Two upcoming K-dramas started filming recently and I’ve decided to lump them in the same post because my excitement over both is pretty much at the same level. Excited but cautiously optimistic. Fans of stars in either drama needn’t fret I’ll split the love, the SBS drama You From Another Star airs on Wed-Thurs after Heirs, while the KBS drama Prime Minister and I airs on Mon-Tues after Marry Him If You Dare. Heirs and MYIHD happen to be the two K-dramas I’m currently watching rabidly, so I hope its successor continues to keep my interest. First up is the cast of Prime Minister at the script reading and doing first poster shoots. I adore Lee Bum Soo, I quite like Yoona’s look for this drama, my darling Yoon Si Yoon has an unfortunate bowl haircut but me likely the glasses, and both Chae Jung Ahn and Ryu Jin are solid second leads to add the tension. If the thought of 40-something Lee Bum Soo romancing a 20-something Yoona disturbs you (it doesn’t for me and I quite like a return to the older man-younger woman trope), then how about a 400 year old Kim Soo Hyun as an alien romancing a Hallyu actress played by Jeon Ji Hyun. The cast of YFAS held their own script reading and the first BTS pics of Kim Soo Hyun from both the modern and Joseon sets have also leaked. Looks like Yunho won’t be part of the YFAS cast so I breathed a sigh of relief, but Yoo In Na and Park Hae Jin are both easy on the eyes and a nice complement to the main leads. Both drama premiere in early December so it’s time for the production to bust out my fave Winter outfits to attire everyone warmly and raise the temperature on romance, whether of the alien-human variety or the prime minister-tabloid reporter contract marriage trope. Continue reading →