Two Su Aes, one Mask
by javabeans
Oh, is THIS what Mask is actually about — a switched-places doppelganger story? There was no mention before of Su Ae playing two characters, but there’s no doubt about it in the teaser below, where the two Su Aes come face to face in wide-eyed shock to run into each other for the first time. The producers should have just called this Who Are You—Mask 2015, or maybe Masked School: The Grown-Up Years, because it’s essentially the exact same premise, just set in the chaebol world rather than high school.
[I suppose I should sound a general School 2015 spoiler alert, just in case you don’t want to know what that show’s up to!]
In the teaser below, Su Ae plays a well-to-do woman who finds out she has a doppelganger “living an entirely different life,” working at the fancy department store where she shops. Things get shady when one Su Ae ends up dead—murdered?—whom we see lying cold on a morgue slab; the villain of the piece, Yeon Jung-hoon, suggests a deal that would change someone’s life. The remaining doppelganger/twin ends up with Joo Ji-hoon, which explains previous descriptions of the character being keen to hide her identity in order to marry into the chaebol fold. Yoo In-young rounds out the main cast as Yeon’s wife, whose feelings for her spouse go unrequited.
It’s uncannily similar to the plot of Who Are You—School 2015, where one twin takes the place of another living a better life. School doesn’t have murder, chaebols, or marriages in its plot (…that we know of yet), but thematically it feels like we’re getting the same story, with the heroine navigating a new identity while trying to hide her old one. I highly doubt one drama copied the other, but it does make me wonder what Mask’s writer thought when he got scooped on the switched-lives plotline. Were curses uttered, things thrown? I wouldn’t blame him, but the early bird gets the worm and all that.
Mask kicks off its mysterious, revenge-driven, secret-laden run on May 27 on SBS.
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1 be
May 18, 2015 at 2:08 PM
Anyone watched US series "Ringer" by Sarah Michelle Gellar? This twin/doppelgange theme from both series reminds me so much about it.
Btw JJH never look this handsome before. Why this need to be another melo? I want to see him in rom-com again.
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tati69
May 18, 2015 at 2:43 PM
Jep i loved Ringer with Sahrah Michelle Gellar! It would be awesome if they would make a korean remake of it.
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han
May 18, 2015 at 3:30 PM
there was also liar game which came out just before ringer if i recall. school 2015 might be a little more like liar game than ringer
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2 alua
May 18, 2015 at 2:12 PM
<just set in the chaebol world rather than high school
I'll take high school over chaebol world every single time. ˆ_ˆ
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mary
May 18, 2015 at 10:35 PM
Why choose one? Choose both!
Love is the momeeeeeeeeeeeent~
Hehehehe :D
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ffiza
May 19, 2015 at 12:56 AM
haha...nice one!
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3 Mandy
May 18, 2015 at 2:14 PM
Why does Soo Ae have the same exact expression in the posters of both characters she's playing? I can't tell if the posters are of two different characters or just one.
Either way, this does not sound appealing. And that trailer is so ridic and makjang laced. It could pull in somewhat decent ratings, but damn if the writer's previous work is anything to go by, this will be invaded by tons of convoluted characters and dysfunctional relationships.
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bd5
May 18, 2015 at 3:22 PM
Either Soo Ae is the same character having assumed the identity of the doppleganger or if not, one would assume that that the 2 are similar in more than just looks if one can assume the identity of the other.
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Mandy
May 18, 2015 at 3:30 PM
Well... since the premise is roughly School 2015 chaebol version, that drama shows us that two characters don't need to have anything similar other than looks so they can take over from the other.
Kim So-hyun managed to have a different expression for two different characters in her poster. Or Hyun Bin in HJM, Ji Sung in KMHM, etc etc. Soo Ae looks exactly the same with different clothing. Not that I'm gonna judge someone's acting based on a poster because we all know what she's capable of. But regardless, it doesn't feel like two people.
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4 achiara
May 18, 2015 at 2:17 PM
I am so ready for the makjang fest, bring it on! I need my yearly dose of melo from dramaland and this might be it because I just love this cast.
About the similarities with School 2015, while we can't uness it I doubt the approach will be anything alike
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Tricia
May 18, 2015 at 5:32 PM
True :) You just have to watch it first.
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5 Quiet Thought
May 18, 2015 at 2:19 PM
Gosh, but she's purty. I can see why you posted all six publicity photos.
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6 j2hr
May 18, 2015 at 2:30 PM
Mask's writer and Who Are You-School 2015's PD worked on "Secret Love" together last time. So that may explain why they get the same concept this time.
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7 houstontwin
May 18, 2015 at 2:32 PM
I'm not jazzed about the plot but the cast is fabulous!
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8 kororo
May 18, 2015 at 2:32 PM
YES !!! Bring it !!! I'm so ready for this full on high society melo, crying out loud, hair pulling, slapping, yet somehow still classy Makjang madness !!!!! I love Su Ae and she definitely fit the melo gendra, Secret was terribly addicting, I'm hoping for the best with this one + Joo Ji-hoon is back on our screen.
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fab
May 18, 2015 at 3:33 PM
DITTO! ?
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samantha1
May 18, 2015 at 5:34 PM
+1 Can't wait for it!
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9 whiskers
May 18, 2015 at 2:47 PM
I don't know the other actress but she looks so familiar. I swear I've seen her in a drama before
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bd5
May 18, 2015 at 3:23 PM
She was the rival/soon to be dead fiance on YFAS.
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fab
May 18, 2015 at 3:28 PM
She had a much better role in Empress Ki.
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aznative
May 18, 2015 at 4:53 PM
She was also in "The Three Musketeers" and "Wonderful Mama".
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10 hipployta
May 18, 2015 at 3:09 PM
Well I love Su Ae so I guess I'm in for now
Plus we have the same shoes...gotta support my shoe twin/sole sister
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11 ju
May 18, 2015 at 3:27 PM
Looking forward to Yeon Jung Hoon playing villain. Su Ae is always good to watch. The four leads are strong. Hope the writer brews up a quality storm to match!
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aznative
May 18, 2015 at 4:57 PM
He's great in romantic comedy, but loved his persona in "Vampire Prosecutor" even thought he wasn't a bad guy. Don't know if I've seen him as a true bad guy, but I haven't seen any of his movies or dramas older that "East of Eden".
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Franbergh II
May 18, 2015 at 5:37 PM
dont watch EoE. i hate jong hoon there so much i want him to get hit by a car XD.
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12 Franbergh II
May 18, 2015 at 4:55 PM
great! i love both actors, ji hoon and jong hoon have gottn prettier lately ^^. they can just go make their own drama kekekeke~ :D
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13 Tricia
May 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM
This is the one I've been waiting for!!!
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14 kanz
May 18, 2015 at 5:36 PM
"The producers should have just called this Who Are You—Mask 2015, or maybe Masked School: The Grown-Up Years, because it’s essentially the exact same premise, just set in the chaebol world rather than high school."
I laugh out loud reading this sentence.. It just kills me that two dramas that air at almost same time have exact same premise, just different setting. :)
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15 klmeri
May 18, 2015 at 6:26 PM
I wonder if Yeon Jung Hoon is having a deja-vu moment since he was just in a drama with a doppleganger plotline.
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16 Cocoboo
May 18, 2015 at 6:50 PM
Su Ae looks so vacant in her posters.
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17 riya
May 18, 2015 at 7:58 PM
It sounds more like Hundred Year Inheritance.
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18 escape
May 18, 2015 at 9:22 PM
I'm a bit skeptical because it's SBS. Hm...I just hope the writer doesn't screw this up.
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Tricia
May 18, 2015 at 9:31 PM
It's the writer of the hit melodrama 'Secret' so I think we can have hope in this. Besides, the script was already 80% finished before the filming even began.
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escape
May 19, 2015 at 12:49 PM
I didn't like Secret so I don't know if i'll like this one.
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⭐ Sera The Ms Temper ⭐
June 4, 2015 at 7:40 PM
if u dun like Secret maybe ure not so into melodrama.
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19 canxi
May 18, 2015 at 11:20 PM
A tinsy off topic but I like how whoever edited those character shots put a lot of emphasis on the eyes.
I want to watch this, I couldn't read the article because I wanna watch School 2015 eventually but I read doppelganger and I like it, it's good, lol. Plus with the writer of Secret, this is bound to be fun That show was too damn watchable and it was so wild!
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20 daktari34
May 18, 2015 at 11:49 PM
If I was a woman, Su Ae would have me questioning my sexuality! ;)
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21 Enios
May 19, 2015 at 12:17 AM
I don't think ill watch but if i do it would be for yeon jung hoon, lol
Su ae picks too many melodramitic roles for me and i just don't have the energy to sit through melodramatic dramas
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Enios
May 19, 2015 at 12:18 AM
update, just read through the comments that the script writer was the person who wrote secret which means there's a very high chance of me watching at least the first two episodes, lol
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22 cresha
May 19, 2015 at 12:25 AM
Im sure this is going to greeaat. Looking forward to seeing joo ji hoon. It hasnt started yet but im already replaying the teaser again n again n again. 8 days left and counting:)
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23 cresha
May 19, 2015 at 12:27 AM
Im sure this is going to greeaat. Looking forward to seeing joo ji hoon. It hasnt started yet but im already replaying the teaser again n again n again. 8 days left and counting:) :)
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24 rumning_wild
May 19, 2015 at 2:05 AM
The plot reminds me so much of the mexican telenovela, La Ursupadora.
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adian
May 19, 2015 at 3:59 AM
Oh! I love that Mexican telenovela.
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Amis
May 19, 2015 at 7:28 AM
Haha me too... Paulina & Paula by Gabriela Spanic :D
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25 yujiro32
May 19, 2015 at 4:03 AM
is this also resemble to cinderella man?
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theredsnowflake
May 19, 2015 at 10:23 AM
agree!
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26 korfan
May 19, 2015 at 4:09 AM
But the real question now is, whether or not the look-alike is really dead.
Because if she isn't, then, what we have are 2 Joo Da-hae's running around! Uh oh.
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daktari34
May 19, 2015 at 7:52 AM
Her role in Queen of Ambition was so tragic!
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27 Tricia
May 19, 2015 at 5:13 AM
wahaha..LoL
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Tricia
May 19, 2015 at 5:20 AM
T'was meant to be a reply to the comment above at #26
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28 SeoHaSeurri22
May 19, 2015 at 7:09 AM
Beware of the return of Joo Da Hae!
LOL jk ;-P
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Erin
May 19, 2015 at 10:11 AM
haha..Soo Ae said that eventhough it looks like that, her character's different than the one in QoA..
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29 shanea919
May 19, 2015 at 9:01 AM
school2015 & the lying game is almost the same = school, and the twin that went missing- its not also sure if alive or dead.
with this mask and ringer = I think in ringer both characters are still alive unlike with what the teaser showed (that she's dead).
is this being a new trend now. "dopplegangers?'
previously it was multiple personality.
the next one are vampires right? ^_^
*the la usurpadora comment - I love that too show too.
paulina paola and paola paulina.
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30 Jig
May 19, 2015 at 10:56 AM
Guys, Bride of the Century did it first... seriously awesome k-drama that everyone should check out! The official synopsis sounds bat-shit crazy, but I swear it's not! The best I can explain it without giving things away is: A tough country girl has to deal with a snobby chaebol fiance and a curse passed down generations as she poses as a chaebol's daugther that looks exactly like her but who has disappeared. Yang Jin-sung does an amazing job at playing both roles and Hong ki is perfect for the role as well.
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31 samantha1
May 20, 2015 at 8:15 PM
The 5-minute long trailer though. It was released during the press conference and I love it.
It was so intense I really wanted to watch this drama now. It was nothing like School 2015 nor BoTC besides the doppelganger thingy.
Everything about it seems posh, elegant and thrillingly melodramatic ♥
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32 whitewire
May 22, 2015 at 1:14 AM
DEAD EXCITED about this
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33 Rovi
May 24, 2015 at 9:13 AM
Will she or not act diva again and bust a gut on her seniors and director friends?
Find out when "National Psycho Bitch" returns after a small break.
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34 Alessar
May 28, 2015 at 10:01 AM
Is this getting recapped? I've been wanting to start recapping a K-drama if only on Tumblr or something but I don't think it's worth the effort if a big site like this is covering a show already.
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