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102 January 26, 2015September 29, 2015

The doctor’s bloodlust is awakened in KBS’s Blood

by girlfriday

Here’s a peek at Ahn Jae-hyun’s vampire smoulder for his new drama Blood, headed to KBS on Mondays and Tuesdays next month. It wouldn’t be a proper vampire drama without some stylish brooding, so the first teaser (short as it is) doesn’t really have any other purpose than to give us a quick taste of the bloodthirsty vampire doctor hero.

Blood is the new drama from the creators of Good Doctor, starring rookie Ahn Jae-hyun (You’re All Surrounded) in his first leading role. He plays a vampire who suppresses his cravings for blood in order to treat terminally ill patients at a cancer hospital, a character described as warm and sensitive. He’s a genius (of course), and does the job no matter how hard it is for him, because he understands the sanctity of life better than anyone.

Gu Hye-sun (Angel Eyes) plays a hotshot heiress doctor, a star physician at the hospital and the niece of the board’s chairman. She’s snooty and cold, but highly capable, and used to being the golden girl. Ji Jin-hee (Warm Words) co-stars as their chief, an outwardly gentle, inwardly ambitious man who will prove to be their biggest adversary. Kwon Hyun-sang (Mandate of Heaven) is a rival bad vamp, and Jung Hae-in (Three Musketeers) plays the hero’s BFF.

The teaser is really no more than a tease: snippets of the vampire hero, a mysterious surgery, some creepy hands, lots of blood imagery. There’s one spoken line: “I am a vampire.” Am I the only one who’s disappointed we didn’t get any fang? Ahn Jae-hyun’s good at the steely gazes (he is a model after all), but call me a traditionalist — if you say you’re a vampire, you gotta show me your teeth.

This teaser doesn’t say much for the drama other than the fact that Ahn Jae-hyun looks pretty as a vampire, which, DUH. I just hope he’s up to carrying a whole drama. I’d like for Blood to give us a different take on vampire lore and style (and not just be Good Doctor with vampirism, while we’re at it), because so far he looks no different from Vampire Prosecutor, with the same blue eyes and all. Sigh, that just made me miss Vampire Prosecutor. Time to waste a day re-watching old episodes.

Blood follows Healer on Mondays and Tuesdays, and premieres February 16.

Via Osen

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Tags: Ahn Jae-hyun, Blood, Gu Hye-sun

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51 JanuaryBlues

January 27, 2015 at 6:08 PM

AJH looked so young in his doctor's outfit. Is the romance going to be younger guy-noona-not actually younger guy like? Why the blue eyes??? It's unavoidable people are going to be reminded of Vampire Prosecutor, what with the Twilight similarity (Dr Cullen, hello) and all. Ahh, will have to wait for the first episode.

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harmonyfb

January 28, 2015 at 3:52 AM

Why the blue eyes???

Maybe that's a Korean pop culture convention - you know, like how an opera cape is kind of a visual shorthand for 'vampire' in the US.

Or maybe it's meant as shorthand that this is taking place in the Vampire Prosecutor universe (which would be interesting - will the lead character run across victims of the torture/experimentation group? Did "L" finally get therapy and discover the healing powers of sport? Will the hospital get a visit from the VP detectives? ::closes eyes & wishes really hard::

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JanuaryBlues

January 28, 2015 at 4:20 PM

OMG, yes, a cross over between Vampire Prosecutor and Vampire Doctor, that would be phenomenal!!! You might have stumble into something great here. Let me wish with you ++++1000 times

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52 Viki

January 27, 2015 at 8:25 PM

Hey Goo Hye Sun actually looks like she would match well with Ahn Jae Hyun...she looks younger than she did and very pretty.

Omg Jaehyun ahhh

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53 JanuaryBlues

January 27, 2015 at 11:36 PM

AJH character saved GHS when she was a kid...hmmmm...'You Who Came from the Star' anyone??

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54 Sammy

January 28, 2015 at 2:05 AM

It's not helping that Ahn Jae Hyun looks like a high schooler.

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harmonyfb

January 28, 2015 at 3:53 AM

He really does. Bless his heart, he'll be thrilled about that when he hits 50, but right now it's got to be kind of irritating.

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55 meryy

February 18, 2015 at 1:28 AM

The recapping of Blood hasn't yet started? I am waiting so eagerly to read it...as watching right along being not possible...I am looking eagerly forward to dramabeans bringing it on please!!!!