Goddess of Fire adds to cast
by girlfriday
More casting news for the upcoming MBC sageuk Goddess of Fire Jung-yi starring Moon Geun-young: the offer is out to Kim Bum (That Winter, The Wind Blows) to be her leading man. He’s still considering the role, which is pretty late in the game considering they’ve already done a script read, but there’s some lead time with child actors so it’s not quite down to the wire yet. If he signs on, it’ll be Kim Bum’s first lead in a sageuk. Is it wrong if I’m mostly excited about the mane of glory? At least we already know it’s glorious.
The 32-episode sageuk stars Moon Geun-young as the first female potter in Joseon, and Lee Sang-yoon has signed on to play Gwanghae-gun, 15th king of Joseon. There aren’t many details about the hero yet. Interestingly, this project comes from the writer of Warrior Baek Dong-soo, which was almost Kim Bum’s first sageuk. Maybe the second time’s the charm?
There are some confirmed additions to the cast as well. Actress Han Go-eun (Me Too, Flower!) has signed on to play a royal concubine. Her character was once a bright beautiful girl, but after entering the palace she becomes a daring strategist and a schemer in the power struggle that’s hidden behind the palace walls.
Lee Kwang-soo (Nice Guy) has also signed on in a supporting role, as well as Jeon Gwang-ryul (I Miss You), in another Warrior Baek Dong-soo reunion. He’ll play a master potter, which means he’ll be a teacher or mentor to the heroine. Can he be a master potter with one arm, just as a nod to his Baek Dong-soo character? Hey, if you can be the best swordsman in the land with one arm, surely you can make some pottery too?
Goddess of Fire Jung-yi follows Gu Family Book and premieres in July on MBC.
RELATED POSTS
- Moon Geun-young confirms her sageuk comeback
- Moon Geun-young in talks to headline sageuk
- Behind the scenes of That Winter for High Cut
- That Winter, The Wind Blows: Episode 1
- Posters and character stills for That Winter
- Running Man: Episode 141
- Nice Guy: Episode 1
- Me Too, Flower: Episode 1
- Han Go-eun joins Me Too, Flower!
Tags: Han Go-eun, Kim Bum, Lee Kwang-soo
![[Drama Chat] Fastest ship you tapped out of + why](https://d263ao8qih4miy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Dare-to-Love-Me-1314-4.jpg)
![[K-Movie Night] Shades of the Heart](https://d263ao8qih4miy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ShadesoftheHeart_1.jpg)
Required fields are marked *
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
1 MsB
April 26, 2013 at 12:21 PM
I'm telling you. It's something about Julys!! My favorites always come out with their dramas then!! So on board for this!!!
Required fields are marked *
MsB
April 26, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Why July? It's my BIRTHDAY!!!!
Required fields are marked *
aternall
April 26, 2013 at 6:03 PM
haha, mine birthday too :D
Required fields are marked *
Carmensitta
April 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Mine three...? kkk
Required fields are marked *
2 anna
April 26, 2013 at 12:23 PM
Yay! I hope this is daebak for Moon Geun Young. She needs a good drama to make her talents shine.
Required fields are marked *
apple
April 27, 2013 at 5:04 AM
Yeah, MSOAN was ughhhh and the Drama after that I didn't watch. But rating-wise it didn't seem that bad.
And also I hope we get to see Jang Geun-suk back on TV again. He needs a winner too. Since YAB things got kinda messy for him, choosing-the-right-project-wise, lol.
Required fields are marked *
3 Nicole
April 26, 2013 at 12:24 PM
KIM BUM!!!!!
Mane of Glory.
Oof.
Required fields are marked *
malta
April 26, 2013 at 5:27 PM
If he accepts the role will he have enough time to grow out his hair?...Has he already started growing his hair long? Will they give him a wig? Please kdrama gods, no wigs on this guy...
I hope he accepts because he has an awesome Mane of Glory, but this would be a big acting challenge for him being the leading man to Moon Geun Young. Kim Bum would have to really work to hold his own. He's come a long way from High Kick and the F4. Hope this happens though.
Required fields are marked *
Jo
April 27, 2013 at 5:32 PM
He had a mane of glory in Padam Padam, which was adorable.
I definitely know that I love him as a second lead (Padam, That Winter), I wonder how I will feel for him when he is the lead?
I'm excited to this drama and I hope this sageuk will not be all trendy and "Joseon-fashion designer" (ehem) on us. I would love for it to have the beauty of Iljimae (the beautiful one) (you know which one I mean) and the story of Princess' Man or Tree..
<3
Required fields are marked *
4 crazedlu
April 26, 2013 at 12:27 PM
I have yet to love Kim Bum in any of his projects. Hope he takes this and I get to love him in a sageuk.
Required fields are marked *
sparks121
April 26, 2013 at 12:35 PM
have you watched high kick? i loved him there.
Required fields are marked *
Cynthia
April 27, 2013 at 7:20 AM
He was beyond good in Padam Padam.
It really was a break-out role for him and has certainly revitalized his career.
Required fields are marked *
anna
April 26, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Me neither. As cute as he is, I just can't seem to like anything he's been in. I have yet to warm up to the guy, so weird.
Required fields are marked *
Kiara
April 26, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Same here, he's plenty charming but haven't wowed me in anything.
Required fields are marked *
marid
April 26, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Have you seen Still marry me/the woman who wants to marry? How can you resist him after that?
Required fields are marked *
Annie
April 26, 2013 at 3:02 PM
That drama really weirded me out. I consider myself pretty open-minded but...
Required fields are marked *
SD
April 28, 2013 at 12:05 AM
Ditto. I'm a big fan of Bummie, but it was something that I could never condone...
Required fields are marked *
Mar
April 30, 2013 at 7:21 PM
Agreed. The Woman That Still Wants to Marry was just stellar, so under rated. Wonderful chemistry with the cast. And Kim Bum is just wonderful, period, in everything he's in.
Required fields are marked *
5 pogo 🍉
April 26, 2013 at 12:29 PM
FINALLY, a lead role for Bummie!
(now praying that Kim Jae Wook gets out of the army and gets his own lead role in something good, he's too talented to never get the girl)
Required fields are marked *
Ivoire
April 26, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Hi Pogo, I agree with you on both of your comments :-). I will leave you a response on GFB, recap of ep.6 tonight or tomorrow, please check back there, when you have the time (if you want to). I loved your comments, btw...
Required fields are marked *
pogo 🍉
April 27, 2013 at 7:59 AM
Haha, thank you Ivoire! I'll keep an eye out for your comments, I think discussing the show is starting to be more fun than watching it!
Required fields are marked *
liz
April 26, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Kim Jae Wook is out of army already. It was last month :)
Required fields are marked *
pogo 🍉
April 27, 2013 at 4:03 AM
yeah, I remember reading a while ago that he was due out in two weeks but I forgot exactly how long ago that was!
Required fields are marked *
6 Mystisith
April 26, 2013 at 12:29 PM
I wish he would accept. It's the only interesting sageuk on the horizon (no strange fusion thingy) and I like the premise: Strong female lead.
This could allow him to do something different: I really believe he has more value than just a pretty face.
Mane of glory (2 months to grow his hair in order for the hair dresser not to pull HIS hair) and WBDS team behind the project are other appealing elements.
Required fields are marked *
Mystisith
April 26, 2013 at 12:43 PM
I forgot to say: Please don't have him being a sword fighter if that's not his thing. I 'd rather see him as a funny clumsy "street fighter", Jackie Chan style, who uses random props to save his skin.
Required fields are marked *
7 Kiara
April 26, 2013 at 12:34 PM
Boo where is Choi Min Soo?. He was the best thing about Warrior Baek Dong-soo.
Required fields are marked *
Doonala
April 26, 2013 at 1:08 PM
AGREE the best thing ever! he should be the master instead.
Required fields are marked *
cherkell
April 26, 2013 at 1:38 PM
*ahem* I beg to differ. He was the SECOND best thing about Warrior Baek Dong Soo. :P
Anyway, isn't this a strange reversal of events? Bummie was being considered for the Baek Dong Soo role that eventually went to Ji Chang-wook, and now he's being casted for this role for which My Precious was allegedly being considered? TOO. WEIRD.
Might give this a looky-see when it premieres, if only to root for Sword Saint and Giraffe Veggie Boy! :)
Required fields are marked *
Kiara
April 26, 2013 at 5:07 PM
To each his/her own.
Required fields are marked *
Trina
April 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM
I agree we sooo need Choi Min Soo... Please kdrama god!!!!
Required fields are marked *
Shiku
April 27, 2013 at 5:20 AM
He has been cast in a major role in Swords and Flowers
Required fields are marked *
8 Elise
April 26, 2013 at 12:57 PM
The Asian Prince looks mighty fine in that pic, u go giraffe!
Required fields are marked *
Ashl
April 26, 2013 at 7:09 PM
He looks glorious.
Required fields are marked *
9 Elisabeth
April 26, 2013 at 12:59 PM
Wait, Lee Sang Yoon is not the lead? Kim Bum will be? I heard the role he would be playing was her husband but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're the main couple... Right? Could it be a modern love story in a Sageuk? Forbidden love of a married woman to the king??? Hehehe
Required fields are marked *
10 skinnymocha
April 26, 2013 at 1:02 PM
Gah, I want to hold those hands.
Required fields are marked *
ilovekimchi
April 26, 2013 at 4:19 PM
I hear ya girl, sexy hands...
Required fields are marked *
11 Amy
April 26, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Kim Bun as the main lead...yes, yes and yes. I'm sure their chemistry (KB and Moon) will burn right through the screen.
Required fields are marked *
12 kumi
April 26, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Han Go Eun might be good as a royal concubine.
Required fields are marked *
malta
April 26, 2013 at 5:31 PM
She plays villains creepy...I did not like her in Me Too Flower, but she had such a bizarre unlikeable character.
Required fields are marked *
13 Cam
April 26, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Whoooooo!!!! LOVE. THAAAT. \(^o^)/
I AM DEFINITELY LOOOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DRAMA BECAUSE OF ALL OF BEAUTIFUL CASTS...!!! :D I pray that Kim Bum will definitely confirm and sign on with his cast mates, of coooourse!
Required fields are marked *
14 Gloria
April 26, 2013 at 1:20 PM
DAEBAK!! Please take this leading role, Kim Bum!! This is an wonderful opportunity for him to have experience with his leading role with Moon Geun Young!!
~~ Kim Bummie.....Please be confirm!! <3 ;)
Required fields are marked *
15 mysterious
April 26, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Oh Please let him sign on. I was already going to watch because of Moon Geun-young, but with Kim Bum, I would be in heaven. I have loved him in everything I have ever seen him in. Please let him sign on.
Required fields are marked *
16 Tired of anti fans
April 26, 2013 at 1:37 PM
Kyaaaa I am so incited by this casting which for my part I like(love) and I approve and I look forward to seeing Moonie in action with Bummieee!
Required fields are marked *
17 marid
April 26, 2013 at 1:56 PM
I was under the impression that he was the second lead in this.. I love him to dead, he's a very handsome boy but I don't think he has the acting chops for lead yet, especially a sageuk.. Still hope he signs on Luv you Bummie..
Required fields are marked *
18 yohs
April 26, 2013 at 1:59 PM
kinda wish he would go for a romantic comedy or something else. cuz the storyline to this drama sounds boring. and not sure about the pairing. but I'll prob watch it anyways lol.
Required fields are marked *
Annie
April 26, 2013 at 2:12 PM
They don't really write too many romance comedies for actors his age imo - too few leading actresses in that age range.
Required fields are marked *
19 Annie
April 26, 2013 at 2:10 PM
He's not the lead, Lee Sang Yoon is.
Required fields are marked *
20 ricko
April 26, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Fight the cast and love it , love mgy !
Required fields are marked *
21 theedie
April 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Oh a Kim Bum/Moon Geun-young pairing would be good.
Still holding out hope for a rom-com with Kim Bum and Kim So-eun as leads though. One of these days.
Required fields are marked *
SD
April 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM
I've been waiting for that to happen since God knows when. I hope this project will make him a household name so he can finally take on a drama with Kim So Eun as his leading lady.
Required fields are marked *
22 tintin
April 26, 2013 at 2:24 PM
It's heavy stuff the casting ^^└ºνє♡Moonie
Required fields are marked *
23 Waiting
April 26, 2013 at 2:25 PM
Well, so much for this kid resting! Sheesh! But, I'll take it because I enjoy most of his projects.
Wasn't he a potter/ceramic artist in Boys Over Flowers???
Maybe we'll get a sajeuk version of the pottery wheel scene in Ghost. Imagine THAT with a mane of glory!
Just sayin'
Required fields are marked *
24 ilovekimchi
April 26, 2013 at 4:17 PM
Ah, loving the cast so far. Super excited to see Moonie back on screen again!!!
Required fields are marked *
25 queenofcam
April 26, 2013 at 4:27 PM
Are you kidding me?! This is the best set up ever, I'm so excited! I really hope Kim Bum takes this offer, because it'll be his first lead role. Moon Geun Young and him both have baby faces, so it's perfect. Totally on board this train. Make it happen please!!!
Required fields are marked *