so let´s just clear once again: Ji Soo is NOT an angsty teen this time? Right? Thank goodness.

one thing i like most if this show is 100% pre produced which good because it highly well prepared with no rush script. But it will air on September which is so longgg and I have to wait 8 month ughhhh

I was so happy to hear Jisoo confirming his role and then the rest of the cast has also confirmed. Love the princes!! Not too familiar with the two actresses' works so far, but I don't mind them. I just hope this production will be done well, and since it's pre-produced, hope they won't feel the need to rush the filming and sacrifice the plot and character development as a result.

Too many idols in this drama..... I'm worried

Seohyun was pretty awkward in her Passionate Love role which was just a few episodes but let's see how she does! I've heard she's done good in her musicals

I'm trusting in LJK. He's so good in historicals that I'll have to watch this.

So this is the same timeline as the fantasy sageuk Shine or Go Cray Cray starring Jang Hyuk(Wang So) but with better visuals for the Princes.. :D

We have Lee Jun-ki, Kang Ha-neul and Ji Soo in one drama. Even if this turns out to be a disaster, I say I'm gonna stick with them all the way to the end!

Considering that this will only air in Sept, I bet there will be lots and lots of promos (stills and videos) coming out for the next few months. Hope that it won't be overkill though.

On one hand, time slip is such a common device in Chinese dramas/novels that it has become its own genre, and I'm wishing that their writers would start to be more creative and stop with the time slip stuff, on the other, bu jing xin was a really good drama and I'm super curious about a Korean remake. I'm glad they kept the original title (which literally means gripping sadness/shock with every step; alluding to an arduous emotional journey) too, because it does fit the story of a forbidden love and the nine royal princes' doomed fight for the throne quite nicely.

also the casting is really spot on with baekhyun as the tenth prince lolz, although I'm not so sure about his acting (having seen my neighbor is exo)

I'm gonna skip on this one. Kim seul gi would've been perfect for the lead role though or even suzy ! But IU, she pouts her lips too much when speaking.

God, please let this not be a mess. PLEASE.

IU isn't the problem here no matter how much people wan to deny the truth of her previous performances being well-received.

Wait, so does this mean they're cutting out Mingyu and Ruolan's characters altogether? I can see them trying to do that (and ignore the fact that all the princes are married) to try to make 8's love more "pure", but they were such interesting, layered characters in the original, and their relationships with 8 so complicated, it would be a pity to remove them wholesale just to make a loveline more palatable to the K-audiences.

This is such a damn good cast(at least 90%)of it and i'm more into the script and adaptation now than anything else and hoping the leads have a happy ending,i remember the original and was not so much

Li Jun-ki!!!!!!! I love sageuks and I love Li Jun-ki. This will be the berries!

Wasn't 13th Prince the "scary" prince - wild and rebellious. Some how I can't see Nam Joo Hyuk as the 13th prince, he's too timid looking in my opinion.

On a side note, for those who haven't seen the original but wish to learn more about the different princes...he's an awesome guide...be warned..MAJOR spoilers!

http://koalasplayground.com/2011/09/16/guide-to-the-princes-of-bu-bu-jing-xin/

Everytime reading news related to this drama i keep wondering why they don't just cast Kim Seulgi and Doo Joon. I mean, really?? God i miss those two being together and all :(

Maybe i'm the only who isn't that excited for Lee Jun Ki. Please please don't kill me, but i find him too intense, over-act and distracting in Scholar. Think i need to watch Two Weeks to confirm but haven't got the time. But then they cast IU, Kang Haneul and Jisoo. Why hahahaha those already pull me in.

Commiting to saeguk always make me wary. I love SFD to bits because they did everything right there, well in my opinion. Hope this will be better than what we all worry about. At least we all have 8 months to decide whether watching this or not LOL

I'm shallow enough to watch 35 episodes for the visuals alone (LIKE SO MUCH PRETTY), so I'm good.

I think Seohyun's character is supposed to be Luwu? Only she's a princess pretending to be a gisaeng. Its like what they did with Dr. Jin where Park Min Young's historical counterpart was a gisaeng in the original. Does Korea have a problem with allowing their stars to be gisaengs or something? Because Luwu occupation played a role in her relationship with 8th and it gave it a certain dynamic that just makes your heart bleed.

But if not then eh, at least Korea is making it their own by adding a new character. Very interested in the acting and writing though and hope that this drama won't be Heirs 2.0 where the ensemble was great but the writing put it down.

Love the time period (thank you Faith) and just about everyone cast. I have a great love for Lee Jun-ki so I'm excited just for him. And I find IU to be so adorable as well. Kang Haneul is good at whatever he does so I'm excited to see him in this; likewise for Ji-soo. Seohyun I know from SNSD. Never seen her act though. Baekhyun has me a little worried though. I mean I'm a fan of EXO but I've seen him in a miniseries the group did and D.O. and Chanyeol were the only good actors of the bunch. I wish D.O. was in this. As for the rest of the cast, all I can say is that I'm excited to see this. Can't it be September yet?

The fact that it is 100% pre produced is drawing my interest.
Hope it will turn out OK ;) *reduce expectation

And so I am excited because of Lee Jun Ki!

as someone who loved the original, this is just too weird for me LOL. I like IU, but idk if she quite fits the character of ruo xi....even if it is korean version. I feel like she'll at least be able to be convincing but the rest of the cast is just so...mismatched in my eyes, for some reason.

Having watched the original, I highly doubt Nam Joo Hyuk will be able to portray 13 sufficiently. Yuan Hong did such an amazing job with the character in the original that I really wish they had Jisoo play 13 and Nam Joo Hyuk play 14. 13 requires such a nuance portrayal that I just don't think Joo Hyuk has the abilities to do.

I like Kang Haneul and he is a great actor but its going to be a stretch to believe he is similar in age to Junki in the drama. 8 and 4 are supposed to be close in age and similar in feel when watching while Junki and and Haneul are so very different in both age and general vibe.

..The casting is so weird for such a big adaptation. I mean Kang Ha Neul sure.

But I had hoped for an older actress to play our time traveler, because the character calls for subtlety and heavyweight acting, the kind who can portray several dozen layer of emotion in one go.

Idol fest this Bubu Jingxin is

Does anyone know who's playing the Crown Prince? Cos in the Chinese version there's a crown prince and it was really interesting to see how 4th & 8th played out their power struggle while skirting around crown prince. Also loved how 4th & 8th combined their power to destroy the crown prince so they can save rouxi.

There has to be roulan right? I think her role as elder sister of rouxi was pivotal. It was because of roulan that she held back from truly loving 8th prince.