Getting ready to fight it out on cable
It’s a sibling twofer! First Uhm Jung-hwa, now her kid brother.
When I first heard of Yoo Gun’s new Fight Club-esque cable drama (titled Fight), I only had a mild interest. But now an additional actor has been cast, and he is one for whom I have a lot of respect: Uhm Tae-woong (Resurrection, Devil).
Interestingly, it’s also his first time acting alongside his girlfriend, Lee Young-jin (Smile Again, pictured above), although they won’t be sharing scenes.
This time we’ve got a few more details about the story: An average salaryman (Yoo Gun’s character) gets brought into a fight by chance, and transforms into a true fighter. Uhm Tae-woong plays Yoo Gun’s fighter dad who’d died in the ring, and only appears in the first episode. As Yoo Gun’s girlfriend, Lee Young-jin takes on the sole female role.
A management rep said that because of interest (in Uhm) from Japan, they’d be making this a “clean drama” — meaning, although they’re striving for extreme realism with the action scenes, they want to keep from being given a restricted 19-and-older rating.
Other cast members include Lee Jong-soo (Yi San), Kang Sung-jin (Lawyers of Korea), and Baek Do-bin (The Host). The actors have been training in various martial arts over the past several months, including Taekwondo, boxing, and Muay Thai.
Fight is directed by Park Jung-woo (writer of Last Present) and premieres October 24. In other news, Uhm Tae-woong’s new movie Cell Phone just began filming this week.
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Tags: cable programs, Uhm Tae-woong, Yoo Gun
first…again…
it shows i have nothing else better to do than to refresh dramabeans page every couple of minutes… i love this site…
^You should just subscribe in a reader like I do. So much easier and it’ll notify you of any new posts.
@choram
i used to subscribe to the reader but took it off, i like the thrill of waiting while the page loads to see if there are new posts… like i said, have nothing else better to do.
That guy is so cool.
it seems weird to me for uhm tae woong to be called uhm jung hwa’s “kid” brother. lol. isnt he like. 30-something?