First stills of Choi Jin-hyuk and casting news for Zombie Detective
by tccolb
Production for KBS’s upcoming comedy Zombie Detective (working title) is well underway, and the first stills have been released, along with some additional casting news.
Choi Jin-hyuk (Rugal) stars in the drama as Kim Moo-young, who’s been a zombie for 2 years and counting. Although he has some wild characteristics, he’s unlike the zombies we see in most horror films and retains a more human appearance thanks to disciplined practice and effort on his part. As such, he can still blend in among human society and sets out to become a private detective in order to recover all the memories he lost of his former human life.
Joining him in the drama is Tae Hang-ho (Voice 3), who plays Lee Sung-rok. As an established private-eye who runs his own agency, he is committed to delivering customer satisfaction and is willing to use any means in order to get the job done. When Choi Jin-hyuk arrives in the neighborhood and sets up an office across the street from Tae Hang-ho’s detective agency, the two become rivals.
Other cast members confirmed for the drama include Park Joo-hyun (Extracurricular), Hwang Bora (Hyena), and Ahn Se-ha (Queen: Love and War, Abyss) among others.
The drama is a horror-comedy, and knowing that, my interest level has gone up. One of my favorite story plots is when rivalry turns into reluctant friendship, so hopefully the drama allows for some bromance between the two.
It’ll be fun to see Tae Hang-ho play opposite against Choi Jin-hyuk as well since the two actors memorably played the same character An Empress’s Dignity. To refresh your memories, the two shared the role of Na Wang-shik, a man who survives a terrible murder attempt. After his brush with death, Tae’s Wang-shik and transformed into Choi’s Wang-shik and embarked on an epic quest for revenge.
KBS drama Zombie Detective is currently being planned to premiere later this year, following Men Are Men.
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Tags: Ahn Se-ha, Choi Jin-hyuk, Hwang Bora, Park Joo-hyun, Tae Hang-ho, Zombie Detective
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1 Kafiyah Bello
July 27, 2020 at 11:20 AM
Choi Jun Hyuk is super hot, but this drama sounds a complete mess, nothing makes sense, but I'm going to check it out because it can't be worse than Rugal (shudders). 😅😅
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Eazal
July 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM
I want to check, but this plot... *shudders too*
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 27, 2020 at 2:16 PM
Oh see, it CAN be worse than Rugal because this is 2020 and all things are possible, as long as those things are bad.
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Kafiyah Bello
July 27, 2020 at 3:00 PM
NOOOOO, lmao, my hope is that if it is bad, it is so bad it is good like Vagabond, so I will enjoy it despite the nonsense.😂😂
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 27, 2020 at 4:37 PM
Even Rugal gave us some measure of joy in the recap pages. If this was a Vagabond or a Forest and we could bond over how bad it was I'd take it.
'So bad it's good' would be awesome.
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pickleddragon
July 27, 2020 at 9:56 PM
Rugal's recaps were the awesomest! I think it was @missvictrix at the finest I have seen on DB since I joined.
vira
July 28, 2020 at 12:33 AM
wow..i should read the rugal recaps then...the drama made me yawn so i was not even thinking to read the recap..
beffels
July 27, 2020 at 6:19 PM
I loved Vagabond, I will happily take another Vagabond 😄
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 28, 2020 at 5:33 AM
I am so excited! Am I the only one excited? Am I? AmI? *JUMPING UP AND DOWN*
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Benny
July 29, 2020 at 8:40 AM
I thought 2020 couldn't be worse than Forest but then Rugal happened then TKEM then BSR and Men is Men and now Train and this. Everything can be worse this year. Correction everything IS worse this year.
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 10:54 PM
I wasn't going to get political but... yeah, 2020 has been pretty bad all around so far TT TT
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Benny
July 30, 2020 at 2:57 AM
This is might be the one year everyone collectively wants to forget.
cozybooks
July 30, 2020 at 7:49 AM
I know there's already a kdrama 2020 in the works, but they should make another one. The plot? The entire world gets selective amnesia of what they did during the year 2020, and out main characters have to figure out what on earth happened.
Benny
July 30, 2020 at 11:03 AM
This is the one amnesia plot I could get behind. Forget 2020 and restart in 2021 with good dramas and everything back to normal. I have never seen so many bad dramas in one year and never again want to.
seoul_searcher
July 27, 2020 at 5:55 PM
can someone tell me why rugal was a mess because ive only watched 5 episodes and plan to continue it but people's opinion seem to tell me otherwise
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 27, 2020 at 9:51 PM
If you're enjoying it that's the most important thing.
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Kafiyah Bello
July 28, 2020 at 4:47 AM
@inkcityxx, I will second @leetennant and say if you enjoy it, don't worry about the rest of us. I thought it was a mess because at some point it devolved from sci-fi to absurd and nonsensical. It didn't make sense within the context of the drama or at all. I stopped watching and simply enjoyed the fabulous recaps.
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seoul_searcher
July 28, 2020 at 4:34 PM
Well I didn’t really enjoy it because it was a typical revenge plot but I at least thought the sci-fi aspect of it would be cool which is why I wanted to watch it
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waterhelon
July 29, 2020 at 2:15 AM
For me, the drama was very hard to follow. I could never understand the reasons behind what the Rugal team had to do. If they are assigned to save or go after someone, it takes me a while to figure out why that person is relevant/important, and sometimes i never figure out. At some point i just sorta gave up trying to follow the story because it makes no sense. I think Choi Jin Hyuk's acting was also a negative for me.
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 10:55 PM
Lolololol truth. I also started Rugal hoping for something good... his hair choices as it went on though... (ok, there are definitely bigger problems with the show than that, but still).
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2 Radily
July 27, 2020 at 11:22 AM
LMAO I still remember the ridiculous scene where Tae Hang Ho transformed into Choi Jin Hyuk by cutting his hair!
If you need a refresher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16DmIBA1E_8
Anyway is it me or is Choi Jin Hyuk typecast into playing dark and broody investigative roles ever for the past few years? I feel like he's always up to take revenge against someone in his shows.
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Miky
July 27, 2020 at 11:49 AM
He is kinda like Yoon Hyun Min who always plays cold broody roles...
Hope he will choose in the future some other kind of genre's or do a romantic comedy for a change or just be funny all smile and wit...
Still gonna watch this and hope it will be entertaining!
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halofan68
July 27, 2020 at 12:24 PM
At this point, after all the cybernetics, resurrection, body morphing (and now the un-dead), etc., if I saw CJH cast as a grade school teacher, small business owner or low level civil service drudge, it would take me a moment to actually believe it.
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Peridot
July 27, 2020 at 12:47 PM
Oh, goodness! I never watched that drama, but was that scene meant to be taken seriously? LOL
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Miky
July 27, 2020 at 1:10 PM
I'm sure that's from The Last Empress with Jang Nara and Shin Suk Rok jjaja ... in dramaland i guess so jaja
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Peridot
July 27, 2020 at 1:12 PM
Oh! Thanks, lol!
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Fly Colours
July 28, 2020 at 4:57 AM
The Last Empress is ridiculous and very fabulous! I totally recommend it if you're into makjang crack and general over-the-top-ness
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Peridot
July 28, 2020 at 6:10 PM
It might be too crazy for me, lol.
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beffels
July 28, 2020 at 10:27 PM
Seconding this, it’s brilliant!
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 10:57 PM
That show was HILARIOUS. Shin Sun Kyung is comedy gold. And terrifying. Definitely fun.
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Eazal
July 27, 2020 at 1:11 PM
Omg! What drama was that?
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Miky
July 27, 2020 at 1:13 PM
The Last Empress...The character lost weight and new haircut made him look like Choi Jin Hyuk!!!
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Eazal
July 27, 2020 at 1:38 PM
I don’t know if 😳 or 😱 or 😂
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sirena
July 27, 2020 at 1:38 PM
@radily Wow, I cannot believe that scene....No wonder they were asking about those scissors lol
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Zora
July 27, 2020 at 2:38 PM
😂 🤣 😆
It’s one of those ‘only in Kdramaland’ scene/story.
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FiyaShady
July 27, 2020 at 4:09 PM
Yes, me too 😆😆😆.
If such scissors are exist, I love to be as Joy RV 😅
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pickleddragon
July 27, 2020 at 10:00 PM
I had no idea about this drama or the scene. Had me guffawing for a few minutes straight after watching. Thank you for sharing such a precious scene.
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 10:59 PM
That drama is chock full of scenes like that... I think it was totally done on purpose too, it seemed like a drama that would do that. So good.
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3 oosiee
July 27, 2020 at 12:42 PM
Is it just a coincidence that I had finished watching a zombie comedy movie right before opening dramabeans page? Is it a calling??
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4 rubytuesday
July 27, 2020 at 2:43 PM
I mean, iZombie has a similar premise and that was pretty good so... who knows? maybe it'll be a surprise gem? (what can I say- I'm an optimist)
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5 redfox
July 27, 2020 at 2:47 PM
detective, eh? we´ll see. I don´t like Choi Jin Hyuk at all. but horror comedy? it´s a hard one to nail.
I think detective dramas could be more interesting if it was just a side job and the main profession was something else. something where you move around naturally and can also detective. plumber? would be funny. tree climber?
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
July 28, 2020 at 10:45 AM
hello redfox. Nice to see you here :)
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redfox
November 5, 2020 at 2:01 PM
scratch this.
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6 beffels
July 27, 2020 at 6:25 PM
Knowing this is meant to be a comedy gives this premise much more promise (to me at least). I’m interested! Hopefully it will be at least entertaining if not actually good....I’ll take either 😄
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7 pickleddragon
July 27, 2020 at 10:03 PM
Can anyone explain what is with this zombie fetish in kdramas and kmovies? Is there some cultural context I'm missing? I mean, why zombies? Why not vampires? Or dinosaurs? Or just plain ole ghosts?
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dee
July 27, 2020 at 11:14 PM
Lmao what would Dino's do
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 12:47 AM
Scope for a story there, no? :D With their wild imagination, I'd have thought kdramas would have come up with zombie substitutes aplenty.
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 28, 2020 at 5:29 AM
I can't wait for the zombie kiss.
He kisses the girl, and his teeth drop out. Then his mouth splits into two. CLACK! The whole of his lower jaw falls off. Followed, slo-mo, by his ENTIRE FACE caving in. Final shot: his head rolls off.
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 8:51 AM
I nominate you as PD-nim for this show.
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 28, 2020 at 11:37 PM
Thank you. You can be the crawling disembodied head if you like. Nothing like a good cameo to begin your foray into showbiz. *BEAMS*
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 11:48 PM
*Hands clasped *googly-eyed *wotagoldenopportunity *thanksyouYY
*starts practicing signature for autographs *looks for other dramas that require crawling disembodied heads (#whowantstobemyagent?)
cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:00 PM
*No beanies were harmed in the making of this drama
cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 10:59 PM
Oh my heck I'd watch this.
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Kurama
July 28, 2020 at 7:06 AM
It's about trend. There was already Vampire trend : Vampire Prosecutor, Orange Marmalade, Blood, Vampire Idol, Scholar Who Walks the Night, etc.
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 8:50 AM
Ooh clearly I was late to the party. Gosh, the things I have missed in kdramaland make me jealous of all you. (*not*)
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Kurama
July 28, 2020 at 8:55 AM
Not sure that the Vampire trend was the best. Vampire Prosecutor was good, the others...
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 9:34 AM
(*drops everything and rushes to watch* )
You actually watched all of them? :D
Kurama
July 28, 2020 at 10:29 AM
I watched Vampire Prosecutor, Orange Marmalade, Scholar Who Walks the Night. I started Vampire Idol and Blood and dropped them. Even Jung Hae In in Blood couldn't hold me :p
pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 9:33 PM
@kurama *R.E.S.P.E.C.T.*
Kurama
July 28, 2020 at 11:46 PM
@pickleddragon LOL
In your case, you can read which dramas are good or not and binge them. You don't have to wait every week and you won't be spending a lot of hours on a drama and be disapointing by the end.
cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:03 PM
Scholar Who Walks the Night was good! I mean, I mostly watched it for Lee Jun Ki and that one actor who reminded me of a vaguely Korean Loki... but it was good! (Lee Jun Ki as a bloodsucking vampire can't NOT be good....)
Kurama
July 29, 2020 at 11:39 PM
@cozybooks if I have to choose a fantastic sageuk with Lee Jung Ki, I will choose Arang and the Magistrate. This one was really great.
For Scholar, I just remember that Lee Soo Hyuk as villain was pretty hot.
cozybooks
July 30, 2020 at 7:57 AM
@kurama do you know how long it's been since somone 'mentioned' me in a DB comment? I feel so pleased. And yeah, Aarang was great too!
cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:01 PM
?? Is there another zombie drama I missed? Just curious, since I was wondering if this was the start of a new trend
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Kurama
July 30, 2020 at 8:08 AM
It's more a movie trend, now Peninsula and #Alive are airing in Korean theatres.
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cozybooks
July 30, 2020 at 8:31 AM
Ooh, #Alive? I haven't heard anything about that one! I'll look it up :)
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8 YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 28, 2020 at 5:23 AM
I am laughing so hard.
@leetennant LT, you gotta watch this with me. Can this start already? And the other lead....*CHORTLING* I remember him HAHAHAHA This just gets better and better.
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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death
July 28, 2020 at 2:22 PM
Yes let's do it, I'm in.
I wonder if he was turned by the clams???
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pickleddragon
July 28, 2020 at 9:33 PM
Oh god the clams....
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
July 28, 2020 at 11:29 PM
Won't put it past those clams to sneak in a bite or two on his juicy parts! Bet you Zombie Detective is going to get a thirst for human flesh, and he'll set his eyes on the other guy, and then we will get BL again, LT. So. Excited.
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9 Amy
July 28, 2020 at 10:30 AM
I desperately want this to turn out somewhat decent at least. Choi Jin Hyuk, ike moya???? 😭😭😭
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
July 28, 2020 at 10:47 AM
ige moya part had me lost in laughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:05 PM
Lololololol it took me a second but I got it too^^ Also, ditto on hoping for it to be good. I mean, I have no serious doubts since it's dramala-- no, this could go very, very badly. (flashes back to dramas with titles like "Revenge: God of Noodles")
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10 Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
July 28, 2020 at 10:55 AM
Two Years
Six projects
From devilish joy to this new 'offering', all of us have matured in one way or another. But apparently his way of choosing projects haven't. Is it only me or does devilish joy seems like a very old faded memory to everyone? Poor guy had a bad enlistment experience and now some badly written dramas. I hope someone arranges a prayer circle for him and to shoo away the bad juju.
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cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:06 PM
To be fair, I thought the Last Empress and Tunnel were both pretty well done dramas.. but I agree Rugal was an absolute train wreck. *prays this will be pulled off well*
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Playstore, Okay Or Not Okay
July 30, 2020 at 12:03 AM
Tunnel was FANTASTIC. devilish joy happened After that.
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cozybooks
July 30, 2020 at 7:56 AM
Ahhh makes sense. Thanks!
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11 cozybooks
July 29, 2020 at 11:08 PM
Is anybody else confused by just how little he looks like a zombie? I mean, even for all his carefullness and good care, I think he should be paler, or *something*... but I will dely final judgement until I can watch an episode or two, and the trailers!
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