Han Ye-seul in talks to headline JTBC’s Madam Antoine
by girlfriday
Casting is underway for cable network JTBC’s clinical-psychology-medical-romantic-comedy (wow that’s a mouthful) Madam Antoine: An offer is currently out to Han Ye-seul (Birth of a Beauty) to star, and she’s in final negotiations, which sounds like it’s pretty much a lock. Despite the genre mashup sounding weird, I guess it’s not unfamiliar territory now, after It’s Okay, It’s Love and Heart to Heart. It’s just… does this have to be an ongoing sub-genre? Because isn’t dating your shrink still considered, yunno, wrong?
Granted, it could be a drama about a bunch of doctors dating each other, so we’ll wait and see on that front. The new series comes from PD Kim Yoon-chul of Could We Marry and Could we Love, and writer Hong Jin-ah of The King 2 Hearts and Mi-rae’s Choice. I’m so split down the middle with her, because I loved one drama and tore my hair out over the other. One guess as to which is which.
Madam Antoine will be a romantic comedy about a clinical psychologist that plans to explore a variety of emotions concerning love. It promises to tell relatable, universal stories about the inner pain that we all carry. Han Ye-seul is up for the leading role, but there are no details yet for the character she’s going to play.
I like Han Ye-seul well enough and I’m glad she’s made a successful comeback to dramaland post-Myung-wol the Spy, but I wonder how believable she’d be as a psychologist (that is, if she’ll even play one in this drama). She’s great in the fluffy, bubbly rom-coms a la Birth of a Beauty, which seem to fit her real-life personality really well, so maybe this drama will veer into more comedic territory than I first imagined. Fingers crossed that they really mean to make it a rom-com.
Madam Antoine will follow D-Day on Fridays and Saturdays beginning late November.
Via TV Report
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1 jensredshoes
October 14, 2015 at 8:13 AM
I really liked her in BOAB. If they get a great male lead I'll try it.
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2 Mary29
October 14, 2015 at 8:14 AM
After Birth of a Beauty - I don't care if I never see this actress again. How did she ever make it. She cannot act and she is not even pretty.
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3 esjpx
October 14, 2015 at 8:24 AM
I loved Can We Get Married but Can We Love sadly crashed and burned halfway through (although imo it was mostly the writer's fault). I hope Mirae's Choice's writer can redeem herself with this, I want to watch a good romcom. I liked Han Ye Seul in the two dramas with her that I've watched, so I'm fine with this casting.
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4 NiaIpeh
October 14, 2015 at 8:44 AM
I wonder how bad Mirage's Choice is ? Seems like the worst nightmare ever for those who watched it ?
Really like HYS in Fantasy Couple & as an Ahjumma in BOAB. I may watch this, but the male lead is Sung Joon who so-so to me haha okay then
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5 Sandra
October 14, 2015 at 8:46 AM
too much make up on her makes scary.
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6 soap
October 14, 2015 at 8:46 AM
I wonder why the love between a doctor and patient considered wrong..
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7 Bili Bala Pabo Bara
October 14, 2015 at 8:53 AM
Maybe because it's considered unprofessional. If a doctor gets romantically involved with his/her patient, it might cloud her judgement during the treatment during treatment process.
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8 buckdawna
October 14, 2015 at 9:17 AM
My eyes rolled so far back in my head from reading "clinical-psychology-medical-romantic-comedy," I had a hard time setting them right. Enough with the hyphenates, dramaland!
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9 Banana
October 14, 2015 at 11:42 AM
I'm in !
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10 ⭐ Sera The Ms Temper ⭐
October 14, 2015 at 5:53 PM
She may not be the best actress, but she can act. But i just can picture her in rom-com, not in melo or others. Can we hope she reunite with Eric again? :)
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11 AA
October 14, 2015 at 9:25 PM
I liked her more in rom-coms. I just hope they find her a really good paring in this one.
Fantasy couple aka COUPLE OR TROUBLE is still my favorite of hers!
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12 Cheryl
October 14, 2015 at 9:38 PM
If Sung Joon gets this, I hope they have a decent kiss or better yet, more mature romance. Birth of a Beauty infuriated me with the adults acting like dumb teenagers. I thought Han Ye Seul was gorgeous in it, but I couldn't get over the childish attitudes.
Sung Joon needs a good drama role. I enjoyed High Society, but Park Hyungsik stole a lot of scenes. He's capable of a lead. I LOVED him in INR3, so give me some of that back.
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13 february
October 14, 2015 at 10:13 PM
She was really good in Will It Snow for Christmas. i think she suits melo really well, playing the sad vulnerable type. Or playing comical villain like in Fantasy Couple. I actually don't like her in BoaB.
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14 gg
October 14, 2015 at 11:00 PM
I liked all her pretty outfits in BOAB lol. And her interactions with the male lead in the drama always cracked me up. Hopefully she'll be good in this new drama!
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