 was Dali and the Cocky Prince on KBS so I’m excited for the network to pair up two of my faves in the same genre and let the sparks fly. Upcoming rom-com Love by Law released a snippet this week, a picture of leads Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young … Continue reading →
The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →
Okay, now I can start whipping out my collection of Oh Gong and Bu Ja pictures from Hwayugi (A Korean Odyssey). I can still remember writing about the amazing chemistry between Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young and wishing they were leads in a drama together. It’s taken 5 years but now they are confirmed for legal drama Love … Continue reading →
I knew it wasn’t just me that so many articles I write in the last year or so keep including the same stars frequently. A recent K-ent post (article click here) discusses what is going on right now – there are so many K-dramas in production due to the new popularity on Netflix, more streaming sites getting into producing their … Continue reading →
