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SBS’s History of the Salaryman finalizes its cast

by javabeans

Jung Ryeo-won, Hong Soo-hyun

History of the Salaryman is the SBS drama coming from the producers of last year’s hit Giant, and after teasing cast possibilities for a while, the drama has now finalized its main cast.

Lee Beom-soo, who also starred in Giant, was an early lock for the series, with Jung Ryeo-won (Pain, Ja Myung Go) now set to play leading lady. Her name had been previously floated, so there’s no surprise with her, nor with Jung Kyeo-woon (Romance Town) also onboard, although his contracts are still in the works. We do have a fresh name in the mix, though, with Hong Soo-hyun signing on.

That’s great, since she’s fantastic. After a rather slow start in her career (Only You, Sangdoo Let’s Go To School), Hong Soo-hyun really burst out of the gates this year with a couple sharp performances: She stole scenes as the jealous frenemy to Yoon Eun-hye in Lie To Me, then put in a strong turn in The Princess’s Man as the commanding-yet-vulnerable Princess Kyung-hye. I remember thinking she was a lackluster actress in earlier dramas, but she’s on fire now and a definite actress to watch.

The four main leads all participated in the drama’s script reading last week, and will begin filming in the upcoming week, with first shoots scheduled for November 17. It’ll air in January.

Lee Beom-soo, Jung Kyeo-woon

Via TV Report

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1 Js

November 10, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Sounds good!

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2 jane

November 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Princess kyung hye!

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Jo

November 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM

I always saw her as a weak 1-dimensional actress. But my goodness, The Princess' Man totally showed her prowress. She was my favorite story-line and character.
looveee

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nepotism

November 10, 2011 at 5:00 PM

Ditto.

HSH portrayed Princess Kyung hye very well in The Princess' Man and I love how her character drastically change.

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3 Barbara Starks

November 10, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Loved Giant one of the best drama ever, I not sure about watching this one yet. I love Lee Beom-Soo but the storyline just don't peak my interests as of yet.....

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4 MJ

November 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM

So did Lee Min-jung (Midas, Cyrano Dating Agency) drop out of History of Salaryman? Since her name is not mention in this article.

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SprinkledPink

November 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM

They were just considering Lee Min Jung as a possible candidate for female lead.

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5 GrandmaFran

November 10, 2011 at 4:31 PM

I hope JRW doesn't tower over LBS. I just remember her as rather tall looking while LBS is quite short.

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red

November 10, 2011 at 7:13 PM

she cant possibly be taller than park jin hee in heels, LBS and PJH made it work in giant even though she did kind of tower over him

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6 jyyjc

November 10, 2011 at 6:09 PM

I totally agree about hong soohyun. I never thought her acting was that good in earlier dramas like temptation of an angel, and she somehow annoyed me in lie to me, i thought it was pretty easy to play a petty jealous friend kind of role. But then I watched Princess' Man and she totally wowed me.

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7 Cam

November 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM

Oooo!!!! O_O

I really enjoy watching this actress Hong Soo Hyun in "Princess's Man"--- she's reaaally amazing, of course. Actually, I love her since that dramas "Temptation of an Angel" & "Sang Doo, Let's Go To School", keke!

I don't mind to watch this, woot woot! ;)

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8 bd

November 10, 2011 at 9:16 PM

Jung Ryeo-won still looks a bit emaciated.

Hong Soo-hyun really started to annoy me in "LTM" (well, up to the part before I just gave up); part of the blame goes to the "paint by numbers" writing of her character, but her exaggerated facial expressions and mannerisms really started to bug me.

But then I found out that she was in (when she was just about starting out) one of the 1st K-dramas I had seen (daily called "Tender Hearts") where I thought she was real pretty.

Nice to see that she has been able to show her talents and that her career seems to be taking off.

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9 aX

November 11, 2011 at 12:44 AM

I'm giving this a miss. =X

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10 Josepha

November 11, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Jung Gyu Woon i really miss you !!!
i'm so happy to see him again !

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11 jomo143

November 11, 2011 at 2:24 PM

I love JGW. I hope they give him a meaty part, not not not not anything like the wimpy Romance Town joke.
He was soooo much better and multidimensional in La Dolce Vita and Dr. Champ.