This Monday was the real test of the late spring prime time K-dramas, as time slot leader Whisper concluded last week and the successor drama premiered to compete with the two new arrivals from last week. SBS aired the sageuk adaptation of My Sassy Girl today and the drama premiered to 8.5% AGB nationwide ratings, putting it in the middle … Continue reading →
The Mon-Tues slot is about to get a much needed refresher but sadly it won’t be my favorite battle to the death when three new prime time dramas premiere at the same time. Next week comes the first showdown between Fight My Way with Park Seo Joon and Kim Ji Won against Lookout with Kim Young Kwang and Lee Shi … Continue reading →
SBS already has one sageuk disappointment this year with Saimdang: Light’s Diary, it’ll be unfortunate if the next one to premiere also fails to live up to expectations. Saimdang failed to live up to the allure of Hallyu leading lady Lee Young Ae, but the upcoming K-drama remake of My Sassy Girl has to live up to the popularity of … Continue reading →
It’s here, the first teaser preview for the K-drama version of My Sassy Girl, taking the hit movie from the early Hallyu days and doing a sageuk twist nearly two decades later. I actually think the viewing audience doesn’t even need to be familiar with the original movie to want to watch this, the story lends itself to the typical … Continue reading →
The countdown has begun in earnest for the K-drama remake of hit movie My Sassy Girl, taking over for the SBS Mon-Tues time slot from currently airing thriller Whisper which just hit midway airing with this week’s episode 8. Male lead Joo Won is headed for military service next month so this drama will serve as his final project so hopefully … Continue reading →
A major selling point for the upcoming SBS remake of hit movie My Sassy Girl has got to be male lead Joo Won, in contrast to how the female lead Jeon Ji Hyun was the scene-stealer in the movie version. I adore comedic Oh Yeon Seo after her own drama scene-stealing turn in Please Come Back Ahjusshi but My Sassy … Continue reading →
Next year in 2017 will be interesting to see if SBS can continue it’s currently medical drama winning streak on Mon-Tue without that genre’s drama on the schedule. The line up is out for the first half of next year following the end of Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim. First is Defendant with Ji Sung, Yuri, and Eom Ki Joon about … Continue reading →
The Joseon sassy girl is here, and so is her not-so-hapless this time around male lead. The first drama stills are out for the pre-filmed 2017 sageuk remake of hit classic Korean movie My Sassy Girl which launched the careers of Jeon Ji Hyun and Cha Tae Hyun. The drama version went though some leading lady casting pains, with a … Continue reading →
This may be the first big K-drama casting kerfluffle this year 2016, and it’s certainly big news but for the star involved. Rookie K-actress Kim Joo Hyun went through a months long audition process for the upcoming K-drama adaptation of My Sassy Girl, to be set in the Joseon period as a historical, but less than a month after winning … Continue reading →
It’s such a positive and reassuring message not to share, especially in a time of steady negative news coming from K-ent. Veteran leading man Cha Tae Hyun filmed a segment on variety show 2 Days & 1 Night (2D1N) where he spoke at an university and heard from a college student who had lost her confidence and felt unable to do … Continue reading →
I think Joo Won can breathe a small sigh of relief right now, not a full sigh at least not until the drama airs. The open casting call, or however open it really was behind the scenes, has culminated in the selection of a leading lady for Joo Won in the upcoming K-drama version of popular classic Hallyu movie My … Continue reading →
It’s unusual to see a K-drama casting process so transparent, and in a way it’s like the drama casting version of The Bachelor. The search has been on since early May for Joo Won‘s leading lady and the titular My Sassy Girl for the K-drama remake of the popular early Hallyu classic movie starring Jeon Ji Hyun and Cha Tae … Continue reading →
Network and broadcast have been finalized for the upcoming drama version of My Sassy Girl, which is nice to wash away the stench from the failed My Sassy Girl 2 sequel abomination. Now it’s time to find the titular sassy girl drama version and hope she can carve out her own identity outside of the role that Jeon Ji Hyun … Continue reading →
