Much-anticipated drama adaptation Boys Before Flowers, aka the Korean Hana Yori Dango, is taking a little longer than anticipated to complete its casting.

With the immense popularity of the preceding adaptations in Japan and Taiwan, it’s no surprise they’re taking particular pains in the casting process. A representative of production company Group 8 said in an interview on the 4th that casting will be finished by the end of the month.

Furthermore, rumors in June that boy-band SS501 leader Kim Hyun-joong was cast as one of the four leads were said to be “groundless reports.”

In early July, one rep from the production company had said, “We’re interested in auditioning members of idol groups, and about 80 percent of active members of popular groups have participated in auditions.” At that time, they’d thought to be done casting by the end of July, but the process has taken longer than the initial estimate. After rumors spread about Kim Hyun-joong’s casting, they’d wanted to speed up the casting, but that proved difficult.

The KBS2 drama plans to broadcast next January.

Via Joy News

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I happened to start watching Hana Yori Dango recently, and totally got hooked. I’m not an avid watcher of j-doramas, though I’ve seen a few in the past, but I watched all of the first season at once (I kind of like how j-doramas are short and sweet at around 10 episodes, although I do like the k-drama standard of 16-20 episodes — but only if the series is good!). Then, happy to hear a second season was in the middle of its run, I tuned into that as well.

 
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