Fans may be expecting young leads Nam Gyuri and Kim Bum to be locking lips when their upcoming horror movie Go-sa: Bloody Midterms releases on August 6, but they’re not gonna see it.

The supposedly “hot” (yeah, right) kiss scene was cut from the final edit and not shown at the recent VIP premiere/press event, despite the fact that it had been heavily hyped and promoted. The production company explained that the kiss “unfortunately was not essential to the content and flow of the plot, so it was deleted.”

In the uncut version of the movie, Nam Gyuri’s character had received an invitation from Kim Bum’s character to a club event, after which he surprised her with a kiss. However, due to the cutting of another related scene, the kiss no longer was relevant. It’s too bad that the production company and marketing team had prematurely created previews and ads including the scene, stirring strong fan response.

(Still, something tells me it’s not much of a loss anyway.)

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Not only were the cast and staff present for the press conference for upcoming horror flick Go-sa: Bloody Midterms, other celebs were also on hand for the “VIP event” on the evening of July 29 at Seoul’s Yongsan CGV Theater.

The thriller stars Lee Beom-soo, ex-Seeya singer Nam Gyuri in her acting debut, Kim Bum, “queen of tears” Yoon Jung-hee, and new actress Sohn Yeo-eun. The story involves strange and horrific events that take place at a high school and the mind game that ensues as model students attempt to stay alive.

The film will open in theaters on August 6.

VIP attendees to the event included Jung Jun-ho and Jung Woon-taek (not pictured), as well as Lee Da-hae, Han Hyo-joo, Tiffany and Jessica, Bada, Shinae:

Cast:

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Oy. Remember how young Kim Bum looked in his best Harry Potter gear just this past March? Or how about a mere six months ago, when he came out sporting a more mature look but still retained traces of his adolescent features?

It looks like he’s grown up all of a sudden — no more baby face — here on the set for his upcoming horror movie Go-sa [고死], also starring Lee Beom Soo, Nam Gyuri, and Yoon Jung Hee. Film releases in July.

Film set (open to the media), Busan, June 13.

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Baby-faced actor Chun Jung Myung’s last project before beginning his military service early next year will be the soon-to-be-released film Hansel and Gretel, which opens on December 27.

The film is described as starting with the jumping-off point of “What if Hansel and Gretel hadn’t returned home, and had to live on in the forest on their own?” in a macabre fairy tale.

His character, “Eun Su,” finds himself lost in a forest after an accident and comes upon three children living in a house deep in the woods. Although he tries to escape the labyrinthine forest, understanding and warm-hearted Eun Su worries about leaving the children behind.

He’s spent the last three months filming the movie and even sustained a finger injury, acting without the hesitance one might expect from someone about to enter military service. It’s his first time working with children actors, with whom he grew close while filming. Even now, he exchanges text messages regularly with his younger co-stars, and he had strong words of praise for them: “They’re not just child actors, they’re my colleagues. Even working late into the night, the kids didn’t give up and kept going through the end, doing their best even while rubbing their eyes sleepily. I learned a lot from them.”

I’m pretty easily freaked out by horror or suspense films, but I have to admit it sounds (and looks) pretty interesting, if kind of creepy…

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