Gentleman’s F44 and meet-cute
by girlfriday
All suited up and ready for action. A Gentleman’s Dignity has released more stills, this time of our middle-aged-flower-men quartet (Seriously, this is what they’re calling it. I think F44 is better by a long shot.) and of Jang Dong-gun and Kim Haneul‘s first meeting, on a rainy day outside a cafe.
The foursome look dapper in their suits (can’t really live up to the name in the title if you’re not in a suit), although Lee Jong-hyuk looks more pimp daddy than dignified gentleman. He’s rocking some weird hair for this role. And what’s with the glaring lack of socks? I don’t care how pretty you are. You wear socks with your suit or I can’t take you seriously. Or perhaps that’s the point.
Then the stills below show the couple’s first meeting, when they notice each other through a cafe window and lock eyes. There’s not much we can glean in the way of chemistry from a meeting separated by glass, but everyone seems to be abuzz over the pair’s first encounter.
But what cracks me up the most are the stills at the very bottom, of Kim Min-jong and Kim Suro playing the high school versions of themselves. HIGH SCHOOL. I honestly don’t know which is funnier–that we’re supposed to buy F44 as F4, or Kim Suro’s insane hairdo, that’s two wingtips away from Flock of Seagulls. I’m thinking he looks more like a crazy ajusshi who ate the high schooler that uniform belonged to, and then put it on as a trophy.
A Gentleman’s Dignity premieres May 26 on SBS.
Via Osen
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Tags: Jang Dong-gun, Kim Haneul, Kim Min-jong, Kim Su-ro, Lee Jong-hyuk
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1 Mystisith
May 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I bet this is an anniversary gathering for the ancients from High-School. "So what did you become, and what are you doing now?" Then we will start with a battered F44 and some gentlemen loosers... :)
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fangirl98
May 2, 2012 at 11:36 PM
Right?! Let's hope this is a reunion and not an actual *day* of high school. Not even F44 can pull that off. LOL!
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2 nabithoj
May 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Lmbo..Kim Sooro!!! Loving the hair...reminds me if Micky's hair..teehee
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Clock
May 2, 2012 at 1:15 PM
lol mirotic ftw <3
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Rovi
May 2, 2012 at 10:26 PM
haha, IKR? but y'know, it struck me Kim Soo-ro looked more like Su (with the hair) than Chun...
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U.K Chick
May 2, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Omg haha you're right! Classic Chunnie 'do!
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Ondubu
May 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM
LOL SO TRUE
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3 hpn88
May 2, 2012 at 10:32 AM
if they are playing the HS version of themselves, I hope its in a jokey tone cause....yeah.
less than a month!!
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4 kewbie
May 2, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Why do these ajusshi dudes still have kpop idol haircuts? ;-)
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myweithisway
May 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM
I suppose it's what's fashionable...
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5 Saima
May 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Love that they didn't use actual youngsters for playing their high-school selves!! haahaaaa.
Am I the only one who finds KHN an average actress?! She's pretty and all but she doesn't move me. :/ Hope she can prove me wrong with this one...
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Saima
May 2, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Also, most of us K-drama watchers who've embarked on this delicious train-ride in the past 5ish years don't realize the gravity of Dong-gun's return to drama land!! I'm kinda excited to see what he's all about and him to blow me away...
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sherry_laruku
May 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Lady... do watch Blind. She proved she is no average actor here.. Cheers!
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AnnaBanana
May 2, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Agree :))
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Saima
May 2, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Thanx for the rec! Will be watching it when time permits...
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Mama J
May 2, 2012 at 2:26 PM
She was definitely not average in Blind. I was impressed, and had not been, particularly, before that.
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alua
May 3, 2012 at 7:07 AM
She doesn't really move me either. Not sure why. (And those suggesting to watch "Blind"- cannot. Too gory for me.)
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indigowine
May 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Huh? What's so gory about Blind? No blood, no bodies, no murder.. only glimpses of is-it-is-it-not ..
Blind is superb! Please do watch it..
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6 Alvina
May 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Heh. Kim Min Jong honestly doesnt look ALL THAT different from his HS days. Less "fresh faced" but that comes with age... I practically spit out my coffee seeing Kim Suro though. puwhahaha! What a hairstyle. :D
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skelly
May 2, 2012 at 11:51 AM
And the lines around the mouth...that's one of the jowliest, most dissipated-looking high schoolers I've ever seen...
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korazylady
May 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM
haha
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7 djeedjes
May 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I saw these pictures earlier and laughed so hard at Kim Suro's pic in uniform. The stepmother, in uniform, trying to act 1/3 of his age? this is so precious.
Can't wait. Donggun oppa. long time no see!!!
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8 Nicole
May 2, 2012 at 10:47 AM
So excited for this! Jang Dong-gun and Kim Min-jong...awesome. Although KMJ's hairstyle is the most age-appropriate---but who cares, they all look fine as hell!
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9 Emi
May 2, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I love when they make the older actors play themselves in high school, and then try to hide their ages through the use of soft focus. My favorite case of this was the couple from Last Scandal XD
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alua
May 3, 2012 at 7:08 AM
I don't love it.
They definitely don't look like highschoolers! Particularly the guy without the glasses (sorry, don't know his name) is a big FAIL as a highschooler.
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10 Cherry
May 2, 2012 at 11:07 AM
God knows I love JDG... and I so would be anticipating this drama, but I just can't with KHN! Unfortunately everytime I see her she just turns the excitement dial waaaaay down.
I so wish they had gotten Kim Soyeon instead.
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seoulflysea
May 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Or Jeon Do Yeon. How awesome would THAT have been? Ooh eee!
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maria
May 2, 2012 at 10:21 PM
oh, it should have been her!!! it would be epic!!!
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11 MissMantin
May 2, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Ha! Glad I'm not the only one who fixates on socks-and-lack-thereof. No socks, no swoon. It's hard to see a guy as a man when I know his ankles are daintier than mine.
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Ani
May 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM
I'm right there with you about the socks. Except my problem is that no socks always makes me think stinky, sweaty feet. Yeesh. But this drama still looks cute. *crosses fingers and chants* "Please be funny. Please be funny."
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MissMantin
May 2, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Yeah, that's another part of it for me, too. Mostly, though, it just looks silly. I think I'd be a total Lee Min-ho fangirl if he just wore socks - I might even forgive him for the pink pants, and that's a lot coming from me.
I can't decide if this drama looks funny or boring. I'm hoping for something in the vein of The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry - laugh-out-loud funny with a dash of poignancy. If we could get that from the male angle, I might just dance for joy. *crosses fingers and joins in the chanting*
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12 Shiku
May 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Looks funny and interesting. I hope it doesn't disappoint me as many shows do.
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13 Arhazivory
May 2, 2012 at 11:26 AM
lol....high school. I think this one will be good. ^^
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14 jubilantia
May 2, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Heee yeah, I definitely think F44 is a better name.
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15 linda
May 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Middle aged F4? LOL....I am buying the stilles.
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16 annie
May 2, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Those stills of the main couple's first meeting remind me of Soulmate, you know the cafe where the OTP keeps passing by each other, in the rain. He's sitting inside and she walks by the window. It even looks like the same cafe!
I'm with you guys on the no-socks-is-a-no-no thing.
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17 Tru2u
May 2, 2012 at 12:26 PM
MAY seems to be the month, where i get back my mojo for k-drama. This and I DO I DO is sure to be a HIT!!!! >.<
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18 Noelle
May 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Those last photos remind a bit of Romance Town when the two older ladies dressed like teenagers. I busted a gut at that bit. They couldn't get two girls to do the part? Same here. They couldn't get four boys to play the teen versions of the F44? Ridic.
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Eli
May 2, 2012 at 2:33 PM
I agree, I really never like these types of shots. I always ask why they just can't get younger people to play the young versions. They do usually look younger than they are, but not that young
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ar_arguably romantic
May 2, 2012 at 7:10 PM
I think it works when they're doing it for the comedic effect and I think with the age of these guys, they're definitely doing it for the comedic affect. It's only awkward when we're meant to believe they're really teenagers (like Han Kang from 49 days)
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19 x0mi07
May 2, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Kin Su Ro oppaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~~~~ *swoons* *dies* *wakes up* *repeat*
Seriously! He has socks! *wink* =P I am so excited for this drama just because he's in it. I don't care if he's married! THIS IS DRAMALAND! OPPPAAAAAA~~~~~XD
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YY
May 2, 2012 at 9:41 PM
xObi! You're back! Missed you!
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20 Pineapple
May 2, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Also crossing fingers chanting, please be-please funny-please funny. Let's hope it works.
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21 slfowie
May 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM
I was in the library when i saw the picture.... lets just say there could be a possibility of me being banned from the library due to public disturbance....
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22 korazylady
May 2, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Ahhh, Lee Jong-Hyuk was in the first Kdrama I ever watched and I was like - wow - Korean men are hot! Not digging the 'do, though, but definitely will have to tune in at least once to check him out....
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Allie
May 2, 2012 at 6:52 PM
But, but, but, what they did to him with that weird hairdo....? Seriously, they kinda kill my cool Jong Hyuk ajussi! Argh!
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23 Anvesha
May 2, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Rain. Cafe. Passing by each other... Soulmate!!
Haha that's what I thought of instantly.
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24 Mia
May 2, 2012 at 3:22 PM
omg i laughed so hard at the last 2 pics!!
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25 crazedlu
May 2, 2012 at 3:38 PM
ooh. pretty shots. and ha to the last stills.
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26 celest1al
May 2, 2012 at 3:42 PM
this is surreal... still can't believe JDG is going to be in a drama...
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27 Aya
May 2, 2012 at 4:11 PM
can you get inside that Kim Suro & Kim Min-jong sandwich if you find a matching schoolgirl uniform?
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28 lovepark
May 2, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Aw, they are so cute and handsome!! I love the male actors, and will definitely tune in to at least swoon for an episode or two.
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29 Mic
May 2, 2012 at 6:11 PM
F44!
XDD XDD
Lol. Epic. ^^
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30 maria
May 2, 2012 at 6:34 PM
pwahahaha!! i love all the male leads. laughing at the last pic :)
i'll probably check this out.
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31 ravens_nest
May 2, 2012 at 6:45 PM
OMG! Dying at the F44 in high school uniforms! I will say this, sometimes it's funny when they don't have younger actors and sometimes it just annoys me. I'll wait to see which side of the pendulum this Drama swings to for me.
As of now I know that my Ahjussi Crush radar is going haywire over this F44.
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32 lovedramas
May 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Yay - F44 oppas!! :) hehe... sure do like the young-uns but this is where it's at :) So happy to see them all in a drama together! Yippee.
I love them... so cute & handsome. Really looking forward to this - I hope it doesn't disappoint me.
LOL - I can't wait to see them in their high school years haha... does JDG's character get to be in high school uniform too??
I'm ok with no socks, but I definitely prefer socks... as seriously it's mostly the entertainment world that doesn't wear shoes with their suits. I did always wonder how they keep from getting nasty sweaty feet.
F44 - fighting!!!!!!!!! please drama gods, let this be good! And that our OTP has some good chemistry.
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33 conan
May 2, 2012 at 7:38 PM
I am SO going to watch this! Just for the sake of watching a probably over the top hilarious scene with Kim Suro wearing a high school uniform surrounded by kids so much younger than him and calling him Suro-ya! or his character's name like that.
Who cares about F4. F44 is the way to go!
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34 supah
May 2, 2012 at 9:29 PM
@laica
You know that thing they say about the minds that think alike... Haha! I instantly thought Soulmate, too.
Oh Kim Eun-sook. Will you never evuh evuh be a little bit original?
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annie
May 2, 2012 at 10:08 PM
supah! I've missed you! What are you up to these days?
Yep, so true. :) And KES may not be original, but I have to admit I do love her dramas. Eye and brain candy that they are.
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35 soojin08
May 3, 2012 at 12:06 AM
Kim Sooro's hairstyle looks like Xiah Junsu's during Mirotic. I remember him being jealous of that hairstyle during DBSK's Family Outing guesting. Hahaha! :)
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36 rouby
May 3, 2012 at 2:19 AM
Hahahaha,,, the pic of kim suro make me laugh so hard,,,,I agree with u, I hope they don't be play their high school part,,,,
Miss all of this ahjussi,,, jang dong geun,, is one of my first crush in k drama land (btw I'm just a little girl at the time :) )
I like kim haneul :)
*sorry for my bad english
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37 keith
May 3, 2012 at 5:00 AM
Wwkwkwkwkkw!! This is hillarious! esp. the last photo! I cant imagine how come Kim Su Ro and Kim Min Jong end up being a high school student! that must be a reason for that and I cant wait too see it! X)))
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38 Stephanie
May 3, 2012 at 6:35 AM
HAHA They all still look like ahjussi (s) to me, 30s can be your peak, but 40s for guys are definitely mid-life crisis
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39 bahbahbah_laba_im
May 3, 2012 at 8:45 AM
When this gonna come out, really look forward to this :D
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40 enkhee
May 3, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Oh the Hair! Oh the Horror!
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41 Abbie
May 3, 2012 at 5:43 PM
Wow. This show premieres the day I graduate from high school. Speaking of which, what is it with kdramas and having the middle-aged people play themselves in high school? That is just ridiculous. Can't they afford to get younger actors who bear a resemblance to the adult actors? That annoys me. Like in 49 Days. I couldn't buy Jo Hyun-Jae in a high school uniform. It just didn't look right.
Anyway, this looks like a good show, and I am eager for it to start.
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42 Carinne
May 5, 2012 at 12:51 AM
LMAO~ This is all I can do right about now.
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43 Christ
May 6, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Looking at the business perspective this is a really dumb move. This is not going to increase the series rating nor attract more subscriber to the channel at all! Even worse, they will lost subscriber if they going to keep cutting down episode like this. Success is not going to happen at instant, learning from failure is the road to success and this is a difficult business/market to be in (Cable channel)
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44 lenee
May 7, 2012 at 6:47 AM
I'm so looking forward to this drama because of JDG and KHN. KHN looks so cute!
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