Sung Joon becomes Eric’s rival in Discovery of Romance
by javabeans
When you’re the the writer of the I Need Romance franchise and have a bevy of talented, attractive stars at your disposal, why look for anyone new when you can just dip into that talent pool? The upcoming KBS rom-com Discovery of Romance cast Jung Yumi (an I Need Romance 2012 alum) as its heroine, and is now poised to add Sung Joon (I Need Romance 3). (He is reportedly wrapping up negotiations, with the casting set to finalize within the week.)
On one hand, Sung Joon yay! On the other hand, he’ll be the second lead (to Eric, who’s got the lead role), in which case, sadface. As the current boyfriend to Jung Yumi’s furniture-designer character at the outset of the drama, he plays a plastic surgeon with a warm and gentle personality. So, the perfect swoonworthy boyfriend, I’m guessing.
However! Enter Eric, Jung Yumi’s ex-boyfriend and the head of a design company, and thus begins the love triangle… and based on the laws of dramaland, rom-com trajectory dictates that Sung Joon get his heart broken along the way. Ack, if ever something were to get in the way of my anticipation over a Jung Yumi-Eric reunion (soooo dysfunctional in Que Sera Sera, but in an intensely compelling way), it would be sacrificing Sung Joon to get there.
Discovery of Romance will be KBS’s next Monday-Tuesday drama after Trot Lovers, which is next on the schedule once Big Man wraps up in another week. It’ll premiere in August.
Via TV Report
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Tags: Discovery of Romance, Jung Yumi, Sung Joon
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1 may20
June 10, 2014 at 8:09 AM
LOL so apparently Jung Yumi's character has a specific taste in men, because Sung Joon and Eric look similar to each other. =P But I'm liking the pairing.
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2 nova611
June 10, 2014 at 8:11 AM
i dont understand it
i think sj is better actor than eric
forgive me if im wrong, i only watch him in ''spy something'' drama
why cant sj lead the drama?
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3 mira
June 10, 2014 at 8:19 AM
happy to see sung joon again in dramaland but sad that he is only the second lead, i hope his character is well written though..
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4 Deliane
June 10, 2014 at 8:21 AM
Will watch Sung Joon in anything so hurry up drama and air!
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5 egiaegiaa
June 10, 2014 at 8:23 AM
been waiting for some updates about Discovery of Love and here it is!!!
Sung Joon Hwaiting
i trust you :)
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6 mystisith
June 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM
Story sounds so much like an unofficial installment of INR & they cast one of the actors of the franchise... tvN must be giggling. On another note, I'll have SMLS too since Eric doesn't do anything for me. I guess I'll watch this with the finger on the FF button & just roll my eyes at the end...
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7 redfox
June 10, 2014 at 8:41 AM
Sung Joon, remodelling people? oh.
as to being second lead and getting the heart broken, he is so calm and collected he can take it.
I´d like the role to be challenging, fun and and original. doesn´t matter if it is second lead
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8 Adal
June 10, 2014 at 8:58 AM
I would like to see Sung Joon again, but not in another rom-com. The dude has talent, I was hoping he would stretch himself and go into another genre. I loved him to pieces in Shut Up Flower Boy Band, but could barely tolerate INR3 (it was a good drama, just not that great) and he did fairly well in the Gu Family Book as a second lead. He's already handled one rom-com this year :-( , just hope he won't get type-cast.
Anyway, here's hoping that it's a success - all things considered.
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9 damianna
June 10, 2014 at 9:03 AM
Oh no...my heart is already bleeding for him like it did for Dr. Yoon pil joo.
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10 coloures
June 10, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Well, this sucks. Now I WILL be torn between Eric and Sung Joon :((
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11 Chandler
June 10, 2014 at 10:42 AM
OOOF. This will be a tough one. They certainly know how to pick second leads that give the leads a run for their money. I would rather see Sung Joon as a lead in something, but I guess I'm just happy to see him back so soon.
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12 ananke
June 10, 2014 at 10:45 AM
I see some fan division here between Eric and SJ most likely based on how long they have been watching dramas. Since I found SJ's character in INR 3 way too smug -to the point where I couldn't finish the drama, I have no problem seeing him as second lead to Eric.
Absolutely cannot see it the other way around. As the facial similarity has been pointed out, there is a seemingly dispositional similarity
that the actors give off (superficial yet nearly tangible??? haha) and I can't see SJ getting the edge over Eric yet.
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13 mekko
June 10, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Aaaaah! I was excited about the Eric/Jung Yumi reunion (they were so good in Que Sera Sera, except I have to admit that it was so intense that I've never finished the last two episodes...shame on me), but now we've added another one of my favorite actors! Yaaaay! This had better be good, or my disappointment will be paramount.
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14 atz
June 10, 2014 at 12:31 PM
I am sure that I am in a very minority group but I think that Soon Joon should play a plastic surgeon who has some flaws, ie a very calculating man( but does not show his flaws to anyone) ,,, He played a guy who was super nice and perfect in INR3 but I also like him play a man who has some dark side. He is young but very talented as an actor and he should play different roles to expand his resume. Besides, I do not want to see his nice heart totally broken due to the appearance of the guy Eric plays. I like both actors!!
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15 soprection
June 10, 2014 at 5:07 PM
Yay! Sung Joon! He's dreamy~~~~~~~~~~
At least being second lead means that he'll be super nice and almost perfect. I almost always preferred the INR second leads anyway.
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16 canxi
June 10, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Oooooh and it just gets better O:
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17 WonkaWonka
June 10, 2014 at 5:21 PM
so our sung joon become second lead and he will broken heart......i can't watch it :"(
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18 Janey
June 10, 2014 at 5:38 PM
Why is he second lead again I'm so upset :( But I love Eric too so I guess it's not really a shame because I'm seeing them both in a drama?! But I don't want to see Sung Joon hurt!!!! Oh the confusion.
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19 HANI
June 10, 2014 at 6:04 PM
Sungjoon's destiny already been sealed.
but that is okay... I prefer Sung Joon as bad ass genius Choi Ji Hoon anyway.
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20 Stephanie
June 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM
LOL sacrificing sung joon. I can imagine you at an altar. Crying that you have to give your son away to become an altar boy.
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21 cheekbones
June 10, 2014 at 10:11 PM
I totally share your sentiment, jb. *sigh*
Sung Joon, I know you have your own solid reason to choose this project, but I'd rather see you in the lead.
This drama has so much eye candy, though. So, yay !?
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22 redfox
June 10, 2014 at 10:29 PM
if he is just wrapping up, someone quickly offer him a lead in something awesome and perhaps there is time to step out of this....
but on the other hand, we dont really know what he wants to do and cant interfere with the choices. if it comes from the heart
or it is just better to work than sit still.
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23 Beng
June 10, 2014 at 11:35 PM
can he get a girl of his own too, even if it's towards the end, or maybe 6 episodes before it ends>
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24 TJ
June 11, 2014 at 7:44 AM
Damn! First of all Sung Joon does not need to play 2nd to anyone anymore. He's proven more than once that he can generate heat with an icicle.
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25 debrainmke
June 11, 2014 at 11:34 AM
The addition of Sung Joon now makes me not want to watch it! But I will because I love Eric and Yu-mi together. Sung Joon looks like Lurch from the Adams Family! Not a fan. Thought he was the worse thing about "Lie to Me!"
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26 nomoola
June 14, 2014 at 6:03 AM
both first male lead and second lead have deep manly voice...me likey
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27 Sarang
June 15, 2014 at 3:33 AM
Yeayyyyy…..Eric and Sung Joon in one drama….too much eye candy, huh???!!! Sung Joon is handsome and all, but I'll root for Eric, because this Oppajussi so handsome, sexy, dorky and charismatic. I saw his craziness in Shinhwa Broadcast (I'm new Shinhwa fan, by the way) and totally fall for him. I saw his dramas before and must admit he's one of great actor and super talented..Eric, Sung Joon hwaiting!!!
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