Facing the wrath of Yoo Yeon-seok When the Phone Rings

19 October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

Facing the wrath of Yoo Yeon-seok When the Phone Rings

by tccolb

With November creeping near, the promo train is picking up steam for MBC’s new romance-thriller When the Phone Rings. As suggested by the title, said phone call forms the start of our story’s harrowing nightmare and our arranged marriage couple Yoo Yeon-seok (A Bloody Lucky Day) and Chae Soo-bin (The Fabulous) are thrown straight into the storm with the first teaser.

Opening the video on our successful hero, Baek Sa-eon (Yoo Yeon-seok) takes a stand before the media mass of flashing cameras and solemnly introduces himself as the presidential press secretary in the capital city’s big Blue House. But after dolling up for what should be a celebratory day, our tuxedoed Sa-eon is disturbed to receive a mysterious phone call, setting off a chain of misfortune for his family.

As Sa-eon rushes out still clutching his phone, the captions reveal that the caller is a blackmailer and Sa-eon demands to know who they are and what they want. However, our hero is already losing precious time as, elsewhere, his wife Hong Hee-joo (Chae Soo-bin) is frightened to face danger by herself.

Although Hee-joo tries her best to escape, we helplessly watch in the sequence as the culprit takes her hostage. The teaser then closes on Sa-eon’s angry threat in return: “Throw away any thoughts that you’re going to be arrested with grace. I’m going to make sure to catch you with my own hands.”

Also starring Heo Nam-joon (Your Honor) and Jang Gyuri (Player 2 – Master of Swindlers), production for MBC’s When the Phone Rings has PD Park Sang-woo (The Forbidden Marriage) at the helm with scripts by Kim Ji-woon (Melancholia). Slated to premiere on November 22, the webnovel adaptation will be following Doubt in the weekend slot next month.

Via MBC

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1 pohonphee

October 25, 2024 at 12:16 AM

Yay for makjang melodrama

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Unaspirated

October 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM

Is that the vibe everyone is getting from this? I did not but now I’m questioning my impressions. What makes you classify it as a makjang?

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pohonphee

October 25, 2024 at 6:11 AM

Cheating husband, evil MIL, unhinged adulterer, truck of doom, trampled FL until comes the revenge, crazy plot twist, etc2, everything that makes you want to scream onto the screen, rolls your eye balls, pull your own hair or the lead character's hair or the writer's hair and feels good about your boring life.

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Unaspirated

October 25, 2024 at 9:35 AM

Oh wow I didn’t know almost any of that about this drama. Feeling less likely to watch all of a sudden…

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tabong

October 25, 2024 at 7:45 PM

The pictures alone scream makjang to me. They're so dramatic.
No other genre loves close-ups so much. LOL

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2 Gikata

October 25, 2024 at 3:43 AM

Will there be a twist of protective hubby being shady or will drama resist the temptation to go there, I wonder?

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pohonphee

October 25, 2024 at 3:53 AM

politician husband is destined to be shaddy in K drama. Don't hold your breath 🤷🤣

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Gikata

October 25, 2024 at 6:33 AM

I meant shady in relation to wife's kidnapping specifically, because otherwise of course he is! But yeah, not much hope here.

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Kafiyah Bello

October 25, 2024 at 3:58 AM

This is also billed as a romance, so unlikely, but I actually think it would be fun if the male lead was both the villain and romantic lead.

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Gikata

October 25, 2024 at 6:37 AM

Would writers have balls for this? The closest we've got to "romancing the baddie" between kdrama leads in thriller as of lately was FOE, which also didn't fully commit to the trope.

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3 Dylan [Suffering from Judge from Hell brainrot]

October 25, 2024 at 5:14 AM

Who is the romance between? YYS' and CSB's characters? I'm assuming she falls for the kidnapper or something tbh.

I'm debating whether to watch this. i don't like makjang melos, but I do like CSB... does anyone know if the webnovel is in English anywhere? I want to check out the story.

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vienibenmio

October 25, 2024 at 6:13 AM

There's a translation but it's VERY early in.

I think the romance is between the married couple. They married for convenience so they'll fall in love for real, I'm sure.

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Gikata

October 25, 2024 at 6:38 AM

Well, that's one way to get your belated love epiphany at the worst time possible!

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vienibenmio

October 25, 2024 at 7:46 AM

I started reading the webcomic adaptation and, yeah, it's a romance between the married couple. The story's pretty interesting, a lot more than the synopsis makes it sound, so hopefully the drama keeps that part of it