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What’s Up completes first round of auditions

by javabeans

The first round of open auditions have been completed for writer Song Ji-nah‘s anticipated new campus drama What’s Up, and a list of the lucky applicants who passed to the next round has been revealed online on the audition webpage. The production still has a ways to go because there were 200 hopefuls who survived the first round; that number was pared down from an overwhelming number of overall aspirants — more than 10,000 showed up and participated.

The drama takes place in the musical department of a university and will begin filming in March. The main cast has already been selected; see initial group photos below.

They are, in order of the photo directly below: musical actor Jo Jung-seok, Hon‘s breakout star Im Joo-eun, Big Bang’s Daesung, Tamra the Island‘s Im Joo-hwan, former child actor Jeon Hye-jin, and model Lee Soo-hyuk.

Via Star News

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1 kisa101

February 12, 2010 at 6:03 PM

SO excited to see this show. i love Daesung so much. hope he has better acting debut than Yunho from TVXQ in HTTG. i love Uknow but that drama just sucked. i tried to watch it but....

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2 Nancy

February 12, 2010 at 6:05 PM

I can't wait to see Daesung...I miss him so much on Family Outing already :(

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3 ghian

February 12, 2010 at 6:18 PM

daesung....CUTE...
;D

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4 cingdoc

February 12, 2010 at 6:26 PM

TEAM PARK KYU !!!!!
@ockoala, @langdon...where are you guys???

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5 isabella

February 12, 2010 at 6:27 PM

I hope Jeon Hye-jin will show her talent in this show. Really love her since Family's Honor ^^

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6 langdon813

February 12, 2010 at 6:33 PM

Hey, there's our boy! :-D

I'm so looking forward to this. So many great young actors, it should be fantastic.

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7 A.

February 12, 2010 at 6:33 PM

OH. MY. GOD.

TOTAL FANGIRL MOMENT. TEAM PARK KYUUUUUUU. WHY IS IM JOOHWAN SO ADORABLE. WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!

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8 strawhatz

February 12, 2010 at 6:50 PM

totally gonna watch this...love im joo hwan and im joo eun

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9 Bee

February 12, 2010 at 8:11 PM

Awww!!! I cant wait!!!!! I totally love IM JOO HWAN!!!

TEAM PARK KYU!!!!!!!!!

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10 nerdswag

February 12, 2010 at 8:19 PM

LEE SOO HYUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!

love him.
too skinny.
but still, love him. hah

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11 ockoala

February 12, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Team Park Kyu!

There may be imitators and successors, but there will only ever be one and only Im Joo-hwan.

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12 Erica

February 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM

Daesung looks so much older than the rest of them. I have no idea how old he actually is, though.

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13 Nano

February 12, 2010 at 9:17 PM

Seeing Lee Soo Hyuk in the second to last group photo, I was thoroughly reminded of a vampire. Put some color on your face!

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14 Andromytta

February 12, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Two reasons for me to watch this! DAESUNG!!!!!!! and Im Joo-eun. I loved her in Hon!

@12 Erica: Daesung was born in 1989 which makes him.....*doing math in head* *hates doing math in head* 21 (maybe 22 in Korea...I always get that mixed up)

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15 Biru

February 12, 2010 at 9:24 PM

I hope DaeSung will sing in this one too. Make it a la Glee. His voice it too precious to waste on trot song.

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16 Kay

February 12, 2010 at 10:17 PM

Daesungie!!~~
He's going to provide such awesome comedic relief in this show. I love that boy to pieces...on a side now, I really liked Jeon Hye Jin in "Smile You" so it should be interesting to see her in this show

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17 ips

February 13, 2010 at 12:44 AM

LEE HYUKSOO? reaaallly? um, okay. i'll watch it for him and im joohwan! ahHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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18 dia

February 13, 2010 at 1:52 AM

ahh daesung...i wanna watch...

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19 celestialorigin

February 13, 2010 at 2:01 AM

Daesung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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20 lb_tmi

February 13, 2010 at 5:58 AM

will definitely be checking this out for Daesung. MINE!
and because ICOMYM is the support for Team Park Kyu.. i'll be trailing behind the team as well. :D

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21 nhi

February 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM

DAE SUNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

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22 samsooki

February 13, 2010 at 7:40 AM

When I was in college, I once went to an open audition for extras on campus for a movie that was filming.

I walked back and forth in fake snow for more than an hour in the freezing cold. Since it wasn't snowing though, they sprayed fake snow on the ground. The fake snow they were using was some sort of latex foam, and so when it dries, it dries into hardened plastic almost. It gets into the folds and crevices of your shoes and then your shoes are done.

And to make matters worse, I was not among those selected. And I didn't get any autographs because no actors were there. To this day, I am still sore about it.

In that What's Up crowd of 9,800 people who did not make the first cut, I bet there are dozens who are just as talented as at least some in the main cast. Why does one become Team Park Kyu, and another person just have to go to work every day in a salary-man job for the rest of his life? Life is so unfair sometimes... sigh.

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23 Cam

February 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM

OH MY GOSH! I think they all seem very coool and acting so fun while enjoy shooting picture --- AWESOME!
Lolz, I love seeing Daesung were acting so cool and funky (2 pictures of Daesung) -- like, "Wait...Don't go, you will make me so heartbreaker to see you leave like that....Don't go..." (1st picture) AND "OH YEAAHH!!!!" (2nd picture), heh! That's what I thought, lolz!
It really made me sooo interesting to watch this drama "What's up", hehe! (grins)

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24 Madita

February 13, 2010 at 4:31 PM

I belong to TEAM PARK-KYU, tooooo <3

Cant wait to see Im Ju-Hwan on screen again, and hope that in this drama his girl is going to be Jeon Hye-Jin *^^*

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25 pabo ceo reom

February 13, 2010 at 4:40 PM

oh samsooki don't be so bitter.....(i'm just saying that because i'm afraid team park kyu might eat you alive..gasps!)

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26 hjkomo

February 13, 2010 at 5:05 PM

TEAM PARK KYU!!!
TEAM IM2!!!
Jeon Hye Jin and Daesung, too.

Aw, Samsooki...cheer up. :D

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27 yuri

February 14, 2010 at 7:25 AM

wowww..can't wait...agree with @Kisa101...

even i love yunho so much but...the story was just...so-so...nothing special...

hwaiting daesung ^^

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28 magmag

February 19, 2010 at 1:43 AM

IM JOO HWAN IM JOO HWAN IM JOO HWAN!
OH YES!

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29 Ja88de

August 4, 2010 at 7:20 AM

If you love Im Joo-Hwan, aka. Park Kyu, please vote for him at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2010 Vote Event.
Voting ends 26/08/2010.
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/event/sda2010/en_vote_actor.html

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