Bae Soo-bin is Aeja’s hapless boyfriend
Bae Soo-bin just wrapped his previous role as the much-loved Jun-sae character in Brilliant Legacy, but he takes a completely different turn with his latest role as Choi Kang-hee‘s man in the movie Aeja [애자], where Choi plays the title character.
While his Brilliant Legacy image was gentle and supportive, the “Chul-min” character he plays in Aeja is rather pathetic. His good job as a home-shopping channel producer and his good looks make him well-liked among other ladies, but once he’s in front of his overbearing girlfriend Aeja, he’s reduced to a hapless, klutzy guy who is devoted to her. In a word, he’s whipped. Bae Soo-bin is reportedly drawing notice for his laugh-inducing performance as the sad-sack boyfriend.
Aeja, meanwhile, is a 29-year-old woman who was called “the Tolstoy of Busan” in high school and dreams of being a novelist, but has found herself stuck in Seoul working for a small local paper. She’s got a heap of debts and her talk of writing a novel becomes an excuse to wander from job to job. In exasperation, her mother tries to marry off her immature daughter.
Aeja looks like a quirky comedy and plans to release later this year.
Via Hankyung
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oooooh!!! i wanna watch this
:D:D
bae soo bin & choi kang hee! <3
the 1st time i saw the 1st picture, i thought this was a movie with a transgender role thing again. haha. sorry choi kang hee :p (don't get me wrong! i found you really pretty! plus i like your hairdo
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this sounds real cute. :3 one can never get too much bae soobin!
wow..Aeja’s character from this article sounds very much alike to Nan Hee in 2 Outs in the 9th Inning.
well, thanks for d news. =)
I loved junse in brilliant legacy!
can’t wait for the movie
Sounds like a cute movie XD
Lots of horror and depressing movies coming out, since we need more light comedy romance~
And I also love the cast~
I’ll be checking this out definitely just for Bae SooBin =D
So nice to hear he’s doing a movie after playing the second lead. He is so handsome. Reminds me of Tony Leung. Not the looks so much but the soulfulness.
Is it just me who thinks the guy in the picture resembles Lee Jin Wook?
Wow, this looks adorable! I can’t wait to get my hands on it.. I’m going through Bae Soobin withdrawals now that BL is over. :3
Any news on whether or not he’s taking on another drama role after this?
ah choi kang hee is so cute
interesting!! Bae Soo Bin taking on a totally different character =)
@Sonam: I recall while watching YSMM, Bae Soo Bin said that a child, he wanted to have soulful eyes like Tony Leung.
Bae Soo Bin ….mmmmmm
sounds good
Wasn’t Eun-soo, Choi Kang-hee’s character in ‘My Sweet Seoul’ someone who works in a publishing company, too? And Eun-soo was sort of immature, too, in MSS. A similar role? She’s good for those ‘free-spirit’ type roles because she’s really good at acting like she ‘doesn’t give a damn’.
The Eun-soo character wasn’t well liked, but I liked her, The main character does not have to be the ‘good guy’ all the time; the story just revolves around them; they can also be the ‘bad guy’.
Just starting to watch Brillian Legacy and I’m liking the character played by Bae Soo Bin.
I’ll watch out for this.
ah Bae Soo Bin!!! ~ he’s my new favorite after watching Shining Inheritance, I can’t believe he hasn’t done very many dramas yet, he’s such a cutie! I’m looking forward to seeing him do new roles, he’s such a good actor!
lol and yes I’m one of those people who loved Bae Soo Bin more than Lee Sung Gi
@maria
Did he really say that??? I like him even more now that I know he wants to be like impossibly cool Tony Leung!
haven’t got the chance to watch Brilliant Legacy, but Bae Soo Bin is so awesome in PotW…. it’s nice seeing him trying a completely different role…
i love her!!
and loved him in brilliant legacy can’t wait!
this sounds interesting. but choi kang hee is hit-and-miss for me. btw, does “aeja” mean something special?
This looks good. I’m going to watch this when it comes out. I can’t see Bae Soon Bin playing a guy like that since he’s hot and doesn’t seem to come off as a whipped guy, but all the more funnier!
I really liked him in Brilliant Legacy. I hope he does more dramas in the future. I’m excited to see more of him.
OOOOOOHHHH! Bae Soobin and Choi Kanghee make a very very beautiful couple!!
yes! just my luck that you’ve touched upon this movie. I saw the trailer on the korean cable but i missed the title. I can’t wait to watch it when it’s out~ ^^
she looks like the girl who played with jang hyuk in thank you as the dead girlfriend. she only showed up in the couple of first episodes. is she?
Bae Soo-Bin~!!!
For those who became fans of him, don’t miss this coming fall.
Three other different projects are in a line including this movie.
Ae-Ja is the name of Choi Kang-hee’s character and BSB is her boyfriend, but this movie is more about the relation btw Ae-Ja and her mother. And another movie Bisang seems to be more intense. BSB is a retired, legendary host here and he met Kim Bum in the movie and trained him as a host. Also he appeared in one of the telecinema projects, “After the wedding”, he’s a band member, to be exact, he’s a drummer here. I heard that most actors casted as band members are good at their instruments in reality. BSB used to be a former drummer before his debut so we can watch his paly in this drama. Can’t wait for his projects.
BTW, my Chinese friends say that he resembles Leslie in look and atmosphere, what do you guys think?
@Suzie
Wow! Looks like he’s going to be bz and some very diverse role he’s trying his hands on. I am excited to see how they’ll all turn out. I have respect for actors don’t constantly play the same character/role.
At certain angles, he can resemble Leslie. He is quite cute for sure. And that quiet confidence he put on in BL was brilliant.
Re : Suzie,
i think he looks more like a mash of Leslie Cheung and Kaneshiro Takshi!
And, for wanting soulful eyes like Tony Leung… he has gone up considerably in my estimation. I *might* now consider watching Shining Inheritance. I couldn’t get past Episode 1 and i just got annoyed whenever i saw the male lead. He always looked half asleep!
@23 diana,
Yes, you’re right. Choi Kang-hee is the actress from Thank You. I watched My Sweet Seoul in its entirety before I realized she was the doctor in Thank You.LOL!
I enjoyed watching Brilliant Legacy a whole lot. One of the better dramas this year so far. I just wish BSB had more screen time in BL.
@15 YGfangirl – I’m with you, girl. One of those who likes BSB/JS a lot more than the male lead.
I love Choi Kang-hee’s personal style and the few secs she was on in “Thank You”, I thought she was great. She has a quality similar to Bae Do Na and Lee Na Young-kind of quirky and offbeat. Not the typical kdrama female star.
I like Bae Soo Bin in most of his supporting roles. I did manage to get through Briliant legacy and while it was fun, its ridden with cliches and I feel like I lost a few brain cells on the way to the finish line. It was the same feeling I had reading “Da Vinci Code”. Fun while reading it but after felt dumber for having read it.