Yearning looks galore in Call It Love stills

38 January 15, 2023February 14, 2023

Yearning looks galore in Call It Love stills

by Jenzy

It’s the age-old, yet endlessly addictive story: girl falls for the wrong boy. In the new stills for Disney+ revenge melodrama Call It Love, we get to see our leads Lee Sung-Kyung (Shooting Stars) and Kim Young-kwang (Somebody) sell us on all the pine, burn, and perish that comes with forbidden love.

The plot follows Shim Woo-joo (Lee Sung-kyung), a woman whose childhood abandonment by her greedy stepmother forced her to fend for herself as an orphan. Now that she’s all grown up, her plan is to give back as good as she’s been dealt, which leads her to mark her stepmother’s son, Han Dong-jin (Kim Young-kwang), as her target of revenge.

Of course, this plan runs into a snag when she finds out that contrary to her expectations, this son of her nemesis is sensitive, attractive (I mean come on it’s Kim Young-kwang after all), and totally into her. Will their star-crossed love override Woo-joo’s thirst for vengeance? Or will she find it in herself to pull the trigger on their doomed relationship in favor of getting even?

Besides our main couple, we also have an absolutely stacked cast of side characters. Sung Joon (Island) plays Yoon Joon, Woo-joo’s childhood friend who has some trauma of his own. Kim Ye-won (You Are My Spring) plays Woo-joo’s supportive sister Shin Hye-seong. Finally, EXID’s Hani (Hit the Spot) plays Kang Min-young, Dong-jin’s ex who is looking for an opportunity to rekindle their former romance.

While the plot description does seem to distantly circle makjang territory, I’m interested to see how the actors and direction will elevate this take on trauma, revenge, and pain from loving the wrong person into a nuanced version of a classic story. The stills alone are already giving all the poignant looks that are likely to be the touchstone of the show. Just look at all that angst.

Written by Kim Ga-eun and Kim Ji-yeon and directed by Lee Kwang-young (No, Thank You 2), Call It Love will premiere on February 22 of Disney+.

Yearning looks galore in Call It Love stills

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1 antonio83

January 15, 2023 at 10:32 AM

Always blood, revenge and betrayal on Netflix and Disney Plus. After ruining Western entertainment, they go for Asian entertainment.

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2 S.Eesa

January 15, 2023 at 12:21 PM

My quota for revenge melodrama is filled by terrific - The Glory. I am not sure I can make space for another one. I will wait for reviews before taking this one on or in case ending of The Glory spectacularly tanks.

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3 ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

January 15, 2023 at 12:27 PM

Sounds makjang-y as hell. But it’s for Kim Young-kwang and Sung Joon so I’ll eat it up.

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4 💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜

January 15, 2023 at 12:56 PM

Model Avengers and White Christmas Reunion???
Sung Joon and KYK together????? For real right now???? I'm crying.
Premise sounds wack and KYK will likely hard carry the lead pairing, especially in a melo setting, (although I guess it was about time these two were matched up together, should've been a comedy but OH WELL) but I'll start it anyway, and early drop it if it's not watchable.

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5 LaurenSophie

January 15, 2023 at 1:03 PM

I'm really intrigued by the tone of this drama. Will it actually center on revenge or is that a mere excuse to get the ML and FL in the same sphere and from then on this becomes a conventional romantic melodrama? I suspect its the latter.

Hope this one shows up on Hulu or Amazon Prime so I can check it out.

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6 Kurama

January 15, 2023 at 1:05 PM

Except for Sung-Hoon (he looks so good with this haircut), I'm not really fan of the actors... I will test for him!

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7 Blue (@mayhemf)

January 15, 2023 at 1:08 PM

Sung Joon looks devilishly handsome in that’s still! I have missed seeing him.
And of course, KYK!
But darn it’s Disney + What happens to us US viewers.

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8 Quiet Thought

January 15, 2023 at 1:19 PM

Two new series ideas:

1) The Afflicted -- Four plotters keep tripping over each other's schemes seeking revenge against rich people who wronged them. Two fall in love with each other, another with another plotter's faithful companion, the last with the faithful righteous lawyer helping all of them find vengeance.

2) The NeverMook -- A private detective working exclusively for rich Chaelbols has to work long days defending them against brilliantly righteous poor people seeking revenge. He is considered the best in the field because he never wastes money on useless thugs, never murders anyone's mother, never corrupts a kind lawyer father or runs a loyal friend down with the Truck of Doom.

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9 rainbowdash

January 15, 2023 at 1:27 PM

Disney+ original. Should be on Hulu in the U.S.

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10 oosiee

January 16, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Wait! Her stepmother's son? Meaning her stepBROTHER? What?

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11 Kafiyah Bello

January 16, 2023 at 5:41 AM

This seems a bit throwbacky to our favorite faux incest days of yesteryear, except we know they are step-siblings. Yup, this is for me!!! I hope it is actually good.

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12 Mandy

January 16, 2023 at 5:48 AM

I’m extremely uncomplicated when it comes to KYK. He’s in, I watch 🤷🏻‍♀️

But also, I do love a good melo. I have no issues with it being old school if the chemistry is on point and the acting convincing. The problem is the latter with LSK, so KYK needs to hard carry this. But he’s fully capable I’d say, plus eye candy enough to distract me from focusing on LSK lol. Fingers crossed because irrelevant on any red flags, I’m. So. Down.