Oh gosh, the second teaser for Nice Guy makes me salivate for this drama like you won’t believe. I think melodramas have gotten a bad rep in recent years because the plot devices used to generate the melo and the dramatic have been increasingly ridiculous and far-fetched. It wasn’t always so, and perhaps my favorite melo of all time What … Continue reading →
Is it me, or does Nice Guy feel like its take forever to arrive? Every time I check, Gaksital is still on and we’re still weeks away from NG. This is probably due to the drama starting to film so early, then getting delayed due to Gaksital’s extension. Perhaps for a drama I was less interested, I’d probably check out … Continue reading →
Now that the August new prime time weekday K-dramas have all premiered, and only one really strikes my fancy, it’s time for me to wholeheartedly look forward to Nice Guy which doesn’t premiere until September. If Arang and the Magistrate does well, NG may have an uphill battle to climb in a few weeks playing catch up, but I think … Continue reading →
Before Song Joong Ki was a Nice Guy, he was first a werewolf boy in the upcoming PD Jo Sung Hee directed A Werewolf Boy (literal title is Wolfboy). The movie has been officially selected to show at the Toronto International Film Festival so an English movie poster and trailer has just been released. Song Joong Ki co-stars with one … Continue reading →
Now that is the look of an Angry Guy. So why did the drama Nice Guy choose that for its name, when clearly the titular male lead is likely to be pissed off and vengeful for a good chunk of its run. Perhaps writer Lee Kyung Hee wants to hammer home the irony of it, or show that a genuine … Continue reading →
Over the weekend I added to another reason for me to watch Nice Guy. I didn’t need another reason, I was planning to watch this sucker come hell or high water, but in addition to leading man Song Joong Ki and a script written by Lee Kyung Hee, I’ve now discovered one of the other second male leads is Lee … Continue reading →
Ahhh, Song Joong Ki. What a great way to end a busy week with the first set of stills from Nice Guy, which is Song Joong Ki’s well-deserved first drama as the leading man that he so ably demonstrated over many dramas in the past four years that he’s capable of being. Which is why I think his little doppelganger … Continue reading →
Nice Guy, which doesn’t premiere until early September thanks to Bridal Mask‘s extension, has nevertheless started filming. Nothing says a drama’s got its shit together better than a two month head start. The production is headed on location to Japan with the main leads all having significant scenes filmed there. Other than the script reading stills released a few weeks … Continue reading →
Just as Bridal Mask announced a four-episode extension from KBS, its follow up drama Nice Guy started filming anyways because there isn’t a drama out there that wouldn’t benefit from an additional head start. KBS released stills of the first table read of the cast of Lee Kyung Hee‘s patented melodrama mix and her first drama since Will it Snow … Continue reading →
Having Song Joong Ki play a feral wolf boy is like a stroke of casting brilliance. The boy looks as cuddly as a baby panda, so clearly he’s going to have to use his acting prowess to convince me he’s a dangerous threat to humanity. The first stills are out for the upcoming K-movie Wolf Boy starring Song Joong Ki … Continue reading →
After being rumored to join the cast for the past few weeks, today Park Shi Yeon‘s agency announced that she has agreed to star in the drama Nice Guy with Song Joong Ki and Moon Chae Won. It’s pretty much a love triangle between Joong Ki and his two leading ladies, so let’s not pretend we even care who the … Continue reading →
I’m always lamenting how K-dramas shy away from reuniting actors who have created unforgettable OTPs in another project, but the same lament goes for the even rarer instances where actors have created unforgettable bromances that might even have stolen a drama or two from the OTP. Case in point would be Song Joong Ki and Yoo Ah In, who were … Continue reading →
The only drama Song Joong Ki did in 2011 was an extended cameo performance in Tree with Deep Roots, playing the younger version of King Sejong. His performance was so electrifying that it netted him an award at the year end SBS Drama Awards, which is just a pat on the back even if his was wholly deserving. He held … Continue reading →