A kiss to kick off My Unfortunate Boyfriend
by javabeans
Cable drama My Unfortunate Boyfriend is set to premiere this week, and from initial stills and descriptions, it looks like it could turn out to be a cute romance with a funny touch. Plus, Noh Min-woo is changing up his image and playing an ordinary guy for once, and I look forward to the shift — I’m so used to seeing him play bizarre, offbeat, and/or cold types (God’s Gift–14 Days, Full House 2) that it’ll be a novel experience seeing him being super nice and naive. The drama also looks to soften his hard-edged looks, which always put me in mind of a beautiful alien — sure he’s beautiful, but also: alien.
My Unfortunate Boyfriend is described as a “sweet romance” drama and pairs Noh with Yang Jin-sung (Bride of the Century), and in standard K-drama fashion, they’ll be diametric opposites: He’s a man who’s innocent to a fault, and she’s the woman who lacks innocence to a fault. It’s a dynamic that certainly worked well for Ho-gu’s Love, buoyed by a heartfelt performance from Choi Woo-shik, and I can certainly see it working well here. Especially since it looks like the heroine is more than willing to take the lead on the skinship front.
In the poster below, the wooden sign bears a list of life instructions that our so-called unfortunate boyfriend adheres to: Don’t lie, keep promises, speak respectfully, listen to the other person, help the weak. Well-meaning and sweet, for sure, although his pure heart is bound to cause him as many problems as it’s meant to help. Let’s hope he can open his eyes a bit, but without needing to lose too much of that innocence.
The drama also stars Yoon Hak (of idol band Supernova) and Han Hye-rin (Empress Ki, Shoot My Heart) as secondary leads. It airs on Friday and Saturday nights on MBC Dramanet, and premieres on April 10.
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Tags: cable programs, Noh Min-woo, Yang Jin-sung
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1 redfox
April 6, 2015 at 8:18 AM
these two sure look like they are from the same strange planet. Finally this girl has a partner who has a similar aura to her
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porky2189
April 7, 2015 at 4:54 AM
NMW looks like Lee Hong-ki here ... Bride of the Century hangover
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mimoz
April 7, 2015 at 9:38 AM
haha i thought the exact same thing :D
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Parsley
April 14, 2015 at 4:47 AM
NMW ordinary guy!? Wishful writing. His character seems to be as weird as them all, if not worse!
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2 Khule WY
April 6, 2015 at 8:22 AM
Hope it does wel. Beautiful alien, true, great words to describe how I feel when I look at him which is strange, he's too beautiful more than your average woman,in that it's kind of hard to watch him in a drama but I'm making an effort to change even though it feels weird. Anyone else feel the same?
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Rossa E
April 6, 2015 at 8:34 PM
He was completely normal in Rock! Rock! Rock! I'm hoping he will pick-up more drama like that. If you feel he's an alien try watch him playing drum in youtube for 2 am heartbeat, I'm sure you will go bonker hihi
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Rossa E
April 6, 2015 at 8:36 PM
*2 pm
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3 Ben Lee
April 6, 2015 at 8:33 AM
Yan Jin Sung! I love you!
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4 4D
April 6, 2015 at 8:41 AM
I'm kind of torn on this. The premise doesn't interest me....but I do kind of want to see how the leads do.
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5 CaroleMcDonnell
April 6, 2015 at 8:43 AM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My wonderful NMW is gonna sooooooooooooooo nail this!!!!!
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6 Kimbabgirl
April 6, 2015 at 9:51 AM
They look cute together. Please please change his hairstyle! ^_^
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Shuerei
April 6, 2015 at 12:07 PM
YJS is very pretty. She should change her hairstyle too. Long hair and he should cut his hair...
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7 tura
April 6, 2015 at 10:46 AM
u said it JB "beautiful alien" he looks so beautiful sometimes I think he's an animation or not human, love him tho
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8 darling
April 6, 2015 at 11:19 AM
Darling please gain a bit of weight and be hoy again like un gummino
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9 DeeDeeW
April 6, 2015 at 11:25 AM
Except when his hair is black...like God gave him....then he is just beautiful. I don't know why the stylists insist on having him auburn or light haired(and I hat the curl too) when he looks so striking with his natural...or even unnatural...black hair. Oh well.
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10 kellie
April 6, 2015 at 11:36 AM
I just watched Bride again. Last year she made Lee Hong-ki look good. This year it's -- what is his name? I love this girl but I'd like to see her cast sometime with a really good actor.
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11 sparks121
April 6, 2015 at 12:04 PM
I hate to pick about others' looks, but I do wish he'd gain some weight and get a new haircut. That said, I might actually watch this...
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12 Carinne
April 6, 2015 at 12:11 PM
Yup, the first time I noticed this show, I thought of it being aboard the "Ho-gu" trend.
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Carinne
April 6, 2015 at 12:14 PM
Let us all protect all the Ho-gu's of the world. A rare species in the midst of extinction, they are.
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13 Aigoooo
April 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM
My future kdrama watching schedule is starting to fill up again. lol I will definitely check this out because of Yang Jin Sung.
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14 Elle
April 6, 2015 at 1:20 PM
I had to do a double take when I first saw NMW in Guhmio because he is so beautiful, I thought he was a girl...but I love him anyway...I will watch this drama just for him...
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thatigbogirl
April 6, 2015 at 1:35 PM
I know right? He was beautiful then. Not much so now.
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15 thatigbogirl
April 6, 2015 at 1:34 PM
Is it me or is Noh Min-woo not looking as pretty as he used to?
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16 hipployta
April 6, 2015 at 2:34 PM
Yang Jin Sung...love her
Minwoo looked kind of more normal in The Greatest Marriage but not really
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17 chinoischick
April 6, 2015 at 5:48 PM
I loved him in Gumiho because he was so pretty that he was hot. (if that makes any sense :) ) I felt that exact same way about Jang Geun Suk in You're Beautiful, so pretty too. In one of the pictures above, I totally thought Minwoo looked like Lee Hong Ki!
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songsong
April 6, 2015 at 7:33 PM
Jang Geun Suk is on another planet. He is super gorgeous! haha.
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18 bd5
April 6, 2015 at 7:23 PM
"...playing an ordinary guy for once..."
Doubtful - NMW has more feminine mannerisms than his female co-stars.
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Carinne
April 7, 2015 at 12:24 AM
LMAO~ I just had to snicker at "feminine mannerisms".
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Dissenter
April 9, 2015 at 11:38 PM
I LOLed so hard. I don't know if I was in the minority or not but I thought FHT2 was so funny. The only downside of that drama was NMW's "feminine mannerisms", which made it impossible to even imagine any chemistry between the leads.
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19 pastmidnite
April 6, 2015 at 9:12 PM
Oh yay! It's April already! I'm really curious about this drama...
I always have a soft spot with NMW. Yeah, I'm not really into his style nowadays...I mean, he's always been pretty, but I think he looks much better in those Pasta-Midas-MGIAG days. But then again, that's just looks. I also think he multitalented, as an actor/singer/composer. I hope he'll do the soundtrack for this drama! And NMW can be funny, imo :-D I enjoyed watching him on FHT2, honestly. Okay, the hair bugged me at first, but then I guess it grew on me. It was a fun drama!
And I pretty liked YJS from BOtC, too. I think I want to watch this. So where can I watch this? :-D Viki?
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ps
May 6, 2015 at 12:04 AM
Watch this on dramafire.com or dramayou.com you will find them easy to watch
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20 Anon
April 6, 2015 at 10:53 PM
haha I thought the male lead looked familiar, that theme music from MGIAG for him still haunts me to this day.
I loved Jin-Sung in Bride of the Century, thought she did a really great job. Looking forward to see more of her here.
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21 fab
April 7, 2015 at 2:44 AM
Oh my I am soo looking forward to this! I need a good romCOM.
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22 Capricorn
April 7, 2015 at 1:55 PM
I like Yang Jinsung a lot. Her acting is pretty good overall. I've never seen Noh Minwio in anything. I think I'll give the drama a try.
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23 monk
May 23, 2015 at 5:26 PM
so long faced girl realy did made it
pplz like round face in s.korea
and long hair will not match up with her face
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24 Najwa Marradi
August 6, 2015 at 1:22 AM
Who knows whats the brand of yoo jo na green sweat shirt (monsieur madame la jeune fille le jeune garcon)
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