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 →
I don’t know if Oh Yeon Seo has always been this good of an actress, or has gotten better now in Please Come Back Ahjusshi, or I was simply too hard on her in the past. She was never an actress that appealed to me on either looks or acting style, but in the last two years she’s made it … Continue reading →
With Valentine’s Day over and done with, that means it’s mid-February already and rounding the corner into the final stretch of promotions for the two big K-dramas premiering at the end of the month. SBS is keeping the pace for Please Come Back Ahjusshi, starting this week off with clean character posters that work not because of artistic styling but on … Continue reading →
I wonder what the soul swapping mythology of upcoming SBS drama Please Come Back Ahjusshi will be? Does the two dead ahjusshi characters in Kim Soo Ro and Kim In Kwon take over the hottie bodies of Rain and Oh Yeon Seo‘s characters, or are those gorgeous physical shells specifically created for them to finish unfinished life business in grand … Continue reading →
With lunar new year over and done with, finally it feels like the never ending slew of holidays has passed and it’s time to get down to business. February marks the arrival of several high profile K-drama premieres, two of which are going head-to-head in three weeks at the end of the month. KBS is finally unveiling the fully pre-produced … Continue reading →
I was all set to root for the various drama setups in upcoming SBS drama Please Come Back Ahjusshi that are outside the norm of typical K-drama tropes. There was going to be co-leads Rain and Oh Yeon Seo, each acting as their own characters and when the souls of veterans Kim In Kwon and Kim Soo Ro are inhabiting … Continue reading →
On paper this drama looks like a stellar arrangement from the leads to the supporting cast, made all the more pressing since there are quite a bit of unknowns on the line. Male lead Rain is making his first television return since the anemic My Lovely Girl, and here’s hoping Please Come Back Ahjusshi finds him returning to suitable form … Continue reading →
SBS is doing a slow burn type rollout with upcoming Wed-Thurs drama Please Come Back Ahjusshi. The network quietly released a teaser last week featuring the veterans Kim Soo Ro and Kim In Kwon playing the characters who go on to die and their souls get second chances in the body of leads Oh Yeon Seo and Rain, respectively. I … Continue reading →
I’m way more interested in upcoming SBS drama Please Come Back Ahjusshi (Please Come Back, Mister) now that the actual character backgrounds have been revealed. It’s starting to sound even more like a 49 Days redux, with dual leads and love lines that may not make all audiences happy but certainly adds color to the proceedings. It’s been made clear now … Continue reading →
I’m so relieved and optimistic about Rain‘s upcoming drama, despite the a bit of casting go-around and plenty of drama name changes. The drama is now called Please Come Back, Ahjussi, after starting off with Goodbye My Beloved One and recently trying out Hello My Precious. The full cast has now been fully confirmed, with Rain headlining along with Oh … Continue reading →
With Kang Sora declining 2016 SBS K-drama Hello My Precious, there is fast movement on the leading lady casting front with Oh Yeon Seo reportedly in talks for the role opposite Rain. She’s not an actress I particularly like but she’s one of the rising stars in K-dramas these days thanks to successive well-received dramas Come! Jang Bori and Shine … Continue reading →
The upcoming drama adaptation of popular webtoon Cheese in the Trap just got uncomfortably crowded in the leading lady category. The biggest casting news dropped first, that idol-actress Suzy was in talks for the college student role opposite confirmed male lead Park Hae Jin. Anytime Suzy’s name is floated publicly for a role it’s sure to garner extensive commentary and this … Continue reading →
I gotta give MBC credit for the level of epic fail on the promos for upcoming fantasy fusion sageuk Shine or Go Crazy. Remember well that this meshed genre was also used to describe last year’s laughable mess Records of a Night Watchman, which let’s not forget also aired on MBC. Sure ROTC led the ratings for a very weak … Continue reading →
