Lee Seon-kyun‘s upcoming medical drama Golden Time (guh, still hate that title, but what else is new) has cast its heroine. Hwang Jung-eum (Can You Hear My Heart) has signed on to play the newbie intern medical student to Lee Seon-kyun’s Doctor Hotshot. Well isn’t that original. In fact, minus the medical part, it’s exactly like PD Kwon Seok-jang’s last drama, Pasta, which also featured Lee Seon-kyun in the same relationship. I’m starting to see a pattern here…
On the downside, Pasta bored me terribly, but on the upside, it had such charming leads that I didn’t much care that the story went to nowheresville. Though if he’s planning to do a medical drama in the same TONE as Pasta, then that’s a different story, because at least that’s new. Serious medical dramas are old hat (not to mention a retread for Lee Seon-kyun after White Tower), but a hospital-set bickering rom-com would be a fresh spin for dramaland. Sigh. Can someone just remake Scrubs?
Hwang Jung-eum will actually have completed Full House 2 by the time she joins this production, though that drama has yet to find a broadcaster and an airdate. So it’s likely we’ll see her in this before Full House ever sees the light of day.
Golden Time follows Light and Shadow and airs in July on MBC.
Via My Daily
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Would you look at that! He’s wearing glasses that actually has lens in it. I mean, I know there are such things as anti-glare lens, but when the frames are just frames-without-actual-eye-protecting-abilities, I just have the urge to poke someone in the face 3 stooges style.
I kind of stay away from medical dramas, but I’m always willing to give them a shot every once in a while. This would complete that yearly quota for me. XD
LOL
Haha. I hate it when they do that. I mean, clearly, you can see that it clearly only frames.
**you can see that its only frames.
Where is the edit button when you need one. LOL
LOVE THE CAST but a medical drama
Her picture looks funny, like the proportions are wrong or something.
In the end people will tune in even if just for The Voice.
She lost a lot of weight… hope she’s taking good care of her health despite of her busy schedule.
well, she’s also been photoshopped/airbrushed into oblivion
I was going to comment on her looking like she has NO jaw. I mean I know they like a small face and jawline in Korea but come on!
Is she also going to be in Full House 2?
“Hwang Jung-eum will actually have completed Full House 2 by the time she joins this production, though that drama has yet to find a broadcaster and an airdate. So it’s likely we’ll see her in this before Full House ever sees the light of day.”
Damn, I already have a story for Full House 2. I wish they just show that drama already and get it done with it. It is not even related to Full House 1 blah!
This girl never stops working.
She is one of those actresses that I swear I don’t like, but, then I can’t resist her despite whatever awful hairstyle they come up with.
I guess she will play the same type role as Choi Jung Won/Ji Hye in Brain? Warm spunky can melt the cold cold heart of the brilliant doctor.
Yay!!! I love Hwang Jung Eum!!
Yeah,I love her too! She can be cute and adorable but on the other time sharp and sexy,esp.in photoshoots and in her earlier roles before High Kick. Love her dimple and V-line jaw too.
She picked good roles and series since H.Kick, even FH 2 can be a surprise,who knows? So I hope Golden Time will deliver too. With Lee Seon Kyun,medical theme, and that PD, at least it won’t be too bad. Though I hope with her in Sidus HQ now, she’ll try edgier roles in the future. She’d pretty much been bullied in Giant, CYHMH, FH 2. If GT anywhere near Pasta,then she’ll be again *sigh*.
Her role is described as “still think of her ex-bf so much.” Wonder who’ll be that guy? LSK or 2nd male lead?
I love HJE, but I don’t want to see another spunky, cheerful character from her. Something different, please?
I want to see this newbie intern played as terrified, socially awkward and completely intimidated by LSK’s character, who is infuriated by her. And yet she is brilliant, and constantly quietly upstages Doc Hotshot, which drives him ever crazier. Because he’s all talk and not much action. Heh.
Anyone know who the writer will be?
757 votes for this!
Probability .07%
I know right? :/ I can always dream.
Ohh I saw her in Little Mom Scandal and loved it!
I would totally love this as a romcom! Why can’t they make that drama instead?
I like medical drama although I often found flaws, cause I work in that field.
FYI, Golden Time in medical terms means a critical period of time when you must do something in order to avoid adding further harm to life you tried to saved. Well golden time can be count in seconds, minutes, or hours defending on the case.
GF, I hope you hate the title less.
ps. I LOOOOVE Lee seon kyun with glasses. That picture really describe the word SMEXY.
Lol, I wish this comment was here before I typed mine out. I seem redundant now, hahaha XD
my favourite look is from pasta.. omg….. he was sooooooo sexy. so charming. looks so good with that haircut!!!
feel guilty because i didnt care about him in that drama and now im a big LSG fan.
him with glasses reminds of coffee prince and he didnt’ look as good
I think someone explained that “Golden Time” was a medical term for the time where a doctor has this much time to save someone. It’s like a special emergency or something. Maybe that will help you feel better about the title, girlfriday. though not about the tone of the drama, lol.
I like Hwang Jung Eum. I haven’t really seen her play a serious character though. I’d love to see her as someone really strict and no-nonsense. It would be cool if she was one of those types of students, who think they know it all and are quick to raise their hand at all the questions. Then you’d have to like people rather than opposites. That’s a more interesting clash to me.
Two*** like people. My bad, typos. lol
Guhh..the Voice!!
I really want to watch White Tower (mostly for him), but no time and too many other things to watch. Anyone got strong opinions on that show. A must watch or not?
I want them to flirt and banter, take elevator rides together where she’ll drop her files, grab him, crush his specs, and kiss him. I want her to say “Seriously????” every 10 minutes. I want her to drink a dozen bottles of soju, get drunk, and make out with him on top of the gianomous rice cooker in the hospital canteen.
Chincha?
I was so not expecting “rice cooker” from you, unless that is what we are calling it nowadays.
I bet Gong Yu’s rice cooker is big enough.
LOLOL!!!! I’m laughing so much hahahahahhahahahahha
You should write a drama. This is the kind of rom-com hijinks that need to be happening this summer!
Another medical drama? YAWN.
Oh and with Hwang Jung-eum? PASS.
oh god… hwang jung eum? :S i cant see her with my hunky lee sun gyun..
i was kinda hoping he work with actresses his age… i was kinda sick of teacher-student thing or like there’s a 10 year gap. I want everything best for lee sun gyun so i’ll watch.. he’s good in all of his dramas and movies so i’ll watch. unlike pasta, i won’t be watching for the chemistry of the main leads (goldfish-chef couple is one of my favourites) because i can’t see the connection b/w hwang jung eum and lee sun gyun. i just dislike her acting. it seems overexaggerated.
anyway.
lee sun gyun hwaiting!<3
Happy I can see HJE so soon after Full House 2 on TBS starting next week. Perhaps I can even see her twice in a week later,given that Japanese TV air drama series just once every week. For U who wants to see Full House, TBS is a big station so I think don’t worry ’bout the video n sub, someone will surely do it hopefully.
Thanks for the update and heart the shout to scrubs-*sigh* if only
OMG, has she been starving herself or something???
If that picture is anything to go by, it’ll be evidence of people taking the v-line idealization to extremes. I swear that if presented with a salad, she’ll be able to spear the lettuce with her chin! No need for a fork!
Jokes aside, I can’t say I’m totally hyped up by this… Medical dramas aren’t really my thing. But Lee SeonKyun…
@Ani: I totally get you on the specs thing. Every time I see lense-less specs, I want to poke the eyes behind them. Just because I can.. (but of course I DON’T.)
I was half into this drama because it’s a medical drama even though I LOVE the voice – LSK. But now since HJE is added on, i’m in! The drama seems better than what i expected, i thought it’s gonna be another brain or another serious medical drama so i’m happy to hear it’s more of like “Pasta”.
American actresses and casting directors have their own annoying–and sexist–quirks, but when they do a show about anorexia, they have to use make-up to make the actresses look as deathly thin as a lot of Korean leading ladies.
How about a Kdrama about an eating disorder ward? You could stock it with first class talent.
OMG I’m so happy to see HJE having another drama.