Queen Seon-deok’s first script reading
by javabeans
Lee Yo-won, Go Hyun-jung
Now for another upcoming drama: with a month till its premiere, MBC’s daeha sageuk series Queen Seon-deok got things going earlier this week by calling in its cast for the first script reading. The drama has been highly anticipated not just for its cast, but also for going head-to-head against SBS’s sageuk series Ja Myung Go, starring Jung Ryeo-won.
(With two long-running historical series settling in for the long haul on Mondays and Tuesdays — 50 episodes apiece! — it looks like I’ll be turning my attention to Wednesdays and Thursdays instead…)
Lee Yo-won takes the titular role of Seon-deok, which pits her against Go Hyun-jung‘s Mi-shil character, described as a strong “Silla-era femme fatale” who checks the queen’s royal authority and seduces men of power.
As has been speculated, there’s a good chance that despite its title, Mi-shil will emerge more prominent than Seon-deok; Go Hyun-jung is getting top billing in all reports. Lee Yo-won had no lines that day and was therefore not expressly required to attend (I’m guessing that, as with most sageuks, the story starts off in the royal figure’s childhood), while Go Hyun-jung had the largest role in the script.
The cast also features East of Eden‘s resident baddie Jo Min-ki as King Jin-pyeong (who’s back to his normal black hair from the silver-blond he sported for Eden), and veteran actor Lee Soon-jae in a special cameo in Episode 1 as King Jin-heung. Jung Woong-in (Last Scandal of My Life) plays Mi-shil’s younger brother, who read his lines in a comic way, while rising teenage actor Yoo Seung-ho (Legend), like Lee Yo-won, had no lines to read but was present anyway.
Writers are Kim Young-hyun (HIT, Dae Jang Geum) and Park Sang-yeon (HIT, Strongest Chil Woo). Directors are Park Hong-kyun (New Heart) and Kim Geun-hong (Jumong).
Via My Daily
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1 Annie
April 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM
I'm surprised at how much Go Hyun Jung and Lee Yeo Won look alike in the first photo. I can't stand either one of them so I won't be supporting.
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2 fizzle
April 4, 2009 at 9:27 AM
If I was a sageuk watcher I'd totally be drooling over this cast. Alas, I can't join in on the fun. 50-episode period dramas scare me.
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3 jo
April 4, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Lee Yowon! I think I'm gonna give it a try~
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4 anna
April 4, 2009 at 11:02 AM
I don't like femme fatale in general. For once I want a heroine who uses her brain instead of her body to overpower men. It's always their beauty or their body, never their brain. It's sad.
Or at least some ass kicking ones, like Princess Ja Myung.
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Hya
June 13, 2012 at 8:59 PM
Ummm, Mishil does exactly that.....
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5 CC
April 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Speaking of Monday/Tuesday dramas, are you watching 내조의 여왕?! It's incredibly entertaining! I highly recommend it to everyone. So hilarious.
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6 Sere
April 4, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Whenever I read articles such as this one, about how they're still script reading and the premiere is in a month, I can't help but feel uneasy. Why do they always shoot with such a tight schedule? I'm always afraid of reading news about yet another celeb who ends up in the hospital.
And speaking of which, I've heard that Kim Joon and Kim HyunJoong collapsed recently. Can't they get some rest already? jeez
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7 seriously!
April 4, 2009 at 12:09 PM
since SBS and MBC are going head-to-head with a period drama, i may watch KBS' STORY OF A MAN...
anyway, i doubt SBS' period drama will really finish at 50 episodes. with its very disappointing rating when in fact BBF didn't really rate on above 35% after EAST OF EDEN finished, SBS may cut Ja Myung Go to 30 episodes if no improvement will happen starting next week in its rating.
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8 Dahee Fanel
April 4, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Ahhhh, I'm looking forward to this. :D I've been needing me some sageuk to sink my teeth into. Yeah, I'm not really a fan of either Lee Yo Won or Go Hyun Jung, but the rest of that cast is simply incredible. (Uhm Tae Woong, anyone?) Can't wait till it starts airing! :)
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9 hmmmm
April 4, 2009 at 1:44 PM
i'm really not a fan of Go Hyun or Lee. I really don't get why Go makes so much money...although i did like the HIT drama, it wasn't because of her acting but the plot of the story that made it interesting. And i really hated watching Lee in the drama 'Bad love'...her expressionless-stone face give off the same meloncholy feeling whether it's sad/anger/happiness or whatever. She's just depressing to watch...
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10 Biscuit
April 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Fan of Go Hyun-jung (Sandglass <3) so I really look forward to this.
teehee, even celebrities dont mind being bare face... look so natural with no make up ^^
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11 all4movies
April 4, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I should have finished Jumong by then so I'll be ready for this one. Not really interested in any current sageuks except for Return of Iljimae.
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12 angelsnow2u
April 4, 2009 at 6:14 PM
I am waiting Queen seondeok because Lee Yo Won is a good actress & I haven't seen her in drama as that.
Go Hyun-jung is a big actress. cast of her so good.
Waiting drama^-^.
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13 Kobe
April 4, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Wasn't Sung Yuri supposed to be in this or am I months behind on the news?
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14 kdramas!
April 4, 2009 at 9:22 PM
For those who don't know, Go Hyun Jung makes so much money because she's a big name in the kdrama industry. She was in a drama in the 90s called Sandglass which was HUGELY popular garnering over 50% ratings which just doesn't happen these days (look at boys over flowers, incredibly talked about but still hasn't even breached 40%) and it was also highly acclaimed by critics. It's one of the biggest kdramas ever to come to the small screen.
As for lee yo won, watch surgeon bong dal hee. It's definitely one of her better dramas.
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15 Rin
April 4, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Those two photos are taken at a pretty bad angle ne? Lee and Go look bad in the photos.
Hmm I wonder if Yoo Seung Ho has a big role or not.. I just wanna see him again =D
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16 alodia
April 5, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Glad to see Ms.Go once again... loved both What's Up Fox and H.I.T.... love the writers too... but i'm not sure if i will watch this... a saeguk... and 50 episodes at that...
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17 pitza
April 5, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Two long saeguk dramas!
we will have fun for a long time!
But it seems that sung il gook is still absent:(
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18 chajjye
April 5, 2009 at 7:25 AM
#13: sung yuri is in the sequel for all in a.k.a swallow in the sun...
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