I’m not really a fan of Mrs. Bennet being played by a guy, or being as crazy as Enrique… She’s super silly and ridiculous but I would prefer someone who makes it realistic how she would be. And she does push her daughters to marry, and plays favorites, but I don’t think she has any active malice towards her daughters like several drama parents…
Of course, the really important question is who would accept the Mr. Collins role? I suggest that we make Mr. Collins a better specimen than what the BBC or film adaptations gave us. He is after all a “tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.”
– Serious contender: I think Kang Ha Neul could totally pull this off, dressed in geeky clerical black.
– ROFL contender: Park Seo Joon might earn Mr. Collins a few fans. (I mean, Park Seo Joon is my serious contender for Mr. Darcy the Proud Luffball, but he can play Mr. Collins in a parody of P&P).
It’s destiny. Park Seo Joon is meant to be Mr Collins, we now need to find him a suitable Charlotte. A girl with a pretentious father and a large family she helps support, who is practical and secretly a devious matchmaker (we all know she purposefully sent Lady Catherine off on Darcy to get him to confess)
How about Waikiki’s Jung In Sun as Charlotte (she’s short so it would look hilarious next to Park Seo Joon).
I’m having trouble casting someone as Elizabeth! Will think about this.
She needs to have fine eyes and be a compatible acting partner for Lee Min Ki.
Jeon So-Min?
Darcy is so critical that I’m struggling to not just name favorites because their favorutes, but I do think Lee Min Ki could do the haughty, yet really just terribly socially inept well in a modern version.
Gosh, I love the idea of Lee Min Ki! It can’t be someone that is just usual chaebol jerk, because Darcy needs to be shown as the morally high ground, introverted but uptight ~
I agree with you on not naming favorites, which is kind of why I would love to hear other people’s suggestions instead of my own head which is currently filled with Park Seo Joon…
Well, Collins is described in the novel as being tall, and being more suited for walking in the country and socializing than serious study (I guess why he gets so into his garden once he’s married).
I like this idea of subverting it, maybe our modern day Collins is a good looking but dim witted office toady? Either actor could kill it, but I think I prefer Park Seo Joon. I’m imagining Namgoong Min now as one of the breezy fellow sailors in Persuasion, or Anne’s brother in law who liked her first.
i majored in Literature in college so of course Pride and Prejudice is among my faves. I’ve thought about this before but don’t have a conclusive opinion set on casting yet.
maybe Yoo SeungHo could be a good Darcy, he has that deep manly voice and when he’s mean he can be real mean yet melt into super sweet romance when needed
Go Kyung Pyo could play Mr. Bingley as he never had good chemistry with Chae SooBin anyway and is always great at playing the super likable character. As for Mr. Wickham, maybe Park BoGum? he could probably play that part well…
his chemistry was so great with Chae SooBin that I could see her playing a likable strong Lizzie…
now that we’re talking about romantic British classics, I suddenly had visions of Jang Geunsuk as Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights and now I want this to happen LOL
Chingu, we also need a Bennet family ~ we have a Jane, we need Mary, Kitty, Lydia, and Mr and Mrs Bennet.
I vote an annoying idol actress for Lydia and Kitty?
Wait!! In the modern day one, Lydia and Kitty are aspiring idols, Mary is at university stressing about getting a job, and Jane, Lizzy, and Charlotte are overworked Seoulites.
Hmmm…. I could see it ~ I just think there’s been a lot of drama writers in dramas lately. I think it would have to be a small company though, I don’t see Lizzy wanting to deal with a big company atmosphere, rather instead I see her as championing this small group, maybe Sir Lucas is the ceo or something, hence Charlotte’s connection. And Mrs Bennet wants her to work for a bigger, more stable company, and Darcy at first thinks they must be a small time, unambitious company and that he doesn’t have time to work with them.
Yes girl! Just went off the grid due to too many reasons (none of them dire or life- threatening, I assure you)! I am back but won’t be very active until the end of July when I will probably live on dramabeans for the whole of the summer! Missed you too ❤️
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Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:14 PM
@bammsie Let’s put up our contenders for a Pride and Prejudice k drama cast.
Jinyoung from B1A4 is Bingley, who else?
@rukia @mollyp @egads @wishfultoki @suriyana-shah @pakalanapikake @blnmom & any other literary Beanies (I’m sorry if I’ve forgotten to name you)
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:16 PM
Oh, and is this a modern day retelling a la Bride and Prejudice etc. or a historical drama?
Discuss.
Oh, and I forgot @cloggie
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:18 PM
Can we do both and have casts for each?
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:22 PM
YES YOURE A GENIUS A GENIUS
Ahem.
Jinyoung is the Joseon Bingley, since he looked *quite* nice in MDBTC
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:24 PM
😂 I 100% agree.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:22 PM
So.. I feel really bad about this because Woo Do Hwan is a LOVE irl, but I feel like he could play a really good Wickham.
(Why was this my first thought. Aghhhhhh.)
I was also thinking Yoon Shi Yoon could carry a darn good Mrs Bennet, but I also feel bad for saying that. 😂
Rukia wants melona
June 8, 2018 at 1:26 PM
Why do I have to eat dinner when a discussion of this importance is happening??!
💕 😍🤣
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:29 PM
Come join us when you’re done, Rukia!!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:30 PM
I posted it here so that folks can come back to it when they have time, no worries 😉
This is a dream cast I will likely come back to as the years go by because I’m always dream casting novels hehe
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:34 PM
Okay, not P&P, but don’t you think uri husband Oh Jak Doo (Kim Kang Woo) would make a great Mr Knightley?
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 8, 2018 at 1:43 PM
I see Kim Kang Woo as more a Captain Wentworth type. But he could be a Knightley, I can see it.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:49 PM
… I like both ideas! I already have Lee Dong Wook cast as my dream Wentworth, but I can see it ^_^
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:27 PM
Ooooh, I like him for a modern day Wickham
… Yoon Shi Yoon? cross dressing as Mrs. Bennet?
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:29 PM
I was thinking of how crazy Enrique could get… But now I’m thinking about this lady from this one drama who would suit perfectly.
And yes, I was thinking a modern-day Wickham, too.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:52 PM
Which lady from which drama? 🙂
I’m not really a fan of Mrs. Bennet being played by a guy, or being as crazy as Enrique… She’s super silly and ridiculous but I would prefer someone who makes it realistic how she would be. And she does push her daughters to marry, and plays favorites, but I don’t think she has any active malice towards her daughters like several drama parents…
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:00 PM
I actually agree, Coco. I just saw your profile pic and thought it would be hilarious, but I do want something more accurate
Can’t currently remember the drama or name. Just. I know there’s SOMEONE.
WishfulToki
June 8, 2018 at 2:30 PM
Yoon Shi Yoon as Mrs Bennet… pffft LOLOLOL
Of course, the really important question is who would accept the Mr. Collins role? I suggest that we make Mr. Collins a better specimen than what the BBC or film adaptations gave us. He is after all a “tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.”
– Serious contender: I think Kang Ha Neul could totally pull this off, dressed in geeky clerical black.
– ROFL contender: Park Seo Joon might earn Mr. Collins a few fans. (I mean, Park Seo Joon is my serious contender for Mr. Darcy the Proud Luffball, but he can play Mr. Collins in a parody of P&P).
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:34 PM
😂 Yessssss to Kang Ha Neul!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 3:04 PM
It’s destiny. Park Seo Joon is meant to be Mr Collins, we now need to find him a suitable Charlotte. A girl with a pretentious father and a large family she helps support, who is practical and secretly a devious matchmaker (we all know she purposefully sent Lady Catherine off on Darcy to get him to confess)
WishfulToki
June 8, 2018 at 3:20 PM
How about Waikiki’s Jung In Sun as Charlotte (she’s short so it would look hilarious next to Park Seo Joon).
I’m having trouble casting someone as Elizabeth! Will think about this.
She needs to have fine eyes and be a compatible acting partner for Lee Min Ki.
Jeon So-Min?
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 3:22 PM
@wishfultoki I could totally see that!
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 9, 2018 at 5:27 AM
Oooh, I like your idea for Charlotte! I think her and PSJ could do well in this nontraditional but comic turn as the couple!
Molly~ my heart is burned by the Phoenixes #ningyizhiweiforever
June 23, 2018 at 4:28 PM
I want this to happen so bad.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 23, 2018 at 6:32 PM
Sameeeeeee
Carolina
June 8, 2018 at 2:12 PM
Yoo Ah in would be a cool modern day Mr. Wickham.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:15 PM
… He could also be a great Darcy! But yeah, I like the idea of him as Wickham if Lee Min Ki is Darcy, that would be a great bromance gone wrong…
Though, I’m so partial to YAI I would hate to see him play the bad guy…
Molly~ my heart is burned by the Phoenixes #ningyizhiweiforever
June 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM
Same girl same! I just don’t think he’ll look very ‘mature’ like Darcy does as he has such a young face.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 8, 2018 at 1:32 PM
Darcy is so critical that I’m struggling to not just name favorites because their favorutes, but I do think Lee Min Ki could do the haughty, yet really just terribly socially inept well in a modern version.
Shindy
June 8, 2018 at 1:37 PM
That’s funny, I’m currently reading Pride and Prejudice and I’m picturing Darcy with Lee Min Ki 😂
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:39 PM
Gosh, I love the idea of Lee Min Ki! It can’t be someone that is just usual chaebol jerk, because Darcy needs to be shown as the morally high ground, introverted but uptight ~
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:40 PM
I agree with you on not naming favorites, which is kind of why I would love to hear other people’s suggestions instead of my own head which is currently filled with Park Seo Joon…
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 8, 2018 at 1:54 PM
PSJ doing a comic turn as Collins? Subverting the typical casting of the role to the not-so-handsome, but PSJ could be beautiful yet so obnoxious.
Wait, Namgoong Min could pull off a Collins spectacularly.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:01 PM
Y e s. 😂
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:01 PM
Well, Collins is described in the novel as being tall, and being more suited for walking in the country and socializing than serious study (I guess why he gets so into his garden once he’s married).
I like this idea of subverting it, maybe our modern day Collins is a good looking but dim witted office toady? Either actor could kill it, but I think I prefer Park Seo Joon. I’m imagining Namgoong Min now as one of the breezy fellow sailors in Persuasion, or Anne’s brother in law who liked her first.
Carolina
June 8, 2018 at 2:03 PM
PSJ could pull off a good looking Mr. Collins.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 8, 2018 at 2:08 PM
To be fair PSJ can just pull off good looking….
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:16 PM
Namgoong Min can be our Colonel Fitzwilliam! Lee Min Ki’s more outgoing cousin who puts his foot in his mouth while trying to be a good wingman 😀
Also then we could have PSJ and NM playing off each other in scenes at Rosings !!
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 8, 2018 at 2:20 PM
Perfect
WishfulToki
June 8, 2018 at 2:39 PM
And all this happened while I was writing up my suggestion for Mr. Collins above LOL.
My head must be full of Park Seo Joon too.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 1:46 PM
Ooo, I think that would be just perfect.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 1:52 PM
Important question: Who is Elizabeth?
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:01 PM
Jung Ryeo Won, I’m thinking? She’s endlessly relatable, has some sass and elegance..
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:08 PM
Hmmm, she wasn’t on my radar, but I could see her and Lee Min Ki having some good chemistry 😀
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:16 PM
I know she’s a bit older than typical Lizzy but she has the same spirit, I think. Maybe?
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:18 PM
I mean, if Lee Min Ki is Darcy then we probably want an older Elizabeth for the modern day version
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:22 PM
@hotcocoagirl ah, true.
UmbrellaMan
June 8, 2018 at 4:21 PM
Greer Garson was 36 when she played Elizabeth. JRW is just a year older. It could work I think. 😁
Carolina
June 8, 2018 at 2:05 PM
Won Jin Ah?
Carolina
June 8, 2018 at 2:06 PM
Kim Go Eun for the period piece version.
bam 🐢🐌💖~
June 8, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Ooo, she would be SO good.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 2:17 PM
I actually think she might make a better Jane?
Carolina
June 8, 2018 at 2:22 PM
Oh yeah. She would make a good Jane.
ohhaeyoung
June 8, 2018 at 2:18 PM
i majored in Literature in college so of course Pride and Prejudice is among my faves. I’ve thought about this before but don’t have a conclusive opinion set on casting yet.
maybe Yoo SeungHo could be a good Darcy, he has that deep manly voice and when he’s mean he can be real mean yet melt into super sweet romance when needed
Go Kyung Pyo could play Mr. Bingley as he never had good chemistry with Chae SooBin anyway and is always great at playing the super likable character. As for Mr. Wickham, maybe Park BoGum? he could probably play that part well…
his chemistry was so great with Chae SooBin that I could see her playing a likable strong Lizzie…
now that we’re talking about romantic British classics, I suddenly had visions of Jang Geunsuk as Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights and now I want this to happen LOL
ohhaeyoung
June 8, 2018 at 2:19 PM
oh whoops i meant to say Yoo Seungho’s chemistry with Chae SooBIn was so great, they could do the P&P OTP justice
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 4:48 PM
I like Go Kyung Po as Bingley a lot!!
… now you have me thinking of Jang Geunsuk as Heathcliffe as well 🧐🤗😎
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 8, 2018 at 4:47 PM
Chingu, we also need a Bennet family ~ we have a Jane, we need Mary, Kitty, Lydia, and Mr and Mrs Bennet.
I vote an annoying idol actress for Lydia and Kitty?
Wait!! In the modern day one, Lydia and Kitty are aspiring idols, Mary is at university stressing about getting a job, and Jane, Lizzy, and Charlotte are overworked Seoulites.
What are their jobs though?
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 9, 2018 at 12:55 AM
Liszt is a drama writer of course, and Jane works for a cosmetics company that is just about to launch internationally.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 9, 2018 at 12:55 AM
*Lizzy
Autocorrect strikes again
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 9, 2018 at 12:58 AM
If she is a writer, especially a drama writer, she’ll think she is an expert on personalities and romance.
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 9, 2018 at 5:34 AM
Hmmm…. I could see it ~ I just think there’s been a lot of drama writers in dramas lately. I think it would have to be a small company though, I don’t see Lizzy wanting to deal with a big company atmosphere, rather instead I see her as championing this small group, maybe Sir Lucas is the ceo or something, hence Charlotte’s connection. And Mrs Bennet wants her to work for a bigger, more stable company, and Darcy at first thinks they must be a small time, unambitious company and that he doesn’t have time to work with them.
egads aka Dame Maggie
June 9, 2018 at 6:12 AM
true, there has been a lot of writers….maybe Lizzy as an up and coming Director struggling against a male dominated and controlled field.
Molly~ my heart is burned by the Phoenixes #ningyizhiweiforever
June 23, 2018 at 4:33 PM
Darcy- Gong Yoo/ So Ju sub/ slightly matured Yoo Ah In
Wickham- Kim Woo Bin
Cocoa, The Fake Poet of February
June 23, 2018 at 6:28 PM
@mollyp YOU’RE BACK!! I got so excited to see a notification from you ~ I’ve missed my fellow literature/Lee Seung Gi fangirl ^_^
Molly~ my heart is burned by the Phoenixes #ningyizhiweiforever
June 24, 2018 at 12:59 AM
Yes girl! Just went off the grid due to too many reasons (none of them dire or life- threatening, I assure you)! I am back but won’t be very active until the end of July when I will probably live on dramabeans for the whole of the summer! Missed you too ❤️