In my head, this is what’s taking place on set of #WWW:

Almost everybody: OMG this part is so much better than what I normally get, it’s allowing me to show JUST WHAT I CAN DO, and I’m acting the shit out of it. (I’m loving this as a viewer and want to keep posting things on my fan wall)

One actor: this part is so much worse than what I normally get and I’m a bit bored.

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    Are you referring to the BTS video of the confession scene?

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    Is that one actor Jang Ki Yong? Because he’s literally the only one getting the short end of the stick here.

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    @outofthisworld and @greenfields – sorry, this response has become a bit of an essay.

    I didn’t actually know there was a BTS video of the confession scene! I have to look this up now

    I admit that I sometimes look at dramas from another angle because I’ve spent a lot of time in RL with professional actors (my ex in-laws were both quite famous at the heights of their careers).

    Especially this drama has been interesting in terms of casting and what it can do for the careers of the people in it. It’s basically taken a standard corporate/chaebol drama and gender-swapped every single character. This has meant that for the three female leads, they got the parts that normally the male actors get. Actresses in their (late) thirties often have a hard time getting good roles, as they move out of the traditional ‘female cute lead’ age and before the ‘mother’ age. So I would have expected our three leads to work hard and nail it – to show that there should be more gender-neutral casting, and that they can play General Managers just as well as the next guy. And they absolutely do not disappoint.

    Then there is a potentially career-changing role for Ye Soon-jung, because she basically plays the evil gangboss, and if she doesn’t get more parts as a cold psychopath in the future, I’ll be very disappointed. This is her chance to break out of the artistic grandmother/wise woman stereotype and she’s nailing it. She scares the hell out of me.

    Lee Jae-Wook should be very grateful to his agent for landing him this part. He gets to play two different parts in one (as the baddy in the makjang drama, as well as the cutie) and is really showing off his skills in being very believable as both of them. It’s a gem of a part for a rookie actor. And who knows what they’re going to do with the twin, he might get to play three different parts within one drama. It’s an eye-catching part and he’s great in it.

    So for five actors in the cast, this could be a super-important role and they’re working extremely hard to get the most out of these parts, as they know what it could mean for their future career.

    I’ve also been very impressed with Ji Seung-Hyun as the husband, giving a very layered vulnerable performance as the guy so in love with his wife that he’s willing to divorce her.

    For Jang Ki Yong in contrast, his part is like ‘just another day in the office’. I’ve seen other actors do very interesting things with very similar parts (Gong Myung in Happy Loner comes to mind) but JKY doesn’t go there. There have been a few moments where he’s absolutely nailed it – like that look of deep desire when the elevator doors opened – but the rest of the time, he’s not that different from other parts he played, which is a real shame.

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      Wow! Thanks @cloggie what an interesting read!

      I agree with almost everything you’ve written here. I don’t have that much issue with Jang Ki Yong but admittedly he’s the least interesting in here, both character and as an actor. There are some who shine only when the role is a more dramatic one. Give them something more mundane and quieter, they can’t quite deliver the nuances or layers. He’s not doing a bad job but it could be better.

      It’s funny, I loved his dreamy smile in Go Back Couple but I am getting an overdose of it here. Lately, I’ve been having a difficult relationship with ‘smile’, LOL. Some are driving me nuts in not a good way 😛

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        Oh, I agree, he isn’t doing a bad job but he’s being upstaged because everybody else is doing an AMAZING job.

        I loved him to bits in GBC and also thought he was great in Come and Hug Me. It’s probably why I’m harsh on him XD

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        I have to agree!
        1. Thank you @cloggie for this lovely post. You’re so right re the roles women are given and again, it’s one of the many, many reasons I love this drama. As I said elsewhere, it may just make it to my rare 10/10 just for how unconventional it is.
        2. Jang Ki-yong. May I be honest and say I wasn’t particularly impressed with him in TLAHL, Go Back Couple or Kill It? And I remain unimpressed. I know he comes from a modeling career and very frankly, I still see a model. I don’t see an actor.

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    This drama sadly doesn’t showcase Jang Ki Young’s talent. There was a reason why Baeksang awarded him a New Actor for his performance in Come and Hug Me despite its lacklustre rating. He was stellar in Come and Hug Me and for little appearance he made in My Ahjusshi, he left a lasting impression to me and I appreciated that he took on a disturbing, uncomfortable, yet pitiful role.

    Morgan doesn’t have a story outside his relationship with Ta Mi. That’s the gripe I have of this drama. He’s not fleshed out and he’s got more scenes than the other two male characters, but we still don’t know much about him other than he’s willing to string along whatever floats Ta Mi’s boat. Well he’s starting to have a backstory now, but I I think it’s a bit late for me to bother to me invested in his background (yet…)

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      I feel like, except the family couple writer didn’t intend to write any loveline here. The main loveline is there probably due to pressure from producers. Like in Alhambra, writer doesn’t seem to even try to make it work.

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