TOP to become flower boy secret agent?
by girlfriday
Is there ANY occupation that hasn’t had a flower boy version of it? That’s going to be the lasting mark of Hallyu, isn’t it — the flower-boy-ification of all things? This time it’s going to be flower boy spy, in the upcoming movie Alumni, featuring an undercover agent at a high school. Idol-actor TOP (Into the Gunfire, IRIS) is rumored to star, though that guy’s rumored to star in everything under the sun, so who knows what the final verdict will be.
The film is the next project from director Park Shin-woo (Into the White Night), and though the premise sounds like it would make for a much better comedy, it’s a dark action-drama. The main character is a young boy whose father is a sleeper agent — a North Korean spy living in the South — and for reasons that will probably make no sense to me, when Dad gets framed for something, the boy has to become a North Korean spy in order to protect his little sister. Huh? But, as a teenager?
And the reason he can’t be a grown man-spy who goes undercover as a high schooler is…? (Now I’m thinking it would be so awesome if they did an update of the Kim Sun-ah movie She’s on Duty — it’s like Never Been Kissed-meets-Alias.) Anyway, so spy boy then enrolls at a high school like a normal kid, and even meets a girl, but then also has to massacre all the Northern agents sent to kill him. Hm. Maybe it’s more fantasy-based, like Girl K, which would make a LOT more sense. Either way, this plot does not seem like it’ll hold under much more scrutiny, so I’m gonna stop squinting at it, and just wait for the blood ‘n’ guts.
If TOP does sign on, he’ll be going head-to-head with Kim Soo-hyun’s flower boy spy movie, Covertly, Grandly, where he plays a North Korean agent undercover as an idol. Guess even flower boy secret agents need to come in pairs.
Alumni plans to start shooting in July.
Via Star News
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1 ohemgee
May 14, 2012 at 3:14 PM
YES.
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ohemgee
May 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM
also, PLEASE and THANK YOU.
more TOP is always good, imho. :)
at first i thought it sounded a little "21 jump street" but i don't know about this dark action-drama business... ah well. as i said above, more TOP is always good.
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2 Arhazivory
May 14, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Again with the 'coming in pairs'. -_-'
With Bigbang's World Concert and all the activity they have planned, I also wonder how true this TOP rumour is.
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girlatsea
May 14, 2012 at 3:45 PM
I have a feeling they're going to push the European/American leg of the tour until winter or early 2013. ;___;
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Mama J
May 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM
American..wha...I can't even...I'm going. I'll be the halmeoni/ahjumma embarrassing everyone. Just so you know.
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StacyA
May 14, 2012 at 5:22 PM
We need a halmeoni/ahjumma section just for us! Cause me and my kdrama-kpop-drama-addict-buddy (and our respective daughters) WILL be there!
Seriously, we figure they will at least go to LA and NY. NY is closer to us (Alabama), so that's where we'll go unless by some freakin' miracle they go to Atlanta.
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come2noona
May 14, 2012 at 6:55 PM
NYC??
Count me in!!!!
nabithoj
May 14, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Gosh..I wish they would come to Atlanta. There's a HUGE Korean population here. That would also mean less travel for me if I ever decide to go to the concert.
Mama J
May 15, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I'll go to NYC - I'm just in CT. I'll make it an overnight. No way I will be in any condition to drive home all shaky and weak and spent.
From the adrenaline.
You dirty minded people.
*waving at the boys*
smalltrade
May 15, 2012 at 5:05 PM
i am so ready for their nyc gig!!!
and i'm totally gonna ahjumma it up!
girlatsea
May 14, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Hahaha.. You wouldn't be the only ones. A friend of mine went to SMTOWN NYC and said she sat behind a group of Dong Bang Shin Ki ahjumma fans. She said they were pretty rowdy.
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Ivoire
May 14, 2012 at 6:54 PM
LOL, JoAnne :-)!!!!!!
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Cynthia
May 14, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Here's some official happy news for you, JoAnne - this just came in at Soompi re your sexy-voiced, teal-headed BB guy: 'According to Star News, T.O.P has confirmed his casting for the new movie, and is at the stage of discussing the final details of his contract. This will be T.O.P’s first movie in two years, since the 2010 smash hit movie, “Into the Fire,” which landed him the Best Rookie Actor award.'
Woot!!
:)
Mama J
May 15, 2012 at 9:39 AM
@Cynthia
*omg omg faints*
I'll need heart medication for the concert. It started with me noticing his speaking voice and the eyebrow lift. Then I paid attention to Daesung because of What's Up. After that Alive came out and I was like, ok, I'mma check dis out. Now I might as well be a VIP. I can't even tell you which one I like better - it's just the group as a whole.
Hipployta
May 15, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Join the embarrassing older fan section honey...I'm still claiming Nuna though. They are trolling on concert dates though
Hoping for VIP with backstage passes or an after party LOL. Just take my money YG...
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Mama J
May 15, 2012 at 12:58 PM
At this point I'm really only a noona to the F44.
Sigh. Not that that's a bad gig, mind you...but where were boys like this when *I* was 20? Or 30?
U.K Chick
May 15, 2012 at 3:56 AM
I hope they push it, I won't be in the UK July and Aug, and if there's any chance that they come here, I want to be there!
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meteora
May 14, 2012 at 3:54 PM
I'm not believing anything until YG confirms it
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...
May 14, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Ditto. Theyve just announced the world tour, it's really unlikely that he'll hve time to shoot a movie as well... But if he does, motr TOP is always good
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xnopex
May 14, 2012 at 6:19 PM
agreed. i have no idea where this guy will even find time to do this. he was supposed to be in the korean adaptation of 'absolute boyfriend' but look what happened with that.
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cheekbones
May 14, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Words have it that the World Tour begins in October 2012.
Then, isn't G-Dragon releasing a solo album in Summer ? (I read somewhere, that is) So, while he's doing that, TOP shoots his movie ?
Then BB reconvenes in September for the World Tour.
That's my thinking, anyway. :D
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Cynthia
May 15, 2012 at 8:32 AM
T.O.P. is supposed to start filming this movie in July.
:)
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3 GrandmaFran
May 14, 2012 at 3:19 PM
LOL why does everything in the k-entertainment have to come in pairs or quadruplets(time traveling dramas). eh, this is like the 5th thing he's been rumored for so i'll believe it when yg actually confirms it. plus, i don't see how he'll have time with their tour going on this year. this is such an old sounding movie and role choice in general for top. i'd rather him play something more challenging like a mute, outcast, or someone with disabilities than another pretty killer a la iris. and as much as i love his voice, his acting is loads better when he's on silent mode like in this mv. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QnR6YdN-3Y
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4 Elise
May 14, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Pls pls no flower boy stuff for our Choi Seung Hyun...although the prospect of tattered, skin exposing clothing on him is quite tempting, off off!
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5 Jay
May 14, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Love TOP, but he looks older than he is, not younger. Casting him as a high-schooler is sort of...dumb.
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gonnabeloud
May 14, 2012 at 7:12 PM
DITTO!
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6 Lisa-Loo-Loo
May 14, 2012 at 3:36 PM
If I had a dollar for everything TOP was going to star in I'd be rich.
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7 Noelle
May 14, 2012 at 3:50 PM
This does sound like Girl K. I won't give my hopes up though until I see the actual stills or a trailer that he's in it. He's an elusive creature he is.
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8 Abbie
May 14, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Hmm. Cool. I hope he does it.
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9 come2noona
May 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM
Hmmmmm.
"TOP" and "flower boy" don't seem to go together to me. Too cutesy.
"TOP" and "sexy man who will make you melt at the sound of his voice" is more like it.
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Mama J
May 14, 2012 at 4:13 PM
At the end of Baby Goodnight when he says 'tonight' and caps it off with that really sharp 't'. oh. dear.
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come2noona
May 14, 2012 at 7:00 PM
JoAnne!
Its a goodnight kiss! He says (in his dreamy low voice) "Goodnight" then the kiss sound.
At least that is how I always heard it.
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Noelle
May 15, 2012 at 12:14 AM
Right? Those are the last things on my mind when I think of TOP. Flower Boy lol. Have they seen him?
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10 Mama J
May 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM
OH HOLY HELL YES.
Ok, now to read.
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11 starrynighttt
May 14, 2012 at 4:22 PM
YAY!!! ^_^
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12 ninsarama
May 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM
yeah I love TOP and all... but teenager?!?!?! He was that age when he was in I Am Sam, and he didn't even look like a high schooler there.
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13 Saima
May 14, 2012 at 4:33 PM
YESSS!!
Dunno how it'll work out though since BigBang'll be busy with the world tour in the forthcoming months. I'm not getting too excited until YG confirms it.
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14 peanut butter
May 14, 2012 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to think K-Entertainment has a new plan of action in the PR department. Start but saying TOP might be in the drama to perk up interest...
...and it's working with me!
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15 kaeseorin
May 14, 2012 at 4:44 PM
meh, top is far from being a flower boy imo. he's sexy, but definitely not flower-boy-y...
every time Girl K is mentioned, i weep at what could have been.
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16 Toya
May 14, 2012 at 4:52 PM
How many weird Flower Boy occupations can you think of?
Flower boy hot dog vendor?
Flower boy Bone Black Technician? (see Dirty Jobs)
Flower boy hacking team?
Flower boy lumberjacks?
Flower boy soca singer?
Flower boy hand model?
Flower boy Old Spice CM?
Flower boy Marathon Measurer? (Yes it's an actual job)
Flower boy dumpling/dim sum seller?
Flower boy pimp?
and I am out of ideas... lmao
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MsGB
May 14, 2012 at 8:02 PM
HAHAHA! Flower Boy Pimp! Too funny!
How about........
Flower Boy Janitors
Flower Boy Sergeants
Flower Boy Teachers
Flower Boy Sewer Cleaners
Flower Boy Robbers
Flower Boy Mariachi Band
Flower Boy Break Dancing Crew (They can be the Heather Pop-and-Locklears. Ha! Wish I went to Greendale! I'll definitely be in that study group.)
Flower Boy Swiss Alps Yodeling Team
Flower Boy Black Jack Dealers
As you can see my sensibility got shorter as the list got longer so I'm out.....
Totally off subject, I just re-watch She's On Duty today and I would PAY somebody just to cast KSA and GY in a drama. I wouldn't care what it was about. It could be about folding laundry and I'll still watch it. That is all.
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Toya
May 14, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Flower Boy Mariachi Band and Flower Boy Swiss Alps Yodeling Team had be busting a stitch!
And I so agree! I have been waiting for that dynamic duo to reunite and make my heart go all aflutter with smexiness.
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annie
May 14, 2012 at 8:26 PM
I LOVE She's On Duty.
I wish I Do, I Do was with Gong Yoo... sadly he can't split time and do two dramas at once :(
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Toya
May 14, 2012 at 8:47 PM
Maybe we can pull a Million Dollar Yoo?
We can rebuild him.... and make duplicates for your pleasure. Wait, no, that is an entirely different fantasy all together. >:D
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ella zala
May 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM
this calls for a shot game! drink a bottle if any comes true!
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Carinne
May 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM
I want to see Flower Boys Shoe Salesmen, it's like Married With Children x Devil Wears Prada x In Time With You combustion.
Hmm, blooming image of Korean Li Da Ren makes me blush but he takes on Cheng You Qing's job.
Ooo~ what do you think?
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17 HeadsNo2
May 14, 2012 at 5:03 PM
If this movie happens rather than Big Bang's World Tour, gummimochi and I might be too busy weeping to watch.
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18 CKDexter
May 14, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Isn't TOP already a flower boy secret agent?
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19 dapinaymrs
May 14, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Please stop being a rumor and come true already! CHONGMAL!
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20 Venus
May 14, 2012 at 7:15 PM
LMAO TOP as a Flower Boy!!! LMAOOOO ... However, YG just stated that this casting hasn't be confirmed, but hey every casting news start that way, so is 50/50.
http://www.bigbangupdates.com/2012/05/tops-casting-in-new-korean-movie-not.html
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21 Cam
May 14, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Ooo, that's gooOOood. :) TOP was really doing so great job in that drama "IRIS". I think he's really fitting into "suspense/thriller/action" for his acting, of course. AH! Also, it'd be INTERESTING to see him act so tough and learn how to martial art in action movie nor drama either. :D I expect that I will able to see him in action movie/drama someday! (I am REALLY fan of "action" genre, haha!)
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22 Daniella
May 14, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Lol, I don't think I'll be able to take TOP seriously in this role...it's hard to imagine him acting silly. It comes of better when it's natural!
And TOP a FLOWER BOY?
He's too manly for that!
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GrandmaFran
May 14, 2012 at 11:35 PM
my dear, top acting like a silly 5 year old is actually more like his real self. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgCWrgy2DuQ
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favegirl13
May 15, 2012 at 11:34 AM
ditto @kay.
top is such a goofball in real life
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23 kopytko
May 14, 2012 at 11:52 PM
There will be a modification to the flower boy term. It will become a carnivorous-flower boy. That suits him much better, doesn't it?
I don't really get why the heck they want to make him a high schooler if he could pretend to be a teacher. Imagine attendance at his classes :)
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annie
May 15, 2012 at 1:52 AM
If TOP had taught at my high school, I never would have graduated.
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Mama J
May 15, 2012 at 9:43 AM
oh send me back to high school PLEASE.
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24 Yue
May 15, 2012 at 3:17 AM
It's hard to root for any actor when it comes to movies that would probably confused me. But, it's true, TOP had been rumoured to be in like a zillion thing and I don't even remember half of it. But, as much as I am Big Bang bias, my vote would go to Kim Soo Hyun, simply because he can make me wanna punch and hug him at the same. TOP is just too hugable.
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25 ella zala
May 15, 2012 at 7:21 AM
flower boy again? okay~ can we have rainbow or lollipop next or something.... =.="
but then again. TOP!!!! jjang!
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26 Thatgirl
May 15, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Despite all the rumors that TOP is going to be in this drama or that drama or this movie or that movie, WE ALL ARE KEEPING IN MIND BIGBANG's World Tour... Right?
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Mama J
May 15, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Keeping it in mind? I'm planning to GO. Never mind that their target audience is about 35 years younger than me.
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27 foodluver88
May 15, 2012 at 12:56 PM
This has nothing to do with TOP or with flower boys, but Michael Vartan is in both Never Been Kissed and Alias :D And though he is no flower boy, he was mighty fine in both
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28 Lady Seoul
May 15, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Woohoo! Let's go head-to-head with Kim Soo Hyun! That would be one hot summer, a hot hot summer! haha
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29 Ai
May 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM
cant wait for the movie
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30 Kimchigirl
May 16, 2012 at 3:06 AM
Kim so hyun vs top?????? I am so very ready...:PP hope 2 see some gud *cough*topless*cough* scenes...:PP
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31 Kairi
May 16, 2012 at 4:32 AM
Tabi's going on a year long world tour so I seriously doubt he'll be able to dedicate time away from BigBang to filming a full length movie. And besides, I really wanted to see him in a drama. He was also rumored for a Korean remake of Absolute Boyfriend as Tenjo Night and a Skip Beat-esque remake as well. However, both of these are recent Taiwanese drama releases so maybe those talks w/Tabi have gone out the window.
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32 bd
May 16, 2012 at 12:51 PM
I wouldn't really consider TOP a "flower boy" - but then again, I would say most so-called flower boys don't really fit that description.
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33 KStyle
May 16, 2012 at 7:40 PM
Yes for T.O.P. being in anything!!!
Idk how this would happen with the Alive World Tour going on but hey I secretly think that Big Bang are superheroes so it's possible.
All I know is that I will be happily screaming and singing when I see my babies in concert.
Come on Big Bang, we are so ready for y'all in the States!!!
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34 im_eve
May 17, 2012 at 4:15 AM
"Guess even flower boy secret agents need to come in pairs. "
ahaha--ahahahah
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