Casting people are clearly doing drugs
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dangermousieThe latest news about Joo Won's spy drama is that Choi Kang Hee is considering being his leading lady.
?!?!?!
OK, the age difference between the two is 10 years (CKH was born in 1977 and Joo Won in 1987). That, in and of itself is not a deal-breaker for me - I have enjoyed the pairing in King 2 Hearts with the same age difference and am currently obsessed about Faith, where the age difference is also roughly the same.
Still, my reaction is a horrified no!!!!
1. I am OK with a younger man/older woman love story if it's presented as such (Majo no Jouken is one of my favorite dramas). Alternatively, if somehow the actors can convince me they look the same age despite the age difference, I am on board (the leads of K2H had a decade between them but they looked the same age). BUT! There is no way on God's green earth Choi Kang Hee (who looks old for her age) and Joo Won (who looks his age - he is no Lee Min Ho who can pull off playing older in Faith or elsewhere) look like they are the same age yet, according to the story, they are supposed to be. They met in college! What, she was his professor?
2. Choi Kang Hee looks older than her age. I don't find her either good-looking or sexy. Sge looks ahjumma-frumpy. She actually looked too old for Ji Sung, in Protect the Boss, and Ji Sung is her age. I can think of a million gorgeous 30+ actresses - Kim Tae Hee, Kim Ha Neul, Kim Sun Ah, Kim Hee Sun (all the beautiful women have the last name Kim? :)) Choi Kang Hee is not on the list. Buying her as a sexy, femme fatale spy gorgeous enough to snag someone a decade younger (or, I suppose playing someone way younger than her years) - I cannot buy it.
I think she'd be wrong for the role even if they cast a 3-+ actor, tbh. The thought of her opposite Joo Won, however, elevates this to the level of madlibs.
?!?!?!
OK, the age difference between the two is 10 years (CKH was born in 1977 and Joo Won in 1987). That, in and of itself is not a deal-breaker for me - I have enjoyed the pairing in King 2 Hearts with the same age difference and am currently obsessed about Faith, where the age difference is also roughly the same.
Still, my reaction is a horrified no!!!!
1. I am OK with a younger man/older woman love story if it's presented as such (Majo no Jouken is one of my favorite dramas). Alternatively, if somehow the actors can convince me they look the same age despite the age difference, I am on board (the leads of K2H had a decade between them but they looked the same age). BUT! There is no way on God's green earth Choi Kang Hee (who looks old for her age) and Joo Won (who looks his age - he is no Lee Min Ho who can pull off playing older in Faith or elsewhere) look like they are the same age yet, according to the story, they are supposed to be. They met in college! What, she was his professor?
2. Choi Kang Hee looks older than her age. I don't find her either good-looking or sexy. Sge looks ahjumma-frumpy. She actually looked too old for Ji Sung, in Protect the Boss, and Ji Sung is her age. I can think of a million gorgeous 30+ actresses - Kim Tae Hee, Kim Ha Neul, Kim Sun Ah, Kim Hee Sun (all the beautiful women have the last name Kim? :)) Choi Kang Hee is not on the list. Buying her as a sexy, femme fatale spy gorgeous enough to snag someone a decade younger (or, I suppose playing someone way younger than her years) - I cannot buy it.
I think she'd be wrong for the role even if they cast a 3-+ actor, tbh. The thought of her opposite Joo Won, however, elevates this to the level of madlibs.
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Date: 2012-10-18 11:58 pm (UTC)I'm still hoping they'll choose an actress in her 20s... preferably Min Hyo Rin!
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Date: 2012-10-19 04:10 am (UTC)actually hyorin was on my list along with other ladies that i would love to see with him and would fit the part (along with park min young and shin se kyung).
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Date: 2012-10-19 12:54 am (UTC)Nor do I, like you, see her as a good match for Joo Won. I agree with you that she looks older than her age. She looked 35 in Sweet Buns eight years ago. She played opposite Park Kwang Hyun who is the same age but looked ten years younger.
Not to say I'm against a 30something playing the character but I hope whoever they choose is appropriate.
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Date: 2012-10-19 01:41 am (UTC)why her? from the news translations - it really sounded like she received the script before joo won did, and is just now jumping on board.
its just not right. this is supposed to be sexy flirty spy rom com a la mr. and mrs. smith and we're getting ajumma and her aegyo baby. >.<
curse yet drama gods.
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Date: 2012-10-19 04:34 am (UTC)Jin Se Yeon - Joo Ji Hoon --> how lucky she is
and,now
Joo Won - Choi Kang Hee --> all in my mind now is, they're doing some french kissess lol
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Date: 2012-10-22 12:36 am (UTC)Most of the younger (under 27) male actors aren't cute, they are P-R-E-T-T-Y! It is difficult for most female stars (who are beautiful) to stand next to them without looking plain by comparison.
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Date: 2012-10-19 04:46 pm (UTC)I'm okay with CKH since I like her "natural" acting.
Maybe you are a bit to much into JW ;). I prefer waiting for the first teasers and deciede then if I like them together or not.
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