Shin Hye-sun as the shocked Queen Cheorin in new tvN drama

14 November 5, 2020December 6, 2020

Shin Hye-sun as the shocked Queen Cheorin in new tvN drama

by tineybeanie

The first teaser has been dropped for upcoming gender-bender comedy sageuk Queen Cheorin. It’s not very long, but Shin Hye-sun’s (Angel’s Last Mission: Love) expressions are so funny as the titular body-swapped queen.

The plot of this fusion drama is centered around an accident wherein a present-day male chef working at the Blue House (a.k.a. Korea’s presidential residence) somehow goes back in time and enters the body of a Joseon-era queen.

How will his bluffing, independent personality survive in the restrictive palace with its suffocating rules and procedures? Especially since “his” husband King Cheoljong, played by Kim Jung-hyun (Crash Landing on You), is a suspicious, two-faced puppet ruler, it’ll be difficult to maintain the facade that nothing is wrong.

In the teaser, Shin Hye-sun plays the surprised chef-turned-queen perfectly. The teaser starts out with heavy breathing in pitch blackness, and Shin Hye-sun tries to start a light. At the sound of her own lilting voice, her inner male soul is surprised.

She finally succeeds in lighting the candle, and a servant from outside calls to her: “Your Majesty, have you awoken?” Looking at the mirror, Shin Hye-sun lets out a gasp of surprise. Copy onscreen reads: “After opening his eyes, he was queen?!” She sits completely upright and checks inside her clothes. Her inner male voice is unbelieving: “Your Majesty? I’m a girl?!” Her servant’s voice begs for her again, “Your Majesty…”

tvN Saturday-Sunday drama Queen Cheorin, directed by Yoon Sung-shik (Hwarang, The King’s Face) and written by Park Gye-ok (Doctor Prisoner, Inspiring Generation) and Choi Ah-il (Lovers of Six Years), will begin airing in December.

Via SE Daily

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1 Yuyuu, The Drama Queen

November 5, 2020 at 11:02 AM

I somehow missed that this was going to be a comedy. I really wanted to see SHS in a dark role/show 😪

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Eazal

November 5, 2020 at 11:20 AM

I didn't know it either.
I'm not sure if I'll watch.

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dee23

November 5, 2020 at 1:04 PM

I'm also surprised. 😂

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2 Aidualc

November 5, 2020 at 11:25 AM

Apparently this will also be a romance and I'm curious how well will that work and if they will use the ending from the novel or Chinese drama or come up with a new one. I wont be watching the drama but will keep an eye on recaps.

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C

November 6, 2020 at 8:04 PM

LGBT for the win.

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3 vv

November 5, 2020 at 11:34 AM

Seems cute, though I was hoping for it to be of a more serious tone because Shin hye sun has the ability to make tragedy seem more tragic and tragedy suits historical dramas.

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4 unatuna

November 5, 2020 at 12:08 PM

As wacky as the premise sounds, I adore her and will watch anything this woman is in. Sign me up! (well, for the first few episodes at least)

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Kafiyah Bello

November 6, 2020 at 11:07 AM

I like your caveat, lol

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5 Jezz

November 6, 2020 at 1:56 AM

I loved this show and I'm in because I felt that quick 15 sec. teaser was amazing and completedly funny. I knew that fusion sageuk was like either modern-meets-Joseon-era comedy, Sweet Munchies-meets-fantasy-comedy-with-Joseon-type or the new Secret Garden. I also felt it looks like gay-related comedy-fantasy show that I'm looked forward because I wondered if Kim Jung-hyun will wear a lot of wigs (mostly wore during Joseon era) and even female sageuk costumes that fitted well for him. The last gay-related K-drama was Sweet Munchies (a food drama that aired earlier this year). My fingers crossed into December!