IH and JE are the lead couple, but JC and GJ are also considered leads.
Usually the main lead, aka the guy who gets the girl, has a first billing. And then they are listed in order of their importance. That's an unspoken rule pretty much everywhere, including MDL. JC has the first billing after JE (i.e. the Main Character).
And that's not even discounting that he is only male cast member, apart from the FL, whose character name is listed. Why would producers realise the name of some secondary lead in a romcom with the FL? (The only exception being that he is the most famous of the cast members and they need his fans to traffic the drama, which is not the case here)
Oh please. The guy was convicted and banned in 2002 and it was lifted in 2021. He was banned for 20 years and had been working again for the past 3 years in some of the biggest dramas since. Why is this specific drama casting a problem??
Who's the rapist everyone is talking about? I'm sorry I'm new here, so I've no idea? Who's the rapist in the cast!?
>In 2002, Lee was blacklisted by MBC since he was arrested in 2001 for the statutory rape of a minor. He was charged with prostitution of a minor with the promise of starring the girl in a movie. Lee was found guilty and sentenced with 160 hours of social service and ten months in prison with two years of probation. MBC lifted the ban in 2021, casting him in a prominent support role in The Veil.<
He was convicted and blacklisted in 2002, and they lifted the ban after almost 20yrs in 2021. And he has a minor supporting role in drama, not like it is a main role.
I am not defending the rapist, I am just saying all these controversies seem like they are targetted to ruin the drama on purpose (or the producers are relying on negative publicity because the drama is garbage)
People are hating it cause they removed the bl part.As much as I understand that the actors worked hard for it…
It's the soul of a 50yr old man in the body of a 17yr old, who romances the body's 17yr old classmate. I haven't read the OG so I dont know if the body has both souls - OG 17yr old and the 50yr old - or not, bit yhe fact remains that the person romancing the ML is a 50yr old man on a 17yr old body.
That said, that wasn't even the issue here because u can change the plot here and there when u adapt, as long as u don't change the whole thing and get rid of the core of the plot.
People are hating it cause they removed the bl part.As much as I understand that the actors worked hard for it…
People have been hating on this drama since before the cast was even announced. Censored adaptation isn't an issue, issue is WHY it happened. It was also going to be slightly censored bromance because of the actors and the actual story is a love story between a near 50yr old man with a 19-yr old (in Korean age, so 17yrs irl).
But the mainstream idol fans of both leads took objection to even that, because they didn't want their idols to even pretend to be gay. So, the production bowed and got rid of even the bromance (or so they say, because we can't really be sure of anything until it airs). And that just pissed of the fans of the original novel.
Ah yes removing the BL part like China, what a bunch of weak ass country.
I dont mind a censored adaptation as long as they don't straight-fy the MC and there's plenty of bromance/subtext. But not even bromance?? Get outta here
lol! So some people won’t watch cos of a rapist? So the other actors in the drama should be be punished? I will…
The actors and crew get paid regardless of the how the drama responds, unless they are being paid in profits (which is very rare). Boycotting a drama because of soem actor is fine, but it's not like the guy is a lead or anything.
I apologize if this is too personal, but I'm interested in the theme of females dressing as males in dramas. Is…
No, you are right. They were pretty useless. They had way too social restrictions. But cross-dressing isn't limited to dramas. Even in real life women pretended to be men (either borrowing their husband's or brother/father's name) or straight up cross-dressing/pseudonym. For eg, The Bronte Sisters initially published as Bell Brothers, Mary Ann Evans was George Eliot...u get the idea.
And that's not even discounting that he is only male cast member, apart from the FL, whose character name is listed. Why would producers realise the name of some secondary lead in a romcom with the FL?
(The only exception being that he is the most famous of the cast members and they need his fans to traffic the drama, which is not the case here)
He was convicted and blacklisted in 2002, and they lifted the ban after almost 20yrs in 2021. And he has a minor supporting role in drama, not like it is a main role.
I am not defending the rapist, I am just saying all these controversies seem like they are targetted to ruin the drama on purpose (or the producers are relying on negative publicity because the drama is garbage)
That said, that wasn't even the issue here because u can change the plot here and there when u adapt, as long as u don't change the whole thing and get rid of the core of the plot.
But the mainstream idol fans of both leads took objection to even that, because they didn't want their idols to even pretend to be gay. So, the production bowed and got rid of even the bromance (or so they say, because we can't really be sure of anything until it airs). And that just pissed of the fans of the original novel.