Can you tell I’m having a slow work day? LOL. Just one more Coffee Prince-related post before the weekend! (I swear, I’m Coffee Prince-ing myself out.) I found this interesting article and (what else?) felt the need to share. I love this kind of behind-the-scenes writerly stuff. Full credits and source behind the jump.

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Gong Yoo’s “Coffee Prince” Character Just as Writer Lee Sun Mi Imagined

Love rectangle created for a fresh take of the romantic novel for television broadcast

By Reporter Nam Eun Ju
August 10, 2007

 
Looking back at July, there was a writer, Lee Sun Mi (36), behind television programming every day from Monday through Thursday. As the original novelist of “Kyung Sung Sad Story,” adapted into the Wednesday-Thursday drama “Kyung Sung Scandal” [aka "Capital Scandal"], which just finished its last episode on the 1st, romantic novelist Lee Sun Mi is also penning scripts for the Monday-Tuesday series “Coffee Prince Store #1,” of which she is also the original novelist, screenwriting under the pen name of Lee Jung Ah.

I met the writer behind the romance drama in Seoul’s Hongdae.

 
(Random) SONG OF THE DAY

Mono Diary - “달콤함에 빠지다” (lost in sweetness) [ zShare download ]

 
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Tags: Capital Scandal, Coffee Prince, Gong Yoo, Kang Ji-hwan, scriptwriters

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So I was thinking about the ending of Witch Amusement, and of how much more I enjoyed the director’s prior two series, 2005’s Delightful Girl Choon Hyang and 2006’s My Girl. And since both of those were written by the Hong sisters screenwriting team, Hong Jung Eun and Hong Mi Ran, I naturally thought to their first series after My Girl: Fantasy Couple (환상의커플) (aka Couple or Trouble), which ended its run in December 2006.

It also reminded me of an interview with Fantasy Couple’s PD, Kim Sang Ho, which I’d read months ago and found endlessly fascinating, regarding the process of actually producing these dramas. It also shed some light on the behind-the-scenes issues that explained some of the choices they made in the drama’s storyline. It was so interesting (to me) I’d posted up the translation on soompi, so I’m reposting it here behind the cut.

SONG OF THE DAY

Fantasy Couple OST - “Want U” by Ji Young Sun [ Download ]

There are some spoilers ahead about Fantasy Couple, so be forewarned >>

Tags: directors, drama production, Fantasy Couple, Han Ye-seul, Hong sisters, Oh Ji-ho, scriptwriters, Witch Amusement

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