Drama Casting & News
Kim Jae-won confirms drama with Lee Jia
by | September 21, 2011 | 49 Comments

Remember Me Too, Flower? From all of 12, and then 24 hours ago? Now it’s got a hero.

I know most of y’all don’t scour the Korean entertainment media headlines hourly/daily/ever, so let me distill the last 24 hours for you:

  • All these people might be cast!
  • Now they aren’t!
  • Wait, Lee Jia says she’s taking it after all!
  • The others still say no!
  • Kim Jae-won confirms!
  • Why so coy, potential cast? Is it ’cause you have to leave me hanging, even if just for half a day?

    Via Mk.co.kr

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    49 Comments
    1. Carina

      Yay, Kim Jae-won! He of the 1000 watt smile. :D

      • 1.1 cookie

        LMAO XD
        So true :)

        • 1.1.1 tubunny

          i can see both their silly smiles directed at each other already. :)

          EEE

      • 1.2 namu

        eww.. koreans n their plastic faces…

        • 1.2.1 Saima

          huh?!! why’d you diss Koreans about plastic surgery…..supposedly every celeb’s done something but to generalize…eeek!! Perhaps you should enrol yourself in Tact 101!! :D

          • 1.2.1.1 bd

            Uhm, no.

            Most who are particularly known for their looks haven’t.

            But yeah, KJW has a “mush” face (the mush part I think is natural).

            Don’t know if the army did him any good, but the swimming pool scene in “100 Days With Mr. Arrogant” (god, was that an AWFUL movie) was simply hilarious b/c we were supposed to believe that all the females were drooling over a pale, skinny and flabby KJW in swim trunks.

      • 1.3 Cam

        HALLELUJAH!!!!

        HOOORRAAY HOOOOORAY for my smiling angel Kim Jae Won!! :D :D

      • 1.4 czak

        still can’t believe Kim Jae Won is older than Lee Dong Wook
        Aaaaa so happy that his smile will light up my weeks yet again…
        just missing now is a healthy dose of my Jo In Sung

      • 1.5 Steph

        Seriously. I lurve his smile. It makes him 10 times hotter.

      • 1.6 MJP

        More than just the smile, this man can really, really, really ACT!!!! Not only is he handsome and awesome eye candy, but he has the talent to back up his beauty. Just how many K-actors are there with beauty and talent too? Come-on now, let’s all be real! Don’t be swayed by your hormones, ladies.

        I can name seven versus how many K-actors are there?

        #1: Lee Soon Jae (rest not in any sort of order)
        Kim Jae Won
        Kim Rae Won
        Ji Sung
        Cha Seung Won
        Jo Hyun Jae
        Chun Jung Myung

    2. CreamPuffs

      Awesome! He would be perfect for this role.

    3. So3

      Yay too!

      MNIKSS writer + KJW? I’m in!

    4. B.*

      I’m so happy he took the role after all. He did a great job in Can you hear my heart. Can’t wait for this rom-com to air :) and it’s from the writer of kim sam soon. Should be good :)

    5. vic

      i never really liked him

    6. kay

      LOL it’ll be interesting to see him play this 2 timing role after seeing how sweet he was in CYHMH.

      • 6.1 red

        my thoughts exactly

    7. Moon

      That’s a very creepy picture. o_O

      • 7.1 Leona

        he ain’t the most photogenic guy in the bunch, but he looks smexy on film. Above that even straight face he can show feelings while other actors can’t express a thing even their life would depend on it (see the girl from New tales of gisaeng on Strong Heart- the article is a few pages behind in this site)

    8. Celest

      His best role yet was with CYHMH. I was a fan of his since his Patzzi, Wonderful Life and Romance days so I’m glad to see him in another drama so soon after his other one. He’s not the greatest actor but he does have this quirky charm about him and that gorgeous smile definitely doesn’t hurt! I hope to expect more growth from him after this. KJW fighting!

    9. Leona

      yay I totally can see this guy 2 timing even after CYHMW !
      why? let’s start with his RL personality and that he is a damn good actor – even in CYHMH his character had 2 faces: the bad guy when needed and the sweet guy when he wanted to :P . Overall everyone bought the hero and loved him to bits. Kudos to the story, the PD and the actor himself

      • 9.1 blah

        what do you mean by his RL personality lol

    10. 10 Lana

      Hope that Oppa will do best in this drama although I wish for another female lead actress

      • 10.1 Tan

        me too.
        Wish they cast another actress.

      • 10.2 Leona

        as actress Lee Jia isn’t Oscar material( I don’t like her acting either), but kudos to her comeback and her power to overcome her antis …

        For this drama it depends on first episodes if I buy the story ….then I’ll watch it

      • 10.3 Steph

        Ditto. Not a fan of the actress.

    11. 11 june

      i wonder if his character will be unlikeable since he’s two-timing… maybe that’s why they casted kjw since he has a likeable image, haha, so we’ll just be charmed by his smile and forget everything else

      but kim jaewon!!! the pool scene in cyhmh gave me goosebumps.

    12. 12 just me

      lead actor is the best but… I don’t think i’ll watch this bcuz of lee jia…

    13. 13 Iviih

      I don’t see KJW and LJA as a couple. But let’s wait.

      But I fear I’ll ship him with whoever the second girl can be or the third since he has a double life. LOL

      Btw, I don’t know you but in CYHMH? I think KJW did a amazing job as Dong Joo.

    14. 14 ...

      lol. thanks for the short and sweet recap. makes it so much easier than reading all those conflicting stories/headlines :)

    15. 15 pohonphee

      He’s so white and pale. I keep imagining him in vampire role, I don’t know why *shrug head*

      And CYHMY -> Maru oppa FTW! he he he

    16. 16 dara

      Nooooo my KJW with LJA?!!! I don’t know if KJW could pull this kind of role, his previous dramas acting bad ass didn’t goes well with me, he suited as Dong Joo in CYHMH perfectly. But it’s nice to see him again after CYHMH so soon, hope it all goes well for him ^^
      How many eps this one will be?

      Thanks, JB ^_^

    17. 17 Tha

      KJW=YES!!!! LJA=NOOOOOO! Im in limbo….

      • 17.1 wen_wen

        same here ;/.
        yeay for kim jae won oppa.love him since cyhmh.
        but sorry to say i don’t like lee ji ah –”
        hope there’s change in female lead..
        even i know it’s imposibble :(

    18. 18 Alvina

      I may the minority in this, but while I found CYHMH to be amazingly cute and awesome, I liked him as the gangster in Great Inheritance sooo much more.

      He had an amazing character and had kind of the Kim Min Jong in Guardian Angel vibe. LOVED it! :D

      Cant wait to see how this goes. (hope it’s a hit)

    19. 19 sara

      I happy I can’t wait for that drama, right now non drama really interests me-.-!

    20. 20 Daniela

      Hahaha great news summary. I might watch this, I don’t know yet, but i like him (another one that I have never seen act, but everyone that watched CYHMH love him, he has to have something :) ).

    21. 21 SprinkledPink

      What a treat! Two Kim Jae Won dramas in one year!

    22. 22 Saima

      yay for KJW being in this drama!! I’ve seen him act in all of 2 things- 100 days and am a little over halfway thru CYHMH!! While his character for the former was soo a$$holeyy, heh, I am loving him in the latter!! When DJ does a double take after WR gets a makeover —> OMGG, totally fanning myself!! haha

      I hope he can stretch his acting abilities with this one. Am not sure abt the actress but from what I’ve read of her from another article the commenters were debating abt her acting skills!! eeppp, but Jae Won oppa, FIGHTINGGG!! <3

    23. 23 Cynthia

      Maybe all the hired and potentially hired actors are being non-committal after seeing what happened to the “Brain” cast.

      I’d be leery, too.

    24. 24 Emily

      YAY! I love Kim Jae Won! Excited for this :D

    25. 25 Carinne

      I look at him, and all I think about is the cute kid doppelganger in recent Chuseok special “Hallyu Olympics” (that was a fun show). He needs to slough off his baby face image.

      • 25.1 Alvina

        Aww, that little look-alike right?! They were such cuties! :D

    26. 26 trucalling

      yes can’t wait to see my smiling boy again keke

    27. 27 malta

      I <3 Kim Jae won. He is awesome.

    28. 28 sarang

      Yeah that picture doesn’t do him justice, his smile in CYHMH was just so swoon worthy. Definitely putting on my to watch list even though the female leads do nothing for me :/.

    29. 29 churasan

      Yay! Love KJW! I’m so glad he’s doing another drama right away. He was great in Can You Hear My Heart and I was hoping I wouldn’t have to wait too long until his next drama project. It’s a new role for him, so looking forward to it!

    30. 30 Jo

      I adore Kim Jae Won but …Lee Jia’s acting is so bad or flat. It’s just so static I can’t stand it..

    31. 31 darknesseyes

      WOAH his smile. DANG his mouth can stretch O.o

    32. 32 salina

      KIM JAE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!

      yup. watching.

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