Sageuk Lover

What's interesting is that the they somehow played in their childhood a role very similar to their 2021 sageuk. Kim Yoo Jung was the child version of painter Moon Geun Young in Painter of the Wind back in 2008 before her present stint in Lovers of the Red Sky (in fact Lovers of the Red Sky is directed by Painter of the Wind director). Before playing a Goguryeo princess in River Where the Moon Rises, Kim So Hyun also as a child played a Goguryeo girl (albeit a minor character) in Ja Myung Go. Park Eun Bin has never played a crossdressing role before King's Affection (afaik) but she did as a child play a royal character in an early 2000s historical drama. In the case of our court lady Lee Se Young here, she also played a court lady in the 2003 hit drama Jewel in the Palace/Dae Jang Geum as the child version of Jang Geum's rival.

I'm just thinking, do you think he's gonna fall in love with he female lead and it might cause some conflict between him and Yisan?

I don't exactly remembered how she was portrayed in Yisan but I hope it's gonna be quite different but still with lots of chemistry with the male lead like in Yisan. From what we're seeing in episode 2, I'm really liking the actors' chemistry.

Oh gosh, you're correct! Thanks for clarifying.

Trivia: Se Young was a child actress in Jewel in the Palace (first historical kdrama about court ladies that got international attention). She also played as young court lady their (young version of main female's rival).

I'm not sure if that is her real name, wikipedia only states she's from the Seong clan. In Yi San, her character's name is Song Yeon.

I love the second episode! Seong Deok Im is so cute! I’m loving the couple’s chemistry already.

I know some politics bore some people, but if a drama did well in interwoving the politics and the drama’s romance and overall plot together, they usually result in engaging and compelling dramas.

Belated Happy Birthday

Seong Deok Im is based on his concubine Royal Noble Consort Ui of the Changnyeong Seong clan.

Thank you

I wish we knew the names of the child actors. Especially the one who played young Deok Im, she’s so pretty.

Liked the first episode. I think if you’re at least familiar with Dongyi you’ll understand the first episode. The King in the first episode is Dong Yi’s son. He doesn’t like people talking about his mother’s lowly background which is why the book that states his mother’s lowly background is banned.

I thibk as far as I know he was suspicious but hasn’t confirmed yet her identity.

But he knew she was a girl when she was still young. What I meant is since she grew up, no new person as far as we know has realized her gender already. Everyone in this drama who knows her gender knows it since she was young.

It was a highly praised movie. It didn't receive so many awards (I think Lee Byung Hun's million dollar movie Masquerade was on the screen at the same time), but it did got some awards. Song Joong Ki also managed to get his first baeksang nomination (Baeksang 2013) for this film . Considering who he was against as best actor for film back then, it was a huge accomplishment already. The film was also the highest grossing melodrama film in Korean (not sure if it still is now).

I'm excited for next week. I just realized since she grew up, no one else has found out her gender already. I want someone else to find out already.

I'm gonna tell you something interesting. In 2008 there was a drama called Painter of the Wind, also about a girl disguising as a man. There are two people the main girl has feelings for, one is her painting teacher (her male lead) other one is a gisaeng (importing female supporting character). I'm not gonna tell which of the two characters she ended up with, but despite the fact that the male lead was played by an actor who's had 2 daesangs already while the gisaeng girl was played by a rookie, a significant portion of the viewers of the drama enjoyed the female lead's love story more with the gisaeng than the male lead. They even won best couple at their station's year end awards show (their couple award was special, they were not even considered in the line up of couples the viewers should vote for the best, but due to fan protest, they were eventually included and even won). There was a scene in that drama where the female lead is caressing the gisaeng girl's body (arms, hands, chest, neck, shoulder line, etc). Despite all this, the show was able to continue to air and it even won awards.
I'm telling all these things because there is really a strong possibility that the writers can push marriage between two female characters in the drama (given that in year 2008 they pushed boundaries with gender already). (One thing I don't know is what happened in the manhwa though, so if that is your basis for your theory, then that might be more likely to happen).

Lee Seo Jin was in Damo too, he was with Ha Ji Won

It's on my watchlist.