Chaebol heir Kang Ji-hwan in Lie To Me
by javabeans
This doesn’t give us much new news, just a few more stills of Lie To Me, wherein leading man Kang Ji-hwan plays a chaebol and hotel CEO.
I suppose “chaebol” is just one of those roles all actors have to go through to be a proper leading man — alongside the benevolent Prince Charming, the uptight Mr. Darcy, the overlooked best friend, the tragic hero. In K-dramaland, we like our heroes to fit squarely within the established boxes, apparently.
Kang’s already starting to attract the inevitable comparisons to the industry’s most recent version of that type, which would be Hyun Bin’s Joo-won character from Secret Garden. (Not that he’s the quintessential chaebol; just the most recent one. Two years ago, we’d have been maxing out on the Lee Min-ho/Gu Jun-pyo comparisons.)
Kang’s an actor who I think is plenty capable of taking on meaty, complicated characters so I’m sort of wary of him being stuffed into a boring little box for this role, knowing he can do much more. These kinds of stories tend to be great vehicles for the heroine, who gets to be bubbly and quirky and interesting, or at least really cute, but less imaginative with the men (examples: Kim Tae-hee versus Song Seung-heon in My Princess, Chae Rim versus Lee Min-ki in Dal Ja’s Spring). And it would be a shame to waste him.
Hopefully there’s something about his character to set him apart from the dozens (hundreds?) of chaebol heroes who came before him; if anything, we can hope for great chemistry with Yoon Eun-hye, who’s been reliably solid in the chemistry department (Joo Ji-hoon, Gong Yoo, to a lesser extent Yoon Sang-hyun). Now’s not the time to break the pattern!
Lie To Me premieres on May 9, following Midas.
Via No Cut News
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1 Dodo
April 21, 2011 at 2:51 PM
I love the first foto so much...I would die if I hade a boss like him...drol
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rich
April 21, 2011 at 3:30 PM
I will work everyday plus stay for overtime if he is my boss. HAHAHA! XD
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serenity021
April 21, 2011 at 8:42 PM
i'd work the hardest and work overtime FOR FREE if i he's my boss! love him!
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2 Ohemgee
April 21, 2011 at 2:55 PM
I'm going to have to disagree with you JB- lee min ki's kang tae bong was just as compelling a role as chae rim's oh dal ja. even more so, maybe.
God I love me some lee minki.
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houstontwin
April 21, 2011 at 5:19 PM
Lee Min Ki was delicious!
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snow
April 21, 2011 at 6:36 PM
kang tae bong was awesome, not very chaebol-esque, i must say. more of roles like his would be lovely.
not liking the all-white on kang ji hwan, i always get the smarmy, oily vibe. same thing with bae soo bin when he did the all-white in 49 days.
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3 JeSsBeL
April 21, 2011 at 2:57 PM
hahaha
if i had a boss like him, i'd work overtime just to see him
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siam
April 22, 2011 at 3:12 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA love your comment !!
And I guess we'd be rivals, then !
^^
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4 Yasmin
April 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM
This new dramabeans for mobile seems to cut off half the pictures on my IPod no matter if I turn it landscape or portrait I can't get the full picture!! It's really annoying!! Just read the Lee min ho article and I can't see his face!! Nor the eye candy here!!!
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bubbles
April 21, 2011 at 4:14 PM
me tooo...new dramabeans for mobile is like allkpop..i'm using blackberry n can't get the full picture...sucks!!!
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Amber
April 21, 2011 at 4:39 PM
This happened to me a few days ago with my iphone4. If u check it, it should have a function to go back to the original form. That is what I did with my phone.
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momosa
April 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Yeah, I have the same problem with my BB.
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sumee
April 22, 2011 at 3:00 AM
I am in the same boat..the new mobile application Sucks :-(
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5 Bellamafia
April 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM
I love chaebols! :)
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6 mskololia
April 21, 2011 at 3:18 PM
Ahhh, Kang Ji-hwan....I have a feeling you're going do something really special with this role. :)
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MAVY
April 21, 2011 at 4:23 PM
right there with you,I think its impossible for him to play bland role , he will be for sure one of those memorable props deserving chaebols
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jomo143
April 21, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Didn't they say in Coffee House, he did a lot of improvisation that ended up on the screen?
No matter what is written on the page, if the actor can bring something better and funnier, the good directors should listen, and allow it!
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7 xylophonic
April 21, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Chaebol role, blahh...but he sure does look very fine.
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8 jojo
April 21, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Fashionable chaebols wear "over the calf" sox and wouldn't let their skin show.
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janna
April 21, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Hah! It'd be awesome if he had a scene on a boat while wearing the all white suit. Fashionable chaebols dress for the occasion.
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wits
April 21, 2011 at 3:59 PM
... and will have water served to them in a glass and not bottled!! and btw, will have a better executive chair! lol, that looks like a computer chair he's sitting on!
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ar_arguably romantic
April 21, 2011 at 8:18 PM
LOL! So true! I never realized it until you mentioned it!
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9 whatis
April 21, 2011 at 3:51 PM
yea i really hope his character is more interesting than this. His suit is already making me worry. His characters have always been a bit off-beat, and he plays them so well.
Well.. I imagine that he wouldn't choose this drama if it was boring, right? There must be some crazy weird thing about this guy... what is it what is it???
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10 Amber
April 21, 2011 at 3:54 PM
I will work for free if my boss looks that fineeeeeeee!
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11 Yoori
April 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM
I absolutely adore Kang Ji-Hwan and think he's best character up to now is Lee Jin Soo in Coffee House! He really is a great actor and I hope this character in Lie To Me isn't the typical chaebol character because that would be such a waste on his talent. Hopefully K-Dramaland is changing up their Chaebol hero's personality from the *typical*; we need more of of Jin Soo and Joo Won!
Who is the makeup artist here because he/she totally caked up his face in every single still!
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12 Anvesha
April 21, 2011 at 4:06 PM
I also hope he can put something extra in the character.. So it's not the regular variety of chaebols. Then again, it's also any script...
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13 Jane
April 21, 2011 at 4:16 PM
I don't think he would mind too much if the character is typical and boring because I'm sure he's just happy to be working again.
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14 Lamita
April 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM
I think that he'll be great in this role and I believe that he is good in acting ..........................
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15 Carinne
April 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM
I go crazy seeing his good looks get tainted by bad make-up artists.
... alongside the benevolent Prince Charming, the uptight Mr. Darcy, the overlooked best friend, the tragic hero.
Pfft~ from the looks of this headline photo, KJH appears more like Twilight's Edward Cullen to me than before your P.C., or Mr. Darcy.
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16 Rie
April 21, 2011 at 4:40 PM
The atrocious foundation caking his face... argh...
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Dara
April 21, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Bad make up or may the lighting, agrh.
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17 Cam
April 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM
WHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to watch this new drama because of my best top actress YOON EUN HYE is with KANG JI HWAN!!!! =D =D
Woot Woot!
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18 autumnscribbles
April 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM
hm.... Kang Ji-hwan in suits...yum.
...and i hope his character is nothing like Joo-won.
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19 houstontwin
April 21, 2011 at 5:23 PM
I think that the Chaebol role in Midas was a disaster for Jang Hyuk - a very talented and compelling actor. I hope that Kan Ji Hwan, whom I adore, hasn't fallen into a similar trap.
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20 malta
April 21, 2011 at 5:33 PM
In my mind there is a jilted, misunderstood Chaebol on every street corner of Seoul just waiting to meet me....I'de skip them all for KJH >swoon<
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21 kiotzo
April 21, 2011 at 6:15 PM
If i ever go to korea and don't meet at least 1 chaebol with daddy problems and 1 totally reliable and good i'd feel VERY disappointed... -_-' haha
Maybe this chaebol is a "Genius chaebol" xD
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22 suitfetish
April 21, 2011 at 6:32 PM
One thing he does better than most I've seen is deliver meanness with style, so even if he's given the classic chaebol lines, there'll be that spark in his eyes...
They couldn't possibly kill that. Could they?
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23 Sherlyn
April 21, 2011 at 6:36 PM
i'm more than willing to be his secretary!!!
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24 cathy
April 21, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Totally agree , KJH is such a talented actor ,
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25 Atsirk
April 21, 2011 at 7:13 PM
My first love :D
He looks really nice in suits :)
Anyway, I can't wait for this drama!
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26 Sillies
April 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM
Oh, dang ... so sweet in white ... he really can pull off a white suit.
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27 pipit
April 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM
I want to second Yasmin complaint but I couldn't even see a reply button for her response.
Please JB I IMPLORE and BEG you on bended knees, this new format isn't merely not user's friendly it's hostile to mobile users! I'm travelling alot and my work necessitas me to attend more than 6 hours of meeting a day so you see I would be severely hurt by this new development. All that I can see now is the article. And some responses without a way of knowing who respond for who.
Please return to your old format. Please, please, pleeese.....
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jomo143
April 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM
What she means to say is KJH is the sun, her life force, her life-giving drug.
Her cell phone is the only means for pipipipipipit to access this source of all that is love in her life, and sadly, without KJH, she will wither and die.
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Carinne
April 21, 2011 at 9:50 PM
LOL!
Well, I'm glad someone is able to learn elvish and translate all that, or had I not learn a darn thing through LotR saga for this reason.
U da BEST Jomo! Just for you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0zyf_4d6y4&feature=related
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YY
April 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM
*giggling* poor pipit, she sounds desperate
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pipit
April 22, 2011 at 4:48 PM
It's back! The old format is back! Now I can see everything just like I see it on my PC.
JB thank you so much! I LOVE YOU! LOVE YOU!
BTW, don't listen to Jomo. I admit that she has a talent to read between the lines to a small degree, but she's mistaken in this instant.
What Kang Ji Hwan? I don't even think he is good looking - no offense to you. So, there's no need for me to see him as an eye candy.
You're wrong Jomo!
*start cheking out the pictures in detail and excitedly mumbling to oneself: Yes!Yes!Yes!*
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28 tegami
April 21, 2011 at 7:55 PM
I'm pretty excited to see how Kang Ji-hwan will play out the chaebol archetype. Hopefully he'll bring more depth and subtlety to the role.
Now onto another topic: the Mobile Edition of dramabeans. I heartily agree with the previous posts voicing their dismay over this recent development. This Edition eats up all of the quality and visual appeal presented in the original format of the site, not to mention most of the pictures and screencaps have been chopped in halves. I think the Mobile Edition should be further fine tuned before it is used because I want the old format back whenever I access dramabeans on my iPod.
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29 ar_arguably romantic
April 21, 2011 at 8:11 PM
I hope he gets to be a chaebol with personality! Kang Ji Hwan really suits fun roles!
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30 Natalie
April 21, 2011 at 8:57 PM
Yay! Thank you! They just released a still of the two of them together, and this is going to be great!
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31 andrea
April 21, 2011 at 10:46 PM
so excited about this drama!so many goodies are coming out!thank DB
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andrea
April 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM
i mean...Thanks! =D
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32 Lithel
April 22, 2011 at 1:22 AM
Is that... grass on his desk? O_o
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YY
April 22, 2011 at 5:51 AM
Yeah, what is that green stuff? Files? CDs? There're some at his knee too.
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33 ck1Oz
April 22, 2011 at 1:27 AM
http://www.allkpop.com/2011/04/yoon-eun-hye-kang-ji-hwan-throw-a-surprise-birthday-party-for-lie-to-me-pd
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34 y.
April 22, 2011 at 1:30 AM
Now I feel like rewatching Coffee House...
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35 ck1Oz
April 22, 2011 at 1:36 AM
Kiss kiss kiss :-)
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pohonphee
April 22, 2011 at 3:46 AM
Yes kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss
:) :)
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YY
April 22, 2011 at 5:56 AM
kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss
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jomo143
April 22, 2011 at 3:15 PM
There is seriously something strange going on with the KJH fans.
Maybe it is a cerebral overheating - brain smelting - caused by flashes of brilliance and heat from his aura.
You all need a self help group, but by no means should you spend any more time in each others' company...Or all of your brains will merge into one big blotch of kiss kiss kiss.
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jinkzz
April 24, 2011 at 1:48 AM
lol... K.I.S.S.
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36 aidablue
April 22, 2011 at 2:19 AM
This spring instead of cherry blossoms we have a big bunch of drama blossoms ... and very aluring I might add. which one to pick, which one to watch? This is really hard.
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37 Clayre
April 22, 2011 at 3:26 AM
I don't like this new mobile setting too! Tried to click on the "Exit the Mobile Edition" button but it doesn't work! Can someone pls help how to get back to old settings?
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38 Lisa Purba
April 22, 2011 at 5:55 AM
Whoever the leading man is, Yoon Eun-hye will pull the great chemistry off
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cathy
April 22, 2011 at 6:37 AM
I really hope she will do the good job in this drama .
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39 lovedramas
April 22, 2011 at 6:39 AM
I'm not getting my hopes up yet but I do love my Chaebol heros :) I do hope he has some sort of quirky or different side to him than all the traditional characters. Then it would give me a reason to like him better! :) Fighting!
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40 Koreandramaaddict
April 22, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Cant wait to see this!
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41 hermosa5790
April 22, 2011 at 7:35 AM
Anything with YEH on it, I'll watch! KJH, I sooo adored him in My Girlfriend Is An Agent (his pairing with Kim Ha-neul was really good!) Also, can I say he's YUMMY! can't wait, can't wait, CAN'T WAIT!!!
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42 Han Mania
April 22, 2011 at 8:05 AM
I think my heart skipped a beat. Felt like I was transported to those days when I was so into Coffee House and was very affected by the ending.
God, why does he have to look sooo good in a suit? Can't. Sleep. Now.
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43 lilly
April 22, 2011 at 8:38 AM
I only liked him in Capital Scandal (one of my fav kdrama and the last one I ended )
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44 lilly
April 22, 2011 at 8:41 AM
And the only actor I really think YEH has chemistry with is Oh Man Suk
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45 Damselfly H
April 22, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Kang Ji Hwan is just plain delicious. I cannot decide which of the two photos is the better one. I'll chew and swallow both.
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46 bd
April 22, 2011 at 10:40 AM
"Chaebol” characters don't have to be boring (a la Hyun Bin’s Joo-won in "SG"), while they still usually aren't as fun or endearing as their corresponding female leads, the "chaebol" characters in "Coffee Prince" (Gong Yoo) and "My Princess" (Song Seung-heon) brought their own sense of fun and charisma to the table.
Hopefully, Kang Ji-hwan's character will have that certain something that makes his character interesting and not just be the typical arrogant arse with no sense of humor.
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47 Ashley
April 22, 2011 at 11:42 AM
On the plus side... Chaebol=Great suits!
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Sobia
April 23, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Yes! I really think this is the reason why there are so many chaebol characters in dramas.
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48 amelia
April 22, 2011 at 4:50 PM
just wondering, has the postering of chaebols as guys with soft spots / heroes changed real chaebols into nicer guys or more accepting of marrying w 'lower class'? or if it had served to perpetuate the stereotype?
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49 Kuging-RN
April 22, 2011 at 11:45 PM
nice!!! excited to see this in may!! the white suit is just awesome!! i havent seen a chaebol yet whos wearing a white suit?or is just me ?
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50 mississy
April 25, 2011 at 7:03 AM
damn taht 2nd picture! DROOLS!!!
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