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Flower Boy Ramyun Shop’s press conference

by javabeans

Yum yum yum.

The cast of tvN’s new Flower Boy Ramyun Shop showed up for their drama’s production press conference on October 27 at Seoul’s CGV theater, and they’re all looking adorable. And while lead actress Lee Chung-ah is looking fresh and flirty, I can tell you she’s not the one(s) I’m looking at.

Why hellooooo there, Jung Il-woo! I love that he’s playing the youngest role he has in years, while Lee Ki-woo just got out of the army, and yet they look the same age. Even if their characters — the Ramyun Princes? We need a nickname, stat — have got to be about a decade apart.

As you probably know by now, the drama is a romantic comedy centered around a ramyun shop: The heroine runs it, a talented chef cooks at it, and a high school chaebol owns it. On top of that, a staff of young pretty boys is brought in to work at it. It’s Coffee Prince-esque in setup, except with a different configuration of the main love triangle. I’ve seen enough boss-assistant romances where the woman’s always the assistant, so I’m looking forward to seeing one where the heroine’s the noona to our hero. He may have his chaebol weight behind him, but she’s got age privileges, and that means she’s got a certain ability to boss him around some, too. I can’t wait.

The drama is directed by Pyo Min-soo, who is a respected PD who hasn’t really had a ratings hit in years but whose projects I find refreshing, each in their own way. He’d struck it big (huge, enormous) with young love in Full House, then went after slower, more thoughtful work for a while (Insoon is Pretty, The World They Live In), but has been coming back round to lighter, more comical material (Coffee House, You’ve Fallen For Me). I think he has a pretty good hand with youthful romance, so I’m hoping he brings out all the fun and zest that a premise like this has to offer.

Aside from the main trio, the drama also features a cast of new faces, starting with actress Ho-su, who appears to be making her drama debut in this project. The trio of actors posing together are Do Sang-woo, a 23-year-old model and vocalist; Song Jae-rim, a 26-year-old model and actor from movies Grand Prix and Actresses; and newbie Jeon Bong-hyun.

Pictured below them are Park Min-woo and Jo Yoon-woo, two more new faces with fresh resumés.

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop premieres on tvN on October 31 and airs on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Via Osen

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51 noodles143

October 27, 2011 at 4:45 PM

wow. lee ki woo is freaking 6'2!!!
he's tall and it makes il woo so small.
but oh well, il woo looks so cute!
and the plot seems so freakin crazy but in a omg, that's so smart way!

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52 Severine

October 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM

Everyone's so good looking. I'm definitely watching this. Yes, I'm shallower than a kiddie pool.

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53 jyyjc

October 27, 2011 at 10:08 PM

WHOA. Lee ki woo is so tall. And I always thought jung ilwoo was so tall already but he's the one with the man heels here!

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54 Candice

October 27, 2011 at 11:42 PM

That grey leather jacket is awesome and I want it.
Also, secondary lead syndrome! it begins )':

I think this is gonna be the same type of drama as Heartstrings, the light fluffy kind, without a SURPRISE broken body part I hope. What would even happen here? The ramyun water splashes and burns someone's eye? "Ahh I'm going blind".

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55 Fasiris Fay

October 28, 2011 at 3:39 AM

Hung Il-woo! So soo cute :D

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56 jusash

October 28, 2011 at 10:21 AM

After a flip flopping of new dramas, I think I am going to anchor myself on this. I need something light and fun, with mucho eye-candy.

Lee Ki-woo ... YES! Always had a soft spot for this dude.

Amazing how every comment here is only on the two hot dudes .... is ti just me, or does anyone else think she looks so like Song Yun-ah.

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57 Saki

October 31, 2011 at 12:47 AM

I love me some lee ki woo. He stole my heart in The Classic, but I always remember him as the guy who raised his ring finger then fainted in Windstruck xD Whats funny is that that was his only scene yet it's the most memorable. Even more than when I thought he'd died in the classic T-T something about him is so warm and pure.