This controversy is sadder than Inho Cantabile ㅜㅜ

Hopefully Park Hae Jin gets a better project next time =)

Overall I'm still in the opinion it's still not consider a mess in terms of overall plot.... Despite Jung's limit screen, The drama is still coherent for me.... It's just a pity because they can explore him so much more. Abit bored with In Ho's scene.... But ep 1-9 is a gem...

OH MY...
this is a real mess!

im reading the webtoon, im a dan of it.
i watch the drama with open mind, be ready for some not-original-plot-regarding-th-webtoon, and i kinda like the show...
but this part crushes me so hard, and the question is, why they (the drama team-producer, director, editor, and all) making Yoo Jung worths nothing in screen.
In Ho characterization is allright, with whole conflict and solutions, but why cant they make it better for Yoo Jung? For Viewer Shake! He is the male lead! *crying*

Why can't they just postponed the ending, make it into 20 episodes for example..?

This is me hurt, to know something like this happen to PHJ with all his skill to bring the character alive, *sob*

After have a very shocking moment with In Ho in screen life, now im having shocking moment with Yoo Jung in real life... Now i really lost my appetite to watch the last 2 episode. Poor me, lady...

I was wondering what happen to PHJ. The plot is a mess at this point.Since I watched it this far, I will stick with it to the end.Poor PHJ..he was suppose to be the lead but they did a switcheroo.

I was not aware about this issue. Yes, I had notice PHJ not being in a lot of the episodes, but believed that was part of the story. I haven't read the webtoon. What annoys me is that people have been saying they don't understand Jung as a character and that Seol shouldn't be with him. This might have not been if we got more scenes of Jung/PHJ. And it is quite sad that PHJ's scene were cut down, not only in relation to Jung's character development, but also to the story.

This isn't about shipping wars or 'his scenes/acting are boring', but that we, as an audience, won't be able to see the 'TRUE' Cheese in the Trap. As an audience we weren't given a bunch of scenes and dialogue in order to fully understand and love the drama. Nor are we able to fully critique or be opinionated about the drama when so much has been cut out, not only PHJ's scenes but also the child actors scene. It is good that SKJ has gotten the opportunity to shine, and he has done a great job which no one should take away from him.

It's just sad that PHJ wasn't able to show all of himself due to editing and cutting. Now knowing this, I'm scared about the ending.

Oh initially, even i did not care much over the "screen space" issue. I just thought it was a passing discontent which is normal in fandoms, and ignored not thinking much to it. Yes, i was annoyed with the sudden burst of the piano boy, but i thought it was unfair to impose my bias on to the story. No matter however random, sudden, funny with no meat what so ever and imposing this whole "triangle" is, i just let it pass

But woa, isn't this a bit of a stretch, where the shot MEANINGFUL scenes which actually contribute to the plot are brutally not included just for the sake of including a stale poor-puppy-unrequited-love triangle. Oh i am all props for unrequited love to, but not the way it was handles in the this show (turning red face and heartbeats. Seriously now?) And by this, all you know, they are doing a hell lotta disservice to Seo Kang Joon's character as well

Well what more, the original webtoon creator herself is disappointed with the turn of events. So you all can have second thoughts when the actors says something based on a bias, but how do you ignore the Soonki's claims.

And it's not even about a certain character getting more time, i am all ok if he does WITHOUT impacting the plot. But the scenes that were left out are important. Especially if you see the flak Yoo Jung as a character get, it was important to delve more into his psyche, past and background to get a better understanding of his characters. His character and the consequences of his action is the crux of the story not some brooding piano boy's one sided love. for that matter there are way too many characters who could have had a better developement to name a few like Eun Tak and Bo Ra relationship.

And in all this it's super weird to see the Director wash her hands of all this controversy, not explaining once what is going on. Ok maybe her hands are tied, but about production house? Do they want the reputation of the show to nose dive especially when the last episodes are going to air. Classic mismanagement and confusion by both creatives of the show and the production

I've been reading all the various news and reaction on this since it broke and feels worse for every new news.
However it doesnt seems that it will slow down right now which is how we gonna watch CITT next week without thinking about this at the back of our head really?

The fact they continue trying to cast him as Yoojung, him continue turning it down and when he finally agreed, this is the treatment they give him?
Can they at least give him some respect like what they give to other actors? Watching the bts, it doesnt seems that there is any visible discord btwn him & the production teams, so I just dont understand.
It must be disheartening to tune in and found out that all the scenes he filmed, pour his effort into is no where to be seen. Cutting his scenes is one thing, but asking SKJ to re-act that scenes was even colder. If they didnt want that scene, just replace it with other scene but it seems that they didnt want Yoojung, not the scenes. Damn, that is just cold.

And the fact that change effect the flow of the drama even makes things worse. Even if they decide to deviate from webtoon, by all means make it believable and start your story as early as possible so that it can integrate to the original story from the webtoon. Webtoon fans may complain but at least viewers (aka me) wont feel like we (aka me) watching an entirely different drama.

After you announced that tvN is making the drama adaption of this really popular webtoon, I read the original in one go ( atleast whatever was translated) and loved it! So, I had great expectations for the drama version. However from the first episode itself I felt that the show lacked something...but still it was a good show and I had to remind myself that squeezing 5 years worth of material into 16 epi's is not possible...but then they did not include few 'key' scenes that were important for us to understand yoo jung's behavior , this is when I lost my faith in drama a little.. Also the regarding the absence of Jung , I would like say that it happened in the original too , but there it was portrayed in a way that made him more mysterious and when he did come back everyone were squeeing with happiness because they missed him so much....that is to say the focus was still very much on him and seol Instead of him becoming a side character who had no more use in the story.

Must be frustrating for Park Hae-jin and the webtoon author. I felt as though 16 episodes weren't going to be enough to wrap up the story neatly. Poor time management and not a clear goal as to what the focus of the story should be.

Looking forward to the final episodes.

The issue in this drama NOT only on shipwar.
It is more than that.. I just hope... Park Hae Jin will take a break after this and come back with a good project.
This drama had so much potential before until this happened. Not sure why this happened, but I have a strong gut that there are some issues, but issues that PHJ pissed off the PDs is not concrete. I Think it has something to do with the management level. That is my opinion.

I feel sorry for SKJ too, but i am not sure if his agency has something to do with this too. I hope not. If his agency has something to do with this, we should not blame SKJ on it.
It is better for SKJ take some break after this before accepting a new drama.

And for the last time: THIS IS NOT ABOUT SHIPPING.

So please, anyone who's here to sling insults at fans with legitimate complaints about the way the story was changed, or dismiss them out of hand, cool your jets.

As a Seol/Kim Go-eun fan, I'm also furious that the "detour" and "character development" for In-ho, have come at the expense of the heroine and main character of this story, who suddenly doesn't get to have a storyline anymore unless In-ho can be shoved into it somehow.

(there was no reason at all for him to show up and punch Sang-chul last ep, by that point the amount he'd taken over her screen time and storylines was making me twitch too)

I'm glad I'm not the only one afraid to watch the last 2 episodes. I am afraid of disappointment... I love cheese in the trap so much up to episode 9, and now I can't help but felt cheated for all the hours I invested in watching this show expecting it to be able to tell me why the 'dark' Jung is worth to fall in love with. I've been waiting for the show to tell me that, but what they gave me is PIANO scenes?? Goodness... for what.. They actually cut Jung's childhood stories for PIANO!! DARN you Piano.. I never now I could hate piano this much (when I love it so much in Cantabile nap-version).. and PD-Nim I love coffee prince so much that I didn't expect you would disappoint me this much.. URGGG... Signing Outtt!!

I have no idea what's going on. Something drastic must have happened for a drama to get derailed like this. Did the PD just got nuts? Did they have a falling out while on set? This kinda reminded me of Golden Time (incidentally had the same PD) but the issue was with the writer that time.

I was quite happy when seo kang jun got more screen time. But after reading park hae jin's interview now I don't feel that happy.

Woah. I did not expect about this at all.

I thought YJ's character was just waiting in the lines to flesh out IH and he'll be back stronger than ever. But that's not it?

I really feel sorry for Park Hae Jin. His performance was awesome and I looked forward to discovering more about his character. I feel like I've been cheated.

How can they just change the entire story just to pander to fangirls? It's a huge lack of respect for the actors and the author.

I really appreciate the site for covering this story. I've been reading hard-to-understand translations and have been struggling to get the nuances of what PHJ has been saying.

The entire situation is a dog's breakfast. And it's turning out to be a PR disaster as well. To woo an actor of PHJ's calibre to a challenging role and then to sideline him in such blatant fashion, is so mind blowing that you have to wonder if there aren't powerful forces at work here also.

I think it was reasonably clear that from about Ep. 11 onwards the show was on a downward slide. The unnecessary insertion of In-ho in places where he wasn't needed was telling to me that something was going on. I was hoping that 12 would stem the downturn but it was not to be.

It sounds like PHJ is upset that the integrity of the source material has been compromised to the point where the main character is incomprehensible to the uninitiated. I am one of those who have never read the webtoon but his acting was so good that I was still able to appreciate the character's perspective and duality.

I am wondering too if PHJ isn't speaking out also because he's hoping that in the interest of PR damage control that the production company would be forced to tweak the last couple of episodes and provide audiences with some explanation of the YJ's duality through flashbacks or actually add in the stuff they were supposed to from the original script.

Not knowing anything about the entertainment business, I wonder how much power PDs actually have. I can't imagine she can just unilaterally make all these changes without anyone noticing or speaking up. Given tvns record of valuing profit over integrity or loyalty, I wouldn't be surprised if skj did have a sponsor and the PD was pressured into changing the story. She would be a convenient scapegoat bc while actors can blame the PD, she cannot say anything without outing her employer.

As an aside, I thought about tvn extending citt and adding in the scenes that were cut. They could keep pointing fingers at the PD and say they were course correcting her, placate public sentiment, skj will have already had his extended airtime and the viewership ratings would be practically guaranteed.

It's just too bad that if there really were a sponsor, ttvn would not have learned anything from this. Sure, ratings may have dropped but they're still pretty good. And it's not like people will boycott tvn dramas bc they don't like the network. What does tvn have to lose?

As much as i never had a problem with the drama focusing on Baek Inho, given that he was what compelled me to continue reading the webtoon I'd given up on and watch the drama, it's disturbing to learn how it all came to be.

The production team is dead wrong for coaxing him so vigorously to sign him on, then have him film copious amounts of scenes only for them to cut it from the final product or shaft them to another actor. I'm honestly sorry it happened to PHJ even though as I mentioned above I'm a Inho fan at heart. But, it doesn't give people a right to attack SKJ. He signed up for a small role, not really expecting it to change, screaming Sponsorship is plain wrong.

I feel sorry for all the actors for the weird as hell tactics of this production team. Hope they all do well after this and this disaster doesn't follow them like a bad smell.

Pretty sad about what happened. I haven't watched 13 and 14 though so I will, to see what they did to Sunbae. It's really unfair to Park Hae Jin especially if you think about the fact that he went aboard the drama while the train was empty and the destination unknown.

And the PD thing? That left me confused. Is PD good or bad? Last I heard about her(?), it was the cast showering her(/him?) praises. I guess what comes up does go back down.

I'm crossing my fingers for the ending to not disappoint. I've invested too much of my feelings! At least give me lot of Seol and her awesomeness if you can't give much of Jung!(btw, I like In-ho too but I don't think we need to have more of him beyond his Piano issues).

I'm kind of shocked at some of the (thankfully) few hate of PHJ's acting. I found his Jung to be very nuanced. I enjoy every moment that he's on screen. Especially when he's being creepy! Hehehe. Can't help it, he's so good at it. Also love his interactions with In Ho, not to mention flirting with Seol. I'm gonna be bummed about what we missed out on for a while I think.

What a major disappointment for this to happen to such a loved and long-awaited drama. I basically have been patiently waiting for this drama since last year, when Park Hae Jin was cast. I started reading the webtoon and completely love Jung as a character. So layered and interesting I almost can relate to him. As a fan of Park Hae Jin work, I believe he will be able to potray Jung greatly and he really does in the drama! Jung is , at least to me, the heart and soul of Cheese in the Trap. I'm afraid I'm starting to lose my faith for this drama. Too much to redeem in just 2 episode!! Show, please get a grip!!
If as a viewer and a fan I am this disappointed, can't even imagine how the actor will feel. Sigh. I hope the best for Park Hae Jin and always be rooting for him.
Cheese, you could have been good.

I watch this show to see Jung do "evil" things. It upsets me that there is so little of it.

Come on?! PHJ wooden? Have you seen how chilly he could be with tha wooden smile? The slight shift in the eye and the slight curl of the lip? Some people can't appreciate subtle acting.

Despite its problems (which I've posted about elsewhere), I'm still enjoying the show and hoping the last two episodes will be successful.

That said, I'm upset for Park Hae Jin. My understanding is he was the butt of poor, libellous reporting some time ago that stated he was tricking people with a false illness to get out of the military. Then it was said he had schizophrenia! Though he turned out to have a completely verified medical condition, the scandal was enough to make him go to China for his acting career, before returning for his "comeback".

Now this.

I wouldn't be surprised if he left and never came back this time. He's been watching the drama at the same time we have. How horrible to be waiting to see your scenes and you just aren't there, and the dawning realization that not only aren't you the main lead, but the character you're playing will be incomprehensible to the audience in the way it should be because of all the cut scenes.

I do feel for him.

Reading the interview has made me more mad.

I have watched PHJ drama's and honestly he is good at portraying his character. Have you seen him on bad guys, he was so good at his character that you can't even guess which direction he might go and it's the same way he is portraying Yoo Jung' character.

I love SKJ but he cannot hold a scene. He has not reached the level of acting were he can hold a scene, which made the drama more useless. There is more to acting than having a pretty face.

There is something more going on here. Why mess up a perfectly good drama. And for him to speak out, there must be a lot going on, as if they want to kill his career.

I have stopped watching it after ep 10. It became redundant. Even if his schedule was busy, how can you not tell him about the reward vacation and stuff till he read it in the news.

Someone is out for him. The things that can happen in Korean Entertainment Industry.

SMH.

Stay tuned folks the Soompi forum posted a link to an article that said the Chinese distributor is in talks to get the cut footage. I can't confirm as its in another language but details are vague. It would be kind of crazy if they could change the trajectory of the drama but if we could get a re-edited series I would swoon.

I suspects that's too big a hope, but maybe we'll see the cut footage sooner rather than on Dvd?