Speed Scandal turns Cha Tae-hyun into a young grandpa
by javabeans
There’s some new comedy coming out, and it’s called Speed Scandal or whatever, and I guess it stars Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl) and up-and-coming Park Bo-young (King and I), who’s starting to be called the New Moon Geun-young, which comes with both good and bad strings attached.
But whatever! Who cares about the movie when there is such adorableness to be had?
I mean, look at little Wang Seok-hyun, still practically a bebbeh!
I love his chubby cheeks. I love how he barely reaches table height to talk into the mic, below. I love how his head is so large it’s practically the size of his torso (particularly in the movie stills). I love that it looks like the kid dressed himself in the dark on the way to a Harry Potter reading. I love that his hair is curly but not permed, meaning somebody actually took a curling iron to that head of his. I love that his co-stars can’t seem to get enough of how cute he is, even though they’ve already spent months with him on the film set. I love how Cha Tae-hyun is copying the boy instead of the boy copying the adult for once. And I love how, in one set of photos, the kid’s wearing this resigned expression that says, “SIGH. It is such hard work being so cute! When will this end??”
The press preview for Speed Scandal took place in Seoul on November 24. In the “uproarious comedy,” Cha Tae-hyun is a radio DJ while Park Bo-young plays a young single mom to the little boy.
Park Bo-young was most recently in the movie Supernatural Couple, which opens November 27, and the comedy film Our School E.T. Cha Tae-hyun is currently in the MBC drama General Hospital 2.
Speed Scandal opens December 4.
Srsly, Cha Tae-hyun (new dad that he is) can’t get enough of Wang Seok-hyun. (Then again, neither can Park Bo-young, below.)
When Wang was asked by press, “Who do you like better, your movie grandpa or your movie mom?” the boy answered, “Mom’s pretty, so I like her better.” (First pic below: “No! You’s goin’ the wrong way!”)
“I IZ NOT AMUSED” (mixed with a dash of “Sigh. And WHO’S the adult here?”):
Oh, right. There was a movie too:
In the film, one day Cha’s character is approached by Park Bo-young’s character, who claims to be his daughter. As she’s arrived with her son in tow, he becomes a father and grandfather overnight. (Park is only 18, and it seems both she and Cha are playing a few years older than their real ages. Wang Seok-hyun is five.)
Cha explains that he found a lot of similarities with his character, who enjoyed a lot of popularity in his first flush of fame, but found his star on the wane as he headed into middle age. (Cha is only 32 years old, but the trajectory is similar nonetheless.) He’s humble about his role in the film; although he’s the headliner in the cast, he feels that the movie was always about Park and Wang, and that his role was “merely to support them.”
Via Hankook Ilbo
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Tags: Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young, press conferences, Wang Seok-hyun
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1 Avril
November 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Oh how cute... this kid is adorable
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2 et_tms
November 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM
hes so adorable.. although i couldnt help but notice that they kind of dressed him like a girl...( leggings with shorts and boots)... :)
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3 twee
November 24, 2008 at 4:11 PM
OMG this looks too cute!!
i soo have to watch it when it comes out!!!
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4 din
November 24, 2008 at 4:15 PM
man! that kid is A-DO-RA-BLE!!! XD XD XD
to the point that i can't stop smiling! hahaha.
so cuuuuuuuuuuute! hihi.
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5 Rachael
November 24, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Okay, that bottom set of six stills. The middle one of the top row - HIGHLY adorable facial expression from the kiddo!
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6 ktbrods
November 24, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Not sure it is legal to be THAT CUTE. How sick do you think that kid is of getting his cheeks pinched?
I love lil' asian kids. (OMG I think I just felt my biological clock ticking....)
*nevermind, it was just the Chipotle burrito I had for lunch...
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7 djeedjes
November 24, 2008 at 5:57 PM
the first poster is cute!
woh, korean movie industry has alot of adorable/cute/want to pinch your cheek child actors!
I wonder how they'll grow up, and would they be as cute as now? ( like Mason. Or Jung Da Bin. or this cute new boy. )
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8 deeta
November 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM
OMGahhhhh!! Just how old is the boy? So cute!
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9 Rihanna
November 24, 2008 at 6:26 PM
the kids is So CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10 gailt
November 24, 2008 at 7:21 PM
oooh, javabeans has a new crush! :D that kid is soo cute.
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11 c_gunawan541
November 24, 2008 at 7:52 PM
OMG!!! That kid is so cute, so chubby. I wanna pinch his cheeks, even the co stars can't get enough of him~ hihihihi
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12 sonam
November 24, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Korean child actors are amazing.
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13 Sue
November 24, 2008 at 9:28 PM
this movie looks cute! i love the movie picture!
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14 haezi
November 25, 2008 at 10:43 AM
i have to agree with the previous comments...korean child actors are amazing.
ever since i saw the preview a few days ago, i am convinced the little kid looks like a mini lee jung jin...especially when he smirks. too cute!
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15 Sere
November 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Oh how cute! The kid's so adorable! Hmm To add to the to-watch list? Hmm
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16 Ria
November 25, 2008 at 6:03 PM
I can't wait to see this movie! Seok Hyun is too cute!! Thanks for the synopsis and gorg photos ^.~
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17 Liv
November 25, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Ohmigod! I cant get over his adorable little outfit! Look at his boots!! Awwww (I feel a spurt of babytalk coming on, so I shall stop now)
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18 Jun
December 7, 2008 at 5:29 AM
I FREAKING LOVE THIS MOVIE!
Wang Seok-hyun and Park Bo Yeong's acts are awesome
and the movie's so funny!
I so wanna buy the DVD when it comes out!
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19 Jun
December 7, 2008 at 5:33 AM
PARK BO YEONG ROCKS!
She’s the 대세!
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20 gumiho23
February 26, 2009 at 8:31 PM
cute kid!!!
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21 C_Janeth
March 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Just re-read this and does ANYBODY know if it has come out on video or when it will come out. If so where can I get it.
That child is the cutest thing. Plus I want to see the actual movie.
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22 ejuz
September 8, 2009 at 5:42 AM
wow,wang you're so cute....
how funny you are.....
if i had brother like you,i'm gonna hug you anytime he he he
please come to indonesia someday....
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23 kinac
July 27, 2013 at 3:23 AM
Ok i JUST watched this and its so freaking funny and adorable i can't believe i've never watched it once XDD
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24 Beez
November 3, 2015 at 4:27 AM
it's now Nov 2015 and I stumbled upon this post - the U.S. now has a show with a similar storyline - "Grandfathered" starring John Stamos. I wonder if it's based off this movie?
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25 VAFA
July 24, 2017 at 11:47 PM
I miss you ( cha Tae hyun ) alot. please I like see again park bo young work with you together in a new film . I watched Speed Scandal 120 times . i really want see you with park bo young again together in a new movie or a new drama. I am sure that even park bo young like agian work with you . please please please please please please pleaes please please.
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