I don't get the sudden back-flip on the original casting. When you undergo a competition with the idea of casting an unknown, you've already weighed up the pro's & con's of it before giving it the go ahead.
If I was Kim Joo-hyun and went through all the auditions to finally get the title role, only to be demoted to second lead I'd ditched the production too.
This whole thing has been poorly handled by SBS, I feel bad for all the actors involved and also the writer's too, who could possibly have a great script in their hands but due to the higher ups their show is getting given bad publicity before its even begun.

Wow i have to say with both brows raised. This drama makes the most news before shooting even start..and so far for all the wrong reasons.

They should just make a drama out of this entire fiasco....

I would've thought that Joo Won had enough star power that an unknown leading lady wouldn't have mattered!?

with the failure of the sequel of Sassy Girl, I think they have balls to be calling it sageuk adaptation. just call it a youthful sageuk with Joo won in it, I'll watch it anyway.

Oh the drama. They should just make this a “reality“ show, it will probably gain higher rating.

What I'm wondering is if Oh Yeon-seo was told that Kim Joo-hyun voluntarily stepped down and she was rescuing the project; and once it started to rumble KJH didn't demote willingly she's balking at stepping into the mess and basically taking another actress's job. Nobody wants to be the replacement for someone who didn't go willingly (unless they were cleanly fired for cause).

No, they better just cancel all this thing. I want to see OYS in this kind of role, but I don't want her to suffer with this messiness. Poor Joo Won, what had he done to suffer this? The original leading lady is really pitiful too.

I vote to just scrap the whole thing.

Joo won should get a new drama

Can't remember where I read it from (read a few weeks ago) , but apparently Kim Joo Hyun dropped out of this project and would be starring in another project. Not sure if it's true, either way this whole thing has been really messy.

Man, what a mess and Joo Won is already getting the short end of the stick, being in limbo even before shooting. If they decide to hold an open audition, they'd better stick with their choice. KJH definitely earned it after beating out all her competitors. What's with this wish-washy hush-hush behaviour?! Not only does it make OYS look bad (not that it was her choice to get the casting call), but where does that leave KJH or other aspiring rookie actresses? SBS should not be flexing their muscles after the fact as if they had not known what open auditions mean! I feel bad for all those who signed on already since I really like this actors as well.

SBS sounds like a diva pitching a fit. Maybe it wants the role. Can a station be cast? Or maybe just the head honcho who's making all these crazy decisions...he can be the sassy girl.

I don't get why SBS is suddenly worried about having an unknown as the lead actress when that was the whole point of the audition they held. If they were worried about that why did they do it in the first place? I understand productions wanting big names attached, but decide that BEFORE you hold a hugely promoted open audition AND find an actress from said auditions. I love Joo Won but how SBS is handling things makes me not want to watch the drama.

Yeah... NO thanks.

MESS.

I wonder why they're even making this, it doesn't sound a thing like the OG My Sassy Girl, and now this casting mess.

At this point, something like "Porn Badgers from Space Implementing Plan 9" sounds like a better choice.

Usually these situations end with either Jin Se-Yun or Shin Se-Kyung taking the leading role XD.

Sigh... So much drama for a drama... Ironic no? I'm sad to hear that Joo Won is caught up in this fiasco. He is one of my favorite actors. I didn't care so much about the last drama he was in so I so looking forward to a really good project before he enlisted. *Crossing my fingers* Plus the actress that was chosen and got demoted must be so heart broken. :( You work so hard for that moment to get a huge break and then people from up above just take it from you for no real good reason. I hope that karma kicks SBS in the butt and that Kim Joo-hyun will get her time in the spot light to show us those acting skills! There must be a reason she won out from thousands of other leading lady hopefuls!!! Fighting!

This is a reality show item. They can use it like After The Show Ends, but this one probably goes with Before The Mess Gettin Mass. Poor Joo Won

Well, at least we know Kim Joo-hyun has enough sass to quit. Darn... did they just lost The sassy girl..?