Joyce_Tyler

This is coming together fast. Very happy to have another Kim Sun-a drama so soon after The Empire.

Definitely. But I would watch Kim Sun-Ah act in anything. She's a terrific actress in addition to being a terrific pianist.

Estimated Korean TV and streaming release: May 2023.

I couldn't agree more.

She's had a long and successful career as a model, singer, and actress. Have you factored in her modelling fees? The ads she's in pop up even when I'm watching dramas that she isn't in. And apparently by 2017 she already placed #26 on Forbes' list of Korea's "Power Celebrities."

Easy answer. It's not just about the money. SHJ already has a lot of money. It's about being offered the kind of role that she was not being offered by k-drama producers, who have a habit of type-casting actors/actresses. You have to admit that her role in Cassiopeia was very different from her k-drama roles. Even her anti-heroine role in Why Her amounted to little in terms of dramatic intensity when compared to her role in Cassiopeia. So, again: It's not just about the money.

The Korean movies I've seen, with the exception of some directed by Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho, seem to have had small budgets. And movies that have low production costs can afford to cast actors, who are popular throughout Asia and pay them well. (Jang Hyuk is a good example.) Because of those actors, the movies will be able to find distributors beyond S. Korea, which means their worldwide gross is what you should be looking at. It's also possible that actors like to make movies even when the pay is only the equivalent of k-drama pay. because they only take 2 months to film rather than the 5-6+ months that it takes to make a 16-episode drama.

I'm not sure. I read that info online, possibly provided by her new agency. But my guess is that following the completion of AOS, she began filming that movie, "30 Days," which would suggest that the production company waited for her. Can't say I'd blame them; she's very popular and always delivers.

You shouldn't assume that JSM was removed. She's famous and receives a lot of film an k-drama offers. She left a movie to do AOS, and now she has returned to make more movies. She decides what projects she wants to do.

You gave the acting a 7.0 rating (that's a C- in my country), after calling the acting "phenomenal" in your review. Was that rating a typo? Because for me, C- isn't phenomenal.

Jang Na-ra has a cameo role in ep. 7. https://twitter.com/JangNaraPH/status/1584556360728838144

Han Groo is a very talented actress. Her comic timing is no joke. I hope she makes a comeback soon.

Can't wait.

The idea that the producer might not want So-min in season 2 and might be recasting the heroine for that reason seems improbable. If the heroine is being recast it must be because So-min never signed on to a season 2, wants a break, and/or already has another drama or movie role that she's interested in doing.

Very similar plotline to a French film, "La doublure," from 2006.

Yes, but not only lobbyists--also megabucks donors, who tie their campaign contributions to the candidates' voting the way the donors want them to vote and the hell with the people's best interests.

Wow! Excellent comment. What's really made me uncomfortable is when a celebrity is dating and it's characterized as a "scandal!" That's so weird.

Apparently she isn't planning on getting pregnant. She said she 'll begin filming her new k-drama after the June wedding.

Just a strong suggestion. I'm not the only one who would love to see this pairing.

Jang Nara as female lead!