Ji-soo offered lead in youth drama First Time at First Love
by girlfriday
I know Ji-soo (Bad Guys: City of Evil, Strong Woman Do Bong-soon) has already graduated to adult bad boy roles, but I’ll always love his Angry Mom baby bad boy character best, which is why I’m glad that he’s still up for youth dramas. There’s a new coming-of-age campus drama in the works called First Time at First Love, which is reportedly in talks to stream on Netflix, and the leading role has been offered to Ji-soo. (It looks like his real-life buddy Nam Joo-hyuk was offered the same role earlier, but he must have passed on it.)
The drama comes from former SBS PD Oh Jin-seok of Yong-pal, My Sassy Girl, and Modern Farmer, and tells the story of twenty-year-olds navigating their first baby steps into adulthood. It’ll take place on a college campus and focus on youths who have just barely shed their high school uniforms learning how to dream, make true friends, and fall in love for the first time.
Ji-soo is up for the role of business student Yoon Tae-oh, a handsome young man from a top university and a wealthy family. He seems perfect on the outside, but his precarious family relationships have led to a lifetime of alienation. One day, his friend Han Song-yi suddenly ends up living in his house, and he’ll develop romantic feelings for her, confusing the hell out of him.
It sounds like an adorable friends-to-lovers setup with a simple, relatable story at the core, which is exactly my kind of youth drama. I’ll dream big and hope for a dash of Age of Youth and a sprinkling of Because This Life Is Our First for thematic purposes. Bonus points for a fresh-faced ensemble of talented rookies to join him.
First Time at First Love is currently in talks to air on Netflix.
Via Xports News, TV Report
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1 greenfields
July 26, 2018 at 1:03 AM
Very nice. The initial description seems somewhat Age of Youth & Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo so I'm looking forward to more news about this. :)
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Alali
July 26, 2018 at 10:29 PM
That awkward moment when it sounds like Because It's The First Time with the same main character names
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2 LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 26, 2018 at 1:07 AM
Does this mean this will be the only show where the male lead loses the girl to the second male lead?
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 1:45 AM
I was so happy thinking he's finally going to get the girl this time, then I read your post, *cries*
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 26, 2018 at 1:47 AM
If Jisoo ever got the girl, I'm pretty sure the entire fabric of spacetime would be torn asunder and the universe would be destroyed.
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 1:53 AM
Space...time...universe....* thinks of Jisoo in Scarlet Heart* * cries even more*
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Flightey Gazelles
July 26, 2018 at 2:29 AM
Lmao!!
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Mimu
July 26, 2018 at 3:40 AM
Or may be as he got the lead role and the girl he'll get hit by the truck of doom. 😂
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 4:34 AM
Nooooo, stop, can't take this no more. *faints from overload of sadness*
CocoaYearRound
April 27, 2019 at 9:58 AM
I am crying because I am in the middle of watching it on Netflix and had to stop, because IS THERE EVER HOPE FOR JI-SOO GETTING THE GIRL? EVER?
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
April 27, 2019 at 1:27 PM
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dramadragoness
July 26, 2018 at 4:46 AM
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 5:55 AM
I laughed. I cried. I fainted.
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JustMe
July 26, 2018 at 2:26 PM
I swear it's almost become a trope how jisoo can never get a girl
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 26, 2018 at 2:58 PM
His cameo in WFKBJ made me howl with laughter. I'd almost be disappointed if he ruined it.
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LoveSojiSub51
August 2, 2018 at 7:15 PM
I was all excited for his first lead role, then they try to play a brother and NOT get the girl! Come on, Ji-soo is so adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bluepoodle
August 18, 2018 at 8:09 PM
Let's see if the curse is real
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3 ILoverain&coffee
July 26, 2018 at 1:12 AM
FINALLY! Finally we are getting to see ji-soo in a lead role! Yay for the puppy! I wonder why did it took so long for him to get a lead role? I think his records were pretty good. So why did his opportunity come so late? What do you guys think?
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 1:48 AM
He wanted to hone his skills at crying, so he stuck to second lead roles.
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ILoverain&coffee
July 26, 2018 at 5:06 AM
😆😆😆
Hopefully he will get the girl this time!! *finger crossed*
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 26, 2018 at 5:56 AM
Not going to be able to sleep tonight worrying he won't get the girl.
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cantbothertologin
July 27, 2018 at 4:50 AM
He was pretty poor in all of his dramas except Angry Mom.
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teacakes
July 28, 2018 at 7:27 AM
Sassy Go Go though.....if that is considered a poor performance, this is truly the Upside Down from Stranger Things.
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Vin
August 2, 2018 at 2:18 AM
Page Turner was his best performance so you haven't actually seen anything of him.
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4 luzitania
July 26, 2018 at 2:13 AM
That plot sounds delicious. I am a sucker for male lead falling in love first (at least that's the idea I got from the description).
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Mimu
July 26, 2018 at 3:38 AM
I'm sucker of that too and I can already imagine his confused reactions and denial mode. 😂😂
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luzitania
July 26, 2018 at 5:53 AM
His denial was super cute in Angry Mom so I can't wait. 💕
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Mimu
July 26, 2018 at 5:55 AM
It was extremely cute in Angry mom and same in Cheer up! too.😂😍😍
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vinny
July 26, 2018 at 9:44 PM
Who doesn't love that! KSH would be a good female lead for him if she's available! I'm still not over their adorable chemistry in Page Turner.
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5 anglvue
July 26, 2018 at 2:13 AM
This might put me in the minority but here goes...
I like Jisoo and I adored him in Angry Mom but I have not seen him in anything after that has made me give him high marks. The thing is, I really really want to be able to do that because I know he's got it in him. Here's hoping this might be that drama.
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 26, 2018 at 2:18 AM
I love him to death but he hasn't shown a great deal of range. Hopefully this is his chance.
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Mimu
July 26, 2018 at 3:36 AM
You should check out Page turner and Cheer up! He has acted so well in those dramas. ❤️
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Trinity 🍆
July 26, 2018 at 9:10 AM
Like Mimu said he was excellent in Angry Mom, Page Turner and Cheer Up. I was in love with his acting and wanted him to be in everything. Then I watched Moon Lovers. And then he crashed and burned in Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon. That may have been the awful writing, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. I really hope this will be the drama that brings the magic back that he had in his first roles.
(I haven't seen Doctors, Bad Guys 2 or Fantastic so can't comment on those)
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 27, 2018 at 1:41 AM
I thought he was good in SWDBS and all the other ones you mentioned as well. But in those he was basically the same character - a bad boy with a heart of gold in unrequited love with the female lead. The only part I've seen him try something different was in Bad Guys where he was... not great.
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Mimu
July 28, 2018 at 6:19 AM
I've watched Doctors and Fantastic but his role was same nothing much to add but for sure Scarlet lovers and SWDBS was his worse dramas.
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6 Flightey Gazelles
July 26, 2018 at 2:31 AM
Just popping in to say I'm so happy to see a smiling pic of Ji Soo
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7 kayedrama
July 26, 2018 at 3:18 AM
Jisoo pls dp us a favor and get the girl 😭😭😭
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8 Mimu
July 26, 2018 at 3:32 AM
Finally Ji Soo graduated from the second lead to a lead role. ❤️ I know he's way capable of nailing this role. This plot sounds exciting. *_*
I loved his noona crush in Angry Mom. ^^
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9 ⭐ Sera The Ms Temper ⭐
July 26, 2018 at 3:56 AM
Wait, I'm confused. I think I also read recently he has confirmed for another drama (I really forgot who is the leading girl lol). So it means he will not only finally get the girl once, but twice this year. Wow. It's a great news.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to see this. I read that Kim So hyun was also offered one Netflix's drama. If this is the same drama, this pairing will be so adorable.
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Ally
July 26, 2018 at 8:20 AM
I’d watch this for this pairing alone.
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Bae
July 26, 2018 at 9:42 PM
Its not the same drama but I would love to see them get paired up too! Kim So Hyun was offered Love Alarm but I don't know why Dramabeans still hasn't written about it.
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10 bbstl 🧹
July 26, 2018 at 8:32 AM
Awwww, 🍾 Here's to a breakout lead role for puppy! 💕
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11 ohhaeyoung
July 26, 2018 at 9:29 AM
This sounds amazing and yay Ji Soo! I recently watched SWDBS and it was my first time seeing JI Soo and I really liked him! <3
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bong-soo
July 26, 2018 at 4:54 PM
Hi @ohhaeyoung. I really enjoyed Ji Soo's performance in SWDBS. Like you it is the only drama I have seen him in. I was hoping to see his performance in BAD GUYS: CITY OF EVIL (which is more my genre) but it did not happen. I wish him a lot of luck in his first series as a lead.
You give me a chance to share my favorite Ji-Soo photo from SWDBS. It is a cast pic with his police squad buddies:
http://www.topstarnews.net/news/photo/first/201703/img_253096_1.jpg
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ohhaeyoung
August 3, 2018 at 1:47 PM
oh thanks for the pic, he looks amazing! I really loved him in SWDBS, I feel like I almost got SLS! I never really got SLS but his scenes were just so good and my heart ached for him towards the end.
Why didn't you watch Bad Guys: City of Evil?
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12 javinne
July 26, 2018 at 11:17 AM
I like him!! I will try to what this!
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13 Lucy🦋 | Hyun Bins First Love
July 26, 2018 at 1:39 PM
He is forever going to be that adorable lost puppy Go Bok-dong.
And I hope he will finally get the girl in this one! It's high time that he did drama-land. *angry fist pump*
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14 suk
July 26, 2018 at 1:45 PM
It kind of sucks that they asked the more successful Nam Joo-hyuk first, but I'm sure Jisoo can show the world up and do really great in this drama! I've pretty much loved him in everything so far. Special shoutout to his swoony bad boy character in Doctors.
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15 Del
July 26, 2018 at 5:58 PM
I am sorry that this may sound harsh but the drama title sounds stupid. "First Time at First Love"? Well, you don't refer to it as "First" love if it was not the "first" time that you actually experience love. What the heck?
Anyway, I like Ji Soo in light-hearted dramas. His best performance to me is still as Cha-Shik in "Page Turner". I would have higher hope if this drama is on cable network. The big three networks are no longer relevant these days.
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16 Alali
July 26, 2018 at 7:32 PM
Guys... Because It's The First Time??? Same names as the main characters. What in the world
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17 yuja
July 26, 2018 at 8:59 PM
awwwwww
good for him! i'm glad he's finally getting a real leading role.
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18 Unnie55
July 26, 2018 at 9:50 PM
yess..finally Jisoo is the lead...
lol im almost scream out for happiness in my office when i read the headline..
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19 sooyi
July 27, 2018 at 3:24 AM
Good to hear that Jisoo has been offered the leading role in a campus drama. In the early 2000s, campus dramas, like the Nonstop franchise, were a great way to introduce new talents and many of them grew to become breakout stars ex: Jo Insung, Jang Nara, Han Yesueul, Hyun Bin, etc. And I remember how the writers were good at making unconventional pairings work. I also think it's an opportunity for actors to play characters close to their age and just have fun.
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20 vanilla_latte
July 27, 2018 at 9:26 AM
So excited to see him as lead! Will definitely tune in for this one, and netflix has been my only source of tv lately so I'm in!
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21 Mani-chan
July 28, 2018 at 6:38 AM
Please let him get the girls dramagods. I really adore plots where the guy falls first. Looking forward to it.
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22 rentenmann
July 28, 2018 at 10:01 AM
Anyone know how his leg is doing? I know it was a while ago, but I don't recall hearing how it all went. Also, yay for this if he accepts!
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23 TJ
July 29, 2018 at 3:20 PM
I'm not a fan of Ji soo. I think his fans put entirely too much pressure on him. It good this first romantic lead is in a teen drama. I really don't think he can handle an adult drama. I feel the same way about Nam Joo hyuk. They are both very handsome and very promising young actors. I just think they need more time to develop. They're both pretty young and neither of them are idols.
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