Seo Hyun-jin's fifth husband is Gong Yoo in new romance Trunk

41 July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Seo Hyun-jin’s fifth husband is Gong Yoo in new romance Trunk

by tccolb

Seo Hyun-jin, Gong Yoo

Netflix confirmed the very exciting news that Seo Hyun-jin (Why Her) and Gong Yoo (The Silent Sea) will be headlining their new romance Trunk. Adapted from a novel by the same title, the original is written by the acclaimed author Kim Ryeo-ryung, who is particularly well known for her early works – Punch and Thread of Lies – that were later made into films.

I initially thought the title was referring to a car trunk, but it sounds like we’re dealing with some kind of luggage trunk that is one day discovered by a lake. Said trunk then becomes our story’s catalyst, unraveling the secrets behind our main pair’s strange marriage as well as the covert operations of the NM company.

This company is where our heroine In-ji (Seo Hyun-jin) is employed. As a premium match-making service, they specialize in finding your perfect soulmate, with just a tiny amendment to the traditional wedding vows. Life is short as it is, so why wait until death do us part when you can sign a one-year contract instead. In-ji, for instance, has already ticked off four marriages on her list of life’s milestones and is now on number five with Jung-won (Gong Yoo).

With any new relationship, though, it takes time to get comfortable with each other and music producer Jung-won has his own emotional baggage to deal with as well. Owing to tragedies in his past, our hero struggles with anxiety and loneliness – in addition to still missing his former wife Seo-yeon. Ironically, Seo-yeon was the one who signed him up with NM, which is where Jung-won first meets In-ji.

Still in the planning stages, Netflix’s Trunk will be directed by PD Kim Kyu-tae (Our Blues, Live) with scripts penned by Park Eun-young (Hwarang).

Via News1

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Tags: Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun-jin

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1 Mrs Buckwheat

July 17, 2023 at 11:18 PM

You just have to mention Gong Yoo and I will be here waiting.

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StacyA

July 18, 2023 at 5:19 AM

Me too

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parkchuna 🍉

July 21, 2023 at 6:35 AM

Me three!

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bomibeans

December 20, 2023 at 9:52 PM

Me four!

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2 redfox

July 17, 2023 at 11:44 PM

lots of Gong Joo then, this week, cause my teacher uses his characters to teach us korean idioms.

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dramadillo

July 18, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Please share these idioms with us! (Or even just one or two, please - I love idioms!)🤓

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redfox

July 18, 2023 at 6:42 AM

ok in the evening I will, I can type korean letters on my phone but im at work now
till then you can check some idioms on this page: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/korean/korean-idioms/#toc_2

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dramadillo

July 18, 2023 at 9:03 AM

Thank you so much - I love them!! There are many that stood out to me, but I like “Licking the surface of a watermelon” in particular (Meaning: superficially experiencing something without delving deeper or fully understanding it).

Now I’m curious about why your teacher chose GY’s characters in particular.

Please don’t worry about using your time to type up! I suppose the other part of my curiosity is around which ones stood out for you. I love idioms because they are like little stories that reveal something about a culture, or how people think, and they connect to a frame of reference.

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Seon-ha

July 18, 2023 at 9:30 AM

These are amazing!! I’m loving this list. Thanks, @mellowarmadillo, for asking…and thanks @redfox for linking!

My favorite—there are many—but my favorite because it’s the near opposite of English (it would appear) is “twist my arm.” In English it means to be asked to do something that you secretly WANT to do, but according to this page, in Korean, it means to be wheedled into doing something you actually don’t want to do.

3 Kurama

July 18, 2023 at 12:05 AM

I love the casting, I'm skeptical about the plot.

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4 bewitched

July 18, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Maybe married couple story will be the new trend. Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won will also star as married couple if I'm not mistaken.

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

July 18, 2023 at 9:41 PM

👆🏾Yes those two star in Queen of tears, which looks good on paper.

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5 Blue (@mayhemf)

July 18, 2023 at 2:52 AM

Gong Yoo 😍😍😍😍. Of course I will be watching.
But what’s this plot?? What can you possibly get in one year?

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6 Emperor

July 18, 2023 at 3:09 AM

A luggage trunk found in a lake seems like your typical mystery chaebol revenge makjang corruption (anything alongside that kind of stuff) type of story.

It is from an acclaimed novel and the director of OUR BLUES and LIVE, both are spendid works of Noh Hee-Kyung
However, the same PD also created the disastrous MOON LOVERS and the script will be adapted by the writer of equally disastrous HWARANG ....

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Kafiyah Bello

July 18, 2023 at 3:55 AM

OMG, not Hwarang, yikes, that drama was so bad, but let's be hopeful.

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Goyangi and the Camel Crickets

July 18, 2023 at 1:39 PM

My thoughts exactly! Hwarang took a (mostly) talented cast and interesting historical context and ruined it with the writing. Please get this one right!

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Wise

July 18, 2023 at 4:24 AM

Live, Our Blues and That’s Okay, That’s Love (which also by this director and No Hee Kyung) are my top dramas all the time. The director and Seo Hyun Jin is definitely a collab I have to watch but you are right, Hwarang was disappointing. The excitement for the director and casts is sky to the land compared to the writer.

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kiara

July 18, 2023 at 6:26 AM

Noh is the acclaimed writer. He does a decent job when he works with her.

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7 Decraew

July 18, 2023 at 3:33 AM

Seo HY is an amazing actress so I’m really looking forward to this one! May it have a better writer than ‘Why her’. Shouldn’t be too hard.

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8 Kafiyah Bello

July 18, 2023 at 3:53 AM

The way I screamed, lol. I watched Goblin for Gong Yoo, I love this man. So I am hoping this is better even though I will watch it regardless.

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9 Seon-ha

July 18, 2023 at 4:05 AM

Emotional baggage…I see what you did there, @tccolb. I see.

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tccolb

July 18, 2023 at 1:41 PM

😌

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10 OldLawyer

July 18, 2023 at 7:52 AM

Skeptical about this one. Gong Yoo is great, but I am not sure about the plot or its premise.

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11 Gikata

July 18, 2023 at 8:03 AM

They promise to find your perfect soulmate but none of her 4 one-year trial marriages ended up with renewal? Sounds like money wasted for me)))

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Diana Hansen

July 19, 2023 at 8:12 AM

sounds like the idiom mentioned above about licking the surface of the watermelon! Hey, I'll watch just for the leads, and hope for a good drama.

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Gikata

July 19, 2023 at 8:19 AM

Hah, very apt one! I like SHJ, but indifferent to GY, so it's a "wait and see" in my case. Wonder if producers are intended to have some cameo fun with the 4 discarded exes...

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12 bbstl 🧹

July 18, 2023 at 8:27 AM

“trunk” made me think of a big old fashioned steamer trunk filled with body parts. Or cash? Or classified documents 😏
Wonder what will be inside!

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Blue (@mayhemf)

July 18, 2023 at 1:52 PM

4 dead husbands?

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bbstl 🧹

July 18, 2023 at 2:53 PM

*narrows eyes and nods slowly* innnnnteresting.

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Seon-ha

July 18, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Here, I’ll set us all up: “The only thing better to find stuffed in a trunk than four dead husbands is…”

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bbstl 🧹

July 18, 2023 at 7:13 PM

Okay.
Besides the obvious, cash.

4 live oppas! I’ll have
1 Hyun Bin
1 Park Seo Joon
1 Ji Jin Hee
1 Joo Ji Hoon
Please and Kamsa very much.

Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain

July 18, 2023 at 7:59 PM

The keys to their safes, their cars, and their safe deposit boxes.

bbstl 🧹

July 18, 2023 at 8:59 PM

@elinor ugh, I NEVER think big picture enough! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Diana Hansen

July 19, 2023 at 9:36 AM

seashells?

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13 Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain

July 18, 2023 at 8:32 AM

My word association for 'trunk' is 'body' and that's what I'm going to assume is in the trunk until proven otherwise.

I share others' skepticism about the production team but the two leads sound like a dream.

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Seon-ha

July 18, 2023 at 9:40 AM

Are we talking about Junho again? I thought the conversation had moved on to Gong Yoo :)

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14 Cindy Mahri

July 18, 2023 at 10:10 AM

Bruh. Two of my most favorite actors in kdramaland as OTP - where do I sign up? Though the plot seems dubious, I hope it will somehow pleasantly surprise us given that Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun Jin are on board. (But then again, Why Her happened so now I'm not so sure anymore. 😅😥)