Newly married Lee Chun-hee (Gloria) and precocious young actress Kim Sae-ron (Do You Hear My Heart?) are teaming up to play uncle and niece in a new movie by Mom’s a Whore and Dad’s a Dog director Lee Sang-woo. Seriously, does this girl have all the luck or what? She got to act in Ajusshi with Won Bin, I Am Dad with Kim Seung-woo, and now Lee Chun-hee. Course, it’s hard to hold anything against her when she’s just so darned endearing; she’s currently winning hearts the country over with the weekend drama Do You Hear My Heart?
Director Lee’s also the writer for this movie, titled Bobby, which features the friendship between a Korean girl, Soon-young, and an American boy named, you guessed it, Bobby. Kim Sae-ron plays Soon-young, a young girl living with her younger brother, mentally handicapped father and loutish uncle (Lee Chun-hee). Despite her humble circumstances, she maintains her innocence and sense of hope.
The movie touches on the issue of international adoptions, with Lee Chun-hee’s character, Uncle Mang-taek, working as an adoption broker with visions of getting rich quick. He sounds like a rough character to like, as Mang-taek makes the very bold move of trying to adopt out his own niece to the U.S., in what is described as a “provocative acting transformation” for Lee.
I’d say Lee has played a range of characters in his career thus far (which includes the trendy drama Only You, fusion sageuk Conspiracy in the Court, conventional sageuk Great King Sejong, family drama Smile You, war series Road No. 1, and weekend drama Gloria) — but this hard-to-sympathize-with wastrel may be his biggest change yet. The role will show him stooping to all sorts of behavior in the name of making some fast cash, characterized by lots of swearing and violence as well.
Bobby began filming last month and is currently still in production. It has already stirred some buzz for being invited to the Pusan International Film Festival, and will also enter the Venice Film Festival.
Via Osen
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Woahhh.. Lee Chun Hee and this little girl (Kim Sae Ron).
Nice team!!
She is so very cute. Is it the angle or does she have some serious big feet. o.o
Big shoes i say.
I think it’s just big shoes. You can see that the end of her feet doesn’t quite go up to the end of the shoe.
This kid is sooooooooooooooo Lucky!!I’m pretty sure she will get their numbers…hahahah.Thnx JB
love herand him!!!! gr8 cast
Another movie to add to my to-watch list! Thanks, JB!
My must watch list <3
My favourite actor+ my favourite child actress <3
Lee Chun Hee is such a underrated actor. I hope after this movie, he’ll get more attention and recognition for his acting talent.
OK, who else thought of the Bollywood movie Bobby?
Only me? Oh ok….
*quietly goes back into hidey hole*
Me Me Me! i was thinking of the same. u can come out of hidey hold.
More projects = more awards night appearances = more cute outfits
This girl must have “saved a country in her past life”
I wonder what country that was…
She may have been lucky to be cast, but holy OPPA, she took the hackeysack and ran with it in CYHMH.
Is it just me or does Kim sae-ron bear some resemblance to Lee Chun-hee? I mean they can act as father and daughter and I would believe that they actually are :S.
i totally thought the same thing!
Chun hee, why you so mean??
But seriously…luckiest little girl in the world is right. This role for her though reminds me of her previous role in Can You Hear My Heart. “a young girl living with her younger brother, mentally handicapped father and loutish uncle” In CYHMH it was more like: a young girl living with her ungrateful older brother, mentally handicapped step-father and spazzy grandma.
I’m looking forward to this nonetheless.
Lee Chun Hee also has also acted incredibly in a couple of movies. In “Beauty,” a film in which he played a police officer, he transformed himself into a totally different person.
I saw that films too and it was the first time I had ever come across him. He was kind of a creeper in that role so it has been hard for me to get that image out of my mind but after seeing CITC and Smile, You he has grown on me a bit.
I love them both and this sounds like it would really be a good movie.
Love love her in ‘Do You Hear My Heart?’ such good chemistry with her mentally disordered dad.
I like Lee Chun Hee. He’s a very good actor.
But I have a different feeling with the kid. I watched her in Ahjussi. She lacks emotion. I didn’t feel her acting. Her eyes were blank.
I think the blank look suited her character in Ahjussi though since she seemed to be somewhat numb inside after the crummy life she had to endure. And when she was around Won Bin’s character she seemed more bright and lit up a bit.
I like Chun Hee and his acting but everytime I see him in a drama, images of his from Family outing keep popping in my head that I can’t help but laugh
haha same here. such an awesome show.
This movie sounds really interesting. I’m a Korean adoptee and would love to find out more about it. If you know where I can find more info, please pass along.
Thx!
Well, i don’t know if you can find english subs for it, but actually Kim SaeRon’s first movie was “Une vie toute neuve” which deals with adoption (the director is a korean adoptee). So it may interest you too !
The English title is A Brand New Life, hope that helps.
The title sounds strange. Did we lose something in translation?
How is is strange? It’s “Bobby”, because the main love interest of the girl is named Bobby.
Maybe you got it mixed up with the director’s previous film, “Mom’s A Whore & Dad’s A Dog”?
omo Chundrella how i missed you. A movie with two people i like…. I am so watching this
“Newly married Lee Chun-hee (Gloria) and precocious young actress Kim Sae-ron (Do You Hear My Heart?) are teaming up to play uncle and niece in a new movie by Mom’s a Whore and Dad’s a Dog director Lee Sang-woo.”
On first reading I thought they were married to each other in real life and it just seemed creepy. I’m so glad I was wrong.
Its hard for me to take Chunderella serious since Family Outing, but I do appreciate his work.
And KSR, oh how can you be so lucky, at such a young age…?! *envy*
CHUN HEEEEEEEE. can he go back on variety? preferably take joongki’s place in running man…
It was hilarious when the school kids on a bus yelled that. lol
I thought you meant Lee Chun-hee was married to Kim Sae-ron, then then bout of stupidity went away. Thank god LOL
I read it the same way.
“newly married Lee Chun-hee” yeah, newly married to his co-star Jun Hye-jin from Smile, You! I’m sorry, I just still can’t get over the cuteness of that. I NEVER will!
What?? He married her in real life? Oh that is adorable! Especially if their real personalities are anything close to their drama personalities. Too cute!
i thought he was just okay looking, but the more i visited this site, and the more i saw his face, the more i think he’s freakin good looking.