Kim Seung-woo to headline new drama

25 January 9, 2011

by girlfriday

Woot! I freaking LOVE Kim Seung-woo. Seeing him for three seconds a week on Athena just isn’t cutting it for me. Ye drama gods must be kind, because they sensed our need and put him front and center in a new drama headed our way. The drama is called [강력반] so I’m going with Serious Crime Squad, although a fancier title like Seoul PD: Homicide Investigation Unit or some such might end up being the actual title. You know, I’m just now thinking up a good drinking game involving the naming of cop procedurals…

As you can tell from the title, it’s about a detective unit in the serious crimes division. Kim Seung-woo will be playing the squad’s leader, Bossy McHotterson. Okay, I made that up. But it could TOTALLY be his name. You never know. His character is described as a live-in-his-suit type, who commands trust and has unparalleled verbal skills. He’s described as having a “trustworthy voice.” Hm. I would go with “sexy voice,” but no one asked me.

He’ll be starring opposite Song Il-kook (A Man Called God, Kingdom of the Wind, The Art of Seduction, pictured above) and Park Sun-young (Sons of Sol Pharmacy, Winter Bird, 101st Proposal, below left) who will be detectives on his squad, although not much character information is available yet.

Sunwoo Sun (Will It Snow for Christmas?, Queen of Housewives, While You Were Sleeping, below right) will be playing a team leader who is a cold, by-the-books type. You always gotta have one of those in a cop show. I’m assuming she’ll be the one everyone butts heads with, perhaps sparking some hate-into-love for one of her colleagues?

The drama is garnering interest for its decision to use real-life events as inspiration for the cases. It looks like it’ll take on a nice episodic narrative as the team, each with their own skill set, comes together to solve each week’s mystery. The squad’s motto is: “We have no unsolved cases!” which sounds delightfully upbeat, despite the potentially dark subject matter.

Serious Crime Squad will air Monday-Tuesday on KBS following Dream High, and premieres February 28. That means it’ll go up against SBS’s Midas (which follows Athena). Might be a sneaky way to take Athena‘s audience from that same time slot. Hey, I go where Kim Seung-woo goes.

Via Star News

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1 mskololia

January 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Well, I'm excited about this one too....Will you be recapping GF?

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2 Julianna

January 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM

OMG YES! Thank you Drama God for answered my prayers!!! I freaking love KSW! Can't wait!

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3 malia

January 9, 2011 at 1:43 PM

Mr Bossy McHotterson Sexy Voice......................mmmmmmmm yes please ;)
Looking forward to this.

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4 hpn88

January 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM

I can totally see KSW and SIG being kickass cops

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5 Kavitha Ravi

January 9, 2011 at 2:04 PM

yaaaaay! song il gookie goodness!! but is he like a second lead or something? but that does not matter! as loong as my eyes can feast on some gookie goodness i dont carez!

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6 ditdut

January 9, 2011 at 2:16 PM

GAAAAAWDDDDD!!! Hottie Ahjussi anyday!!

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7 krnkimbap

January 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM

"I will follow him/ Follow Him wherever he may go/ There isn't an ocean too deep/ A mountain so high it can keep/ Keep me awwwwaaaaaay"

Yay KSW!!! Wow, he's a busy man, filming cameos, movies, his talk show, now a new drama...
More importantly, why are there so many korean men with sexy voices? I mean, no complaints here! :)

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8 paula253

January 9, 2011 at 2:46 PM

man i hope Levi's paid him bigtime for that lovely endorsement.

and thanks, GF, for the new nick ~~ Bossy McHotterson is a keeper. ^^

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9 supah

January 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM

Oh, I was really excited too, like woo! Kim Seung-woo! *cue: victory dance*
But then I saw who else was cast in it and now I'm backing away... sloowwly.

I <3 SWS, though.

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10 Revy

January 9, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Hell yea i am excited. More KSW is always a good thing

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11 Alex

January 9, 2011 at 6:30 PM

Damn...Monday's and Tuesday's will definateltly be interesting with this Midas and The Duo.

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12 YBisTOP

January 9, 2011 at 6:30 PM

Aw! Song Il-kook should be the main character! I love him and his dramas. *sexyyyy = drools. :) But all of Song Il-kook's fans needs more dramas of him as the main lead! Anyways, looking forward for this drama because of Song Il-kook!! ;)

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13 Dramamia

January 9, 2011 at 7:34 PM

I'm very pleased with the main two leads. Song Il-Kook needs a strong supporting actor like Kim Seong-Woo to fire up the screen. Somehow I'm not too worried about Midas, how Jang Hyuk alone carry out the role and capture the audience is yet to be seen.

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houstontwin

January 10, 2011 at 1:35 AM

I'm a little confused, is Song Il Kook the lead? The article seemed to suggest that he was in a supporting role (which surprised me).

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14 anais

January 9, 2011 at 7:50 PM

Woot!!! Kim Seung Woo &&&& Song Il Gook!!!! The end of February will be so faboo!!

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15 djeedjes

January 9, 2011 at 9:12 PM

Ah i like him since Hotelier! I rooted for him there, and never like BYJ's character.

Girlfriday, you can always see him weekly on Win Win (승승장구)! :D the show shows another side of him, I never knew that he can be playful and funny like that.

And how knows that his homepage url is : http://www.milkyboy.com/ ? MILKY BOY?

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sonje

January 10, 2011 at 1:42 AM

i like him because of win win, he is such a funny ahjussi LOL. So that's why he won kbs entertainment awards as best new MC.

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16 ronron

January 9, 2011 at 9:23 PM

oooh~ SunWoo Sun is here! this is gonna be interesting! i've only seen SunWoo in Queen of Housewives and i totally fell in love with her already!! plus Song Il Gook!! ~squeal!~ looking forward to this drama! >_<

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17 fizzy

January 9, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Oh my. This is gonna be great!!
KSW is an awesome actor.
and SIG?? I've met him in person (hugged him even!!) and he's super duper nice and friendly.

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houstontwin

January 10, 2011 at 1:38 AM

Reallly? Was it at a fan event?

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18 Carinne

January 10, 2011 at 11:07 AM

Yay! Song Il-kook is back! Woob~woob!

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19 beggar1015

January 10, 2011 at 1:42 PM

I have to ask: if there's a "serious crime division" does that mean there's also a not-so-serious crime division? A no worries crime division? A "We'll get to that next week" crime division?

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20 lele

January 10, 2011 at 8:36 PM

whoa!! another Song Il kook drama oh ^_^ i cant wait to watch..i missed him since AMCG

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21 Cam

January 10, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Wooooooow....O_o....this new drama sound so dark-mystery......oooooooooo.

It's a GOOOOOD thing to pick some GOOD casts (pictures above), of coouuurse.

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22 SIGfan

January 10, 2011 at 11:14 PM

My prayers have been answered!

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