Joo Ji-hoon and Yoon Eun-hye, (almost) back together again
by javabeans
Goong lovers, take note! Your favorite faux royal couple, Yoon Eun-hye and Joo Ji-hoon, just may be teaming up again in a new drama.
The two former onscreen lovebirds are top picks for the lead couple in MBC’s new Personal Taste [개인의 취향 — working title]. One rep from the drama side explained that the production company is nearly finished with its casting and contract issues, and put the likelihood of a Yoon-Joo match-up at “very high.”
The plot: A restless girl wants a gay (male) friend, ’cause fag hags are cool. The guy wants a place to live, so he pretends to be gay as they live together.
In an interesting genre pair-up, we have the director of the jokey rom-com Fantasy Couple (Kim Sang-ho) and the writer of the weepie Sad Sonata (Lee Sung-eun) working together.
Okay, first of all, we have several favorite kdrama clichés built right into the premise, including two of my favorites (cheesy but effective!): enforced proximity (the better for falling in looove!) and mistaken/pretend identity (to add angst when the pretender has to unveil his/her true self). This sounds like a hasty potluck of past hits, drawn upon in hopes of re-creating prior successes, like a Coffee Prince meets Fantasy Couple meets Bottom of the Ninth with Two Outs.
Second of all, it sounds AWESOME.
Via Today Korea, Sports Seoul
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1 Jo
September 1, 2008 at 10:13 AM
it is def. cliche ridden. but sounds EXCITING!!
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2 wHOOsh
September 1, 2008 at 10:16 AM
sounds interesting! haha :] ...although i'm not too sure how well joo jihoon would be able to act gay...or fit a gay persona...it just. doesn't fit to me. eh. should be funny though :D
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3 robbo4
September 1, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Great news!! With our girl out galavanting across the globe at break-neck speed, it will be nice to finally have her "slow down" for a change so that we may get the chance to study her doing what she does best; making us fall in love with her again over the span of 20 or so hours and a myriad of emotions. Happy to have you back, Eun-Hye. Now if we can just get Goo Hye Sun out of those costume dramas and back into the present, my K-Drama wishes for 2009 will have come true!
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4 gallivanter
September 1, 2008 at 10:23 AM
This sounds AWESOME. And the thought of them together again makes my heart happy. I can't wait!
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5 Hype
September 1, 2008 at 10:26 AM
SOMEONE sounds happy :P
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Temzy
May 31, 2016 at 10:51 AM
Yeah am :).i wish d 2 of dem should act anoder film 2geder.cause,dey re cute
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6 Javabeans
September 1, 2008 at 10:30 AM
keke. I don't care too much for the casting (JJH has never rocked my socks -- although i CAN actually see him pulling off gay, since he's so metro already) but the story sounds wonderfully cheesetastic. Although I hope the PD doesn't ruin it by going too over-the-top.
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7 ohgeeze.
September 1, 2008 at 10:33 AM
It's not even cliche, besides the living together.
I don't think they've ever done a "fake gay" thing going on.
Because in Coffee Prince, Gong Yoo actually thought he was gay and didn't care.
Whatever. That's so exciting.
That'd be amazing.
And i absolutely loved Bottom of the 9th with Two outs.
Thanks!
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8 Sangah
September 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Ooh I can't wait for that =D
I really loved Goong so seeing the 2 of them together in a different drama will be cool =]
And he's gonna try being gay; I'd love to see how that goes, LOL.
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9 kotatsulove
September 1, 2008 at 10:47 AM
ah, i wish it wasn't JJH, but otherwise this sounds pretty good! i'm excited for another YEH drama!!!
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10 jo
September 1, 2008 at 10:58 AM
why are you so hyper? LOL.
Goong was a disaster for me, so much so that I simply avoided dramas starring respective actors. Yes, including Coffee Prince, but that's a different story.
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11 lipzx
September 1, 2008 at 11:16 AM
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love these two... yoon eun hye.. my girl hahahaah love her and i cant complain that shes going to be workin with joo ji hoon again cuz they are awesome together i must say.. so im really excited that they are makin a movie together...
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nida sta catalina
February 16, 2011 at 5:50 PM
I love joo ji hopon , goong yoo and yoo eun-Hye very much, i hope princess hour and coffee prince have a part 2,, i love to watch and i been waiting for their movies.
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12
September 1, 2008 at 11:16 AM
WOOT WOOT! YEH and JJH together again!! so excited! and it does sound like a drama where Coffee Prince meets Fantasy Couple meets Bottom of the Ninth with Two Outs. thank you for the news. this is where i get all of my kdrama/music/entertainment news! thanks dramabeans!
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13 pully
September 1, 2008 at 11:33 AM
I'm starving for new drama. This doesn't sound too cliche' or cheesy for me. Even though the characters do seem stupid but it will excited to see how they pull off. "Fake gay" !!! LOL
True, Goong wasn't excellent and overrated but I enjoyed it.
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14 enkhee
September 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM
you're right. it does sound completely awesome. i wonder when it's gonna come out. somewhere around next year, i'm hoping.
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15 jippo
September 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM
reeling from absolute giddiness...
which MBC series is it following?
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16 Hazel
September 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Omg! They're my fav couple! I can't wait to watch them! <3
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17 E
September 1, 2008 at 12:25 PM
this drama sounds hilarious!!! I WOULD Totally watch it...even if Joo Ji Hoon and YEH aren't in it together...I can totally see them in these roles though!
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18 Monziii
September 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I LOVE IT! This is my slice of drama heaven! Not only will it rock my socks but it will rock my world! I may be getting my hopes up but I can't wait until it starts airing :P
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19 ar_arguably romantic
September 1, 2008 at 12:35 PM
The story sounds fun but I really don't like Joo Ji Hoon's acting. Yoon Eun Hye- though she is not a fantastic actress, she's still a good one- will be outshining him scene after scene. Joo Ji Hoon has an aloof monotone model quality while Yoon Eun Hye really shines on screen.
but who knows- maybe this drama will be for Joo Ji Hoon like Hong Gil Dong was for Sung Yuri.
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20 Carmie
September 1, 2008 at 12:39 PM
That could turn out to be a pretty amazing drama!
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21 glo
September 1, 2008 at 12:51 PM
is it wrong of me to be incredibly excited already? ive been craving a loveydovey addicting drama..
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22 theedqueen
September 1, 2008 at 12:53 PM
oooh goody I hope it's true! I've actually taken a hiatus from watching k-dramas for a while because I'm feeling extra lazy, but I'm totally gonna start again when 'The world they live in' starts and I'll definitely keep an ear out for this since the story does sound cheesy but fun! Gosh I hope it's those two again, I've missed them.
And once again yay for cheese!
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23 anne
September 1, 2008 at 1:11 PM
aww! i missed those two together!
this sounds like so much fun! for everyone!
yay!
i am really enjoying korea's new craziness
lol
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24 jacky
September 1, 2008 at 1:25 PM
BS!!! W.T.F!!! they know it's lucrative, but they really just don't have the balls to really make a gay character ...what a damn shame!
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25 didiellza
September 1, 2008 at 1:54 PM
OOO PLEAAASE (GJEBAA) don't play with my weak heart! If theay are not pairing up at the end.... theeen. ..... then..... I don't know what I would be able to do the people saying that!!!!!!!!!!
I really hope soooo that this is not a game!! hehe
Fighting! Yoon-Jihoon couple!!
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