The new SBS drama Smile [or Smile, You aka 그대 웃어요] has found its leading man to play opposite Lee Min-jung (Boys Before Flowers, Who Are You) in her first leading role. Although the cast already includes Family Outing‘s “Chunderella” Lee Chun-hee and Que Sera Sera‘s Lee Kyu-han, neither of them will be the main love interest. That role goes to Jung Kyung-ho of Ja Myung Go, You’re Far Away, and Time of Dog and Wolf.
In the story, Lee Min-jung is the daughter in a rich chaebol household, while Lee Chun-hee is her immature older brother. When her family meets with financial ruin, she’s dumped by her former fiancé (Lee Kyu-han) until he decides he wants her back. Meanwhile, she and her family move in with their former chauffeur, played by Gourmet‘s veteran chef Choi Bool-am. The ex-chauffeur now runs an auto center with his son (Chun Ho-jin of Job Well Done), who is married to Song Ok-sook (Beethoven Virus‘s nervous cellist). The two families struggle to adjust to living together, making for lots of bickering but also warm family moments and laughs.
Pretty solid cast, I think. Aside from those above-named actors, also cast are Choi Jung-yoon (Bad Couple, Romance Hunter) and Kang Seok-woo (You’re My Destiny, Pure 19).
The drama held its first shoots on September 1 in Seoul at Seoil University. Smile is written and directed by the pair behind last year’s hit romantic comedy The Last Scandal of My Life, and will follow Style on weekends, beginning September 26.
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Tags: Choi Bool-am, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Chun-hee, Lee Kyu-han, Lee Min-jung, Smile
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i lost all respect for lee kyuhan as a person after watching ‘introducing a star’s friend: survival’ -_- which is a shame bc i liked him before that in samsoon, heh.
chunhee as the immature older brother, LOL. it sounds perfect!
WOW at the long hair on Jung Kyung-ho! I’ve only seen him in Time of Dog and Wolf where he had really short, almost government-issue hair. Which makes sense I suppose, since he played a spy. Anyway, I like it, hope he keeps it that way.
I’m watching Hon and in it Lee Kyu-han plays a particularly nasty serial killer. There were many tense scenes with him and a couple of the main characters, and he is very convincing in the role, but the whole time I was watching I was completely distracted by one thing. He has the most unbelievably long eyelashes I’ve ever seen on a man. I mean seriously, ridiculously, to-die-for eyelashes. It’s not fair at all.
Sounds pretty good actually, and Last Scandal was a well written and charming show so I’ll expect the same quality. Hopefully it’ll be good.
Wow Jung Kyung Ho!! Yippi! Love him in Ja Myung Go
By the way, it`s that mean he will not play in Harvest Villa??Either way, i`m happy to see him again so soon!
the cast has now gotten my interest, with Jung Kyung-ho and Choi Jung-yoon included. I hope still pics will be released soon, I’ll be looking forward to this drama, Chunderella! ^^
holy sh!t!! that’s… Jung Kyung-ho… the wimpy Yune of I’m Sorry I Love You??!! i would never have recognized him. I drooled over — er looked at the pic and said who is that gorgeous man i’ve never seen before? hehe. had to do some googling to figure it out since i haven’t seen the other dramas. Note to JKH: do NOT cut your hair!!!
in that picture, jung kyung ho looks like kim hyun joong in all of his nostril-y glory
http://asiacollision.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kim-hyun-joong-90205002.jpg
Now that I know Lee Chun-hee isn’t the male lead, I plan to watch.
Good luck to them.
ooohhh I’m excited just by looking at the main leads pictures. but seriously, I’m not feeling any of the drama currently airs…. I’m tempted to just stop watching all but ‘Soul’. so yeah, I’ll be waiting for this one.. hopefully it will be a solid storyline.
OMG!!! I love Jung Kyung Ho and he sure is one underrated actor! So glad he got the role and Lets hope that this one is more sucessful than Ja Myung Go was.
Oh, somehow I like the photos XD
Another story of a rich chaebol, but I fall for these type of stories, so I’m not complaining~
I’m so happy to hear of the new cast; I want to watch it more now >.<
Btw, LMJ's eyes look really big here 0.0
Like puppy eyes~
Weren’t both of them the main characters of the MV “Violin” of Zia?!
Correct me if I’m wrong..
HELL YEAH!!!! FINALLY, a lead role in a drama!!! I’m tired of him being supporting characters. He’s too good to be pushed back.
Jung Kyung Ho….mmm… I couldnt remember him in Time of Dog and Wolf….mmm…ill check the series again….
Nice long hair…. ^-^
seems interesting….
Oh HIM!!!
My! he looks different… didnt even recognize him… he looks better with longer hair…more mature…his face looks a tad skinny too…
Oh, wow! With Jung Kyung-ho joining the cast as the main male lead this drama just became a whole lot more interesting for me XD I wasn’t planning on watching this at all, but now you can count me in! Yay for a solid cast!
I LOVE HIM FROM JA MYUNG-GO AND TBDW!!! Gosh, I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIM AGAIN
I’m actually looking forward to seeing Lee Min-jung in this. I kinda liked her in BOF. I’m not familiar with the male lead though (but the pic is hotness!).
if it’s the people from Last Scandal responsible for this drama, I’ll be sure to give it a try! …and is it just me or the picture of that guy kinda looks like Kim Hyun Joong (Jihu F4?) from a certain angle?
anyway, looking forward to this!
i usually don’t follow SBS dramas cause i don’t have the channel, but i might with this one cause of the good cast and scriptwriters.
wow..was just asking the folks at Soompi what is his latest project..Awesome!
Jung KyungHo is so gorgeous!!
thanks for the info, but where exactly does jung kyung ho fall into this story (besides being the male lead)?????????????
I would love to know what JKH’s role is!
Totally loved him in “Princess Jamyung”
Will be anticipating this project =)))