Jang Geun-seok close to picking new drama
by javabeans
If initial reports are confirmed, Jang Geun-seok — a hot commodity these days — may soon be back on television in his next project. It’s an adaptation of Mary Stayed Out All Night [매리는 외박중], a manhwa that comes from the creator of Full House‘s original manhwa (it’s a working title for the drama, which will air on KBS).
Jang had planned for his next role to be the movie adaptation of You’re My Pet, but due to production delays on that project, he may well be back in a drama first. Note: This article talks about the casting as a done deal, but others are saying Jang is “a strong possibility.” I’d say take it all with a grain of salt.
Jang’s management was initially reported to say, “He is planning to return with the drama Mary Stayed Out All Night in November. The character and script haven’t been decided in concrete detail yet, so he is preparing slowly, and will try hard to show a different appeal in this role.” A subsequent article backtracked and said, “He is looking favorably at the role.”
Mary Stayed Out All Night deals with a woman (the titular Mary) who decides she is through with dating, but then strikes up a romance with a “dangerous-looking but charming” death-metal band vocalist. A “lively, upbeat” love triangle develops with a third character, a “perfect type” of man who’s got it all goin’ on in terms of looks, skills, personality, and family background.
Jang Geun-seok just played a pop group vocalist in last year’s hit drama You’re Beautiful. He’ll again play a musician here, albeit a harder-edged rocker than the idol star of the previous series.
This project will be a co-production between Korea’s KBS Media and Japan’s ACC Korea and will be written by In Eun-ah, who wrote the drama phenom Goong and the cotton-candy-sweet Love & Marriage. A director has yet to be confirmed. There are a few stars in contention for the Mary role, though we haven’t been given any hints thus far.
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51 kimkim
August 23, 2010 at 7:33 AM
If he decides to do this drama project, he should first make sure it's legally ok under the contract of the You're My Pet project. I wouldn't want him to go through Go Hyung Jung #2 with Daemul.
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52 RunLolaRun
August 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM
“dangerous-looking but charming” death-metal band vocalist.
For that alone I am in!
I just hope it will actually be death metal though and not some poppy rock band.
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53 junaly
August 23, 2010 at 7:51 AM
i feel great respect for JGS. he is a great actor! i hope this drama will not be a bundle of cliches and hope to see him show his acting abilities! i admired his skills in You're Beautiful (great drama!)
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54 kaedejun
August 23, 2010 at 8:04 AM
oooo WEEEEEEE! although - why must he be a musician again? not only was he a musician in two movies, but also in two dramas.
this would be the fifth time he's acting as a musician - dude, get an album out already if you wanna sing that much!! :D then i can have him on my fave playlist every day
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55 ivy_factiva
August 23, 2010 at 8:07 AM
oh JGS. you really love taking on dramas that are related to music don't you. okay it sounds like quite the cliche manhwa plot but i'm sort of a sucker for these kinds of plots... if delivered well.
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56 meenuby
August 23, 2010 at 8:08 AM
I'm a little disappointed now...another music-related role JGS?
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57 Soyachan
August 23, 2010 at 8:08 AM
This is a good news. It makes my day.
I'm looking forward to his next project as an actor :)
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58 Emi
August 23, 2010 at 8:11 AM
I snorted out loud (in a quiet office) at the sight of the JGS picture on this post. The hat! LOL
At any rate, I don't care if he has done too many music roles, if this means the possibility of JGS in leather and guyliner, sign me up! :)
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59 kopi_adik
August 23, 2010 at 8:12 AM
"death metal dude"... oh boy! eyeliner galore again! LOL! but who am i kidding? i'll watch whatever this guy chooses to work on LOL!
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60 Cam
August 23, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Whattt?? O_o That movie "You're my Pet" is suddenly delayed, oh sheesh. How bummed. =/
Yay! I am sooo HAAPPPPYYY to hear about Jang Geun Seok is finally back on TV drama "Mary Stayed Out All Night" --- but it sound like this story is very interesting.........(nods) ^_____^
Ooh, I just wonder that who will join this new drama as a lead actress =
Park Shin Hye! (I hope so ^_^, or not. =/)
.......oh well, I will see what happen when we will find out!
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61 Gakky
August 23, 2010 at 8:38 AM
I hope the female lead is Go Ara !!!!!
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62 Dramafreak
August 23, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Wherever JGS goes, I will follow.
I hope he doesn't lose even more weight just because he's supposed to be a heavy metal rocker...he lost so much for YAB, any more and he'll look like an emaciated 12 year old girl!
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63 pohonphee
August 23, 2010 at 9:07 AM
I'm very excited with this, Jang Geun-seok in drama again...but i kinda wish he take non-musical role or something. Whatever, It is JANG GEUN SEOK!!!
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64 Bettie
August 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Most probably Yoon Eun Hye .
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jeni
August 24, 2010 at 4:46 PM
oh I really hope it will be Yoon Eun Hye because she is currently looking at new projects because she stepped out of Love Song.
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65 Unnursvana
August 23, 2010 at 10:05 AM
This looks like a really good drama, with or without Jang Geun Suk I will probably watch it... hope he will take the role though.
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66 elisa
August 23, 2010 at 10:09 AM
eh. honestly i was hoping jgs would move beyond the pop culture icon comedies and do something more serious. minam was cute, but really i think he's just using this as an opportunity to get long black hair and more scary eyeliner! aieeee.
oh well, it's always nice to see him onscreen again :D
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67 danna
August 23, 2010 at 10:24 AM
i'm of two minds here...the selfish me would love to see him back on tv so i can watch every week and then some more while i watch the drama gain...the other part of me favors his growth as an actor and would love to see him break the mold and skip this role....not only would this be another musical role bt if its also another rom com i'd be dissapointed....this guy some of the best acting chops in the industry for someone his age and i want to see him in diverse roles..aftr YAB i was hoping htat he's go for something totally intense in his next tv role
On a different note i'm totally miffed that You're my pet is delayed...been waiting since last year....i knew there were some issues when they had still not found a female lead
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Orion
August 23, 2010 at 10:29 AM
I agree. I really want to see his work again because it has been quite a while, but I want him to get better and better as an actor. I want him to start picking up even more mature roles once in a while and generally develope his skills.
He really is an actor with great potential. He has natural talent and the charisma to carry it, so I would hate to keep seeing him in such roles and works that any other idol or talentless man could pull off.
I think he needs to get a grip, grow up and challenge himself more as an actor. He can do it. We all know he can, because we can see how amazing he is. So he should go for it, if he really wants to.
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68 shirubang
August 23, 2010 at 10:26 AM
wow, really? the story sounds cute, but i kinda thought that jgs was one of those actors that wants to be versatile. i'm not complaining or anything, lol. it would be pretty cool to see him as a death metal band vocalist. (: whatever happens, i would still watch his next drama! ;D
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69 notoriousnoona
August 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Happy to hear he's doing a new drama, mixed about the actual role. Wish he'd play the Mr.Perfect. I think that would've been different enough to truly pique my interest.
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70 sumee
August 23, 2010 at 10:59 AM
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I am excited ALREADY !
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71 Purpleclouds
August 23, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Sounds great. I hope they won't make him lose weight!! He is already trim & slim. Let him eat healthy & make him lift weights to tone up is what most women like.
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72 shahi
August 23, 2010 at 12:47 PM
i am soooooo ready for more JGS......
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73 Mindy
August 23, 2010 at 1:01 PM
wow this gonna be my early chrismas gift!!!!!! Jang Geun Suk as a rocker?????? i so love this already :-)
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74 MARICEL
August 23, 2010 at 1:29 PM
So glad to see him again and as a singer ... I think he likes acting in things related to art,a singer, a musician , a dancer...if he had been in bbf he would have played the violin. It's lucky for him to be able of mixing up acting and his likes . I consider he's a very good actor so he can portray any character in an outstanding way ...oh i do wanna watch him . I expect his character to be deep and with a lot of conflicts ..i'd be glad to see him in one of those XD
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75 mellowyel
August 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Is it naive of me to hope that this drama will have a more indie vibe and be amazing? maybe... I have to say, I am bummed that Kimi Wa Petto is being delayed - it would be nice to see a new side of JGS.
I definitely agree that he's focusing too much on musician roles, but maybe this is his way of being a musician AND an actor - eating your cake and having it, in a sense :D If that's what it is, I don't blame him - being an actual idol star is tough and doesn't always allow for a significant acting career on the side. If his management is pushing him toward the role, though, then they should know better.
And you know despite all this, it might just be SBS putting out the story because they WANT him to play the role. He's one of a few [young] actors that are talented musically and are good actors (i.e. an actor who can sing as opposed to an idol star trying to act) - it's likely that these roles often come to him because of that.
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76 Carinne
August 23, 2010 at 2:21 PM
He really likes to play characters where he can 'rock out' a whole lot. I think he's secretly waiting for a music producer to invite him to form a band to release a few albums.
Somebody, let the boy try!?!
What is really happening w/ all those delays in that film? Inquiries want to know.
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77 Orion
August 23, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Well, he did say he was not planning a musician career for now. He should either be a singer or an actor. And if he wants both, do it, but keep them seperate. Music inspired roles that are good in both their music AND acting, are rare. He'll be limiting himself.
He can have his cake and eat it, but he should keep acting as acting and music as music. Be a singer and an actor. Not an actor only playing a singer/musician in his roles.
He doesn't establish himself as a proper singer and neither does he go forward in his acting like this. He just stays where he is.
He should either juggle these two careers at the same time, but seperately, or pick one and save the other for the future. Combining them like this without focusing on either one, doesn't seem like a way forward.
As much as I want to see him and as much as I hope he'll be the actor I know he can be, I think this is a very wrong move and would rather wait as long as it would take and see him on a more mature and different role than for him to just typecast himself like this.
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78 Kyu
August 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Another interesting thing about this manhwa adaptation is that Mary actually ends up marrying the rock dude but after her marriage, she finds out from her father that he had already wed her to another man (when she was little) which is the the other male lead.
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Eleven11
August 23, 2010 at 3:57 PM
I'm sorry, wah..? that sounds, er.. ridiculous? I think I'm gonna have to go find some copy of this manhwa and prepare myself for the angst.
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danna
August 23, 2010 at 6:12 PM
ok that sounds......urgghh....bt i dont think they might go that far in a 16 eps drama
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79 Eleven11
August 23, 2010 at 3:55 PM
hehehe JGS+deathmetal? that's caught my interest despite whatever the drama's about... i wonder if he can pull it off. It's an ..interesting.. mix to say the least. On the other hand, the story sounds a bit tired. Ugh, bad boy/good guy love-triangles.
Anyway, deathmetal is pretty far removed from the type of musicians he played in other roles - despite the talk of typecasting, i'd say he could be a pretty interesting character, unless they tone down the deathmetal side for the audience.
tbh, I was looking forward to Kimi wa Petto more than I will this, but that won't stop my anticipation. I think I really am a 'fangirl'. 0_0
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Orion
August 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM
If it was a drama or maybe a movie, then it could be really good. Something more mature and adult oriented. About the bad lifestyle of such people etc. It would be a music role, but not an idol role. Not exactly.
But this drama sounds like just another typical rom com. Based on a manhwa (probably shoujo? or the equivalent of it in Korea), it does not seem like this would be something more. If the target audience is young girls, they wouldn't focus on the music itself, the death metal side or even the life of such a person.
No doubt, he can pull it off and make it good, but that's not enough to give him a proper boost on his career or skills.
A rom com is a rom com. Whether it's about music, gangsters or rich boys and their issues, it's still the same for the actors in it. I just wish he'd do something more mature, if he was still going to go for something music related.
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80 lilliums
August 23, 2010 at 4:03 PM
YES! YES! HEEELLL YES!
I will be wildly anticipating this drama. He's certainly partial to dramas involving music. Let's hope his musician character in this one will be different enough from the other ones so he won't be typecast! I trust his judgment.
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81 omomo
August 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM
I hope his hair won't be super long like the manhwa.
Or else I'll mistake him for a girl, for sure xD
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82 Valentina
August 23, 2010 at 5:32 PM
hope this drama will booming like YAB
JGS fighting!!
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83 chahaya
August 23, 2010 at 5:45 PM
He really love music related drama/movie, isn't he?lol
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84 asherlev
August 23, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Anything to see Jang Geun-seok in eyeliner again.
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85 sukasukkie
August 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM
whether he'll pick or not the role, i think he is smart enough to decide what the best for his career.
just support him always
jgs fighting...
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86 MEIKO**** ^-^
August 23, 2010 at 8:14 PM
mmm...the plot is nothing new. Still, sounds like fun to watch! Am excited to find out who the other cast members will be! I just hope he wont look too much like a boyish idol star if he's gonna be a hard core rockstar!
aawww... I was waiting for the "kimi wa petto"........ gonna take forever...
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87 chichaloca
August 23, 2010 at 8:43 PM
going to be premier via kbs??hehe i like.support kbs world :)
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88 know what?
August 23, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Anticipating the return of JGS ~ whatever that might be! ;)
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89 Endroine
August 24, 2010 at 12:23 AM
I happen to have talked with someone recently who listens to Korean death metal O.o Didn't know it even existed o-o
If JGS is going to play in this, will he have long hair ;o (Like on the picture) omg that would be awesome XD
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90 coconana
August 24, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Hmmm... despite the fact that it would be another "musician" role for JGS, I read this as being deeper and darker in tone than his previous roles as such. Of course, having no familiarity with the source material I can't say anything for certain. But it sounds as if the role has the potential to be much meatier, something I'm sure he'd take great pleasure in playing with.
I fully trust his instincts in choosing roles at this point. From what I have read in interviews, he does so very thoughtfully, even willing to admit that certain roles weren't his best work. He seems to have learned from his missteps, constantly challenging himself to be a better actor.
If this role ends up happening for him, I'm sure we can expect his best. He'll bring that certain undefinable, yet subtle quality of his to this (or whatever role he chooses next) and I, for one, can't wait for it!
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Orion
August 24, 2010 at 5:03 AM
I found the manhwa online. If I did find the correct one, it's a typical shoujo. All fluff and kyaaaa and romance. He may be dressed as a rocker, but he acts like a normal dude. I mean, I can't read korean so I just checked out the images of 6-7 chapters and it's normal shoujo.
So we can expect a rom com that just has death metal as a garnish. Just for the character to be a "social reject". I don't think they'll focus on the metal part or the darkness of the genre or lifestyle at all.
It's a rom com. One for young girls. As YAB was even if older people enjoyed it too. I don't think we'll be seeing something very deep. Just Keun Suk being angsty in sparkly metal clothes and heavy guyliner. If he does manage to gain more skills as an actor with such a cliche role in a usual rom com kdrama, then he's even better than we think he is. I just don't hold much hope.
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Kristen
August 24, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Im really curious about the manhwa and heard it was online. where did you find it?
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Orion
August 24, 2010 at 9:42 AM
http://cartoon.media.daum.net/series/list/mary
Look above. It's in korean, but the chapters are numbered and you can read it. I wish I could say good words about it, but when I understand what's going on without even knowing how to read it, it doesn't show a great amount of depth in the work.
Lots of strawberries and hearts and fluff. The typical loud leading girl who is somehow fascinated by the guy who looks cool and insults her. It's like every other shoujo, on first look.
I can't judge it without understanding it neither do I know if the series will be better or worse than it, but I can only go by what I see and so far, I see another shoujo.
And concerning Keun Suk's career, I don't, so far, find this to be something special enough to possibly risk typecasting himself over.
It will be cute and it will be cool, pleasant to watch, like most of kdrama, even though they are all pretty much similar, but I don't expect to be surprised, personally.
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Kristen
August 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Awesome thank you, I liked the style from the images above and wanted to see how it was through out the story. It does look very fluff but maybe for the show they give it a less cutesy feel.
91 Ahjummoni
August 24, 2010 at 5:57 AM
what are YAB ratings in Japan? that they want so much to typecast JGS ?
even this role will be wayyyyyyyy different than his previous roles... just the "rock boyander" phrase ppl will be like..."ohh yeah I've seen this before "
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92 spazzz
August 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM
The rumour for the female lead for this drama seems to be either Lee Min Jung, Shin Se Kyung or SNSD Yuri
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93 purin141046
August 24, 2010 at 7:48 PM
I WANT PARK SHIN HYE FOR "MARY"
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94 Yeni!
August 25, 2010 at 2:40 AM
I like!..but please jgs put some weight..i dun want those j-rocks image!if its metal,than
Act metal jgs!..arr..i just couldnt
Wait!;-)
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95 hyen chi
August 25, 2010 at 5:26 AM
.i hope he would pick the drama "you're my pet"
i bet this is a good drama
very suitable to jang..
.. but anyway its his choice, i'll support any movie that
will come out. :)
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Orion
August 25, 2010 at 5:43 AM
He wouldn't be choosing. He'll do both. He's already signed up for the You're my Pet movie. But because it's delayed, he might decide to sign up for this series in the meantime.
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96 sora
September 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
I'm already excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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97 lenggo
September 10, 2010 at 9:14 PM
november seems so long... i just can't wait for him... i wanna see him on the screen... no matter if it a musician role... i know jgs will totally work out of his role... i hope they let him gain someweight... hes too skinny as the rocker in my opinion!!
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98 arlene
September 21, 2010 at 8:38 AM
omg, new drama from jgs? can"t waiit!!!! but a little dissapointed the lead female will be moon geun young, I think PSH much prettier...however if jgs in. I"m in!!!
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