Posts Tagged ‘Jung Il-woo’

Drama Casting & News
Trading one regret for the other
by | August 2, 2008 | 5 Comments
MBC’s Iljimae, formerly known as Lee Seung-gi’s Iljimae, has got its work cut out for it, following SBS’s recent hit with Lee Junki’s Iljimae. And that was even before Lee Seung-gi dropped out of the titular hero role in a move that had many disappointed with his replacement, teen heartthrob Jung Il-woo, who had shot... More »


Drama Casting & News
Casting roll call: Iljimae, Triple
by | July 9, 2008 | 14 Comments
Lee Seung-gi has left the cast of MBC’s upcoming Iljimae, only to be replaced by… Jung Il-woo? On July 9, his management issued the reason: “Because Iljimae kept being pushed back and will film in China for a month, it will add difficulty to his shooting for 1 Night 2 Days. His departure from the... More »


Drama Casting & News
Jung Il Woo scores a “Triple”
by | May 4, 2008 | 27 Comments
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Pretty boy and recent university entrant Jung Il Woo — last seen in the movie My Love opposite Lee Yeon Hee and the family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick before that — is making his return to television in the upcoming MBC figure-skating drama being produced and directed... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
44th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | April 24, 2008 | 81 Comments
Best Actress winners Yoon Eun Hye (drama), Kim Min Hee (film) The 44th Baeksang Arts Awards were held in Seoul on April 24, handing out top honors to the films and television programs of the previous year. Big winners included films The Chaser and Forever the Moment (aka The Best Moment In Our Lives); Yoon... More »


Celebrity News
What’s on Jung Il Woo’s mind?
by | December 8, 2007 | 11 Comments
  Currently circulating on the intertubular info-highway are the following diagrams depicting the brain “structure” of young rising heartthrob Jung Il Woo. The one on the left is a drawing for his character (Lee Yunho) on the show that shot him to stardom, the sitcom Unstoppable High Kick, and was initially released months ago as... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Jung Il Woo’s girlfriend-y wishes
by | November 17, 2007 | 47 Comments
  Young actor and soon-to-be university student Jung Il Woo, known for his “killer smile” (…which you can’t see in the pic, I know), is in a new movie, My Love. The omnibus film (several short films linked loosely by theme) features five separate couples, and its stars include Kahm Woo Sung, Choi Kang Hee,... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
Seo Minjung reconnects with her young troublemakers
by | November 9, 2007 | 10 Comments
Recently married actress Seo Minjung, last seen in the very popular sitcom The Unstoppable High Kick, had moved to New York after marrying her gyopo husband in August and retired from acting. She’s back in Korea, though, and hanging with her former High Kick co-stars:   The primary reason for her trip to Korea was... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
High Kick movie
by | September 21, 2007 | 14 Comments
Hm, maybe my Spidey sense was tingling with the whole Unstoppable High Kick thing. Apparently it’s being made into a movie! …which I honestly can’t picture, but sure, okay. Frankly, I can’t imagine forking over ten bucks (or should I say manwon) to see an extended version of the sitcom. Unless they go for something... More »


Sitcoms/Variety Shows
The Unstoppable High Kick
by | September 19, 2007 | 88 Comments
I’m bored. Bored, bored, bored. Not only bored, but restless. The only drama that holds my interest these days is Legend, and that’s just barely. It’s not hard to tell that my taste veers to trendy dramas — the fluffier, the better — and I feel the current lack keenly. As I was saying to... More »