Okie, sejak menonton Gaksital saya sudah jadi peminat Joo Won. Sebelum ni actor & actress Korea yang saya minat terhad kepada Dennis Oh, Nam Sang Mi, Lee Jun Ki, Kim Tae Hee je. Ni dah tambah sorang lagi, Joo Won.
Dengar-dengarnya Joo Won akan membintangi satu lagi drama yang bakal ditayangkan pada Januari 2013 dan IRIS 2 pula bakal menyusul tak lama selepas tu. Sinopsis cerita saya taknak kisahkan di sini sebab biasanya saya review cerita lepas dah tengok. Khabarnya Joo Won dah confirm akan berlakon dalam drama berjudul The Secret Lover tu, yang juga diangkat daripada filem 7th Level Civil Servant. Drama ni walaupun mengisahkan cerita spy dan NIS, tapi termasuk dalam genre romantik komedi. Agaknya ala-ala drama The Sweet Spy la kot. Tak kisahla, janji ada action, saya sukaaa...IRIS pulak, asal drama action saya memang suka, kena pulak IRIS tahun 2009 dulu memang best. CUMA....yang kecohnya adalah pasal pemilihan lead actress bagi kedua-dua drama ni. Macam-macam bunyi saya dengar..cewah dengar ke pon? Baca je kot kat alam maya ni.
Joo Won dah ditawarkan untuk tampil sebagai lead actor dalam drama ni masa dia tengah sibuk dalam penggambaran drama Gaksital lagi. Bila Joo Won dah confirm pun, lead actress belum tau lagi. Ada ura-ura Kim Tae Hee akan involve projek tu. Rata-rata peminat nakkan penampilan artis muda untuk bergandingan dengan Joo Won. Yelah sebab Joo Won pun muda sangat lagi. Kalau Kim Tae Hee tu jauh sangatlah beza umur, cuma cantik je la kan. Dalam masing-masing dok berteka-teki tu...penerbit pun announce la sape yang terpilih. Kesimpulannya ramai yang kecewa. Siap ada satu forum tu sampai bergaduh-gaduh forumers sebab tak setuju. Sape ye noona yang terpilih tu? Saya sebut noona sebab pelakon ni pun dah berumur, jauh beza dengan Joo Won. Yang terpilih tu adalah adalah aktres dalam Protect The Boss - Choi Kang Hee.
Choi Kang Hee
Secara peribadinya saya pun setuju dengan pandangan peminat, biarlah heroinnya muda dan fresh, atau at least nampak muda walaupun jarak 2-3 tahun. Janganla nampak sangat jarak umur macam 10 tahun. Banyak la nama yang peminat cadangkan tapi saya pun bukan kenal sangat nama pelakon-pelakon Korea ni tambah-tambah umur diorang. Yang femes-femes sangat tu saya tau la.
IRIS 2 pun satu hal, yang ni lagi la saya tak setuju. Hero terpilih Jang Hyuk, orang tak pertikaikan sangat sebab dia memang bagus dalam action. Tapi heroinnya Lee Da Hae...ala sape yang tak kenal Lee Da Hae, tu heroin My Girl tu la. Saya ada juga tengok dia berlakon cerita lain, pada saya lakonan dia so-so aje la, stereotype. Kena pulak dengan ekspresi muka dia tu...alahai macam mana la nak bawak watak secret agent? Nak lawan-lawan? Tak dapat dibayangkan. Sebenarnya sejak IRIS dulu lagi, saya lebih suka second heroin dalam cerita tu yang pegang watak Kim Sun Hwa agent North Korea tu. Rasa macam kalau kisah percintaan Sun Hwa dengan hero tu lagi menarik. Dengan Kim Tae Hee tu biasa-biasa je. Dari segi aksi pun, Kim Seo Yeon (Kim Sun Hwa) lebih mantap. Athenna yang menyusul kononnya sambungan IRIS, pun ada Kim Seo Yeon sebagai watak cameo. Ceritanya buat orang tertanya-tanya. Jadi ramailah peminat IRIS dan Athenna yang bagi pandangan Kim Seo Yeon lebih layak diangkat sebagai watak utama. Saya setuju. Tapi, katanya Kim Seo Yeon terikat dengan jadual yang padat, jadi watak cameo je la yang lebih sesuai. Alangkah malangnya. Siapa Kim Seo Yeon? Dia lead actress dalam Prosecutor Princess, saya pun tak tengok tapi dengarnya best cerita tu. Bila saya tengok dia berlakon, terasa-rasa macam Nisdawati pun ye jugak. Ada iras kot.
Kim Seo Yeon
Paling tidak pun, kalau tukar heroin antara dua drama ni lagi ok kot. Lee Da Hae berlakon dalam The Secret Lover, Kang Hee pulak masuk IRIS. Sebab Lee Da Hae tu kan macam budak-budak sikit perwatakannya. Kang Hee pun bagus masa berlakon dalam Protect The Boss. Rupa-rupanya pendapat saya tu, sama la pulak dengan pendapat satu journal hiburan Korea...jom baca:
Sumber: ockoala
The collective shrieking from poor put upon Joo Won fangirls leaves me both amused and sympathetic to their plight. Upon hearing that their beloved Joo Won might be paired up with a much older actress in Choi Kang Hee for the upcoming drama The Secret Lovers, the amount of anger and weeping might lead one to suppose everyone found out they were all Joo Won’s secret half sister hence it must remain a love that could never be consummated. Hee, I kid, I kid. I’ve been there myself when a favorite actor gets paired up with a not-so-ideal co-star. My suggestion is to let it go and not watch if it bothers you that much, rather than watching and then sounding like a harpy with the unending criticism on said innocent not-so-ideal co-star. Look at me and Faith - can’t stand Kim Hee Sun‘s limited acting, think she looks like Lee Min Ho‘s aunt, hence I watched a few episodes said my piece and then checked out to let other enjoy the ride without me raining on their parade. From all the news reports released, this one looks like a done deal in everything but signing the contract. Her agency said she is seriously considering the project and is looking into her schedule, but production sources have confirmed that she’s agreed to do it and is just making sure the final details all work out. Apparently 2PM‘s Changsung is also in talks to join the drama. Y’all know Joo Won is one of the few K-actors I actually don’t like hence I stay away from his dramas, but I enjoyed the original 7th Level Civil Servant with Kang Ji Hwan and Kim Ha Neul, plus this drama will be written by the scriptwriter who did both Chuno and Fujitive: Plan B. Both dramas are flawed but quite addicting and hard hitting on the action. I’m not as keen on the PD, who directed Dong Yi in a truly pedestrian and boring way, but if Choi Kang Hee joins then I’m definitely game just to check out how she manages to pull off sexy spy and convince me she’s the same age as Joo Won’s character in the drama. She’s a chameleon, but this might be her greatest challenge yet.
I agree that Choi Kang Hee objectively looks older than Joo Won. Like, much older, because he looks young even for his age. But, unlike my gripe with Kim Hee Sun looking older than Lee Min Ho in Faith, I find Choi Kang Hee a solid quirky actress whereas IMO Kim Hee Sun couldn’t act her way out of a potato sack. In that regard, same age difference concerns, but who knows if Choi Kang Hee can pull it off acting-wise to sell the chemistry and age. I thought she had great chemistry with Jaejoong in Protect the Boss. In this case, I personally doubt it’ll work, since it’s a pretty big visual hurdle to cross that she and Joo Won are supposed to be the same age in the drama. I guess that makes the drama all the more interesting to anticipate. Though I wonder exactly what weed the producers were smoking when they selected this pairing. K-dramas, always good for a laugh.
The Secret Lovers ought to finalize its casting in the next few weeks so it can start filming soon as it premieres January on MBC. On a purely what-if note, I wished the two dramas IRIS 2 and The Secret Lovers can switch the leads up. I loved Jang Hyuk with Lee Da Hae in their last two dramas together, but a third outing seems a bit much even for a fangirl like me. Whereas I thought Choi Kang Hee’s cameo on Thank You was amazing and she had more chemistry with Hyukie in one episode than he had with Gong Hyo Jin in the remainder of the drama. Hence it would please me personally to have Choi Kang Hee in IRIS 2 with Jang Hyuk while Da Hae is much more age-appropriate for Joo Won in The Secret Lovers. Just my 2 cents, but sadly it’s never going to happen. I suggest Joo Won fans start getting used to the idea of Choi Kang Hee romancing their cutie pie, because all signs point to it happening.
Couple The Secret Lover
Couple IRIS 2
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