Park Shin-hye crossdresses for You’re Beautiful
by javabeans
We just saw Jang Geun-seok’s new look for the upcoming drama You’re Beautiful, and now we get a look at Park Shin-hye‘s transformation as a girl crossdressing as a boy to be a part of an idol group called “A.N.JELL,” whose leader is Jang Geun-seok.
(Just for the record, the “namjang” trend — women dressing as men — is a kdrama staple that tends to be overused, but it’s another one I don’t mind. Recent entries into the genre have shown it can be done well, such as Moon Geun-young in Painter of the Wind and Yoon Eun-hye in Coffee Prince. And by all accounts, it seems Lee Yo-won’s namjang stint in Queen Seon-deok was better received than her princess portrayal.)
In the drama, Park Shin-hye plays fraternal twins, of whom the boy half is a member in an idol group. However, after he is injured in an accident and cannot participate in overseas events, his sister takes his place.
Park Shin-hye said, “In previous dramas, I had some difficulty because I had to play several years older than my real age, with characters 23 or 24 years old. [Park is 19.] This time, I’m playing my age and although the role is a male character, I’m approaching it comfortably.”
Personally, I don’t really think Park Shin-hye pulls off the boy look so well in these stills — she looks just the same as she did in her drama Radish Kimchi (where she played a female). But I’ve enjoyed all of the Hong sisters dramas, and a tight comic story is the most important part of a trendy drama, more so than name casting or high budgets, so I’m taking an optimistic approach to this.
(Side note: It’s interesting to contemplate that Jang Geun-seok and Park Shin-hye were strong contenders for the Gu Jun-pyo and Geum Jan-di roles in Boys Before Flowers. While I think Lee Min-ho played Jun-pyo as well as he could be played, I’ve always wondered what Jan-di would have been like with the spunkier Park Shin-hye playing her.)
You’re Beautiful premieres on SBS on October 7.
Via Segye
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51 momosa
September 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Yes, I wished Geum Jandi was someone else, a better actress. I wished JiHoo was also someone else, a better actor. And I love the fun Hanakimi.
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52 chajjye
September 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
gu hye-sun tried too hard to act young. it's quite understandable when all your main cast members except one is younger than you and you have to act younger than all of them. it just could not make sense. gu hye-sun, imo, is quite mature. see her in pure 19 and u see her as a mature 19 year old even.
but i agree that bof is flawed from start to end. actually, if JGS played jihoo, i can see a great war between junpyo and jihoo. it would be fantastic and bring in more ratings, for sure. btw, lee minho needs to stop his cf and photoshoot stint and come back to acting. milking money is one thing, not developing your skills further is another.
but bof is past and gone. so, i'm waiting for this. not feeling the style though. if they are a suju/2pm/shinee kinda idol group, that style would die right on debut stage. i'm assuming that their kind of idol group is the ft island type? then that is a bit more understandable. but are we going to see fake guitar, bass and drums playing??????
OMG. I can't even start to think bout that.
At least hongki can sing awesome. Hope he gets more singing parts than JGS. to me, JGS needs more training.
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53 eyesonly
September 16, 2009 at 2:43 AM
i can't look at him he look soooooooooo ugly , and i love the girl =)
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54 sacha
September 16, 2009 at 3:28 AM
she's too girly looking here, it's too unrealistic, but she's pretty :) When I read the first paragraph the first person I thought would have played this character well was Amber from f(x)...she looks even manlier than the guy .(but she's a singer still learning korean so...) And I agree, this cross dressing thing is getting way overused. Next time they should have a guy dress up pretending to be the woman.
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55 bheng
September 16, 2009 at 3:48 AM
can't w8 this to be aired! >_<
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56 Hien
September 16, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Well, many think PSH couldn't pull it off since she's pretty and too girly to convert herself into a convincing male. But pictures won't be enough for us to judge beforehand so, I'll be anticipating the drama and make my decision if PSH can convince me.
Anyway, here's some of my first thoughts when I read the blog post... it sure kinda reminds me of Amanda Byrnes' She's the Man movie. I like Amanda Byrnes a lot in that role. I enjoy all, yes all, of her movies including her show, All That.
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57 infinityx
September 16, 2009 at 11:36 PM
they shouldve put Amber instead :|
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58 BD
September 18, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Yeah, her haircut is still too "girly."
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59 Marj
September 21, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Park Shin Hye would've made an ace Jan di - possibly an even better one. I didn't really like Koo Hye Sun that much.. something didn't really fit. And dude, what was up with her hair cut in BBF? Thank god F4 were there to balance that out..
Ahh, I can't actually wait for this drama. I love Shin hye - in Tree of Heaven and Stairway to Heaven she was ace. I think she's such a good actress and she's so pretty.. that's why I think that she's a bit more feminine than boyish in this drama. She's just so girlishly cute that you can't really make her into a guy. I hope her acting really pulls the character through. But I like it this way.. it isn't so obvious that you're shouting 'durrr that's a girl, how can they not realise?!' in frustration yet she just looks like a really really cute, girly looking guy XD
And Hongki's in it :) Yay.
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60
October 17, 2009 at 5:37 AM
i like this drama so much...i mean love 2 heheheheh^^ korea gyus is very handsome love thme so much!!!
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61 Riyong
October 19, 2009 at 9:05 AM
PARK SHIN HYE is one of my favorite actress. I watched her Tree of heaven and was really impressed by her acting. She was really great and this time, she is back with good looking guys...and I'm so looking forward to see this drama.
She looks great in the above pictures and please God! let this be a super duper hit of this year...
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62 shizuru
October 26, 2009 at 6:40 AM
It's okay, JB, I would've been even more confused if Park Shin Hye pulled off the gender bender really well. After all, she's not really playing the part of a boy, but rather that of a NUN pretending to be a boy. An innocent, naive and sheltered nun at that. NOT a tomboyish, street-savvy girl like that Coffee Prince girl, or a girl who was actually raised as a boy like in Painter of the Wind.
So i think the fact that she still looks and acts a bit feminine is very much in character.
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63 really
November 11, 2009 at 9:31 PM
No offense, but Park Shin Hye is not really cute acting as a guy. She's okay but not handsome nor cute.. I'm sorry... just my opinion though..the three guys are prettier than her...
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64 JANET JUDah
December 14, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I THINK THAT JANG GEUH SOK AND PARK SHIN HYE SHOULD GO OUT B-CUZ THEY MAKE THE CUTEST COUPLE EVER.
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65 eireen
March 29, 2010 at 3:05 AM
i love this korean drama!!!! xD
i prefer much if her partner was jang geunsuk...!!!
they so have a chemistry
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66 bannnn
May 17, 2010 at 10:41 PM
i love her outfit!
shes cute but i dont like the hair cut!!!!!!
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67 최영라
June 12, 2010 at 7:42 AM
그녀는 너무 화려하고 미남!
하하하.. 사랑합니다 !!
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68 jimmy
November 10, 2010 at 2:46 AM
i love you Park Shin hye...
you are beautyfull
i liked.....;)
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69 LoveGHS
December 21, 2010 at 8:19 PM
I totally disagree with some people saying that PSH should be Jandi!! PSH is a talented and a good actress but if she holds the role of Jandi, I don't think the role of Jandi will really suit her. Try imagine back of Jandi scenes replace with PSH.. It would be a different Jandi!! Maybe PSH is probably has a younger look then GHS but a 26years old tries to act as high school girl would be tough but GHS manage to act well in it.
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