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Nam Ji-hyun in final negotiations to star in Beware This Woman

Will this drama finally secure a leading lady to beware of? SBS’s thriller rom-com Beware This Woman has had two potential castings fall through with Lee Sung-kyung and Han Ji-min, but I’m hoping this time it’ll work out because Nam Ji-hyun (Shopping King Louis, What’s With This Family) has been offered the leading role opposite Ji Chang-wook (The K2), who is confirmed.

The new mixed-genre legal thriller rom-com comes from the writer of I Remember You and tells the love story of a man and woman who are being chased by a killer. Nam Ji-hyun is up to play Eun Bong-hee, a judicial trainee and former Taekwondo athlete who finds herself a suspect in a murder case. Ji Chang-wook plays Noh Ji-wook, a young man who became a prosecutor to fulfill his father’s dreams. He carries a trauma from his past, and he’ll end up changing careers to become a private attorney.

Complicating matters is an amnesiac killer who keeps reenacting one crucial moment, and is out to kill our two leads. I have to say, this writer comes up with some pretty unusual killers, so this whole amnesia repeat-killer dynamic has me very interested. Our characters will fight against a harsh world filled with prejudice, but lean on each other for support and grow up in the process.

I’ll be very happy if Nam Ji-hyun takes the part—she’s a wonderfully warm actress with emotional range and comedic chops who has transitioned successfully out of child roles in recent years, and I’d love to see her take on a part like this. She’s just naturally someone I root for onscreen, and I can see her being pretty adorable with Ji Chang-wook in the rom-com department.

Beware This Woman is scheduled to follow Saimdang, Light’s Diary on Wednesdays and Thursdays in May.

Via TV Report, DongA

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This bit of info woke me up from the dead!! Yay...I am so excited for this pairing. I love JCW..I think he's by far one of the BEST Korean actors around..multi-talented to the max! As for Nam Ji Hyun..I think she's a lovely young actress. Oddly enough, I watched JCW & NJH present during a Korean awards ceremony a few months ago (I can't remember which one) and I thought to myself, hmmm...these two in a drama or movie together would be very, very interesting. Now 'lo and behold, it just may happen. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

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