'Splish splash love' is an example of a rom com lite with the king having another wife.

The wife and the heroine manage to be friends of a sort , refreshingly . But the ending is quite bittersweet ..

Not sure how they would manage in this drama, since both the girls are from the same era and there is convenient 'escape route'

Bummer. I also wish she was was the lead!

Is her character also in the novel as well?

I also find it a little unsettling for our hero to already have a wife. Yes it was common at the time for royalty to marry young and even have more than one wife, but it makes PBG seem like a player, and I don't like that image for him. Besides I'd find it difficult to be romantic with someone when his wife is staring daggers at you at every turn.

Somehow, I wish that Chae will be the female lead instead, she's only younger than Park Bogum by a year and she does seem like a good match with him, age as well as talents. She can hold her own in a leading role too, really hope for her to get center stage soon instead of being the supporting character. Anyway, glad to see her back on the screen, after last year's Sassy Go Go.

I too wish chae soo bin was playing the lead role instead.

As unsettling as the idea of a married man going after another woman is.. All the saeguks that I have seen, they usually explain it away by using
A. A real bitchy wife
B. Someone who doesn't love the king is only there for her own faction's political motives.

A couple that quickly come to mind are moon that embraces the sun, empress ki

Splish Spalsh love was an exception in how they treated the queen.

So overall I am fully expecting Chae Soo-bin's character to be such that we will all root for the king to cheat.

I love Chae Soo-bin, and I love her even more after Sassy Go Go but I hope KBS isn't going to toss her into the typcasting rut of 'bitchy second lead' with this. Her character in Sassy was so much more, and she deserves better than to be reduced to a stereotype to make a far more beloved and famous actress look better.

(and if there was any justice in kdrama world, she'd already be a prime time leading lady by now).

I think she should take this for the exposure (it's good that KBS have her back, she has potential). Her character in Sassy Go Go was poorly written imo but she did well with she had to work with.

Kim Yoo Jung is definitely the better actress in my book, plus has far more sageuk experience and is generally more popular so I get why they went with her for the main role. Still, Chae Soo Bin is far more age appropriate...

I hope Sungjae takes the second male lead role too, this is a great leading quartet!

Loved her so much in Bluebird’s House,kinda wanted her to get the leading role...

First of all, I don't get why so many people are up in arms abt Yoo Jung...she's a fantastic actress. Can we really deny that. You go girl!
Also, I really don't know if u can take Chae Soo Bin in another horrible sfl role. She's scarily good yo.

I like her. First time i saw her was in Sassy and she was good. Like some say, hopefully her character won't be the usual secondary female lead. one thing though i can see her having chemistry with Bogum more. like i still can't wrap my head around YJ due to her too youthful and child-like image. maybe she'd gonna surprise me who knows. I really want this drama to work out.

Wow. What did we ever do to deserve this casting? Park Bo Gum, Kim Yoo Jung, Yook Sung Jae, AND Chae Soo Bin? I really hope she accepts because this is so perfect ? ALL MY FAVES ALL IN ONE DRAMA ??? So much expectations...wishing for the best script! August, please come sooner.

At least we don't need to guess who will be the wife. Hheheehhehehheheh

Also, All-these-flavors-and-you-chose-to-be-salty.jpg

What in the world is this? Historically this is not cheating, this is not robbing the cradle, this is how it was. I don't know how you guys want to change history but that's not how it was. It was a man's world and the man is the center of the Royal family. He can have as many wives as he wants, and age is of little consideration. As long as he creates heirs I wouldn't doubt that gay dalliances wouldn't be condoned. Back to the underage thing, as long as she can produce children, she's old enough to marry. Sometimes even younger than that but that's pretty rare. But in the times where the lifespan is less than 40 years you have to start early and often. Monogamy in certain Asian countries is a pretty new concept.

I don't know how the original story went, but wouldn't it be awesome if the crown princess and the crown prince are bff's for a change? I'm not sure if that's even possible in that era, for a man & a woman (or prince & princess) to be friends that is. And I'm not really a fan of sageuk so...don't have a lot of references, but from the little I saw, the queen/crown princess were always the jealous, villain-y type, or have a rather distant relationship with the king. Or were every royal women in that era like that/have to be like that?

Anyways, looking forward to watching Bogum & Soo bin (if she confirms, I hope she does!), in any kinds of relationship!