Gong Yoo in his double roles for Big

95 May 7, 2012May 6, 2012

by girlfriday

The next Hong Sisters drama Big has started filming (Woot!), and it’s not much, but here’s a peek at leading man Gong Yoo playing both of his characters on the first day of the shoot. Since it’s not a rapidly-aging drama so much as a body-possession drama, he’ll be playing two different characters in one body, rather than one character of differing ages (which is too bad, but that ship has sailed).

The above is the 30-year old character, doctor Seo Yoon-jae, who’s described as the warm, perfect boy next door type. He has a fiancée, played by Lee Min-jung, who’s going to endure a lot of confusing behavior once the soul of a teenage boy enters her once-perfect boyfriend’s body. Gah, words cannot describe how excited I am for the age-inappropriate hijinks.

Then the 18-year old soul is Kang Kyung-joon, and the original Kyung-joon will be played by Shin Won-ho (Bachelor’s Vegetable Store), who you’ll more likely recognize from those Skin Food ads (pictured below). Apparently Gong Yoo shot his Yoon-jae scenes first, and then reappeared on set as Kyung-joon in rumpled clothes and hair, talking like a dopey teenager, and had the crew in stitches.

At least with the body swap storyline we don’t have to buy Gong Yoo AS a high-schooler, so much as just a strange grown-man-looking, teenage-walk-and-talking man-boy. Not that he looks THAT different from his Biscuit Teacher days, but who’re we kidding, he didn’t really look like a high-schooler then either.

So because this is a body-switcheroo, Yoon-jae’s soul gets stuffed into Kyung-joon’s body too — and he happens to be a student in Lee Min-jung’s class. She plays Gil Da-ran, who besides being Yoon-jae’s fiancée, is a teacher at the high school where our younger cast all go to school. Eep! Kyung-joon happens to be her worst trouble student, whom she deems hopeless, and then suddenly she finds herself the object of Kyung-joon’s affections. Er, I guess technically they’re Yoon-jae’s affections, since it’s Yoon-jae-in-Kyung-joon’s-body, but she doesn’t know that. Well now THIS isn’t going to be complicated or anything.

I do find it adorable that Yoon-jae-as-Kyung-joon will suddenly go from troublemaker to straight-A student, if he’s the perfectionist who grew up to be a doctor. Of course Kyung-joon has his own love interest, Suzy, who body-possessed Gong Yoo will be chasing around like a lovesick puppy. You mean at the high school where his body’s fiancée is the teacher? OMG. All these hijinks! CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Big premieres in June on KBS.

Via Chosun, Max News

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1 ishi

May 7, 2012 at 3:08 PM

super excited!!!! love gong yoo <3

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Jo

May 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM

super excited but also super confused....
I'm going to love this!!!

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otchosais

May 7, 2012 at 5:40 PM

waahh!!! hong sisters is back!!! :)

Gong yoo is back!!!

K drama addiction is back! :)

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reyna

May 8, 2012 at 1:07 AM

i love the hong sisters but im kinda scared this will be like 49 days in terms of character chemistry...

the main leads have a lot of chemistry but since their souls is switcheroos...we cant decide if we want the main characters bodies/faces together or their souls together...

there would be alot of scenes with Lee Min Jung and Gong Yoo (high school soul) but since his soul is in Shin Won-ho's body with Suzy...its gonna be very confusing on who to root for

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sUn

May 8, 2012 at 5:10 AM

Late casting for Shin won-ho?
Dramawiki still listed Baek Sung-Hyun as Kang Kyung-Joon, which left me confused.

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2 Laara

May 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM

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pabo ceo reom

May 8, 2012 at 10:36 AM

<3 x 1000000! So exciiiiiiited :D

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3 kbap

May 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM

Can't wait :) This looks awesomee!

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4 Cap Rice

May 7, 2012 at 3:20 PM

I am really happy to see Gong Yoo again. I missed him. Yea, Coffee Prince! I look forward to see Big.

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Llamaesque

May 8, 2012 at 9:39 AM

He better be awesome in Big, because I don't want my soulmate Choi Han Gyul to be retroactively tarnished by a less than stellar performance/show ;)

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enz

May 8, 2012 at 4:35 PM

i feel the same anxiety! couldnt bear it if it bombed

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Rule

May 8, 2012 at 6:36 PM

YEAH!!!!!! Han Gyul is back.....love it

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5 Rashell

May 7, 2012 at 3:21 PM

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait!!! So excited for this one. I know that GF has claimed Gong Yoo, but maybe she's open to a little sharing. Cause I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE him!!

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girlfriday

May 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Um. No.

Sharing totally defeats the purpose of owning. -__-

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Cyoon

May 7, 2012 at 3:41 PM

lol! Way to shut her down... :)

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Shawnee

May 7, 2012 at 4:11 PM

Hahaha

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Cynthia

May 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM

A concept we keep trying to explain to the young'uns over at OT, to no avail. Owned is owned. No exceptions.
:)

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Biscuit

May 7, 2012 at 6:43 PM

Anyone ever heard of CO-ownership? ;)

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Rashell

May 7, 2012 at 7:08 PM

Yes, this is what I'm talking about. Kind of like a time-share. I get him for a couple of days is all.

Rashell

May 7, 2012 at 7:09 PM

Figured you'd say that. But a girl's gotta try. :)

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Butet

May 8, 2012 at 11:04 AM

I meant the show, but that brings up the question: Why can't we share him?

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6 canxi

May 7, 2012 at 3:22 PM

I really want his sweatpants in that bottom picture!! D: I saw them on an actress I liked too and was like..where?? Where do I find them??

And YAY! For both sides of the spectrum. I'm glad we'll have looks at both male leads and their altered lives. Most excellent.

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kd101

May 9, 2012 at 5:26 AM

Same here, canxi. The only difference is that I want the sweatpants, WITH GY inside. Err, should it be inside or outside?? Frankly, I am losing all sense of directions when it comes to GY. Giddy with them, happiness, I guess ^_^

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7 ck1Oz

May 7, 2012 at 3:24 PM

Oh my.That last photo with those broad, broad shoulders and those slim hips . Can I have him?

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Rashell

May 7, 2012 at 7:11 PM

See GF reply above...I'm going with no. But we can keep trying. Maybe she'll wear down.

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8 disfigurine

May 7, 2012 at 3:25 PM

omg someone tell me if suzy will end up with the high schooler and minjung with gong yoo and not the other way around. -crosses fingers-

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clara

May 7, 2012 at 3:55 PM

that must happen ... why? because Min Jung and Gong Yoo are too perfect for each other <3

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9 js

May 7, 2012 at 3:25 PM

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh it's actually. happening. ahhhhh

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10 Butet

May 7, 2012 at 3:28 PM

Give me NOW!! I am so excites! Thank you Dramabeans!

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11 jfk707

May 7, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Love it Love it! Can't wait , handsome GY is back weee

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12 Noelle

May 7, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Oh Gong Yoo how I've missed you. I can't wait to watch!

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13 Mystisith

May 7, 2012 at 3:54 PM

OK. I wasn't sold on it at first, but this drama is taking the good road. Gong Yoo looks so young on the last pic: Wah!
And i loved Idol daddy in Veggie Store. Story seems better than expected: There were modifications right? One more to add on the tablets.

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14 craziluver

May 7, 2012 at 3:56 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Shin Won-ho have a striking resemblance to Won Bin in the picture above?
Gong Yoo is back to dramaland, this gotta be good.

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Mystisith

May 7, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Right! Totally a Won Bin vibe.

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15 Sunny

May 7, 2012 at 3:59 PM

YAY!
I'm super excited to see Gong Yoo & Lee Min Jung together! (He'a just awesome and I kinda love her after her turn as Miss Ice Cream in PTB xD)

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Koreandramasrock

May 7, 2012 at 4:02 PM

I think you are thinking of Wang Ji Hye. They are two different people. LMJ acted in Who are you?, Smile you, BOF, Cyrano, etc.

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16 Koreandramasrock

May 7, 2012 at 4:00 PM

OMG!! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE HIM!! Can't wait..!!! Hong sister PLUS Gong Yoo = heaven on earth!

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17 Shawnee

May 7, 2012 at 4:09 PM

Can't wait for this!

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18 amatsu

May 7, 2012 at 4:26 PM

AKK! It's actually happening! So excited!

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19 zashi

May 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Excited for this one. Hope it's good. Hong Sisters please don't let us down!

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20 Arhazivory

May 7, 2012 at 4:46 PM

The plot sounds delightfully confusing. ^^ I love it already!!

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21 MsScorpion

May 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM

I'm already rolling on the floor laughing from the hilarity of the premise and all the expectations and imagined hijinks,

Also after the smokin' hot pics of Gong Yoo "I'M BIG ENOUGH" I can't help but check, lol.
Is it just me?? Coz I'm not a pervert, I swear.

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Llamaesque

May 8, 2012 at 9:43 AM

I do have to say that...cigar size...does seem to come up a lot in Gong Yoo's roles =X Both Coffee Prince and Hello My Teacher feature jokes on the topic.

Not that I'm keeping track or anything.

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zeny

May 8, 2012 at 3:27 PM

Really? i did not notice them. in which scenes? pls tell me so i could review. thanks.

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Llamaesque

May 9, 2012 at 9:31 AM

I'm not sure exactly where they were, but the Coffee Prince "cigar" scene was in the first episode, when Han Gyul was wrapped in a towel drying his feet and caught Eun Chan staring...you know where. He then said something about "Am I that impressive?" And there's some sort of quasi-stripping scene (but not really, because this is wholesome Korean drama) toward the middle of Hello My Teacher. When Gong Yoo's character steps on stage the commentator says something about "It's not what you see, but what you _don't_ see" followed by a suggestive hand gesture on Gong Yoo's part.

(God. Too bad I can't remember things that actually *matter* with that kind of recall.)

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22 Lizzie

May 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM

If only it wasn't a hong sisters drama.

I don't like their dramas so much.

And this drama reminds me of 18vs.19!

But with this cast I might check out!

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23 jomo143

May 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Rewatched CP to ready myself for this.
You can NEVER get enough GY, I believe.

This cast is making me think I need to watch on a bigger screen than my teeny 14"!

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Koreandramasrock

May 7, 2012 at 5:33 PM

I am definitely watching this RAW Jomo unni! ^_^
KDR

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iZzie :)

May 8, 2012 at 8:48 AM

Oh yes, thank you for the reminder, Jomo! :) Coffee Prince Rewind ON! :D

I'm SO excited! It's like going through a GY drought for years, and then YAY! :D

Gotta love that Doc with the multi-colored pen. Looks to me like the Doc has a colorful personality to begin with.

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Enz

May 9, 2012 at 6:18 PM

If they want to keep it real, they should have drug company pens coz that's what doctors normally use. :)

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iZzie :)

May 9, 2012 at 7:38 PM

those pens could be children's meds manufacturer's giveaways. ;) the prints are usually on the pens' body, which in the pic, are hidden from view.

but for me, Doc Gong Yoo can pull off the look even sans drug company pens. ;)

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enz

May 10, 2012 at 10:25 AM

true true - he can pull off almost any look. cant wait

24 Wooyoung

May 7, 2012 at 5:22 PM

I can feel my spazz coming on.

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25 nheony

May 7, 2012 at 5:49 PM

You are hilarious GF. Just reading your post has me in stiches too. I cannot wait for this!! Please please let it be June already.

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26 Lotus

May 7, 2012 at 5:53 PM

LOOOOOOVVE the hair!!! GY - you made my day!!!

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zeny

May 8, 2012 at 3:29 PM

me too. i love him more with his hair short. he looks so neat and tidy and sweet.

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27 sarang

May 7, 2012 at 5:54 PM

I'm probably going to have to read the synopsis a couple more times before I can comprehend it, in the mean time GY *swooooooooooon*. I'm waiting for BSH stills too.

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28 moooony

May 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM

GONG YOOOOO!!!♥

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29 ar_arguably romantic

May 7, 2012 at 6:20 PM

I hope the two guys get to switch back and forth so that Lee Min Jung can really end up with Gong Yoo. I can't wait for the perfect doctor and the troublemaker student to team up together to try to straighten everything out.

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30 Mia

May 7, 2012 at 6:22 PM

eee!!! so excited!

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31 djeedjes

May 7, 2012 at 6:42 PM

WAHHH... the casts that I actually like them ALL.

Can't wait!!!

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32 21

May 7, 2012 at 7:06 PM

OMG!!! SOOO EXCITED FOR JUNE!!!! CANT WAIT!!!

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33 MsB

May 7, 2012 at 7:09 PM

I'm torn on the story line but as its Hong Sisters and okay, Gong Yoo is there, I will give it a chance.

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34 sleeplessinwgtn

May 7, 2012 at 7:13 PM

The next few months are made! A Gong Yoo and a Kim Sun Ah dramas... I must have done something good to deserve this :)

Any recapping plans in dramabeans? I'm not requesting... just asking :)

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35 danna

May 7, 2012 at 7:55 PM

Ok fisrt thing, what a relief that Baek Sung Hyun's character isn;t the one that is having his soul in dire straits.....secondly Gong Yoo looks adorable as hell and can't wait to see this.....My Coffee Prince rewatch has made me even more excited about this show now

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36 Sponge

May 7, 2012 at 7:58 PM

This sounds so much more exciting than what i initially thought it would be, i am so prepared for flailing and generally a good time considering thats what i get when i watch hongsister dramas. Plus the leads... ah i'm just happy :)

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37 cv

May 7, 2012 at 8:10 PM

Awsome. Can't wait. ^_^

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38 Venus

May 7, 2012 at 8:10 PM

OMGGGGG I CAN"T WAIT!!!!!!.... Hong sisters are back !!!

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39 lin

May 7, 2012 at 8:31 PM

finally a drama i am counting the days till it airs, and is eng subbed :D

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Enz

May 8, 2012 at 12:23 AM

Hear hear!

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Llamaesque

May 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM

::crosses fingers in hopes of a Dramafever simulcast::

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40 obsession

May 7, 2012 at 8:50 PM

this just make me gdkdbdkdbdkd...
gong yoo & lee min jung in one drama, who are we kidding here????
and.... gong yoo looks extremely fine as usual!
can't wait for it to air ^^

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41 bam

May 7, 2012 at 9:09 PM

They're baaaaaacccckkkkk...

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42 Ariel

May 7, 2012 at 9:17 PM

Could we have Gong Yoo and Shin Won-ho live together until they figure out how to switch things back. Bromance is the best.

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Shaista

May 8, 2012 at 9:31 AM

I second that!

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43 Claudia

May 7, 2012 at 9:29 PM

Can't wait for this! I badly need an addicting drama.

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44 Jenna

May 7, 2012 at 10:12 PM

Can't wait to see Suzy's back in dramaland !!! Love ya Suzy...

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45 Ani

May 7, 2012 at 10:53 PM

I feel kind of burnt out. I would think I'd be more excited about this, but it's like all my excitement got used up and now all I do is roll my eyes and say "Get on with the show already". Yeah, so I want to see this, but my excitement peaked a while back. Heh.