Song Chang-eui cast in new drama

6 January 2, 2010January 2, 2010

by javabeans

Actor Song Chang-eui has picked his next project, which’ll be the SBS drama Life Is Beautiful [인생은 아름다워]. The series features a family living on Jeju Island and is already attracting notice for being another Kim Soo-hyun project (the writer, not the Will It Snow For Christmas actor). Kim is one of the most successful drama scriptwriters in Korea and has cultivated something of a brand; she’s well-known for creating mega-hit dramas like Mom’s Dead Upset and My Man’s Woman.

Furthermore, this will be a reunion for writer Kim and PD Jung Eul-young, and the cast includes some familiar faces from previous Kim-Jung projects: there’s Mom’s Dead Upset‘s Jang Mi-hee, Precious Family‘s Kim Hae-sook, and My Man’s Woman‘s Kim Sang-joong. Kim Hae-sook (who is most recently of Thirst and is affectionately called “Korea’s Mom”) and Jang Mi-hee will play in-laws when their children marry.

Writer Kim has reportedly shut herself in her writer’s room in Jeju while working on this project, but she did have a say in Song Chang-eui’s casting. I’m not a great fan of Kim Soo-hyun dramas, but admittedly they are very watchable. Even when they center around makjang fixtures like adultery (as in My Man’s Woman), she avoids being slapped with the makjang tag (which is often used in a pejorative sense) because of the writing quality. I also like Song Chang-eui, whose recent projects include Scale of Providence and Cinderella Man; the latter was a wash for his career, but the former was better-received. Life Is Beautiful will air in March.

Via Star News

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1 Dele

January 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM

Loved him in Golden Bride, so I will have to check this out.

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2 gailt

January 2, 2010 at 12:50 PM

me too. I like SCH, especially in "Wedding." So is this going to be a long drama with makjang elements?

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3 Icarusfalls

January 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM

@Dele - I loved him in golden bride as well... never finished the series though.. =.="

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4 Jo

January 2, 2010 at 2:28 PM

My family greatly enjoyed Mom's Dead Upset.
however it gave my mom ideas. lol.
For a while she started talking about moving out and doing things she wanted to do, not things for the family. whoo-those were crazy times. but I understand her heart, as well as the heart of the drama. Very nice and realistic, I think.

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5 Brendel

January 3, 2010 at 9:18 AM

I first noticed Song Chang Eui in Cinderella Man and found his acting okay. Too bad I had to stop watching the dram as it was painful watching KSW act like he forgot his real age.

I hope Life is Beautiful will do well in the ratings.

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6 Micheru

January 4, 2010 at 4:12 PM

hooray, Song Chang Eui finally used his head and pick a better project than "Cinderella Man". though, i like SCE in "CM", i felt his acting didn't get anywhere in there and the role was a hindrance to his budding ced. kind of like what happened to Lee Yo Won after she starred in two successful comeback dramas. she also chose to star in another Kwon vehicle. "Bad Love", anyone? -_-