Sorry, she is still too young to handle an adult romance in a drama. She doesn't come off older than 16. It would definitely be too weird.

So 15 year old's are adults now??? Huh...

Like the mess of her last drama (pairing two boys in their mid twenties with her) wasn't bad enough, they're now pairing 30 year old's with her???

What is wrong with the casting directors and Fantagio.... there are plenty of talented actresses in Yoon Shi Yoon's age group that they could use. Wtf. I really hope this doesn't happen.

what are they thinking........ he's twice her age. I'm sorry but there are plenty of talented actresses around his age there is no reason to cast someone so young.If there is a loveline between them, I'm definitely not watching.

I havent seen Kim Sae Ron before in any drama (yes i suck!) But im a freaking huge fan of Yoon Shi yoon and his puppy like charm! So as long as YSY is in this one, im in!

...do kdrama PDs completely lack common sense?

wtf are they thinking, pairing up an underage girl barely out of middle school with an actor literally TWICE HER AGE?!

(and yes, I was judging the Secret Door PDs/casting directors too, I mean it took them that long to work out that pairing a middle school girl with a 30-year-old is squicky?)

???? Why?? She's 15!!!! Underage!
Are there seriously not any actresses who are at least 19/20?

No, no, no. Romancing with a girl that's half your age doesn't sound very well. And since it's Yoon Shi Yoon I expect some quality smooches (Me too Flower style, heh) and chemistry. So even though I love him, I don't want his comeback drama to be with a kid.

Oh, by the way, I heard Park Shin Hye recently graduated from uni. Just saying.

They shouldn't cast her in the rom com period. They should find someone more age appropriate for the role. It's not that she doesn't have the acting chops to carry the role, it's just that it is awkward. It was awkward in High School Love On as well, though they truly didn't have any real skinship, thank God!

But what is this hurry to grow up? What are her parents and agents thinking?!

PD - her agency must be lost in the mountain or something else -_-
No romance please.. She's too young.

I was excited for YSY comeback drama.. but pairing her with YSY is just awkward. They look look like brother-sister...

See I've never been big on these huge age gaps between leads. But if the story calls for it, and if there's chemistry, then it's not an issue for me either. The problem here isn't that he's double her age - there's nothing wrong with a Yoona-LBS or a KSR-PSY pairing for example. But the fact that she's a minor makes it squicky and uncomfortable to watch. And, it's not legal.

There are tons of good actresses out there tbh. So many who's age appropriate AND popular as Kim Sae-ron. Why is it necessary to stick her into an adult role when she obv isn't? Her agency has been screwing her career - she's done stupid idol dramas with actors who can't act, and now this. What's with that?

I wouldn't mind her being paired with someone in their (very) early twenties because I do recognize that they are actors. But, in a romance especially, I draw the line at 23, maybe 24. 29 is just ridiculous though.

Don't ruin my Yoon Shi-yoon comeback drama, Drama Gods! I beg you, please. We have age-appropriate actresses like Kim So Eun and Han Groo waiting to be cast, so why go here?

This is so weird. I'm just going to wait for someone to officially say they found a leading lady more suitable for our hero because I promise this is really weird :/

I dont have an issue with age gap in actors as such. My problem is that when one is an adult and the other is a minor. Romancing a minor ....... is this even legal ?

Wow yes this is such an uncomfortable pairing. YSY must be flipping out. I can't imagine he would be on board with this, he just seems like he has his wits about him.

Aigoo. What, there aren't any 20 something actresses that need work?

I think Kim Sae-ron, Kim Yoo-jung, and Kim So-hyun are all talented young actresses. The keyword is young. The agencies and production companies need to remember that, they're still children.

Cast an age appropriate actress.

Secret Door was exactly my first thought when I read this. Why are they rushing those child actors to grow up?! There are plenty of talented 20something actresses to choose from! Like Yoon Sohee replaced Kim Yoojung, they can just go ahead and cast someone like Gong Seungyeon in the first place! (I can totally see the chemistry already with Seungyeon and Shiyoon).

What were the casting people, KSR, her parents, agency, writer, director......in short all concerned thinking ?
Is there such a dearth of actresses to play the lead in this drama or roles for KSR to play?

Not loving this because of the romance angle and the fact that she is a minor and there is a 14-yer gap...one year less than her age of 15!

They handled it with bubblegum in High School - love on so there was not actual contact but a bubblegum bubble. That was honestly strange enough.

If they limit the romance to more of an admiration on his part for her or if she is in a one-sided love (her to him), I may be okay.

To be fair, I was ore weirded out with Potato Star 2013QR3 as Yeo Jin-goo was 16 and the female lead, Ha Yeon-Soo, was 23. The age gap was smaller (1990 vs. 1997), but there was a kiss scene between those two that was intense and, well, I had to stop watching after that. Very uncomfortable because he was a minor. That is just my opinion and understand others may feel differently. I will just say this, I would have never allowed this kiss scene as it was filmed to have happened if he was my son. I don't care how much money was paid or even if the age of his character was an adult. The actor was a miner. Plenty of time for killer smooches when he hits 19. Again, this is just my opinion.

Very mixed feelings here. In no particular order...

KSR is great and I'll watch her in almost anything, no matter how creepy.

How big was the age difference in A Girl at My Door? New show can't be much creepier than that.

She looks older than 15 in the picture at the top of this post.

I can see them dropping the romance story line or they might go the Park Shin-hye x Lee Wan route a la Tree of Heaven; no kiss scene, just confessions and hugs.

If she were cast in a similar role in any other drama, opposite an actor HER OWN AGE, I'd be all for it. Given that that is not the case, I sincerely hope she takes on the villain role instead of the heroine, or at least have their relationship be a platonic, brother-sister kind of relationship with NO romance. Seriously, this is just weird. I love her and think she's a great young actress, and Yoon Shi-yoon is great in whatever he does (loved him best in Flower Boy Next Door). But the people behind this drama need to take a step back and re-think things if they want her in this show.

im already cringing at this pairing... not that i have anything against the 2 as individuals, but as a love line? not up for it :(

How ridiculous!! The man has been a marine for 2 years!!
Give him a romantic lead that is age appropriate!!
Cuz lets face it, the audience for a rom/com wants a little romance first and comedy or drama second.
Don't want to take anything away from her as an actress but please let her grow and mature a bit more unless you want a "Lolita" type story.

i'm ok with it.

This would make me pretty uncomfortable, honestly. :/ It really doesn't make sense, she doesn't look much older then her age and I feel someone closer to YSY's age and with more of a track record should be cast for his first comeback project.. she's so young x.x

I like her but please no. :( She is still teen, I can accept if it high school drama but not for adult role. I hope her agency realize this.

What happened with dramaland? We have plenty of actresses in 20s who are talented yet underrated. Why cannot give it to Kim Seul Gi, Kim So Eun, Lee Yoo Bi and many others? To add nowadays i discovered Song Ha-yoon (On Wol in Geum Sa Wol) as one of underrated actress.

I cant even watch her drama with Woohyun & Sunyeol because I know their real age, so it was icky.
So, no to this drama too I guess.
I wish KSR just stick to movies tho.

I wonder - since it's a fantasy-romance, and they mentioned a curse - if she remains 15 forever? Like the curse doesn't just turns her into a shaman, but ensures she remains forever young. And one of the things Heo Jun is supposed to do is to figure out how to break the curse and somehow she'll morph into an older person at the end...

Are they still "condering" or have they given "yes" to this project?

Coz for the viewers and the actors' sanity I wish they would say no.