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Hyun Bin, Park Shin-hye courted for healing SBS melodrama

This would certainly be a star-powered coupling: Hyun Bin (Swindlers; Hyde, Jekyll, Me) and Park Shin-hye (Doctors) are both currently in talks to star in a human melodrama from the writer of Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, to air on SBS. The drama’s title translates literally to Fox Bride Star, although I’m not 100 percent committed to that reading; it’s a made-up term and not explained, so I’m going with literal for now.

The plot centers around a man and woman who meet in Seoul, and they heal the scars in each other’s hearts as they encounter music, food, people, and stories. That’s fairly generic-sounding, but I’m recalling how Romantic Doctor took a medical setting and filled it with quirky characters and interesting relationships, so that’s what I’m hoping for this drama, particularly if we get these two stars to come onboard. Mostly, I just want Hyun Bin to do dramas again, so we can erase the memory of the bad ones. I know he’s been doing much better in the film realm, but nobody should want Hyde, Jekyll, Me to be the last word they leave in a genre!

Hyun Bin’s potential character is a genius (sigh) advertising executive who has risen to the top, but in his life’s best moment, he suffers the worst accident. Park Shin-hye’s character is of a 27-year-old woman whose father died nine years ago while saving another person’s life, leaving her all alone in the world. She’s left to figure out how to get by in this world, made tougher when she loses both her compensation and support funding. But when she meets our hero, they start to heal each other’s pain and change for the better.

The drama reunites Hyun Bin with his Secret Garden director, PD Shin Woo-chul, who also directed A Gentleman’s Dignity and Gu Family Book in the intervening years. PD Shin has also worked with writer Kang Eun-jung before on Gu Family Book, though her two dramas since then have been much more successful (cheerful weekend family drama What’s With This Family and Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim).

Fox Bride Star is being considered for a Monday-Tuesday drama slot on SBS later this year.

Via Chosun, TV Report

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Woah woah woah, I'm so excited!!!

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Have we not healed already? How much more healing do we need? How badly were we broken a year ago that we needed to be healed so many times in the last 12 months.

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lol my exact thought when I read "healing drama". We've been getting a lot of those lately

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Once Korea latches onto a trend, it's over. They are going to milk it for at least a season.

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My thoughts exactly. Is 'healing' a trendy word among the drama industry these days?

Move over chaebol-with-scars - you're old news with your plain old rom coms and melodramas. It's time for the middle-class-kid-with-scars-who-rose-to-the-top-through-hard-work-and-genius to shine in a 'healing' drama.

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Please try Just Between Lovers if you haven't yet. Its a good "healing" melodrama in all terms; writing, acting, and directing. It gives you many life lessons. Even if it has chaebol with scars, but it isnt the main point of this drama and not even the OTP are chaebol. Instead you got "middle-class-kid-with-scars-who-rose-to-the-top-through-hard-work-and-genius to shine in a 'healing' drama".
The drama is about ptsd and how the characters overcome it.

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heheehe I based "middle-class-kid-with-scars-who-rose-to-the-top-through-hard-work-and-genius to shine in a 'healing' drama" largely on JBL. :) And then thought of the other dramas that have been descrirbed as 'healing' dramas and felt it fit.

It IS good. But I'm stuck on ep 5. Somehow haven't been able to pick it up. Life?

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Oh, I see ^^
I hope you can pick it up from where you left it.

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Even variety shows always tout the word "healing" too.

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My thoughts exactly. Why can’t we have a straightforward drama without healing or genius characters. Plus I don’t feel they are a good match. She looks like his little sister.

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i totally agree! the match isn't striking me much. and plus, as much as i love Park Shin-hye (and i do <3), i'm not sure i can see her being convincing in a "healing" role.

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I also agree with you. She is too young for him, and she is not prepared for such characterization. Well, there is an advantage: this is another drama I don't need to watch!!!! 😂. More time for reading and Italian learning!!!!!!

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Unless they decided to go full on slice-of-life, I don't see how a "healing" drama is any different from a regular drama where the hero has something tragic or traumatic happen to him in the past and he finds love with the perfect-for-him woman. Is "healing" shorthand for "they're both equally traumatized and broken"?

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Ironically, the only one which I could actually call healing drama is Just Between Lovers, in all others it was impossible to relate to male lead and at some point, when healing should have started, main leads would go on infamous Noble idiot's path

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I already feel healed enough after JBL. If it gonna ends like how it was in preview i think I've had enough of healing. I will stick to crime/mistery/comedy ^^

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FOR REAL.

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Exactly. I'm gonna see how JBL ends before I trust another so called "healing" drama.

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same, same! If it has sad ending I will avoid anything which suppose to be Healing.
For now Return and Hwayugi, also Chinese Mr.Right so far is good.

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this. yes.

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Just between lover and wise prison life that be my healing. New trend in melodrama, we have 'judge' theme in legal drama, then 'robot' theme in rom-com/science-drama.

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YesYes! In romantic teacher I, hated (literally) the main male lead, and I kept watching for dr. Kim. I didn't watch the other dramas they mentioned. Jekyll / hyde: not interested.

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'Healing' drama and 'human' drama are the trend nowadays. Opps, I forgot about robot drama as well.

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Maybe it's time for a healing zombie robot drama (since neither of the classes of beings are technically human). That would kill three birds with one stone. ;-)

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We can get Lee Se-young & Chae Soo-bin together in this drama and make them healing each other, one is a zombie and another one is a robot. And add Yoo Seung-ho who is a human to complete the love triangle.

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Definition: Healing: Every cliche done in a trite and uninspired fashion with no controversy. Suitable for audiences aged 8 - 12. Others will be bored to tears.

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And I'll facepalm myself if said healing means that Hyun Bin is the person that PSH's father saved.

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Maybe you wrong, maybe it's Hyun Bin's father instead..

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*insert Heal the World themesong here*

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perhaps due to the recent suicides in korea

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nah, i'm sure in the end he'll decline it.

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Hope he sticks with films.

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Oh Binnie, please come back!!!

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yeah, I missed him so damn much. Even looking at his face make me remember how much fun I had while watching My Name is Kim Sam Soon ^_____^

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I'm a big Park Shin Hye fan and Hyun Bin is hot. I've never liked anything I've seen him, so my comment is 100% shallow. Visually they will be cute together, so here is hoping this erases My love-Sam Soon, Secret Gardena and Jekyll, Hyde, Me, and feels me with love. Lol

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Err.. Actually My Name is Kim Sam Soon is what really made him popular... Secret Garden was so so to me, but It got the best ratings in its slot when it was aired. So basically, the only drama that should be erased from memory is Hyde Jekyll Me. I personally loved Snow Queen even as I hated its end and in spite of its poor audience... and Worlds Within was an attempt at something different but the audience didn't follow BUT both these dramas were airing at a time when basically ratings that you see on weekend shows nowadays were seen during the week... which left little audience for those who didn't manage first place.

Friend Our Legend... was a pity. Good drama but let's be honest here, all the actors probably knew they weren't going for high ratings with this one... due to its genre.

Basically there are many here, me among them, who would be glad he came back to dramas... But he's like Lee Joon Ki. Great actor... who has had bad luck picking up popular projects...

Apart from Hyde Jekyll Me though... I do think he is careful about the quality at least.

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Kim Samsoon & Secret Garden were enough for me to recognized how much excellent Hyun Bin is as an actor. I'll be glad to welcome him back in dramaland.

Shinhye may not the best actress out there but she is charming in her own way and i enjoyed her dramas.

Not the least, i have confidence in writer Kang & PD Shin

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@Nobody, I understand those are the dramas that made him popular. I didn't even say he was a bad actor. I said I haven't like him in anything I've seen him in. I didn't like any of those dramas. Just because something is popular doesn't make it good or it doesn't me I like it.

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You mentioned two of Hyunbin's dramas that I enjoyed: The Snow Queen and Friend, Our Legend. Two different genre with the same taste of melo. My type of melo.

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I have only seen HB in worlds within I liked him there. Could not go beyond 2 eps of Secret Garden because of the drama itself not him. Definitely, find this pairing promising.
Concerns...the story and how their characters are scripted! But then again the writer has penned successful dramas.
Overall....looking forward!

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You had me at Hyun Bin.

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Didn't expect the male lead to be Hyun Bin. Since PSH was announced first I thought they'll cast a less popular male lead, but baaam it's like Doctors again.
Although I hate melodramas but if these two signs on, then I'm going to watch it no matter what.

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Park shin hye is always paired with the biggest actors lol

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Because she is big herself. Though I wondered why she has never had a younger co-star. Would love to see her chemistry with people like Yoo Seungho tbh.

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I personally want PSH and Lee Seung Gi together in a drama by the writer of either Healer or Pinocchio. If someone can make this happened it'd be all my drama dreams come true.

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Omg that would be out of this world! @evan85

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I've also wanted to see seungi and park shin hye to be in a drama especially a rom-com I was sure they were gonna go all out with the reunion for 'hwayugi' but I guess I was wrong

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uhmm, these actors are lucky to be paired with her. Whether you like it or not. Most actors do want to work with her because she’s capable (unlike what people on db think), has good attitude and most important, her last dramas have had good ratings.

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I have nothing against her. In fact, I've seen all her dramas and movies. Loved her since The Heirs. I just find it fascinating that at this stage in her career, she gets to work with the best of the best.

Definitely not saying she isn't a good actress

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Who is the best of the best though? Only recently did she manage to work with Choi Minsik and now (maybe) Hyun Bin. I'm not sure if Kim Raewon is considered top tier? The others are all Hallyu oppas lol.

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Kim Rae Won is definitely up there on the list, Lee Min Ho's popularity is no joke too and he's a pretty decent actor, Jo jung suk, Jang Keun-Suk "Asia's prince", Han Suk Kyu.... and a lot more. And yes, Choi min sik too

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Let's not forget the directors/producers too

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Let's not forget Lee Jongsuk, who's one of the best actor of his generation

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I was impressed with her cameo in Temperature of Love. It seemed so different from her character in most of the dramas I've seen, more mature and more natural, maybe closer to her real self.

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Pleasant surprise to know Hyun Bin is considering a drama comeback, esp after Hyde.
Miss Shinhye as well. Doctors was not fun to me so hoping this would be better.

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I'm so glad to not read any PSH hate comments.
Hopeful for the pairing!

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dont hold your breath. its still way to early in comment section.

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For sure it will be a top in ratings already.. coz its PSH even if she doesn’t talk or move its already a hit.. a pure luck only and never improved in acting called park shin hye

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Here we go .. haters will always being hate,if she just have a pure luck,so why she is considered as the top actress among 20s actress, and why she can get so many awards and two times nomination in baeksang for best actress in TV,korean media even call her as an actress that can make her co star become more popular,queen of chemistry,actress that you can trust,etc so don't say something that's not based on fact

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Ironic how the comment below yours is already a veiled hate comment haha.

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Ahh... what we can we do? her haters is everywhere. dont even bother to Koala website. suzyautumn will probably the first to comment on her article again.

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She used prettyautumn on the last article involving PSH. She is a good example on why I have mostly stopped reading comments on sites.

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Actually, that prettyautumn has been a better person than most haters on dramabeans. That prettyautumn gives actual constructive criticism instead of hating on PSH, unlike many commenters on db.

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That's impossible lol. We are only at 20+ comments. Wait till it gets to 40 or 50 maybe? Then you'll see many comments like: i hope she can kiss or they don't match, hyun bin deserves better blah blah blah. Though her haters decreased after Doctors, they still exist.

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Ahh...too early to say that! LOL.
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Lmao. I hope she can kiss :)) :D :D :D

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I'll definitely give this one a shot if the casting sticks. The premise of a 'healing' drama sounds generic, but that's what I thought about Just Between Lovers too, and I have been very pleasantly surprised by how that one turned out.

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Thanksfully for legal drama trends over, but now too much healing drama.

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Legal dramas will never be over. That's SBS's bread and butter.

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Seems like they SBS has moved on from medical drama, at least for now. LOL.

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"Whisper" was supposed to be a medical drama but SBS wanted it to be a legal drama so poor Park Kyung-soo had to rewrite the darn script.
I hope JTBC will steal him from SBS. I want all my favorite writers in my favorite channel.

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Where you get the information that SBS "transform" it? The writer rewrite the script by himself.

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I haven't seen much of Hyun Bin (I know, I know...I never did get past episode 2 of Secret Garden though), but I actually really like Park Shinhye. I could NOT stand Heirs and was apathetic towards Doctors, yet I still find that I really like her. I just find her to be charming and likable, even when her acting is subpar---but it has improved over the years. Pinocchio was my favorite of her work. I look forward to seeing her back in dramas.

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Go way back to "My Lovely Sam Soon," Noh Hee-kyun's "World's Within" etc.

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Surprisingly..shin hye was least of my concern in heirs..although that is the first time i saw her... but it really was lmh ho lukd too old for 17 yr old n too mature

Kim wo bin was d usp.. n i realky wanted d cousins to hv fling.. kwb n aecond lead from DOTS ..rachael

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no, her acting is not subpar. Only this site seems to have people who think so

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I agree, I always thought some of the hateful comments I read about her are extreme. Her acting has always been fine. But even as someone who is a fan, I do understand a little bit why people might dislike her or discredit her acting. Her early roles were all quite similar, such that she didn't have to use the widest range of expression and emotion. Especially with rom-coms, there's always a certain level of cringe and cheese (this is true even for great rom-coms), so to see her in those same kinds of roles with all the cringe and those stiff kiss scenes...I can understand where someone might get the impression that she can't do much else. Don't get me wrong, I love You're Beautiful, but when I watch it now, I literally laugh at how corny it is. A lot of that probably has to do with the script and direction. BUT she's grown and started to expand her range in recent years. One of the things I really think she's improved on is that her characters feel a lot more natural and real. This could be also how she's picking her projects.

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Shinhye has been fine then till now. She was quirky and sassy in Cute or Crazy, Angsty in Very Merry Christmas, brilliant in Stairway & Tree of Heaven. She also excel in romcoms such as YAB & HS. She was good in Kimcheed Radish Cube, Heirs, Doctors & FBND.

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I understand too. As someone who likes her, I can also admit the reasons why she might get those comments. I’m being honest in saying that although I eagerly watched YAB when it came out, it was definitely very cringy and corny now that I look back years later. But so were most of the dramas at that time. Her dramas, the body of her work has followed the ’it’ trends of the times they came out. I also can say that she needs to grow as an actress because she hasn’t proved yet that she is truly an actress through and through. I can also say that she needs versatility.
But people are acting like she’s ’unbearable’ and people on here have been calling her a sponsor girl and someone who bribed her way, although she worked her ass off since she was a middle schooler, without any big agency backing.
The kiss scene rant in every PSH article is slowly getting on my nerves too. It’s every time the same; ’’I hope she can kiss better’’ or ’’LJS taught her kissing but she’s still bad, maybe she kissed LJS only because she’s dating him kekeke’’. These people also bring up those Heirs and Heartstrings kiss scenes, when it was not her fault that they were bad. They conveniently forget that PDs, directors and script writers play a major role in those scenes. These people keep trashing her as an actress and as a person just because of those kiss scenes. They forget any progress she has made and that she had good kiss scenes in Doctors, Flowerboy Next Door and Pinocchio. I honestly don’t know what they want? That’s why I think PSH should not come back in dramas and do movies instead. It’s hard for fans but I’m tired of seeing fan wars and hate against her.

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Yay for possiblly getting Park Shin Hye back on my screen! I love her despite not always loving the shows she does. Hope this new show is not another Doctors or Hyde, Jekyll, Me but rather sth awesome!

I still remember how much I loved like the first 2 eps of Doctors and then the show kinda lost it! And Pinocchio is one of my all time favs!

I don't know much abt Hyun Bin.. I have just seen him in Secret Garden and liked neither the show nor his role. But I know he is a good actor so I will keep my fingers crossed!

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Guys, I'm going to be tentatively hopeful about this drama. I still have scars from these two actors last individual dramas so I'm gonna need plenty of healing to forget any of that ever happened! Specially you, Hun-bin ajusshi. Emphasis on the ajusshi since you have been demoted from oppa after your last drama. Please, don't make me regret watching this!

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Don't just give me very exciting on first but the end i got lose ineterest from the execution.

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Guy suffered the worst accident. Girl lost her dad while saving another person's life.

Is it obvious that the person the dad saved was the male lead? Hmm...

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You know what, I was thinking the same thing. No wonder the Secret Garden PD signed on.

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OMG! You got it! I already see that kind of Kdrama... I think I am done with Healing theme. Just Between Lovers become my standard healing drama theme...

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That is also the same thing that came to my mind when first I read that. The only objection to this will be that her father died 9 years ago which kinda mess up timeline..

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I read this epic comment in my best announcer voice and omg it sounded so dramatic and way, way, way sarcastic XD Love it!

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The food, music and stories part is what interests me. I hope they cover alot on that area. It would be interesting to see the characters go on a mini-tour like The Package.
On a side note, did Park Shinhye sign a lifetime contract with SBS?

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She’s known as SBS baby, just like Kim Rae Won lol. But she’s got dramas in other stations too. Like one of her best ones Flower Boy Next Door came from tvn. I’m having mixed feelings. On one hand, her with Hyun Bin could potentially be great, especially with this writer who wrote one of my favorite dramas Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim. On the other hand, I’m not thrilled about this plot and the director, who, sure, directed hallyu hits but I have a feeling he will make a typical chaebol - poor girl story here which is not what I want to either of these actors. I do kinda hope they both stay in Chungmuro and take films instead of dramas unless a really good drama comes their way.

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That's will be interesting definitely if it is. I hope it is better for Park Shin Hye like Pinocchio and You're Beautiful effect.

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Reminds me of just between lovers currently airing. I dont think any other healing drama can top it at this time (especially if the ending is in the viewers favor 👀👀👀)

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If it's anything like Just Between Lovers I'll definitely be tuning in. That show had a pretty generic synopsis as well, but the drama itself has been an absolute gem.

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Finally, somebody mentioned JBL here. I love that drama so much but i think some fans are pissed right now with the possible ending. I read somebody called the writer "Satan Incarnate".. lol.

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Seriously!! Writers, please give us the ending viewers want! I don’t think I can handle the opposite 😭

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when you have high profile actor and actress and you don't trust any of them, sigh

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If these two confirm this drama, this might be one of the most anticipated drama this year. My only concern, the premise doesn't sound that interesting, and very much depends on the writing and execution. I hope this writer follows her style in RTDK and create many other awesome characters, because besides Han Suk-kyu as Kim Sabu, I found supporting characters made that drama much more enjoyable to watch. I would not have finished it if more than 70% of that drama focused on romance between the OTP only, though.

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I so agree with you. Given the star power courted, one would hope that the drama would at least have a more exciting premise. This sounds insipid at the outset and then we pin our hopes (as you have) on inspired writing and characterizing.

This is another example of a "no risk" approach to drama making, which is such a pity.

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The premise sounds fit for a movie imo. I hope this one won't be another Temperature of Love - the premise is different, but both are similar in the less interesting premise. For some unknown reason, I have been thinking that this drama will be something like TOL ever since I read about it when Park Shin-hye's casting news was released. Anyway I enjoyed many drama from this writer, so I'm expecting it will turn out well despite of less interesting premise.

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We can hope. The two leads are A-list stars so we should assume they can pick only the scripts that interest them. Given just their salaries (likely approaching or exceeding 2m USD combined), one would believe that any production company casting both of them would pair it with a pretty solid writing. But these are all assumptions.

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Who cares about the the premise of the drama these days, when it's PSH?...... Again, even if only her name is shown, it will be a high ratings, I bet millions of dollars on this.... LOL.... she already did a lot of "briberies" giving donations, commericals etc.... Even if the drama has poor plot, who cares, it will still be a huge hit... and this in only in Korea, right?..... Just a very unjustified and "cruel" entertainment.... That's Park Shin Hye's magic....
And also, Hyun Bin needs to regain his earnings back in kdrama... remember that he can not earn big bucks again due to what happened in his kdrama, Hyde Jekyll and I...... So he needs to be with PSH, no matter what.. money matters of course.. forget about the story!... LOL...

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THat is so true.... hyun bin needs his price tag back..... so he heeds psh at this time.... and who cares about the plot if its park shin hye? Im pretty sure sbs will give her the best actress award already at this time.... lol.... so, the writer no need to put an effort with script..... So in short... this will be a big hit and top in ratings, and psh will be the best actress already..... lol....and no need to talk about the story, her appearance is enough..... lol...

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Yeah she's so popular people have to create dupes to hate on her LOL.

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Lol did you just replied to yourself to prove your point? I can't. You even make it seem like another person is agreeing with you. The way you write the sentences, its structure and tone are too similar. If you want to spew hate by making it seem like another person agrees on your opinion, please at least do it right lol

P.s. your usernames even gave it away lol

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I wish theybbith accept the project
I miss ParkShinHye in Drama

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