Badass spy Kim Seung-woo (IRIS, Athena) is turning into a badass dad for his new movie, I Am Dad, starring the little girl from Won Bin’s Ajusshi (The Man From Nowhere). That casting, along with the basic premise, is eliciting comparisons that call this a second Ajusshi in the making. Since Ajusshi performed quite well, that’ll be something to aspire to, no doubt.
I Am Dad also has elements of Hollywood film Taken, as Kim Seung-woo plays a man out to save his beloved daughter, no matter the cost. In so doing, he embraces his dark side to commit villainous deeds, all in the name of fatherly love. Lucky Kim Sae-ron! First she gets to be rescued by her hot oppa/ajusshi Won Bin (and go to all those fancy awards shows hand-in-hand with him), and now she gets Kim Seung-woo as her hot appa/ajusshi? The girl’s living the dream, I tell ya.
Kim, who’s married to actress Kim Nam-joo, is a father of two in real life, and this will be his first time playing a villainous character. Although, since he’s the hero, I suppose it’s more that he’s playing a dark protagonist, rather than an outright baddie. And given how smoldering Kim can be when he’s playing a good guy, I’m anticipating he’ll burn up the screen playing an angry, avenging father figure.
The movie also stars Sohn Byung-ho (Yacha, 49 Days), who plays a man who loses everything because of Kim Seung-woo, and sets out to get his revenge. Also cast are Choi Jung-yoon (Smile, You) and Im Ha-ryong (Good Morning, President).
I Am Dad is set for an April 14 release.
(Below is Kim Sae-ron with Won Bin in Ajusshi. Sigh. Jealous.)
Via Asiae
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Ooooh so KSS as a dark hero? An anti-hero? Anyway, regardless, he’s going to be so good, omg! \o/
haha…i love how you are talking about KSS but still manage to bust out photos of won bin. too cute.
LOL Oh…fries.
SOOOO Jealous of the Little girl!!I feel Bad BUT still
This kinda premise works every time. Save her Appa!
Headline typo? No fair making me think it was Kim Seung-soo, got me all excited.
lol……i think JB made a small error….i got a little excited hearing Kim Seung Soo too…it’s alright because Kim Seung Woo is also my fav ahjussi
OoO… Totally anticipating this film! Great casts and plot! I’ve seen the film Taken… super uber good (If you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it!)! Can’t wait! =D
so this is basically just like a mish mash of Ahjussi and Kim Myung Min’s Man of Vendetta….sounds fair enough but I do wish they’d do something about the title….I am Dad sounds very wierd
Girl is living the dream, seriously. There’s been a slew of films like this, so here’s hoping they do something a bit different.
I clicked on this article anticipating one news, reading about another and in the end…. not processing any of it at all because of WonBin’s fine as–uhh– picture.
WOW! Kim Sae Ron looks all grown-up now!!
Niiiiiiiiiiice. This is pretty sweet. I liked Ajusshi loads, and I think I might like this as well. I just hope it’s not the same thing. You know, sort of like watching Tumbling knowing full well that it’s in many ways similar to the lovable ROOKIES and how it is narrated, add in the emphasis on each student/teammate, similar to the awesome Gokusen franchise, and fight sequences that are comparable to Crow Zero (I, II). Lucky for me, I love anything starring misunderstood delinquents, badass good guys, anti-heroes (like the V for Vendetta, it’s ok if a lot of people don’t like that one because I very much enjoyed it) or in this case, a dark protagonist. Even if it’s similar in tone, as long as it does something new or tugs at me heartstrings, I’m down with it.
P.S. I love me some j-doramas, but what’s with the constant capitalization of stuff: ROOKIES, BOSS, FACE MAKER, GOLD, JIN, LIFE, RESCUE….. most of which I haven’t seen yet, but I think I’ve made my point. I wonder if it depends on the Kanji, Hiragana, or Katakana being used. Or, it’s just an eye grabber technique. Sorry, being random on a Monday. X/
GEEZ. I’m so in love with those dorama reference.
JIN is my favourite all time dorama.
KYAAA! A fellow j-dorama watcher. Hajimemadshite@
I love Crow Zero 1 & 2. Shun Oguri is the coolest.
This made my day! I LOVE Ajusshi so much and Won bin with that little girl is just awesome! Her acting is pretty solid. Can’t wait to see this movie!!!!! XD
Seriously this girl is so damn lucky. And KSW as an Anti-Hero is definitely my cup of tea
I wonder if this little girl knows just how lucky she is. I mean, Won Bin AND Kim Seung-woo. I’ll just sit here and watch them from my laptop screen. T_T
Why is saving the child is Anti-Hero and bad ass? I think many mothers/fathers would even kill another child when it saves hers. Desperate people don’t care for sensitivity.
I look forward to this movie. KSW as cool Rambolike father ;D.
I have a total crush on this real life ahjussi. Kim Seung Woo~ gushes. I’m not exactly thrilled to hear that the plot is similar to Taken though. Hopefully it’d be a better execution.
By the way did you notice you misspelled KSW’s name in the URL as “kim-seung-soo-cast-as-a-badass-dad”.
Oh man this sounds pretty awesome. Haven’t had the chance to watch Adjusshi yet, but I have watched Taken and I was quite taken (haha) by it. So this should be right up my alley.
Also, can’t help but comment on the Kim Nam-joo link because…wow. I forgot about the last two photos of them being all hotly suggestive and badass burning for each other. We need to have that smouldering of this couple show up on the screen at some point soon!