Today saw the premiere of fully pre-produced KBS prime time melodrama Uncontrollably Fond by screenwriter Lee Kyung Hee, arriving on a hot July Wednesday while shelling freezing winter temperatures onscreen. I didn’t know for certain whether domestic Korean viewers had the appetite for an old school type melo romance even with well known big name stars Suzy and Kim Woo … Continue reading →
It’ll be interesting to see if viewers respond well to MBC drama Lucky Romance and bestow luck on both the drama and the ratings-challenged rom-com genre in general. The drama posters arrived in a splash of yellow themed playful exaggerated fun, with the couple posters featuring leads Hwang Jung Eum and Ryu Jun Yeol in various interactions playing up his reticence … Continue reading →
This coming week is the premiere of Lucky Romance now that Goodbye Mr. Black has bid farewell at last to its revenge schemes. GMB was the ratings leader during the Wed-Thurs time slot after Descendants of the Sun ended, but never passed 10% ratings as far as I recall, so it’s not clear if Lucky Romance can strike it lucky … Continue reading →
All the attention around the next MBC Wed-Thurs drama Lucky Romance have been on the two main leads Hwang Jung Eum and Ryu Jun Yeol. That’s par for the course, and especially so when the leads in question are coming off buzzy or successful prior dramas. In Hwang Jung Eum’s case it was last fall’s surprise hit She Was Pretty … Continue reading →
Gosh, I wish either Hwang Jung Eum wasn’t playing the leading lady role in Lucky Romance, or the genders were swapped in the drama story so the female lead was the cold stoic one. Otherwise it’s three times in a row that poor Hwang Jung Eum is playing what is essentially the same caricature of a spastic woman. Sure the … Continue reading →
There’s been a niggling visual sense of deja vu with upcoming MBC Wed-Thurs drama Lucky Romance. It brings back many reminders of MBC’s unexpected buzzy rom-com last year She Was Pretty, and it’s not just due to both dramas airing on the same network and having the same leading lady in Hwang Jung Eum. She’s sporting the same very short … Continue reading →
Call it just married glow, the perfect pairing of hair and face, or the unexpect thrill of couple synergy, whatever is going on with the leads of Lucky Romance in the pages of Marie Claire Korea will hopefully be duplictad in the drama itself because it’s awesome. The promotion for Lucky Romance isn’t breaking new ground by having leads Hwang … Continue reading →
Love in the air, along with falling cherry blossoms and a love charm for added measure. The first teaser is out for upcoming MBC Wed-Thurs drama Lucky Romance, making a complete tonal shift for the network once Goodbye Mr. Black says goodbye to audiences in a few more weeks. Starring ratings bringer Hwang Jung Eum as a supremely superstitious girl … Continue reading →
Filming has started on upcoming MBC Wed-Thurs drama Lucky Romance, and with it comes the confirmation as to the seconds leads who will be joining Hwang Jung Eum and Ryu Jun Yeol. It’s half of the rumored casting from last week – Lee Chung Ah will be the second female lead but the second male lead will be Lee Soo … Continue reading →
Well this certainly two more potential adds in the plus column for upcoming MBC comedy drama Lucky Romance. The network has extended offers to idol-actor Taecyeon for the second male lead and actress Lee Chung Ah to be the second female lead. The drama has already confirmed leads Hwang Jung Eum and Ryu Jun Yeol, going for the successful drama … Continue reading →
There’s no rest for the uber-successful and that suitably describes K-actress Hwang Jung Eum‘s acting career in the last two years. She’s one of those hard working toilers that does drama after drama but in 2015 she really hit the right project jackpot not once but twice. She started off the year with Kill Me Heal Me and finished with … Continue reading →
