Baek Sung-hyun joins Big
by javabeans
Baek Sung-hyun (White Christmas) is the latest addition to romantic comedy series Big, which brings him back to the modern times after acting in sageuk cable drama Queen Dowager In-soo. The description makes me think of the last time he was in a rom-com (Accidental Couple / That Fool), because he’ll be playing another kid brother to a heroine as Lee Min-jung’s trouble-making high schooler dongsaeng.
He’ll also get a loveline with Suzy—er, at least half of one, since it’s an unrequited kind of relationship. Lee Min-jung plays a teacher at his school, and she’s a total contrast to his personality as the role-model type. Little bro, on the other hand, has perpetually low grades and finds himself constantly in trouble. Then Suzy comes to his school as a transfer student from the U.S. and it’s love at first sight, and he becomes her devoted, pure-hearted admirer.
I guess that’ll lead to some conflict since our hero’s also got a crush on Suzy—before his soul somehow enters the body of a grown man (Gong Yoo). Aw, so it’s a Gong Yoo—Suzy—Baek Sung-hyun love triangle? And we can probably throw Lee Min-jung right into the mix, too, since she’s the fiancée to Gong Yoo, the grown-up version. Talk about complicated sibling entanglements.
Big premieres in June.
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1 YBisTOP
April 24, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Hey! Stairway to Heaven guy! :)
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YBisTOP
April 24, 2012 at 3:16 PM
and Wow! Suzy is in a lot of movies/dramas now and days.
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cindy
April 24, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Not really. She did Dream High 1 and this movie and that is it.
It isn't a LOT......
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meme
April 24, 2012 at 3:36 PM
she also JUST came out in 'an introduction to architecture,' so YBisTOP saying that she's coming out a lot these days is true.
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jiajia
April 24, 2012 at 4:19 PM
yeah 2 things isn't alot.
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Cynthia
April 24, 2012 at 6:47 PM
She also made a cameo appearance in DH2, plus her group Miss A is promoting heavily, so she's really been appearing a lot on different shows - not just drama appearances.
:)
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chaser
May 7, 2012 at 9:53 PM
she's been into a lot of variety show guestings lately...
KDaddict
May 12, 2012 at 9:52 AM
She appeared in one ep of I Need a Fairy.
sUn
April 25, 2012 at 10:07 AM
So he'll be playing the one whose spirit swaps with Gong Yoo?
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Alexis
April 25, 2012 at 12:11 PM
YES! I had seen him in that drama "Stairway to Heaven" with Park Shin Hye!! :D I am glad to see him back to this big screen!! Woot~Woot!
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Southerner
May 19, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Yes...will always remember/luv him from STH, no matter the role ^^
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2 Monona
April 24, 2012 at 3:19 PM
have they actually cast the body of the soul that goes into Gong Yoo yet?
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cindy
April 24, 2012 at 3:31 PM
It's him lol his soul will enter gong yoo body for what I understood and he likes Suzy!
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J.REAL
April 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Baek Sung Hyun will not be playing the 18 year old guy who will enter Gong Yoo's body. Shin Won Ho got the role :)
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Monona
April 25, 2012 at 3:29 AM
ahh, thank you! I was majorly confused
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3 sjkwifey
April 24, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I honestly don't know how this premise will be executed because I'm already getting the shivers thinking about Gong Yoo and Suzy together. Hopefully it won't seem too creepy because that's all I'm worried since I'm so excited about the cast and the Hong sister's new work.
Also I was practically in love with Baek Sung Hyun as young Song Joo, he was an absolute cutie and I'm glad that he's back in a drama which I'm actually interested to watch.
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Nicole
April 24, 2012 at 4:49 PM
I am really confused. Is Gong Yoo's character going to end up falling in love with Suzy? If that's the case, I have zero interest in watching this because the whole point of me seeing this would be the Gong Yoo-Lee Min Jung pairing.
And it's a tad creepy having a grown man get together with a teenager, even if it's in the name of magical drama romance.
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via
April 24, 2012 at 6:00 PM
ditto... I am second to that..
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Noelle
April 24, 2012 at 10:10 PM
I think she plays a 18 year old. So it's not that creepy.
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4 ricky trh
April 24, 2012 at 3:26 PM
He was so angry and angsty in That Fool.
I wish the Hong sisters would make him slip on a banana peel or something.
oh, June is so far away!!
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GrandmaFran
April 24, 2012 at 6:45 PM
LMAO
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5 DC
April 24, 2012 at 3:35 PM
OMG yes! Loved Baek Sung Hyun in White Christmas.
And of course, he's gorgeous. Hehe.
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Mama J
April 24, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Love ALL those White Christmas boys, so happy to see them all moving on to bigger projects!
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Ondubu
April 24, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Seriously! ^^ I look forward to seeing them in more projects.
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Noelle
April 24, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Whats White Christmas? Is it that horror/suspense thriller mini drama?
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6 MissMantin
April 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Ha! Okay, I was skeptical before, but I loved Baek Sung-hyun in Kid Gang. Now I HAVE to watch this.
And you know what would make this even better? If it turns out that Lee Min-jung's little bro is the kid in Gong Yoo's body. Ooh! Or if they were in *each other's* bodies! Oh, please, can this be what happens? Pretty please??
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MissMantin
April 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Okay, I'm cracking myself up by imagining all the hilarious scenarios that could come out of this.
Examples:
BSH's character in GY's body, all, "Noona! But I'm your brother!"
And GY's character in BSH's body: "Honey, it's me! I love you!" While LMJ is freaking out, "But you're in my brother's body!"
Ha! With different writer's I'd be pretty worried, but I think the Hong sisters could do this stuff without getting it icky. This could be so much fun.
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MissMantin
April 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Oops. Correction: without IT getting icky.
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J.REAL
April 24, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Baek Sung Hyun's name in this drama is Gil Chung Sik and the 18 year old guy who will enter the body named Kang Gyung-Joon. That means, BSH will not enter Gong Yoo's body :)) Shin Won Ho got the role.
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MissMantin
April 24, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Aw that makes me sad 'cause it pretty much means that BSH won't get the girl. Still, there's lots of fun things can be done this way, too.
Thanks for the info!
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7 jomo143
April 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Oooh! I like him.
He was in Sea God or Emperor of the Sea, too.
He would be great opposite Suzy.
Oooh! I hope they manage to write a good last couple of episodes. They seem to have conquered all the other Kdrama problems but that one.
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pabo ceo reom
April 24, 2012 at 8:08 PM
I absolutely adore him too! And it's not like I didn't have enough motivation to watch this drama already.....I wanna watch it nooooooow lol.
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8 hanabi
April 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM
The more I hear about this drama, the more I'm interested...and confused.
Suzy--> (soul in Gong Yoo)
Grown up Gong Yoo Lee Min Jung
Baek Sung Hyun --> Suzy
Have I got that right?
Is Baek Sung Hyun playing the kid who switches with Gong Yoo? Because that will be very weird if he ends up in the body engaged to his sister. ???
June needs to come quickly so I can see what actually happens.
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hanabi
April 24, 2012 at 3:49 PM
oops, the arrows didn't come out. There's supposed to be mutual arrows between Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung.
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J.REAL
April 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Baek Sung Hyun’s name in this drama is Gil Chung Sik and the 18 year old guy who will enter the body named Kang Gyung-Joon. That means, BSH will not enter Gong Yoo’s body :) Shin Won Ho got the role, they said.
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9 danna
April 24, 2012 at 3:54 PM
I'm a bit confused....so who is playing the actual teenage boy whose soul is entering Gong Yoo's character's body in this drama?...or are they just going to sweep that under the rug like they did with the real Go Min Nam in YAB?
not that I mind...i'm just hoping its not Baek Sung Hyun's character's soul or anything because right now that looks like a possibility...and idk how I feel about that since he's supposed to be LMJ's bro....ayways there's so man big question marks about the premise, which on one hand keeps me from being really excited and on the other hand does make me really curious
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10 Nida
April 24, 2012 at 3:56 PM
He looks like the main guy in the movie 3-Iron. Is it him?
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MissMantin
April 24, 2012 at 4:03 PM
No, that was Jae Hee (most recently in Color of Woman). They do look kinda similar, though.
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11 houstontwin
April 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM
It reminds me of that 29-19 drama where a married 29 year old has amnesia, thinks she's still 19 and falls in love with a really cute teenager.
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12 Yeez
April 24, 2012 at 4:09 PM
this is total confusion and some what disturbing for me that an 18 year old in a 30 year old something's body. So ... wth . COMPLICATED! Hong sisters needa figure something out bout this!
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13 kit
April 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM
YES. I've loved him since he was the child actor for Jang Bogo in Emperor of the Sea. Most child actors are very impressive (especially since there's a couple that dominate now, where we see their faces for basically every new sageuk) but nobody had ever impressed me the way he did.
Although. I was very young. And thought he was very good looking. So. There is that.
It's nice to see him still around, though. He's been around the industry for years, but I don't think he's had THAT role yet where the public begin to know of his face and connect him to a character. I hope he does soon.
..... That was so off topic. Anyhow, excite excite. This cast is looking good.
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14 Noelle
April 24, 2012 at 4:42 PM
I loved him as Sang Chul!!! I just finished watching That Fool for the second time. Love it too bits.
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15 Daisy
April 24, 2012 at 5:39 PM
Man such a confusing storyline. I guess I'll have to wait till trailer to come out for me to actually understand!
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16 vanillasalt
April 24, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Kinda confused.... So Gong Yoo is in Baek Sung-hyun's body, and Baek Sung-Hyun is in Gong Yoo's body?
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canxi
April 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM
No--Baek Sung Hyun is Lee Min Jung's younger brother. He stays in his own body,lol.
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fraye
April 25, 2012 at 1:51 PM
yeah...on dramawiki at least
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17 canxi
April 24, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Is there some kind of rule to this body swap thing? Like in Secret Garden? When it was like they were in each others bodies until it rained or something. Because I'm a little confused, too, at where the love line of Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung comes in. Sounds like she'll be chasing him around, chasing Suzy for nearly 15 episodes.
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18 ar_arguably romantic
April 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Loved him in White Christmas!
I hope that we would get to see everyone in their right bodies intermittently. Does Lee Min Jung fall in love with the young soul in Gong Yoo's body? Or is the body-snatching the catalyst for a positive change in Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung's relationship and we get to see how GY and LMJ end up falling in love again.
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canxi
April 24, 2012 at 5:59 PM
This is what I was thinking. They must be having some kind of trouble in their relationship since I think the character of 30 yr old Gong Yoo is "boring business-type". Lee Min Jung's character is supposed to have witty dialogue so I'm guessing she's more fun, lol.
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19 js
April 24, 2012 at 6:10 PM
with all this casting news makes me wish that June would come even faster! Can't wait to see who they pick as the 18 year old that gongyoo swaps souls with. *fingerscrossed* someone cute. hehe
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J.REAL
April 24, 2012 at 7:18 PM
It's Shin Won Ho of Bachelor's Vegetable Store :D
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cherkell
April 24, 2012 at 8:13 PM
YESSSSSSSSS!!! Chan-sol comes back to us noonas!!! This show was already on my watch list, but the Hot Factor just increased by 1000% with adding that little cutie pie!! :)
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20 gala
April 24, 2012 at 6:36 PM
wow, i'm late knowing about this drama. Lee Min Jung is not playing second fiddle to Suzy, right? i mean, no offense, she did pretty okay in DH. but, i'd like the story focused on LMJ and GY - not GY and suzy. i'm happy about BSH. loved him in School E.T. (a movie with Lee Min Ho as well!!!)
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tieuyeunu
April 25, 2012 at 3:02 AM
no she's not. Suzy is 2nd or 3rd female lead since Gong Yoo's ex girlfriend comes back as well.
From what I gathered from all the different sources.
Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung are engaged. Baek Sung-Hyun is Lee Min Jung lil bro and attends her school, Suzy and Shin Won Ho are also in her cast.
BEFORE THE SWITCH
Baek Sung-Hyun and Shin Won Ho both like Suzy. Unsure who she likes at this stage.
Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung like each other but are having some sort of issue in their relationship. Likely their love had fizzled out over the years.
AFTER THE SWITCH
18 year old Gong Yoo starts to develop feelings for Lee Min Jung while she also develop feelings for her more passionate fiancee.
30 year old Shin Won Ho goes back to high school and starts to fall for Suzy, whom very likely, has managed to revive him from his soon to be mid life crisis.
Beak Sung Hyun still likes Suzy and Gong Yu's ex girlfriend returns from overseas to get him back.
My issue is how they are going to tie this up. Supposing both Lee Min Jung and Suzy falls for the guys after the switch, if they switch back. Who will end up with who?
If they don't switch back then Shin Won Ho was cheated with 10 years of his life and Gong Yoo has to redo everything from the start. There's still that moral issue of dating an older/younger woman. Even though both Suzy and Shin Won Ho are 18, is it morally acceptable for them to be paired off with someone so old?
I suspect the older woman younger man issue won't be much of an scandal since shows such as Flower Boy Ramen Shop has already used this theme and it seemed to be accepted.
But the older man and barely legal girl has not been put on film and the few times it had, there wasn't a good reception. Blue Mist a film dealing with a 40 year old man and 20 something year old woman was frown upon when it came out in the late 90's in Korea.
Hopefully Korean's have become more acceptable.
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YY
April 25, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Possible scenarios:
A. Gong Yoo falls in love with Suzy, and his girlfriend falls for the hot young guy, they all switch back to their original selves eventually, become miserable again, and finally decide to go seek out their true soulmates, age differences be damned.
B. Gong Yoo falls for Suzy, his girlfriend falls for hot young guy, they all switch back to their original selves eventually, become mature and wiser, decide that they've been making asses of themselves, and settle back into their old relationships.
C. Gong Yoo falls for Suzy and his girlfriend falls for hot young guy, and they decide to never ever ever switch back to their old selves because they are so much happier the way they are now.
D. Gong Yoo falls for Suzy, and his girlfriend falls for hot young guy, but they decide they have to switch back to their old selves, so they switch one stormy night, but something goes wrong, and Gong Yoo gets stuck in Suzy's body, and Gong Yoo's girlfriend gets trapped in hot young guy's body.
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hanabi
April 25, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I vote for scenario D. lol :)
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KDaddict
May 12, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Scenario D pls. That'll teach them, hey?
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21 Karsensis
April 24, 2012 at 6:41 PM
BUT WHO IS THE HERO !!!!!
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22 NN
April 24, 2012 at 6:42 PM
The plot doesn't interest me at all but I believe in the Hong sisters
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23 djeedjes
April 24, 2012 at 6:50 PM
I don't think it will that creepy between Suzy and Gong Yoo. Suzy looks mature than her real age, and I just saw her paired with Eric ( of Shinhwa, or Spy Myungwol ) in Invincible Youth 2, they look great, not creepy, but I have to admit, more like brother and sister's feel.
Hey, Lee Ji Hoon are 10 yrs older than Suzy but they look great in Introduction of Architecture~
Anyway. I'm happy with the addition of Baek Sunghyun.. can't wait!
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24 spoonie
April 24, 2012 at 7:53 PM
Well, technically isn't the switched 'Gong Yoo' and Lee Min Jung's love also unrequited? 14 year-old boy and 30-something woman ... slightly weird
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hmm...
April 24, 2012 at 8:43 PM
Not to mention... related.
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25 ajbny
April 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM
I didn't like the original big and I really didn't like a lot of couple or trouble/fantasy couple and this sounds like a mess. I like the hong sisters and lee min jung and baek sung hyun ( I'm just watching him in kid gang. . .)
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26 danni
April 24, 2012 at 9:01 PM
To be honest, I still don't completely understand how this drama's going to be set up, but since it's the Hong Sisters and their dramas have been getting more logical (well, as logical as girlfriend gumihos and grown men experiencing love for the first time can get) I guess I'll figure it out when it airs.
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27 hpn88
April 24, 2012 at 9:01 PM
This is really a great cast. and I'm trusting the Hong sisters to not make it creepy.
I mean I had no trouble with the age gap between Yoon Kye Sang and Go Ara in Who Are You. And Boy was that drama was ripe for creepiness. I mean her DAD entered the body of the man she fell in love with.....
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28 hpn88
April 24, 2012 at 9:02 PM
This is really a great cast. and I'm trusting the Hong sisters to not make it creepy.
I mean I had no trouble with the age gap between Yoon Kye Sang and Go Ara in Who Are You. And Boy was that drama was ripe for creepiness. I mean her DAD's soul entered the body of the man she fell in love with.....
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hpn88
April 24, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Whoops double post!
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29 Meykie
April 24, 2012 at 9:32 PM
With the addition of BSH, more and more Lee Min Jung feels like 2nd lead,imo. Gong Yoo most likely will be lovey-dovey to Suzy for the most of series running, as his soul longing for her. And now there's BSH who loves her too. The ones LMJ will get is those PR teacher (played by actor named Moon Ji Yoon or something) and Shin Won Ho the 18 yr old body w/ her fiancee soul. None of both are neither famous name or in main casts list, with almost none news when they're got cast.
Not that it matter to me,though,with me adoring Suzy way more than LMJ. But will it really be acceptable? But perhaps LMJ like the story and her role's personality that she's willing to overlooked her relationship with guys.
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tieuyeunu
April 25, 2012 at 3:08 AM
I think we'll be spending the majority of the drama with Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung adapting to their new found relationship.
Since Gong Yoo's 18 year old soul is her student but the body is her fiancee.
Lee Min Jung is still first lead.
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30 Sop Iga Penyet
April 24, 2012 at 9:39 PM
Wuhuuuu.... excited. excited! Hope is going to be BIG.
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31 Miky
April 25, 2012 at 3:56 AM
Wooo,i like him very much and i'm happy to see him in more stuff,i liked him in Running and White Christmas!
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32 graygirl
April 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM
I love him!
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33 JIW_sobangnim
April 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM
WOW. Ive been waiting for BSH to hit big since Stairway..... Will it come true now? :(
And Suzy indeed has a fresh face. So I can understand why everyone is wanting a piece of her in their works!
Idol = Ratings Up = More Sponsors = Happy TV Station
But is this case still true.....
*What happened to DH2? :( *
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34 Cam
April 25, 2012 at 12:20 PM
YAYAY!!! \\^o^//
I will be loooooking forward to this drama because ALL of casts (Gong Yoo~Lee Min Jung~Suzy~BAEK SUNG HYUN)
I had been waiting that Baek Sung Hyun should have get into drama project for a long time....until NOW ~ I am so happy that he FINALLY join in this drama, of course. Wow, I can't believe that he's all grown up now!! (he was really cute in "Stairway to Heaven".) :D
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35 mel
April 25, 2012 at 8:44 PM
love he cast.... pretty stellar, Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, Suzy Loved Baek Sung Hyun as the little brother in Accidental Marriage... can't wait... thanks
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36 Suzy
May 8, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I will tell you guys the correct story of the drama "BIG".
Gong Yoo will be a 30 year old doctor and he will be Lee Min Jung's fiancee. Lee Min Jung will play the role of a high school teacher and Shin Won Ho, Bae Suzy and Baek Sung Hyun will be her students. Baek Sung Hyun will be Lee Min Jung's brother who likes Suzy. Shin Won Ho will be the 18 year old student who also likes Suzy.
After Gong Yoo and Shin Won Ho's souls switch it will happen that Gong Yoo(with Shin Won Ho's Soul)will follow Suzy as he likes her and Shin Won Ho(with Gong Yoo's Soul) likes his own teacher Lee Min Jung because their souls are exchanged.
And also Jang Hee Jin will be Gong Yoo's ex-girlfriend who will return from overseas to get him back.
So it will be a very complicated drama with so many love tangles.
But its Hong Sisters drama so it will be Super Hit.The other Hong Sisters drama were Delightful Girl Choon Hyang (KBS2, 2005),My Girl (SBS, 2005-06),You're Beautiful (SBS, 2009),My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox (KBS2, 2010),The Greatest Love (MBC, 2011) and now Big (KBS2, 2012).
And Gong Yoo is making his comeback after five years after The 1st shop of Coffee Prince, Lee Min Jung from Midas,Bae Suzy(miss A) from Dream High and Architecture 101, Shin Won Ho from Bachleors Vegetable Store, Baek Sung Hyun from Queen Insoo, Jang Hee Jin from Myung Wol The Spy.
I personally love Suzy from miss A and wish her all the best for the drama and also all the cast of BIG.
It will be aired on June 4th 2012 on KBS2 Mon-Tue at 21:55 replacing Love Rain.
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