Lee Chung-ah joins Vampire Detective amidst air of mystery

13 January 7, 2016January 7, 2016

Lee Chung-ah joins Vampire Detective amidst air of mystery

by javabeans

A couple more cast additions have been announced for OCN’s Vampire Detective, the drama that previously cast Lee Joon (Heard It Through the Grapevine, Gap-dong) to play the titular hero who turns into a vampire suddenly one day and now works as a private investigator, solving cases for a diverse clientele. OCN thrillers never lack for high production values, slick directing, and dark material, so I’m always happy to see another one in the works—even if it does seem awfully familiar to recent others. (Vampire Detective is produced by PD Lee Seung-hoon, who was also attached as a producer on both seasons of Vampire Prosecutor. I’m hoping that means that we’ll get something with all the flash and sizzle of the Vampire Prosecutor franchise, while finding a style that’s distinctly its own.)

Both cast additions seem promising: First we have Lee Chung-ah (Riders: Catch Tomorrow), an actress I enjoy when she’s doing dramas like the effervescent Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, though I’ll skip all the weekend and daily dramas (Wonderful Mama, Pumpkin Flower Soon-jung). She’s set to play a mysterious woman who hovers in the hero’s orbit, for reasons yet unknown.

Then there’s up-and-comer Jo Bok-rae, whose turn in the nostalgia-filled film C’est Si Bon earned him a lot of recent attention; his other movies include Coinlocker Girl, Roaring Currents, and Monster. Drama viewers may also recognize him from his small part in Yong-pal as one of the residents in the hospital who was in a rival position to Joo-won. He’ll play the hero’s buddy from his police academy days, and three years ago while the two were on an undercover operation together, he disappeared suddenly, which leads to “intriguing events” in the story. (Uh, is he a vampire now? Will we get a vampire bromance, or is that dynamic reserved for our prickly hero and his sunbae Oh Jung-se?)

The drama began shooting in December and will be 100 percent pre-produced, and is set to premiere on March 27 on OCN.

Via Joy News

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1 Trinity 🍆

January 7, 2016 at 9:05 AM

I'm liking this new trend of pre-producing shows. Much healthier and better for the actors and staff members. The live shoot schedule, while it can be helpful to adjust shows if ratings start to flag, can cause major issues with production. It's also caused some shows I've enjoyed to go in weird directions to try and draw in more views.

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2 lordseungri

January 7, 2016 at 9:49 AM

Thank god shows are being pre produced now....The Producers and Yong Pal and now Reply have all had issues with live filming. It can cause the script to go crazy and the actors to face horrid schedules.

I like LCA so let's see

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3 Hwari

January 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM

I like Lee Chung Ah, maybe I will watch this drama.

Jo Bok Rae doing mostly movies. This drama is like his second after Yongpal.

Hope all these pre-produced drama will become a trend and bring good news once the first few one will air this year. I think Cheese In The Trap is halfway pre-produced right.

I wonder how the big star actors feeling especially the dramas that air in BIG3 that do live shooting meanwhile their counterpart that doing pre-produced drama.

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4 yoondahyeon

January 7, 2016 at 10:49 AM

What's with this sudden pre-production mania. It is good for everyone both the production crew and viewers but I wonder how suddenly the tide is turning towards the "pre-production" way recently.

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lovekdrama

January 8, 2016 at 2:30 AM

It's because of China. The rule now is that if you want your drama to show in China it has to be pre-produced, or halfway pre-produced anyway. Thank goodness though, 'cause I think this will make for more quality dramas. Let's see how it is by the year's end.

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5 sparks121

January 7, 2016 at 11:38 AM

So kim yoon hye is not the female lead, good. I mean, nothing personal against her, but her character description didn't sound very interesting and her acting thus far doesn't seem lead material. All in all, i'm liking how this drama seems to be shaping up. Hope it's good!

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6 rinoak

January 7, 2016 at 12:30 PM

You had me at vampire bromance! And I'll take a threeway too. (I don't mean that in a bad way, lol)

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7 trav

January 7, 2016 at 1:53 PM

I wonder what's with all that many dramas getting pre-production this year?
What about producers/creators desire for last second changes to get higher ratings?

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snowysky

January 7, 2016 at 2:35 PM

Pre-production means they can sell it to China at a higher price and have both China and Korea air it at the same time. China passed a new law last year that in order for China to air a show, it must be completed first. So, any drama that is live-shooting and airing at the same time, those drama can't be shown in China until after the final episode is completed.

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8 Abbie

January 7, 2016 at 1:57 PM

Sounds interesting and from the PD behind Vampire Prosecutor! I'll be looking forward to it. At least it's not too far away.

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9 Spring Sparrow

January 7, 2016 at 5:30 PM

This shows premise also reminds me a lot of a US show called Moonlight that I really liked. It got cancelled during the same writers strike that brought Firefly down as well, so I'm pretty excited for this. ^.^

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Spring Sparrow

January 7, 2016 at 5:31 PM

Wait no I was mistaken, it wasn't a writers strike that took Firefly down, oops x)

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10 sel

January 8, 2016 at 10:29 AM

You had me at Lee Joon and now Lee Chung-ah. I've only seen her in ramyun shop, but I only needed to see her in ramyun shop. I feel like I've been anticipating this drama for months now, I'll be so excited for the premiere.