Park Ki-woong is autistic again

15 October 1, 2009August 2, 2010

by javabeans

Nam Sang-mi, Park Ki-woong

Park Ki-woong (Story of a Man) is the latest to join the cast of KBS’s drama Invincible Lee Pyeong-gang [천하무적 이평강], which has already cast Nam Sang-mi (Gourmet), Ji Hyun-woo (My Sweet Seoul), Cha Ye-ryun (A Star’s Lover), and Seo Do-young (Friend, Our Legend).

Pretty decent cast, actually. Not so sold on the story…

The drama is the modern-day reimagining of the tale of the Fool On-dal and Princess Pyeong-gang, which somehow takes on the topic of golf (er?); Nam Sang-mi and Ji Hyun-woo fill the lead roles. Nam’s character is Pyeong-gang, the resourceful daughter of a golf course planner, while Ji plays On-dal, the son of a rich family. They strike up a romance despite their class differences and a lot of bickering. (I’m not sure how this is related to the original tale of On-dal and Pyeong-gang, unless it’s a reversal.)

Meanwhile, Park Ki-woong may finally be moving away from his prior image as a guy who was famous for not a whole lot (he admits to not understanding how to work on his acting until his recent noteworthy turn as an adorable autistic financial genius in Story of a Man). Previously known more for his cute and quirky appearance than anything, I’m going to guess he owes SOAM at least a little for this latest character, who is also autistic and speaks with a stutter due to a traumatic memory of losing his parents at a young age in a landslide. He finds comfort in music and rap. (Park is currently busy studying his character and practicing his rap/dance moves.) The character later falls in love with divorcee Yeon Mi-ju (bleh), but the family opposes the match because of their age difference.

Are you wondering how the story fits together? So am I. I’m not so sure about the writer-director combo, since Park Kye-ok wrote the frustrating Cain & Abel and Lee Jung-seob directed Hong Gil Dong, which was written and acted better than it was directed.

Unbeatable Lee Pyeong-gang began filming on October 1 and will premiere on KBS Mondays and Tuesdays following Princess Has Returned on November 9. Good luck going up against Queen Seon-deok!

Via Joy News, Newsen

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1 Samsooki

October 1, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Oooh, Nam Sang Mi... She's a fav of mine!

Liked her a lot in Bad Family, not as much (but still a lot) in Gourmet. I am going on the assumption that Sweet Spy was never made.

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2 langdon813

October 1, 2009 at 9:58 AM

Aww, sweet little Kyung-tae gets a girlfriend! :-) I like Nam Sang-mi as well.

Every time I read something about the cast of SOAM it makes me want to watch it all over again.

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3 ColleenF-H

October 1, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Nam Sang Mi is one of my favorites, yay! Park Ki Woong was pretty cute in When It's at Night.

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4 vis

October 1, 2009 at 10:27 AM

As much as I like Nam Sang-mi, Seo Do-young and Park Ki-woong this drama's storyline sounds like a drag so I'll probably skip this one...

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5 Laura

October 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM

Where can I find Bad Family? Mysoju doesnt have it :(

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6 ockoala

October 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM

Nam Sang-mi, I just want to stare at her pretty pretty face and darling smile during any scene she is in.

I still need to watch Gourmet, not a big Kim Rae Won super-fan (sorry, langdon-unni).

I liked her chemistry with Lee Jun-ki in Time Between Dog and Wolf (though her character was excessively annoying, but it wasn't her fault or any acting deficiency - so no harm, no foul).

I'm looking forward to this - I think NSM can do bickering biddy quite well! Maybe they have a chance against QSS, from what I read, QSS has apparently pulled an EoE and gone loco on the plot development. Regardless, a mid-to-high teens would be successful for a rom-com like this, I'm assuming?

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7 TV Drama

October 1, 2009 at 11:19 AM

i am not so excited with the story, but love the casts. Hopefully, the rating would be high.

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8 Sonam

October 1, 2009 at 11:59 AM

I like Nam Sang Mi too. She is natural and doesn't act cutesy. Yes, she looked great with Lee Junki.

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9 Icarusfalls

October 1, 2009 at 3:56 PM

Huh?? Is anyone else as completely confused as I am..

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10 ar_arguably romantic

October 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM

i LOVE modern-day retellings of fairy tales and i love the tale of Ondal and Pyeong-gang- however....making Ondal rich....seriously, giving into traditional kdrama conventions or breaking away from the almost trend right now of the rich girl and the poor guy?

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11 pabo ceo reom

October 1, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Awww Nam Sang-mi and Park Ki-woong would've been adorable! I guess Ji Hyun-woo is ok too.

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12 deeta

October 1, 2009 at 10:49 PM

Haha, I actually think Yeon Miju is hilarious. Not a good actress by a mile but she's got good flair for comedy. A lot of people hated her character in Just Looking, but she was so funny as a ditzy dummy character. I'm looking forward to this.

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13 Rin

October 2, 2009 at 12:22 AM

Hmm b/c of Sweet Spy, Nam Sang-mi is eh on my list. Why did it have to be Sweet Spy out of everything that I saw her in first? Bad first impression for me lol.

Well if it's interesting, I'll watch it for Park Ki-woong (:

& about Queen Seon Duk, I have to agree that it's... not as exciting as before. I used to watch the new episodes right away when they come out but I'm like 2 weeks behind now... so maybe this drama will have a chance haha.