I've never really figured out if I disliked her or her character so much in When A Man Loves. It was one of my first k-dramas and I just didn't get that whole show ...what I saw of it anyway.

I liked her in Sensory Couple and generally she seems to do well in historicals.

I just don't have really strong feelings about this one way or another. I have to give this drama a try because Arang and Misaeng are two favs of mine so I'm just stuck with whatever combo the drama gods give me.

You know what I think she'll do good! She fits it more than MCW tbh.......

NJH is my issue. He's too puppy for this.......since Lee Joon Gi won't do this can we get Kim Woo Bin????

Shin Se Kyung...

Nhnnnnh.

That girl has it all. She was one of my early k-drama crushes. The girl is on fire...

She can act AND she's drop dead gorgeous.

So down for this.

All haters can fight me. ;)

I wonder if it's only going to be the loosest of adaptations. MCW, SSK, and NJH don't seem to match the auras of the characters. I think they have more earthy, grounded auras.

But this is from the writers of Misaeng and Arang, so I should have more faith

I am fine with Shin Se Kyung especially after The Girl Who Sees Smell and Six Flying Dragons. The problem is, she needs a partner who has better acting than her.

TGWSS - there was Park Yoo Chun and even Nam Goongmin
Six Flying Dragons - Yoo Ah In and other actors definitely better than her

If she and Nam Joo Hyuk accept, well good luck for them.

I could never pinpoint why I don't like her...there's something stiff and off putting about her acting..although I did think that her last drama was a good improvement

Hello PDnim, can you start the shooting on April or May, and cast Lee So Hyuk and Kim So Eun instead? KSE will be free from April onwards. Since you probably looking for younger actors and not big names, how about give these two the chance? I dont know how much these two resemble with the manhwa, but since this is spinoff remake, and if you want to make this drama half sageuk and half modern, these two will be great.

Shin Sekyung is one instance that proves that to each his own. I really love her and I can never understand it when people say she can't act. I'm excited to see her in a drama again so I'll tune in.

I'm still a little bit iffy about Joohyuk though I really loved him in Bokjoo. We'll see. I hope it will be good.

NJH was lovely in Weightlifting Fairy. Couldn't bear to watch him in Scarlet Heart, so the Joon hyung character he portrayed was such a refreshing improvement. I think he is best at college/uni youth roles...I liked him in Cheese as well.

As for SSK, she was stiff and expressionless in When A Man Loves. Coupled with the overacting theatrics of SSH, the show was impossible to watch. I dropped it halfway. I'm glad to hear she has improved.

I'm sorry to say I'm not very hopeful for this, but I'll still watch it just in case they manage to come up with something amazing.

Some of what is below could be considered spoilers, depending on how much of the source material stays intact--you've been warned.

I also have to agree in regards to the world building nightmare with the choices they've made as to changes. I know it will likely only include the intro part of the original, and we won't really get into the war or anything because...only so many episodes.

I feel like every time I'm reading a report on this show, it's wandering farther and farther away from what makes the original so interesting.

Spinoff? What does that even mean at this point? They've already changed:
- the time period;

- pushed the genre to romcom;

- the location (seriously, Seoul? And is it instead of the village or the Water Kingdom?);

- female lead has a long term schooling occupation, so definite adult
--so it's likely they drop the boy by day/man by night unless they only play it out for comedy;

- I guess they're trying to link the debt stuff with how the father kept selling her (and younger sis) as tribute in the original.

*shakes head, wondering*

Honestly, I was ok with either MCW or NJH to bow out. I was just not feeling that pair that I was okay with either one of them turning down the offer. Now that it was MCW who bowed out (it seems the team is looking for younger cast), I see SSK as a good match for NJH.

As for acting, I personally find both of them to be alright. They are not wow, but I've seen improvement in both of them. They most certainly have a long way to go and still need improvements and I'm willing to give them that chance.

I am looking forward to this because I am a fan of the writer and PD. I hope their combined powers bring out the best in the acting of SSK and NJH should they end up as the leads.

I do hope we get confirmations soon because March is just around the corner. And I am excited to see who else is part of the drama.

OH sh*t...if she signs on, then I'm not watching. Sorry Nam Joo Hyuk! I was gonna watch after seeing him in Weightlifting and looking forward to see if his acting really did improve, like it did in Weightlifting, but SSK is someone who has never really improved so umm...I'll pass

It was started with a bride of an alien in my love from the star. Then goblin's bride. And now a bride of a water god. K-dramas sure know that we have a deficiency on human-male number they starting an inter-species (or rather inter-universe) romance.
I'm starting to worried about my own future groom.

With the mentioning of Nam Joo Hyuk....I hope this will be a rom-com though I know, the manhwa is nowhere to be categorized as rom-com. And with Shin Se Kyung possibly on-board, please make it a rom-com. These two actors can act but only as far as their limited acting range. And can I say they both appear to be pretty boring on screen.

SSK was always just ok for me, better in some thn others. Obviously not a better actress thn MCW. But visually she fits NJH better. For the sake of d writer-director hope it all works out

So far the rumor

Nam Joo Hyuk 94
Gong Myung 94
Krystal 94

Shin Se Kyung 90

I have a soft spot for Shin Se Kyung. She often plays unlikable, no non-sense characters and sometimes comes off as stiff and unlikable but she portrays her characters well. She isn’t perfect or the greatest actress, but she is believable and doesn’t deserve the hate targeted at her. I guess people started seeing that she improved in Girl Who Sees Smells only because there her character was more likable.
She would be actually perfect for this role, she has a lot of experience in sageuk and also looks ethereal

Both can be good and bad depending on the character they portrayed.
Joo hyuk is good at his supporting role in Cheese in the trap, Surplus Princess. He acted Joon Hyung fit like a glove. That role tailor for him so he could used his skill at best
While he is really bad in Who are you and Moon Lovers.
Same as Shin se kyung.
I have a love-hate impression about her
I hate her so much after Fashion King and When the man loves a woman. Then come to like her in Tree with Deep roots, The girls who see smell and especially in Six Flying dragons, i was impressed. She is sweetheart in real life too. She is quite brave to choose the roles that require body exposure and might get lots of hate (cheaters ...)
Actually They have skills but still limited. Lot of limitations
So if the writing is far from their acting range, they will be lost and the result is obviously a mess.
Otherwise if it's within their range , they will do well. Even really well
So it's like real gamble. They need good writing and great acting partner to shine.
Visually they are matched with each other. Also their image fit with the webtoon character which is the reason they being scouted

I really love both the writer and the PD. They wrote and directed my favourite dramas. Most of them are from TvN productions
Will they create another magic?

I am still disappointed that they got rid of the fantasy elements. And it's spin off of the webtoon. Why!!!!!

After reading comments about Gong-myung and Krystal being offered roles in the drama so I searched about their characters on Naver.
I am okay with the offer of the second lead to Gong Myung as Bi-ryum since he was good as Ja-kyung, the loyal puppy and bodyguard to Princess Jungmyung in Splendid Politics (according to the short character profiles I read in a blog, Bi-ryum's god character is like a protector to Muha and he pities her unrequited love for Ha-baek so I guess he likes her.) and his other roles in drama set in contemporary times.
I don't really know how to feel about Krystal as Mu-ha because the latter is kind of a bad-ass, warrior character in the manhwa and Krystal mostly played sassy roles (still she was likeable) and it would wrong to reinvent the character into a sass.

I guess the spin-off makes sense since the original story (*spoiler*) ends with an open ending in the modern era with Ha-baek feeling jealous at the sight of the reincarnated So-ha, the female lead, with her boyfriend. The reincarnated So-ha is in college so the drama is timeline-wise in creating a setting where the heroine has a profession. However, I do not like the idea of dragging the unreturned love of second leads and making it mainly romance, compared to the epic fantasy in the manhwa.

Im actually pretty excited abt this pairing! Even though many seem to have doubts abt nam joo hyuk's acting chops, i'll be glad if he really takes up the role bcs you dont become a good actor overnight right? So im looking forward to see him bloom and grow as an actor by taking up more projects to expand his acting range. As for shin se kyung, i think that she has shown improvement in her acting and im pretty excited to see her in a new drama. I hope that this drama will receive a lot of love <3

SSK's not a good actress, but she's likable in some of her roles despite that. I like her well enough. Her and NJH are on the same level acting-wise if you ask me, though I like her a little bit more solely because I've yet to see NJH in a role I liked him in. They fit, and would probably make an interesting pair, though the drama clearly isn't looking to hit it out of the park in terms of acting.

Ooohh please guyss.. if she can't act, why got offered for this role?? And for TWDR , and for SFD, and for TGWSS.. The PD nim's know better..
Please be objective
Plus .. She is soo beautiful