Song Seung-heon and Go Ara for reaper-human romance in OCN thriller Black

103 June 8, 2017September 11, 2017

Song Seung-heon and Go Ara for reaper-human romance in OCN thriller Black

by tineybeanie

For potentially his first cable drama ever, Song Seung-heon (Saimdang, Light’s Diary) is eyeing the upcoming fall OCN thriller Black as his next project, while Go Ara (Hwarang) is also in talks to become the female lead. Black is be about a a grim reaper who borrows the body of a man and ends up falling in love with a human woman. Because this goes against the rules of heaven, he’s punished by having any record of his existence erased such that there’s no trace of him left in the world’s memory.

If he confirms, Song Seung-heon will play the lead character, Han Moo-kang, who has two nicknames: “Grim Reaper of Criminals” and “Man in Black.” Moo-kang was originally a bright, cheerful man with a flamboyant fashion sense, until a secret caused a complete reversal in his life. Now he’s a stoic, blank-faced individual who wears black from head to toe. He’s known for not flinching at the most gruesome of crime scenes and for staying expressionless when faced with gory brutalized corpses.

On the other hand, details on Go Ara’s character have not been released, but I’m assuming she’ll play the human woman that the grim reaper fell in love with. From reading the synopsis, it seems like a mish-mash of 49 Days and the secondary love story in The Lonely Shining Goblin, both of which I enjoyed for the heart-wrenching dilemmas presented in loving a technically immortal/dead spiritual entity. (There’s also a a pinch of Hollywood movie Meet Joe Black in there.)

Just one more reason to watch if you’re into dark mysterious dramas: Black is a collaboration between God’s Gift–14 Days writer Choi Ran and Voice PD Kim Hong-sun, and this pair definitely knows how to play up those excellent thrilling elements.

OCN’s new supernatural crime-thriller Black will premiere this October.

Via DongA Sports

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51 Liza Cee

June 9, 2017 at 4:22 PM

The plot seems interesting but I am wary of anything Go Ara stars in.

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52 heyitschristina

June 9, 2017 at 6:29 PM

I was so excited for this drama but now... I guess at least there will be a lot of pretty to look at and I can just have it playing in background with no volume while I do stuff

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53 HqPevi

June 9, 2017 at 9:40 PM

tbh, the two look good together, and if it's something like My princess in terms of acting/chemistry, it won't be too bad.

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heyitschristina

June 9, 2017 at 10:21 PM

I think if the story is a cute fluffy romance like My Princess they would totally be serviceable but I feel like Black is going to angsty... they both make expressions like they are either constipated or confused when trying to convey angst/sadness

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54 유딧 잇라열

June 9, 2017 at 11:28 PM

Good luck oppa

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55 Victoria

June 10, 2017 at 6:21 AM

I'm ok with Go Ara, she's a hit or miss depending on the roles but SSH is consistently subpar and he never makes any progress as an actor so I might pass this one.