Oh, man, this is going to be interesting! I mentioned in the previous news post about "Grand Prince", but Seven-Days Queen was a show that so easily could have turned terrible, but only became better for each episode and was made with so much heart I felt loved when it was over. And I feel one of its biggest strengths was Chae-Kyung and her actress.

Chae-Kyung was depicted as very beautiful, kind and insightful, but the world (and herself) also achknowledged that she was not overly intelligent, politically savvy or the like, and that had repurcussions. Even so, she always carried herself with agency and spirit. Even at her most humiliating moments she insisted on having a choice in the matter, no matter how little she actually could decide. The hatred between the brothers made her a chess piece, but she refused to be played around with. So even though that kind of love triangle is my guilty pleasure and I tolerate its immoral implications a lot, SDQ made everything so much more intense and better because the title character was just that wonderful and driven.

I feel one major difference might be the bromance? Seven-Days Queen didn't really HAVE a bromance. The two brothers were at odds and never really worked together, and Seo-no did not have that much focus with Yeok compared to other characters. The story was more focused on other relationships, like with the main couple and their individual connection with Yeonsangun, and more. While "Grand Prince" already mentioned bromance as a big deal, which might potentially shove the female lead away. Thus she might become a chess piece, or an object to fight for. The most important thing is that she stays her own character. Even San from "The King Loves" was her own character with virtues and flaws, and she didn't want to become an object between the boys, even if she had to give up her own feelings for that.

I wonder if the Grand Prince will be the male lead in the romance? Like, will the female lead end up with him? I kind of automatically assume the woman will be the protagonist and we will follow her mostly, but I guess this might be more like "Yi San", where we mainly follow the prince with regularly visits to the female (and secondary male) lead. Will it end with the female lead falling for the other man and the Grand Prince letting her go, like in "The King Loves"? Will the Grand Prince, despite being the titular character, be the antagonist of the love triangle that the other two avoid like in SDQ? Will he be the villainous protagonist whom the female lead ends up with? I'm so curious, but also worried because again, these kinds of shows can easily turn bad, but because it's my guilty pleasure I need it to be at least decent!

This role sounds very intriguing & challenging that it makes sense he is considering. I think the only sageuk I saw him as a minor role in Queen Seondeok which was ages ago. I love him especially in romcom, but imho I don't think he is that great as an actor. He needs a great partner especially in melo. I often see him as a lesser intense & a little better actor than Song Seung-heon (and it can't help they kinda looks like a little and hawttt lol). I think he can play as a ruthless Prince provided with good script and direction (I trust Princess Man PD on this, Park Shi-hoo wasn't that good either, but he did well in TPM). I also didn't thought someone like Jo Hyun-jae could pass as ruthless character but he did it in Yongpal. Kim Jin-suk and Lee Dong-gun as well (although I was amazed with Kim Ji-suk more and I didn't finished SDQ).

We need other strong casts to make up for these two, if they confirm. If based on synopsis, we will get an interesting women rivalry in the Palace, so even Jin Se-yeon confirms, I hope she is just the romantic interest between them ( This is the case where I don't mind to see another Ruler though ). Let the other female lead(s) do more and gain credits, hopefully they cast a solid actress.

I think the bigger news here is: WHUT TV Chosun is back to doing dramas?!!! And they scored broadcast-level directorial talent at that?!! Apparently, the director of High Kick will also do a 50-episode sitcom with Uhm Hyun-kyung.

I love him in anything he does, but I will always prefer him in comedy. He's just very naturally funny, which takes a routine "romantic comedy" and makes it lovable, you know, with actual cute comedic moments.

His acting really bad..

He's damn hilarious in Fantastic.. I had a lot of laugh because of his character. Tbh I prefer to see him in rom-com because it works on him lol

He's back!
But if the female lead is JSY, I'll think about it like 29039289 times.

What?!? He got married?? He didn’t wait until he met me?!
Jeepers!!!

I don't know, it sounds to melo for me. I want light , fluffy shows right now. Still, I might check it out, if only for Joo Sang-wook.

My fave! i'm glad he's coming back to dramaland, but unfortunately I'm not much of a saeguk watcher :/ plus jin se yeon...

I'm the only one who fall in love for his role in special affair team ten and is still waiting for a 3° season?

Well last time I like one of his drama was "Cunning Single Lady" .... Hope is next project will be good!