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Yoo Ji-tae offered new KBS mystery thriller Double Play

After tvN’s remake of The Good Wife, I can only think of Yoo Ji-tae as a hot, smoldering evil bastard, but he’s potentially going to turn that image around for his next role. I can’t tell if I’m happy or sad about that, but maybe having Yoo Ji-tae back in a new drama is all that matters. He’s currently received an offer to star in KBS’s new crime thriller Double Play, and is considering the part of a geeeeeeeenius investigator.

The new “stylish investigative” series is described as a moving mystery action thriller, and it’s about a cold case team that takes on the toughest unsolved cases and always fights to stand up for those who are weak. No one will be above the law, and through the team solving cases based on true events and punishing the wicked, the drama promises satisfying catharsis, comfort, and healing. That seems like it’s promising a lot, but it’s also in keeping with the tenor of a very popular trend in Korean dramas at the moment—criminals who think they’re above the law being brought to justice in refreshingly gratifying ways, whether it’s in thrillers like Defendant or comedies like Chief Kim.

Yoo Ji-tae is up for the role of an investigator in the unsolved crimes unit, a genius with exceptional powers of deduction. He solves the most puzzling of the cold cases that no one else has been able to unravel, and has unparalleled charisma. Smolder on. He’ll have a bromance with another investigator who has yet to be cast—a quirky oddball character who always gets in that one good shot in the important moment. Sounds like buddy cop hijinks just waiting to happen.

Double Play will be helmed by PD Kim Jung-hyun (second PD on Full Sun, drama specials Finding Argenta, The Last Puzzle) and is confirmed to air on KBS, though the broadcast date is yet to be determined.

Via Star Today

 
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Who is the writer?

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Exactly what I wanted to know too. Please be good.

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That's a very important question, heck it determines whether I will watch it or not.

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Yess, hell yes.

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"After tvN’s remake of The Good Wife, I can only think of Yoo Ji-tae as a hot, smoldering evil bastard" I never saw the good wife, so I just remember him as the guy that was in love with the mother... or daughter (still not sure which???) from healer.
Having only seen him in healer, I can see him playing this character well :)

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"I just remember him as the guy that was in love with the mother... or daughter (still not sure which???) from healer."

Why not both? *taco commercial music*

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I wasn't fond of him in Healer, but he was amazing in The Good Wife! It was such a good drama.

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I think he was in love with the mother and was a bit obsessed with protecting her daughter.......loved him in Healer too though.

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Interesting. In Healer I felt he loved the mother, but was not IN LOVE with her. I never got those vibes.

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I'm just in love with him. Haha. He's amazing in The Good Wife and I just hate that I really want things to go by his character's way even though he was a selfish bastard.

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Ooooo. How lucky to have him doing so many dramas lately! I love him as an evil bastard, but it will be exciting to see him at the center of a show as a protagonist. Looks like we'll be getting lots of thrillers this year to go with our sageuks.

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The plot sounds interesting, i love cold cases there is something addicting in those kind of plots, reminds me of the American tv show Cold Case I like that show.

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Exactly!! I thought it would be a remake of Cold Case. I'm not sure if you know but there's a Japanese remake of Cold Case and it's said to be really good.

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It IS really good. It's not usual japanese drama (because its collab with WB). You have to watch japanese remake of Cold Case.

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@Caesalpinia I'm on episode 3 and it's super intense. But, I'm really enjoying it.

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Ooh a Japanese remake of CC?! Why haven't I seen that? Thanks for this ?

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I have to admit though, I like the description of the partner more than the geeeeeenius investigator role. It's too bad it isn't possible for Seo In-guk to do it because he'd be great in a role like that.

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Ah you totally read my mind there, the roles of the partner is something that Seo Inguk can totally pull it off. ?

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@Super Foxy you aren't gonna register with Dramabeans?? The fan wall would be the perfect place to fangirl about Seo In Guk together!

@chandler I had not thought of it but now that you have put it in my mind, I can't see anyone else in that role!

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Oh I will! Its just that my current tab wouldnt let me be! ? But no worries I will make to find the way, ?

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Oh great! I did not notice your reply earlier!

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I like him in Good Wife and love crime/ thriller. Hope he accepts

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Ohhh I love him since Old Boy. N now I love him more cos of his love for his Wife and now he's a dad. He's also bloody handsome and charismatic on screen. I hope it's not an idol who's his partner, unless it's Sung Jae.

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Ah yes, hot and smoldering indeed! ♥ I watched him in Healer and found him just attractive but by golly he plays bad so well. The way he played Lee Tae Joon in TGW was so great, it was the first time I rooted for the "bad" guy

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Welcome Yoo Ji Tae to the long line of recent geeeeeeeeeeeenius' that Dramaland's offered us in the last couple of months or should I say years? Now this is having me wish that someone would write a story where we have all the geeeeeeeeeeeeeniuses come together and try to out genius each other. I wonder who would win in that circumstance? The genius investigator? The genius chaebol sharpshooter? The genius surgeon who's learning how to feel again? The genius psychopath who's on loan from the prison where he's presently cooling his jets with his other criminal buddies: Goo Tak, Woong Chul and Tae Soo? The genius former ex-psychopath who's currently chasing another genius psychopathic killer on the run? The genius goofy writer who was hiding in a magazine studio? The genius maths lecturer who takes a break from a quiz show also run by another genius? The genius alien who's finally figured out a way to stay on earth long enough without vanishing (or does he not count cuz he's an alien and has an unfair advantage?) The genius autistic doctor who's received recognition amidst his peers? Or maybe in their brilliance, they will just gang up to take over the world together.

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Very funny! Looks like zombies are the next trend so we need to add genius vegan zombie doctor struggling to find a cure while fighting his craving for Grains! Grains! Grains!

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Lol I'm trying to figure out all the genius names, but who's that goofy writer?

I wonder if all genius writers write a script together...to write a comedy show ?

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As the lead? Yes puleease.
Although I wish it would be on OCN instead. I'm worried it'll be boring if it's on KBS and Yoo Ji-tae is way too good to waste.

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yup@pinny..these days whenever i want to watch crime shows..i go to OCN..I think they are the best in that area. i even thought OCN stood for original crime network until i discovered i was wrong☺☻

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?? it doesn't stand for that???

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@giocare hahahaha..it stands for orion cinema network although i think the name i gave it is much better. haha

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Wow! I'm just going to keep calling it Orginal Crime Network, it's more fitting.

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Lol, i thought it was original crime network too xD

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So I guess after the phase of workplace drama we're getting a phase of procedural-mystery dramas? I'm not complaining.

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This kind of sounds like 'Police Unit 38' meets 'Signal'.

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I really enjoy that most of the dramas coming out this year are law/criminal/thriller. But I can't help to be concerned that by August we'll be overwhelmed and annoyed after having watched the same types of plots all year. Too much of something isn't good

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Yoo Ji Tae is so hot especially in that news photo. That angle. xD I still need to see him in The Good Wife eventually. But anyways, still excited to see him in more dramas. ^^

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I love Yoo Jitae as Kim Junho's jeodang college friend. Can Kim Junho cameo? Keke.

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I can't imagine kim junho cameo in mystery thriller drama. He is too funny effortlessly kkkk~

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Is it too soon for Namgoong Min to come back with another "quirky oddball" role?

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Ooooh I think I almost like this more than SIG! Either one would make me so happy. ^^

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Ooooh, me likey. Loved him in Healer, somehow missed The Good Wife but from y'all raving about his smoldering bastard character, I think TGW just got bumped higher on my two-watch list! Also -- I read "The new “stylish investigative” series is described..." really quickly so my brain thought girlfriday was saying Yoo Ji-tae will be a "stylish investigator" on top of being a geeeeeeeeeenius. LOL.

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TGW has ruined the other shows with similar setting/premise for me. Also, the angsty instrument as its bgm seems won't ever go from my head everytime I read/hear the words TGW, or that smoldering hotteu YJT.

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Genius vegan zombie doctor sounds positively geeeeeeeeeenius. Are you sure you've not pulled a Kang Chul stepped out of your own drama after your genius self achieved self realization?

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"W" was brilliant meta story telling. That heartbreaking moment when he is in the book store reading the story of his life, how all his grief and pain were "to be continued" moments created by an author God who is starting to fear/hate his creation. Lee Jong-Suk was so good as Kang Chul.

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He really was. He sucked me in in every single scene he appeared. It was so out of the roles he usually plays, I'm in awe!

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A smoldering, bromantic copper? Count me in! Plus I loved him in healer, like @aussiegrl I never saw the Good Wife (remake or otherwise).

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I'm up for anything with Yoo Ji Tae in it. He's one of my ajusshi crushes. lol.

But seriously, the plot and the characters sound like some of those American police procedural dramas where you got a genius head detective/investigator and a quirky, oddball sidekick.

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Looking forward to this! Had a bit of a crush since watching "Healer".

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I stills confusing should I forgive Yoo Ji Tae if he cheating me. He's so hot. Yoo Ji Tae and Yoo Jun Sang, Ji Chang Wook, Ha Seok Jin, just put them together and wait to see what happen.

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Why more criminal thrillers? Why not more fluffy rom-coms? :(

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We need both!

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After seeing Yoo Jitae in 1N2D I know I'm going to stay tuned in his new project and here it is.

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what episode was that? I'd like to see him out of bad guy character and in funny mode...hahaha

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I dont really remember the episode number but its the Kim JoonHo Housemate Special. He was very down to earth there. It was a fun episode.

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Only saw him in Healer but he's already made it to my Ajjussi crush list. Another one in my list is Park Sang Woong.

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Yoo jitae has the icy cold demeanor down pat in Healer and The Good Wife. Wish his character this time round would be a little more warmer (?) and relatable

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Omo yesss please. One of my ahjusshi crushes! All the *heart eyes*

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Uuyeaaah, I finally can see Yoo Ji Tae back to my laptop screen (soon). Plus, as an investigator *drooling*

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yoo ji tae is such a versatile actor. he is an especially good bad guy. I liked him so much more than the American peter florrick. it's nice to see him popping back up on dramaland.

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I'm really tired of crimes dramas, I mean there is always a reason why I want to watch them (usually the awesome actors and actresses that are cast) but I can not stand the stereotypical roles that are displayed. I mean, about Tunnel for example : nope, @ the psychologist who sounds like a cold serial killer. sigh.
I'll probably check this one out because Yoo Ji Tae. But here we go again with the unoriginal trope about the genius detective.
He solves the most puzzling of the cold cases that no one else has been able to unravel, and has unparalleled charisma.
I count on him for the charisma, but I really hope the cases will be coherent and truly impressive if that's the plot they're going with...
I wish TEN season 3 would come back, this is a crime/detective show that truly impressed me. I miss it!

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I just want to listen to his voice forever...

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This should be interesting!

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First met and fell in love with Ji Tae oppa in Healer. Now will go watch the Good Wife...

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yoooooooooo i am so excited for this. yoo ji tae is bae

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*Waits patiently for news update for a strong and interesting female lead.*

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