Moon Geun-young and Jang Geun-seok in a romantic comedy together? Yeah, I’ll be watching.
Mary Stayed Out All Night is the manhwa adaptation that features Jang Geun-seok as a hippie musician, and now Moon will be signing up for a contract marriage with his character. Her Mary role is the daughter of a failed businessman and falls into a love triangle with an indie-band singer (Jang) and a perfect chaebol (as yet uncast).
Moon has been busy in her theatrical debut with the stage play Closer since August, and will jump into the drama as soon as the play wraps in October. It’ll premiere on KBS in October, airing on Mondays and Tuesdays after Sungkyunkwan Scandal wraps.
Seriously, sign me up! Moon has long been considered one of the best actresses of her generation, and she can wring emotion and intensity out of confused chaos (see: Cinderella’s Sister). She has, however, shied away from the romantic comedy genre, and I’d LOVE to see her tackle something light and fun. (Jang, as we know, is great in trendies.) The only rom-com I’ve seen her in is My Little Bride, which was AGES ago, but she was adorable in it.
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I’d LOVE to see her tackle something light and fun.
my thoughts exactly!
OMG! I’ll definitely watch this!!!! MGY and JGS hwaiting!!!!
Oh man, I think these two may be my favourite actor/actress.. So keen!
If the story is good, this could be EPIC.
=DH
In the familiar words of an ultimate fangirl…
OMG SHAKING AND CRYING!!!!!!1!!!!!1
Yay!! This news made my Monday!!! Thanks JB! This drama will be a great year ender for me!!! Can’t wait for November
aside from this, i think there were two great drama news today. i am excited
oh my god oh my god oh my god….
i just squealed. THIS IS THE BEST NEWS OF THE DAY.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YEESSSSS!!!!!
YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! (jumps so excitedly)
YAYAYAYAAYYAYYYY!!!!!
sold!!!
Yay!!!
WOOTT LOVE THEM BOTH! Cant wait!
she’s a good actress and all but idk if i’m liking the pairing….idk if she’ll be able to match well with jgs in the looks department (no offense)
uhh what are u talking about. shes beautiful!
actually, he is much prettier than she is.
he may be prettier but she is much cuter, and an actual girl so.
Agreed, MGY has blossomed over the past couple of years and has become quite cute.
As for JGS, he’s a bit too effeminate-looking to be regarded as handsome (I guess “pretty” will do).
Anyway, MGY definitely has the chops to do a romantic comedy, not sure about JGS.
JGS just did in his last drama. No doubt in my mind he got ablility to do well in a romantic drama.
The Mumsome watched You’re Beautiful with me and the first thing she commented about JGS were that he looked like a ladyboy, or in our Canto slang – ‘agua’… (colloquially)…
He’s really beautiful… LOL.
I once saw a performance of his during MKMF in drag and I could barely recognise him…
She is actually quite pretty naturally and when she is completely made up she is down right beautiful. Also when they co-presented at the paeksang they looked fine together. You should wait to watch them on screen together before making any judgements. I mean I would of never imagined that Moon Geun Yeung and Kim Rae Won would work and they were down right adorable in My Little Bride.
good is an understatement. she’s the best actress of her generation. let’s see if JGS’s acting can be at par with MGY. so far in PotW and CS she outshined her leading men. she totally owned those 2 dramas, I’m not surprised if it’ll happen here also.
Totally agree. The pairing is cute. That’s no question! The question is can JGS be on par with MGY in acting. I mean, even Park Shin Yang got outshined by her
I would have to agree with you on this one. I’m probably a minority in this opinion but I’m not fond of Moon. I don’t find her appealing at all and I’m quite disappointed because I’m a big fan of JGS. I’m still holding onto a sliver of hope that things may change.
GeunGeun couple!!! <3
So excited. I love them both.
Long awaited GeunGeun couple!!! Will we have the best OTP evar? Thanks JB, best news for a black monday.
JGS has been waiting for this for like…omo! was all i can say hehe
OH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!! (nods) BRAVO BRAVOO!!!!!
This is definitely a must see
can’t wait to hear who the third lead is..
*sighs*
I was hoping they WOULDN’T cast MGY. =_=
Me too =/ I’m glad someone else shares my sentiments on this topic.
same here. i love her as an actress – i really do think she should play more lighthearted role, but i’m just not feeling her in this. maybe my thoughts will change until i see them in action.
once*
wow its like a wish come true in dramaland. October is going to be funnn….
YAAAAAAAAY!!!!….omg this just made my day big time!!…on the other hand hw the hell am i supposed to watch this and five other dramas at the same time!
oh great! i like this couple
super stoked now!!!
OMO!!! dreams do come true!!!!
i thought the coupling was too good to be true!!!
Really cannot wait for November… (or is it October?)
I’ve been yearning to see them in a screen together other than award shows for a while now. This news really made my day… \(^o^)/
Hopefully the rest of the cast would be good too. And hopefully the scripts wouldn’t disappoint. They would really need it to face Athena and Queen in rating battle… ^^;;
same here.. cant wait for the drama airing.. two incredible young actors..
omigod! i am dying of excitement here… i need a fast forward button to October!
Correct me if I’m wrong…. For some reason in my head I have classified this as a short drama, as in 4 episodes. Is this true or is it a regular full-length show?
Either way it sounds like it will be fun.
OMG…hurray! Finally a drama I am dying for. Can’t wait.
October is really my month aside from being my birth month!!!
My birthday present came a month early!!!!!
Yes YES YES!!!
Oh my god, I was keeping my hopes way down thanks to something known as Playful Kiss (remember when it was rumored to be Lee Bo Young & Lee Min Ho, and turned out to be Jung So Min (not bad) and Kim Hyun Joong (um, no)?) But since it’s confirmed, I can dance as I wish.
Yay yay yay yay!! I adore both the actors and actresses, who has acting ability and charisma in spades. Not to mention beauty.
She look sooo beautiful in that picture!! Great pair must see!!!!
YESSSSS!
This is so exciting! I’m really interested to see how this will turn out
OMG excite! I’d love to see MGY is a light-hearted role as well because she really is so cute.
Now I’m just looking foward to seeing who they cast as the chaebol!
Oh wow. Now I HAVE to watch it. She’s such a compelling actress, and pretty much the only reason I stuck with Cinderella’s Sister.
And, yeah. My Little Bride was adorabubbles. I remember being pleasantly shocked since I watched it after CS and did not know she was so *cute*.
The story still does nothing for me but I cannot miss it now.
i don’t even have the words to describe the incredibleness that will be this show. JGS and MGY? together? in a romcom? you serious javabeans? YAYYYYYYY for avid kdrama watchers!!
Yes, Very GOOD NEWS. Geun-Geun Couple. I know it this drama air after Sungkyunkwan Scandal means against Giant and Queen of Reversal. Kawaiiii Let watch this adorable couple when it air. \(^_^)/
Every now and then, JB, I have to marvel at the amazingly mature and impartial tone you keep up on this website. For instance:
“(Jang, as we know, is great in trendies.)”
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“JGS brings it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know it, suckers!!” That’s how I would have conveyed the same idea, I think. I could never be a good blogger.
yes!!! 2010 is officially the best k-drama year.
i totally agree with you!
MGY and JGS this is gonna be EPIC!
can’t wait!!!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES PLEASE.
i don’t know about the JGS and MGY pairing… -__-
BUT i will be watching for sure!!! ^__^
great news for a monday!
can’t wait!!! 2010 is turning out to be a wonderful year for k-drama addicts! so many series to watch and watch out for… there goes our social lives… hehehe.
Social Lives? Man, there goes my grades. XD
P.S. You still have a social life at this point? Psh, must be nice cause my social life amounts to nothing but work, school, and *sigh* homework. X/
Definitely so true! Me + drama = -running away from parents-
Parents: Do you have homework?
Me: …..
Parents: Did you get your grades back yet?
Me: …..
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!
Now this is FANTASTIC!!! GEUN-GEUN Couple is now a reality!!!! Fellow soompi fans, let’s do a dance!!! Woot woot!!
I bet y’all their thread on soompi probably will soon be popular!!!
Omigod!! This is going to be epic! Sign me up too!
GeunGeun couple …. yeah waiting … monday can be fun … thanks to K drama …. acting power house …
Can’t stop smiling, this is the best casting news ever. After seeing MGY is Cinderella’s Sister, this should be very interesting to watch. October needs to hurry up and get here already.
Hell to the yeah! This is gonna be amazing!
MADE ME GASP. For AIR. Literally.
I’m sold. I will be there with bells on.
I will be with you carrying blowhorns and kitchen pots and laddles they use to create so much noise during New Year’ Eve!
LOLL.
Seriously. Not even in my wildest dreams could I come up with better casting news than this.
yay!!!!! loooking forward to seeng the both of them pair up
YEEEEEEEEEEEEES.
so excited!
it’d be interesting to see them work together.
not really a fan of the plotline, but whatevs, they’ll bring it.
holy cow!!!!!!!! great casting
any ideas on the 2nd lead?
I hope the second male character Isn’t boring. I hope he has some kind of funny quirk or characteristic, because perfect men are blah to watch on tv. But then again, I loved yonghwa in you are beautiful…
I think I almost cried from happiness! Well, it’s kind of hard NOT to get excited about this drama…but I’m going to try real hard not to have super high expectations until I know who the rest of the cast and production team is. Knock on wood!
this news made my day! i really love these two! they finally team up after being together as presenters in various award shows =D both are good in acting and have huge fan base. competitions on that time slot would be tough, but with JGS and MGY already onboard, this drama is destined to succeed!