Script reading for KBS rom-com drama If You Have an Affair, You'll Die

28 August 19, 2020November 28, 2020

Script reading for KBS rom-com drama If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die

by tineybeanie

Just coming off his first main lead role in a drama, Go Joon (Oh My Baby) is jumping into his next project with Parasite star Jo Yeo-jung. This upcoming rom-com drama is about an older-woman-younger-man couple who started their marriage with a contract that literally stated the drama’s title: If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die. The first script read was held in June, and the production team is already raving about the killer teamwork displayed.

Jo Yeo-jung plays a housewife and best-selling crime novelist who fantasizes about different ways to kill off her characters all the time. Her husband is played by Go Joon, and his character is a sweet lawyer who specializes in divorce cases. Despite their “cheat-or-die” contract, time has caused guilt and misdeeds to accrue in their relationship. Additionally, rookie actors Kim Young-dae (I’ll Find You on a Beautiful Day) and Momoland’s Yeon-woo (Touch) are said to have prominent roles in If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die.

If the housewife-crime aspect reminds you a little of Mystery Queen, it’s actually because Lee Sung-min, the writer on this project, wrote both seasons of that delightful gem. Both writer Lee Sung-min and PD Kim Hyung-seok (Oh My Venus) were at the script read and thanked the cast for gathering.

PD Kim Hyung-seok said, “I’m so grateful that such great actors have gathered today. I’d like for us to overcome COVID-19 together and create a classy, fun production.” Writer Lee Sung-min added, “I’m excited because the characters I dreamed of in my head are standing before me today.” The KBS drama center department head Lee Gun-joon also popped by to say, “This is a highly-anticipated production for KBS…I hope If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die will have as sensational ratings as its title is sensational.”

The entire supporting cast was also present at the script read, including Song Ok-sook (Catch the Ghost), Jung Sang-hoon (Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation), Lee Shi-un (Men are Men), Kim Ye-won (Welcome to Waikiki 2), and Bae Nuri (Doctor Detective).

KBS Wednesday-Thursday drama If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die will begin airing in October.

Via TenAsia

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1 mugyuljoie is preciousss

August 19, 2020 at 10:25 AM

I have a minor quibble with the writer - I only remember one delightful season of Mystery Queen.

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Yn00na

August 19, 2020 at 7:53 PM

I loved the 1st season but kept on yawning and eventually dropped the 2nd season of Mystery Queen. Hope this one has the magic of the 1st season.

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tsutsuloo

August 22, 2020 at 8:12 AM

😂😂😂

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2 Sasha Triman

August 19, 2020 at 11:30 AM

I hope Go Joon surprise me again. Not expected to fall for him in Oh My Baby at all.

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3 panshel

August 19, 2020 at 11:48 AM

“This is a highly-anticipated production for KBS…I hope If You Have an Affair, You’ll Die will have sensational ratings...”

No pressure.

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Zora

August 19, 2020 at 12:56 PM

😂 no pressure at all.

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miss h

August 19, 2020 at 4:38 PM

No pressure is right.

Sensational ... Probably more realistic to hope for modest, but I guess that would be a mood killer.

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4 Kurama

August 19, 2020 at 11:58 AM

I wonder if Kdramas will be still produced. There are more and more COVID cases in the entertainment business.

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soulsearch12

August 19, 2020 at 3:33 PM

Yeah esp. since cases have gone up to triple digits and total cases amount to almost 1,000 (that we know of rn :/ )

Already some productions have been affected. To All The Guys Who Loved Me stopped production after one of their cast members got Covid-19 :(

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5 Eazal

August 19, 2020 at 2:10 PM

I like the idea, and I think I love to see all the possible deaths our FL can imagine.

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tsutsuloo

August 22, 2020 at 8:40 AM

Ha! I hope the show will exploit the FL's imagination—that would be so much fun!

Mydramalist hasn't used the Older Woman/Younger Man tag (yet) for this show. I'm curious if the FL was actually cast as older than the ML; he's is 2 years older than her IRL. But the supporting characters are certainly young and dewy.

While this Japanese movie has a different flavor, I was reminded to put When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead (2018) on my to-watch list.

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6 Ayalynn

August 19, 2020 at 2:27 PM

I'm sooo looking forward to this!
I love Go Joon and the story sounds interesting.

It will air after Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol.
Hope it will be on Netflix also!

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7 welh

August 19, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Jo Yeo-jung alone is worth checking out this show.

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soulsearch12

August 19, 2020 at 3:34 PM

She's a full fledged movie star rn in Korea after Parasite, so her going to do a KBS Drama, seems like a step down no offense lol.

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Kairoskat 💐

August 19, 2020 at 3:41 PM

She did another KBS drama after Parasite: 'Woman of 9.9million won' and the ratings were good (around 10%). I see no problem that she's returning to dramaland, this new character actually sounds like an extension of her character in Parasite, though maybe less rich but still richer than average 😅.

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soulsearch12

August 19, 2020 at 3:45 PM

It just that KBS dramas recently are not good for the most part imo. I will say that Fall dramas tend to do better ratings wise, so it might do similar numbers. She is a much better comedic actress than dramatic, so having this be a comedy should be fun!

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welh

August 20, 2020 at 8:59 AM

I do not think Korean actors have the old Hollywood stigma that movie stars do not do television. That American wall was broken when cable television started doing innovative programming and paying well.
Many stars, such as Son Ye Jin, bounce back from movies and television dramas. For most actors, it is the script and project that keeps them working since they are never guaranteed in the future another one.

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8 Diana Hansen

August 19, 2020 at 3:55 PM

go joon! this sounds interesting! i hope it is good. not as familiar with the lead actress but hope to after watching this

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Carolina

August 19, 2020 at 4:13 PM

She was great in Parasite.

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mugyuljoie is preciousss

August 20, 2020 at 12:34 AM

And in Beautiful World and Woman of 9.9 million Won.

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welh

August 20, 2020 at 3:04 PM

She was great in Perfect Wife.

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9 azkiya

August 19, 2020 at 4:12 PM

aw the pics, Jo Yeo Jung is so prettyyy..I love her and Kim Kang Wo in drama as main leads, both in Handeu Lovers and Woman of 9,9Billion,,so I don't know whether I'm excited to see her with Go Joon in this upcoming one :p
I don't watch Oh My Baby but I heard some beanies love Goo Joon in that drama so I might check this one when it airs in Oct,,and the comment about sensational ratings from the KBS guy, really, no pressure at all for the cast and crew lol

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10 Yn00na

August 19, 2020 at 7:50 PM

Yey for Go Joon, aka Kon-Tiki hoarder. He's just so good in Oh My Baby. Hope he keeps up the momentum.

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11 Maq

August 19, 2020 at 8:41 PM

This show looks really good!

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12 meowingme

August 19, 2020 at 11:04 PM

Yay for another weekly dose Go Joon! Hope it'll be more of an ensemble cast, the supporting line-up is quite hefty.

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13 Tizzy

August 19, 2020 at 11:37 PM

Looking forward to watch Go Joon! I discovered him in Oh My Baby. 😍

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14 ys

August 20, 2020 at 10:29 AM

Isn't that Oh Minsuk in the white shirt?

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15 OldLawyer

August 20, 2020 at 6:59 PM

So this time it is her husband who is the divorce lawyer: I first saw Jo Yeo-jung in the rom-com (with an element of mystery) A DIVORCE LAWYER IN LOVE. And we have seen in in a completely different role in PARASITE. She is good. If the scriptwriter can deliver a good story this show should be fun.

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