Actress Park Min-young is still on the set of her current drama City Hunter, but she’s already been cast in her next project. (By the by, doesn’t Park Min-young always star in the crack drama of the year, two years running? That’s some thunder. Perhaps she’ll be three for three before the year is even out.) She’ll be starring in the upcoming KBS drama Man of Honor, known also as the highly anticipated reteam of Baker King Kim Tak-gu‘s PD Lee Jung-seob and writer Kang Eun-kyung.
The drama is about two young people who overcome their fates and find love. Park will be playing a young woman who dreams of becoming a nurse like Florence Nightingale, even as she struggles with a harsh life. So not a light and fluffy drama, this one.
Not that I’d expect anything different from the Baker King team — that drama pretty much branded them as the overcoming-down-and-out-circumstances-to-achieve-your-dream drama people, though truthfully that drama drove me kind of nutty with its makjang story elements. Everything’s all Fate with a capital F and Destiny with a capital D, but the B didn’t stand for baking so much as Birth secrets. But for all its faults, Baker King was a ratings juggernaut, so they certainly know how to make a drama addictive.
The real question is who will play her leading man. Chun Jung-myung is reportedly up there as the top contender, which is just all manner of squee-inducing. So much pretty. But the lead role is still unconfirmed, so we’ll have to wait and see. My fear is that somehow this drama cocktail is going to end up Cinderella’s Sister crossed with Baker King, which might make me hurl. But there’s a chance it’ll be more triumph-of-the-human-spirit, less I-love-you-but-you-might-be-my-sister, right? RIGHT?
Man of Honor follows The Princess’s Man and premieres in October on KBS.
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LOVE PIE!
Like her.
She has made a better impression on me with CH than SKKS, but she certainly isn’t the best actress out there.
As far as their OTP, I can’t see sparks. He needs someone flinty to work against, PMY is too soft. We will see.
me too me too! Pie – Helloooooo
and quite the choice picker of roles
Shes pretty good too
but someone who will click with Pie?
such a toughy…
lee min jung?
and thats all ive got for now. must recharge braincells.
oooooor Park Min Youngs good too hehe
Oooh Lee Min Jung! <3 You're right. She's like the Jeon Ji Hyun of kdramas… (
MLJ – Yes, she would be good.
Does Jeon Ji Hyun not do dramas?
I’m not sure… I mostly see/hear about her in movies. She seems like one of those Won Bin/So Ji Sub types who do dramas like once in 10 years then move on to make 10 movies in a year.
If I was wrong, forgive my failed analogy, O Queen of Pie-Adoration.
@mary!
HA!
I am not alone in my PIE-doration…
nothing against PMY, but would love to see Lee Min Jung
PMY, he a bit stiff for me.
Who else would be the first to comment in this post?
HA!
When I saw there were no comments yet, I actually took my time to read it thorughly before posting, I really did!
Thanks for sharing the secret of getting the 1st comment award in Dramabeans
Secure your place first then read the article after!
Aha, you even stared at PIE’s picture for two minutes before posting. But PIE was reserving 1st place just for you, right?
OMG Jomo congratulation for the 1st comment!
Lucky girl she is… Lee Min-hoo, Park Yuchun, now pie
And she got the awesome girl characters so far
Another Cinderella’s Sister would make me hurl.
Another Baker King would make me cheer. =]
Those are two examples of how to (Baker King) and how not to (CS) do melodrama well.
I never actually watched Baker King but I did watch Cinderella’s sister.
I completely concur, but I only wish there were a way of knowing that it will end up like CS before I invest 10 hours in it, haha.
She’s so cute~~ I dunno how she’ll manage to pull out the Nightingale in distress… however, she is definitely in her way to be one of the most successful 2nd generation actresses after the Son Ye Jin, Kim Haneul and so on era… hopefully she make it to the top… Min Young Hwaiting!!!
I didn’t like Baker King very much so I don’t know what to think of this new drama.
what!and again she is paired with a Hot.. HOOOOT guy!!!damn!one lucky girl:)
Is it weird that I like those two dramas she’s in…but I never sort of really love her…I even like her characters…and she’s not a terrible actress…but something’s just missing..
Now I’m really taking it personally….
first it was the boys of Bigbang…GD and TOP fighting over her
next it was the pretty boys of SKKS, especially Geolro
and then City Hunter himself- Lee Min HoT
.. and now it will be Chun Jung- myung!!!
I’m really dying of envy..
PARK MIN-YOUNG!!!! WHY SO LUCKY???
did she save Korea or something in her past life?
Maybe She was Hong Gil Dong in her past life. yes that must be it!!!
GD and TOP fighting over her? In a MV?
Try Haru Haru
After watching that, try “Haru Haru Jae Suk Parody”
I fcking adore that song/MV.
What i wouldnt pay to get my face cheek-to-cheek with GD!
http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/fl/l6/6p/ddywl.gif
But she GETS PAY for doing that!
She also modeled for Spris (or was it Everest? Ugh. Can’t remember the name of the brand.) with Kim Kibum and Heechul of SuJu (2007? I was a big fan of both that time) and then with Lee Junki who is the greatest love of my life (same year, I think). Even back then I was already thinking, “This girl is dayum lucky she gets to work with the guys I like. I wanna be her. XDDD” So it seems her luck to be partnered with hot, popular guys continues. Who wouldn’t be envious.
UGH I KNOW!!! seriously the text before the jump actually cut at “(By the by, doesn’t Park Min-young always….”
and i was like, “….get the hottest boys”?!?!?!? UM, YES, ROAR!
heheheh
MAN, i gotta rack me up some good freakin karma! what’s the secret, park min young? should i go save some baby dolphins or something??!?!
Forget dolphins. We probably need to save a WHOLE COUNTRY to get that much good karma.
If only saving your country meant seducing a Hallyu star a la Spy Myung Wol… *sigh*
I’d gladly seduce a Hallyu star to save my country (and be like PMY in return), however, fan girls are really just too scary..:P
OMG that would be some AWESOME karma in the next life..i MEAN!!!! a million good karama points!—you’d have to fight all them netizens and ahjummas along the way?? it’s like a real life mario brothers video game!!!!!!
PMY and Lee Yeon Hee are seriously crazy lucky with the amount of hotties they get to work with. have you seen the new north face ads LYH did with TOP?!? gahhhh
I thought it’s not JUST TOP…it’s with Big Bang (minus Daesung?) but they just released the TOP ones so far…
She also worked with So Ji Sub AND Hyun Bin..
UGHHHH~ So effing lucky, no doubt.
And Song Seung Hun.
I really had high hopes for CS, but .. ugh. And I sorta have high hopes for this drama, but like everyone else, i just hope it doesnt turn out to be another CS :S PRAYYYYYYYY
Whoa, she’s going to have another drama soon? That’s fast. I like her in Sungkyunkwan, and now City Hunter. She has certain appeal that made viewers like her character and her acting
I love City Hunter to bits, and almost everything about it, but to me, she is the weakest link. Not a fan of her acting, but I must admit she is one very lucky actress.
Awesome! Park Min-young is probably my second favorite actress, after Han Hyo-joo, whom I’m sad to say I haven’t seen much of lately (Dong Yi was a tad too long for my tastes).
OMG, hopefully this doesn’t mean no second season of City Hunter…
I could never finish Baker King. There were always more important things in life for me to do.
I’ve never seen PMY outside of SKKS so I’m not sure how much she improved after that. With all the rave reviews of City Hunter, I’m assuming she improved a lot. About CJM, well it’s friggin Chun Jung-Myun. I’ll watch him in whatever.
If you haven’t watched City Hunter yet, get on that now! She’s much better than SKKS, plus she’s not pretending to be a guy almost all the time, so it’s a lot better.
Okay I will I promise! I’m experiencing watcher’s block (is that even possible?) so that might take a while. I haven’t even finished Best Love yet. I’m bad.
Wow. O_o That’s so FAST, lolz.
I think it’s a great opportunity for Park Min Young will able to join another drama with that cutie pie Chun Jung Myung — because PMY have to do this & she will accomplish to made her so proud of herself like she will become so wonderful actress, I am sure about this, heh!
FIGHTING, Park Min Young! Go get your gold luck! ^__^
Oooooo. How interesting.
I hope Park Min Young will be all right when she might be tired after City Hunter is over soon, I guess so. Well, she might want to do busy by herself if she will join another drama. Stay Strong!
(CLAPS-CLAPS) Bravo, Bravo, Park Min Young.
this is great and all, but is anyone else seriously turned off by chun jung myung’s crustache? it has to go ><
I’m happy to see her jumping right into another role – she’s making hay while the sun shines
I think that her turn in City Hunter was an excellent one. She’s sweet, open and emotive. I can totally see her taking on the role of a nurse-like character, and she’s shown that she can hold her own against the hotness factor of her leading man.
Will look forward to watching this new project.
And speaking of CH, this is a bit OT, but just watched ep 19. JB will be relieved to have her blood-thirst eased considerably by the latest development. I, on the other hand, feel a crying jag coming on. Excuse me while I go hunt up a fresh box of tissues….
Yeah, I can’t articulate why I like her, like you did so well, but I do. People keep pointing out that she’s not the greatest actress, which is true, but I’m still drawn to her for some reason. I think she’s best in comedic scenes – the faces she makes crack me up!
YAY.. love both of them they can make a handsome couple..
I like your comment
“My fear is that somehow this drama cocktail is going to end up Cinderella’s Sister crossed with Baker King, which might make me hurl. But there’s a chance it’ll be more triumph-of-the-human-spirit, less I-love-you-but-you-might-be-my-sister, right? RIGHT?”
I agree with you. I even post it in my blog, heee thank you girlfriday
well baker king was a high ratings magnet- bit diff and bit addictive to most ahjumma’s- i watched the front and d end- but was bit disinterested in some episodes. CS was too melodramatic- that said it has a good cast- n actually do have its devoted followers. i agree that PMY seems to be the current ‘female face of korea’s drama’ – i have nothing against her- she’s such a cutie but not the most talented but all this opportunities will let her improve. I like CJM too – but there’s a;ways last minute changes so v shall c..
i was surprised to find that i liked “king of baking”…i watched it after it ended..so after a really long time….cinderella’s sister on the other hand i watched fairly early…and omg….it was just too melo for my taste…i stopped halfway though i liked the cast…god knows how it ended…hehehehe
OMAGAH THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE GREATEST NEWS OF THE DAY!!!!
I’m totally up for the minyoung-jungmyung pairing, just because, yeah, like GF says, so much pretty, well much prettiness in a drama won’t hurt, right?
i fell , hard, for CJM since CS and i always squee whenever i see PMY in city hunter, (though mostly because leeminhot was also in the screen, too) but she’s awesome and she’s going to stay that way.
with such great PD, writer, and cast, this will surely be one of the most anticipated dramas of the year, just the right drama to make up for my soon-to-be city hunter withdrawal syndrome.
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I am probably in the minority here…but I actually like her as an actress. I frankly can’t think of any scene in SKKS or CH where her character could have been portrayed better.
If I was ever disapointed with a scene in these two crack dramas (which happened rarely), it was because of where they made her character go …like damsel in distress (not so good) instead of strong superfighter (great!).
For those who don’t like her acting, can you think of an example?
I don’t have a problem with her acting either. I don’t think she draws attention to herself or plays her characters badly. I think it’s just fashionable to label her a bad actress without even thinking about it.
Love me some Chun Jung-myung…still need to finish 15 episodes of The Duo.
i need to get started on this one! for him! (but.. is it worth it? i’m not very good with dramas that span more than 20 episode…)
She is indeed lucky to be cast with so many hot guys. Sounds like they have a good team going. The only question is does PMY have the ability to discard her Nana character completely to immerse in her new role in such a short time? Will the viewers have a short memory?
I want her job.
Of course, I’d have to be her age, too, ‘cuz no hottie’s gonna look at an old ahjumma like me, lol. I got kids older than both of those guys.
Hated CS. OK, “hated” might be a bit strong. I watched until the bitter end, but it left a bad taste for melodramas. To be fair, I watched Bad Guy before that. I don’t mind drama if it has some comic relief every once in awhile. But, depressing melodrama….who needs it? I get enough with my melodramatic real sister, don’t need it in my “escape tv”.
I like PMY, I’d like to see her take on a meatier role, just to see what she’s made of, but I like the characters she’s played so far.
OK, rambled enough…got real life to attend to.
interesting… in korea, i think people actually consider park min-young a good actress, and chun jung-myung has been criticized for bad acting in his past couple of jobs (including cinderella sister).
i wonder if it’s the difference between international fans and fans in korea who are fluent in korean and the culture. i have seen praise for park min-young especially for her clarity of voice and pronunciation when she says her lines, which they consider an important trait of “classic” vocal training in actors. on the other hand, you’ll see a lot of criticism for actresses like choi ji-woo and yoon eun-hye for their “sloppy” pronunciation…
i think she had a lot of anti-fans before SKKS, but after the drama she won a lot of fans and praise.
i myself, LOVE park min-young. i thought she was superb in SKKS. not only for her clear voice, but she was pitch-perfect in portraying any of the emotions that each scene required.
in city hunter she was great in he beginning, but lately some of the scenes seem off to me. her character’s relationship with yoon-sung/lee min-ho took a downturn, and while lee min-ho acts those scenes with a very solemn quiet demeanor, her energy is still a little high… so it kind of comes off as mismatched and awkward, i dunno. also she’s not getting any good lines/scenes written for her.
anyways. i’m excited for park min-young being in another drama. i kinda hope it will be somebody else rather than chun jung-myung though… just can’t get excited about him. how about song joong-ki?? now i could get excited about that! (although i think he’s supposed to play a young king se-jong in another drama.)
I’m not Korean but I think I and the rest of the international fans can still tell whether a korean actor/actress is good with acting, I mean, of course we can’t tell if the pronunciation is right but other than that criterion, one can still tell whether an actor is being TOO cute or TOO melodramatic. Gong hyo-jin and jung ryeo-won have this natural feel in their acting and I think everyone, koreans and non-koreans alike can attest to that. As for min young, she still lacks that spark, she can’t make me cry. Heck, gong hyo jin made me cry just by looking at cha seung-won!
Yoon sang hyun, cha seung won, hyun bin are some of the actors I can think of who are really really good. They can make you giddy or sad with one look! No need to talk.
Wow, that’s long!
I agree with you, Mei. Park Min-young is quite serviceable, but she doesn’t do anything for me. I’ve only just now gotten around to watching City Hunter for real, and Lee Min-ho is rocking my world like two hurricanes while Park Min-young leaves me cold. I don’t think she’s a bad actress. She might even be good. It’s just that I don’t connect with her. Like, at all. I don’t feel anything from her, and any enjoyment I get out of her scenes usually stems from the fact that her character has good stuff to do on screen with other characters. You know, sometimes there are some actors that don’t connect with some people. I’m one of those people and she’s one of those actors. But even as I find myself rather stoic, I can appreciate that she’s doing what she’s supposed to do, and she’s certainly expressive, so that’s something. And she’s definitely more successful than I am, so that’s another thing. Plus, she seems sweet and adorable. Seriously, she’s cute as a button! Korea loves their adorable, button-cute girls.
I figure that maybe I’m just biased against the girl because I’m in love with Lee Min-ho and wishing he were kissing me, but I still have a raging girl-crush on Shin Mina because of her amazing performance in My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho. I love her so hard, my goodness. Sometimes people get you in the heart. Sometimes they don’t. And that’s OK.
As for Chun Jung-myung … yikes. Unfortunately I’m only familiar with him from Cinderella’s Sister, and that just ruins him for me, even as I can tell that he’s supercute. I’m not much for makjang. I get enough of that in my real life, so I tend to shy away from that on screen. If JB and Girlfriday recap this, I’ll wait to see what they say since I usually agree with them, and I’m way, waaay too lazy to check out all of these dramas for myself. Heh.
i guess who you like as an actor is just subjective.
i just wonder about the language barrier when opinion seems to differ so much about actors on message boards here as opposed to in korea. for example, many people in korea think brad pitt and keanu reeves are great actors, but not so much here in the states.
Not really. I don’t think Brad Pitt & Keanu Reeves are great actors and I’m not from the States. The thing about having extra ordinarily good looks could also be a curse if (s)he wants to be recognised as a legitimate actor.
Yes, she lacks the spark! I think maybe from a technical point of view she’s a good actress: great pronunciation, appropriate facial emotions. But she doesn’t really burst out of the screens and grabs you by the heart. It’s not her fault though, because that kind of energy is only preserved for the very few. Emotional connection with the audience can be felt even with a language barrier.
I second you that. Gong Hyo Jin? Gah you know some people said t me that SHE’S NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS ANY OTHER KOREAN ACTRESSES but GAWD, her acting is… it’s just hard to find other actresses who have that perfect skill of acting. She has talent that viewers deserve to enjoy.
TRUE THAT! Gong hyo-jin is one of a kind.
And yes, liking an actor is subjective for the most of it, I LIKE SONG HYE-GYO for christ’s sakes! And objectively, she’s not that great of an actress.
PMY’s sure making some comeback into drama world!! good luck to her and PIE!! I was pretty scared that we wouldn’t be able to see him for a bit after his accident, but this probably means that he’s doing fine, which is what I primarily glad about here..as far as the drama is concerned, I’m not particularly thrilled about the BK team reunion here…still, I’l wait and see how this turns out…PIE is a good project picker, so I wont loose hope
So I’m happy Park Min Young will go straight off the City Hunter set and into her next drama… Can we hope the same for Lee Min Ho? I want to see him in more than one drama a year…
Maybe I’m a little crazy from seeing Eric too much in Myung Wol the Spy but that picture atop of Chun Jung Myung looks like Eric.
I thought the same thing!
I thought so too! that’s a pretty hot pic of CJM!
Can’t this girl give us at least til next year to recover from City Hunter before she stars in any other drama?!
Since this post is about PMY anyway…
Oh, hell!!!! I just watched City Hunter and I think they finally killed someone. I’ll wait around 9 hours for GF’s recaps….No, no, no, no, no, no!!!!
(Just saw the 1000+ posts in ep18 CH recaps and people’s reactions to 19!)
sure hope you are right and it is the second choice or i will hurl with you! i just can’t handle so much angst no matter who stars in it. i will take and up and coming triumph feel good drama anytime. rom com are the best however! light and fluffy and good looking, except when the cliches hit you over the head every episode. then they can join the angst hurl ones! anyway, doesn’t chun jung-myung remind you of someone(with the facial hair) starring in a drama right now who just got out of the army and is so gorgeous? perhaps an eric look alike? gorgeous i say! anyway, i’ll take this one with park min young for sure and double if he is cast also! unless i have to hurl, then it is really an unwatchable like cinderella sister was.
I hope that JB and Girlfriday do recap this drama and, if it does indeed turn out to be like Cinderella’s Sister, I hope they continue recapping to the bitter end. Why, you ask? Because these women are facking hilarious when they’re at their wits’ end with annoyance and/or homicidal rage. Of course, that would tick off a lot of readers, so maybe they shouldn’t do that. Still, I would find it funny.
Of course, I just hope the drama turns out to be good. Happy Beanie-unni + Happy Girlfriday-unni = happy readers.
Hey, I’ve been going to therapy for the rage. It’s not MY FAULT if a drama sucks donkey balls. I’m just abiding by the rules of the universe wherein dramas must be good, or they pay the price. Even animals kill their own young if they’re lame. Survival of the fittest.
So…yeah… maybe I lied about the therapy…
Pffft. Oh, Friday Girl, I hope I need not point out to you the irony of lying about being in therapy. As penance, say ten Hail Marys and … give up Gong Yoo. *dives headfirst into nuclear bunker*
I hadn’t discovered your blog yet when I muddled through CS. But, I might have to find a couple of archived posts now.
She is so pretty! I love her in City Hunter, which I wish it will be a never ending drama. Haha. BUT, Chun Jung-Myung does not match with her if he is really the leading man for this drama. At least find someone better looking and a better actor. His acting in ‘The Duo’ was so poor that I cheered on the other leading man, haha.
Dang, shes on the ball.
I love you guys (JB and GF that is)…i can’t see these two pairing up (I love them both). I can’t see PMY with any other except for LMH! Oh the curse of City Hunter!!!! I hope it’s better than Cinderella Sister otherwise I might tear all my hair out.
Maybe this drama will actually be good because park minyoung’s on a roll with the pickin of the dramas. But then again, i thought the same of yoon eunhye…
I hope this drama will challenge her more. While PMY’s character in CH is kickass, I don’t think the role really challenges her or anything. I thought she did a muuuuch better with SKKS.
People rag on her acting, but it is always possible to improve. I will always take Sung Yuri as the prime example of a really bad actress who has improved enough to really get into character and make the audience feel for her. And PMY is still pretty okay/good, even if she isn’t great.
Anyways, congrats PMY!!!!
Some of you talk abt how lucky she is to paired off with such hot guys…but really isn’t almost every kdrama male lead hot?? You can’t escape the hotness!
I totally agree with you. I like her acting in more SKKS than in CH. I think there’s still a lot to improve on though, but still I really like in fact love her.
Career wise, I think this is a good choice.
Actually, I think the guys are just as lucky to have her as a leading lady as she is to have them as leading men. Lol.
PMY is one LUCKY girl. She’s been staring w/ HOT guys lately (especially the IT guys of the moment.
lurrrrvvveeeeeeeeeeeeee him.
Im…sick of her:(
BUt chun jung myung?! whatever he is in, I am on board!!
Not really a fan of her acting but I must admit I have only seen her in Sungkyunkwan scandal. Maybe I will like her in a new drama..?!
Oh this piece of news actually makes me sad. Park Min-young cast in a new project just reaffirms that City Hunter is really ending T_T.
I don’t think she can do well in ”sad/suferring scenes”
Her acting in these scenes lack. When I saw her flashback of her parents accident I was disappointed. she couldn’t even bring me to get moved and her tears looked so fake… she was better in SKKS.
*Suffering. And I was talking about her role as Kim Nana.
I swear Park Min Young has the best agency ever, scoring so many juicy roles along with the hottest young male actors! I just wish her acting was A LOT stronger (she’s usually pretty serviceable but her flaws are glaring when acting with someone as talented as Lee Min Ho).
LOL. AGAIN PMY? AGAIN? Aren’t you tired already?
Coz I’m so tired of seeing you swarming on my screen these days. Allkpop and other sites are doing no good either with her excessive and sometimes not-too-important news.
Enjoy your popularity while you can, let’s see if in the next decade you’ll still be like this or not. :p
Not a big fan of CJM, so I’ll definitely pass it.
NEXT topic please!!
*Coz I’m so tired of seeing you swarming on my screen these days. Allkpop and other sites are doing no good either with her excessive and sometimes not-too-important news* I’m so into that.
i LOVE park min young for her acting abilities….she’s a real good actress…and if somebody cant see that then u need some thicker glasses …hahah…i think she’s alot better than some of the other actresses out there…so if the girl can act then give her the credit ….maybe she’ll win another award this year!! hwaiting PMY !!!
I love Park Min Young. Liked her SKKS and liking her in CH. So happy for her that she’s got another project lined up.
Wow, that will surely make her an A-lister. If a Kimtakgu-esque success is her third homerun.