Kim Kang-woo has got himself an upcoming movie (Miracle, with Kim Bum), a new drama (Haeundae Lovers, with Jo Yeo-jung), and also a photo shoot, pictured here. He looks playful and cheeky in the Allure shoot, which bodes well for Haeundae Lovers, which is a romantic comedy where he plays a cop-turned-amnesiac-turned-gangster.
Kim Kang-woo does have something of a serious, stoic image, whether he’s playing likable good guys (Le Grand Chef) or chillingly dark psychos (Story of a Man). So it’s a bit unexpected to have him taking on a comedy drama, but that makes it all the more funny (see: this bit of awesomeness), because that very image dissonance plays into the plot when the upright cop turns into a gangster. Can he be terrible at it, like Mickey Blue Eyes?
Kim isn’t totally new to comedies, though; he played a straight-man type of character in the light-hearted movie The Beast and the Beauty (with Shin Mina and Ryu Seung-beom), where he started out as the typical perfect, handsome rival to our hapless hero, but became progressively funnier the more petty he grew in competing for the heroine’s affections. See:
The Beast and the Beauty
Kim’s most recent film is Taste of Money, which is the follow-up by The Housemaid’s director Im Sang-soo, and he’s also got Miracle in the works. Haeundae Lovers will be his first drama since Story of a Man, which as you know, I loved. Can’t wait to see him back on TV.
His fantasy-melo film Miracle is planning to premiere later this year, though no release date has been set yet. Haeundae Lovers airs as a Monday-Tuesday drama on KBS beginning August 13.
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This is a great thing to wake up to in the morning heehee.
totally agree! so awesome to have kim kang-woo back on the small screen again. where have you been, hottie??
Too true
Ah crap, still have to remind myself every time I see him that he’s married!
Me too!
HHAHahA. agreed.
I know, right? Life can be so unfair..
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He’s married? *Heart crush into million pieces*
The thought is always in the back of her mind.
Has he ever acted in a Comedy?! I am so eager to see him in his new Drama.
He’s really cute, but I’m not too sure about the fuzz on his upper lip. However I am anticipating Haeundae Lovers.
Truth is, I’m more interested in the movie Miracle though. This guy has got a lotta things on his plate.
Ha..that video link IS awesome. I did get some diet coke out my nose, but it was worth it. OMG..Jo Hyun Jae and Kim Kang Woo rapping. And they were such babies then. LMAO!
This casting actually makes me want to watch this drama when I really wasn’t interested before. He’s yummy.
hot man is HOT! can’t wait for haeundae lovers! kim kang woo and jo yeo jung!! omg this pairing itself already got me thrilled..not to mention that the plot sounds great
almost wants big to end aoon..almost(still love you gong yoo♥)
That third picture!!
I’ve only seen him in The Agressives. He was really good in that (cool aggressive in-line skater with some Peter Pan syndrome), so I’m looking forward to this.
BLUBHHSGSGSVSHUAJAHDJSNHHGATAHGAHAGAHGAHBLU!
Why is it when I look at his face in the top pic, everything under his nose forms the shape of a heart?
The curvy ‘stache, the bottom lip being pushed (rawrrr) into a point….. or maybe it’s just the hearts shooting out of my eyes when I look at his pic……
Omg it totally does!!!! Lol
I noticed that, too! The perfect curvature of his upper-lip stubble. Lol
That music video is great! Thanks for posting that link again javabeans!
He was so good in Story of A Man that it’s hard to imagine him in a romantic comedy. I am looking forward to this!
BLUUBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBGAHH<3<3<3NNEEEDDMIINNEEENOTYOUUUUUUUUUURSSSGGGUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So his drama will premiere on same day as Lee Minho’s Faith. I hope this one gets better ratings.
ROAR. RO-O-O-OAR. XD XD
Hotter sans the guyliner
he is really good at comedy. he is really versatile actor. I started to know him in story of a man. And try to catch up his work since then. I loved his role in feel good-comedy the beast and the beauty. He is like a funny bastard kind of guys there lol.
Ohhhh he is soooo fine in those pic… Thanks JB
He creep me out in the drama The Story of a Man …. But in a good way … His acting was so awesome god I cannot see him in other way … Whenever I see him I get scared … Seriously …. Anyway this man is so alluring and sexy, I cannot get enough… Cannot wait to see him in comedy drama
He creeped me out, too, in The Story of a Man, but I LOVED him in BEast and the Beauty. But I thought everyone was great in that movie.
“cop-turned-amnesiac-turned-gangster.” Yes
Nonsensical kdrama gold! I’m in. I sense shades of Lovers and Kimchi Family. Nothing gets me like a loveable gangster. gah