Posts Tagged ‘Go Ara’

Chungmuro/Film
Kim Myung-min wraps marathon movie, chooses disaster next
by | September 4, 2011 | 18 Comments
Kim Myung-min has done melodrama, thriller, sageuk, comedy, sageuk comedy, action, mystery — so now it’s time to take on the disaster genre. He has wrapped filming on his latest movie, Pace Maker, and signed on to star in a movie that I dearly hope adopts a cooler English-language title than its literal translation of... More »


Chungmuro/Film
Go Ara romances… Kim Myung-min?!?
by | February 23, 2011 | 82 Comments
Go Ara has been cast as the female lead in a movie, which I was generally pleased to hear…until I saw who her co-stars are: Kim Myung-min and Ahn Sung-ki. Eeeeee. Oh man, is she gonna be crushed. It’s not that she’s a bad actress (although, erm, she kind of is — she’s gorgeous and... More »


Drama Casting & News
Heading to the Ground cut again
by | October 30, 2009 | 34 Comments
Honestly, this has to suck for Heading to the Ground: Not only did MBC already cut the broadcast down by several episodes due to poor ratings, it has made an additional cut. What seems worse (to me) is the way in which they approached the matter, because viewers found out from a notice that ran... More »


Drama Casting & News
Heading to the Ground’s press conference day
by | September 2, 2009 | 21 Comments
Lee Yoon-ji, Jung Yun-ho, Go Ara, Lee Sang-yoon Heading to the Ground is nearing its air date, and held its production press conference on the afternoon of September 2 at Seoul’s Hyatt Hotel. The MBC series stars U-Know Yunho (aka Jung Yun-ho) in his acting debut, along with Go Ara, Lee Yoon-ji, and Lee Sang-yoon.... More »


Drama Casting & News
Yun-ho and Ara’s romantic (drama) date
by | August 26, 2009 | 16 Comments
The MBC soccer drama Heading to the Ground [맨땅에 헤딩] recently released its first stills from the set, and follows with these latest shots of the two leads on a romantic date. The scene shows Jung Yun-ho and Go Ara‘s characters — a humble soccer player and a rich team owner’s daughter — walking by... More »


Drama Casting & News
First stills from Heading to the Ground
by | August 24, 2009 | 20 Comments
MBC’s Heading to the Ground is still in the early stages of filming, and the production has now released stills of the drama’s recent rainy-day shoot. The scene features the show’s star Jung Yun-ho (U-Know Yunho), who trades in his idol polish for a humbler image as he films this scene standing barefoot in the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Filming begins on Heading to the Ground
by | August 19, 2009 | 20 Comments
Don’t call him U-Know Yunho anymore; the DBSK idol star wants to be known under his real name, Jung Yun-ho, as he takes on the lead role — and his acting debut — in the MBC soccer drama Heading to the Ground [맨땅에 헤딩]. (Not that this is new; lots of singers using stage names... More »


Drama Casting & News
Heading to the Ground holds first script reading
by | July 29, 2009 | 30 Comments
With casting complete, production is proceeding for MBC’s soccer drama Heading to the Ground [맨땅에 헤딩], which recently held its first script reading in Ilsan, Kyunggi province. Among the actors present were the drama’s lead star U-Know Yunho of idol band Dong Bang Shin Ki, who had just arrived from a trip to Japan, as... More »


Drama Casting & News
Ara makes her Japanese drama debut
by | July 28, 2009 | 14 Comments
Nineteen-year-old Go Ara (Who Are You) is taking on not just one, but two new drama roles. One has already been announced, which pits her opposite U-Know Yunho in the soccer drama Heading to the Ground. The other is the Japanese series Karei naru Spy, which just began airing on July 18 and stars Nagase... More »


Drama Casting & News
DBSK’s Yunho to make acting debut
by | July 23, 2009 | 61 Comments
Ha! Just days after refuting the rumors, it has been announced that 23-year-old DBSK singer U-Know Yunho is indeed making his acting debut in the soccer drama Heading to the Ground [맨땅에 헤딩]. The singer, born Jung Yun-ho, takes on the character of “Cha Bong-kun,” a role recently vacated by Kim Rae-won because of Kim’s... More »