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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• Lee Jung Jin (Bottom of the 9th with 2 Outs, Love Story in Harvard) held his first official fanmeeting on May 30 in Tokyo, following the end of Bottom of the 9th’s recent Japanese broadcast. A thousand Japanese fans were in attendance; he returned to Korea on the 31st to prep for filming his next movie, Daetol [대털].
• Kim Bum (I Like it Hot, Unstoppable High Kick) injured himself while filming a fighting scene in the upcoming drama East of Eden. Cast in the younger role of Song Seung Heon’s adult character, he was fighting with a stuntman, who struck him on the jaw — and split his chin (owwww). The injury, described as minor by management, was about 1cm in length and required five stitches. I thought stuntmen were there to ensure action scenes are safer.
• Currently promoting his solo album, Jun Jin addressed plastic surgery rumors on the June 7 episode of MBC’s Infinity Challenge — and admitted to a cosmetic procedure whereby fat was removed from his eyelids (to make them look larger and more open).
• The short drama Tokyo Shower, which got off to a lackluster start (its second episode recorded ratings in the 4% range), had its official message board hacked. On June 6, hackers took over the site with postings about opposition to American beef. Dude, if you’re going to hack a site to push your inflammatory propaganda, at least pick a popular show.
• Apparently the mere fact that Rain is singing the theme song to the animated feature Kung Fu Panda is enough to excite his fans, who packed the house on the 4th for a press conference where the music video for “Kung Fu Fighting,” the film’s theme song, was screened. I suppose nobody cares that the song is a crap remake of a kitschy, gimmicky jingle born of a cheesy ’70s chopsocky fad. Here’s Rain singing the theme:

 
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New (mini) feature! I’m calling it [Oh snap] — a photo for your perusal with some or no commentary. (I’m totally ripping off Jezebel’s “Snap Judgment” — their series of photo posts — almost entirely because I love me a clever pun.) ‘Cause it’s true, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.

Here’s Kim Bum at the “08/09 F/W SFAA Seoul Collection SONG ZIO homme” fashion show on the 18th.

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I’ll admit I’m not much enticed by upcoming MBC drama East of Eden, partly because it’s slated for 50 episodes, and that’s just too long for me. Sometimes I’ll catch parts of a long-running daily show or sitcom because those are easy to skip episodes and still remain relatively current; but a 50-episode drama is in that nebulous territory of requiring commitment to follow but being dangerously susceptible to slow-paced, tedious storylines. East of Eden is described as “the story of two men’s intertwining fates and revenges after they’re born on the same day in the same hospital.”

Pretty boy (pretty man?) Song Seung Heon seems to have finally settled on a comeback project drama — he’s had a few almost-beens, but they didn’t pan out — with East of Eden, and now young actor Kim Bum has been cast in the role of his younger character (in his high school days). The character is described as having witnessed his father’s death in his younger days, and swears to avenge it. Previously a caring, warm-hearted youngster, anger over his father’s death changes him, and he eventually grows up to become the right-hand man to the country’s foremost casino owner.

I thought Kim Bum was absolutely adorable in the uneven family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick, and hope he gets to explore the character’s transformation (before his role gets handed off to Song). What do you think? Is there a resemblance?

The drama is produced by Green Snake Media, with PD Kim Jin Man at its helm (Island, Really Really Like You) and written by Na Yeon Sook (Slums / Dal-dong-nae, Ordinary People). Also cast are Jo Min Ki, Yoo Dong Geun, and Lee Mi Sook; it will air in June.

Via Joy News

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