Antique press preview yields interesting fashions
by javabeans
I’ll just give you a second to let that image sink in. (I mean, really, really sink in that this is indeed two of Korea’s hottest rising pretty boys made famous by two of Korea’s biggest youth drama hits, Joo Ji-hoon of Goong and Kim Jae-wook of Coffee Prince.)
October 28 was press preview day for the new movie Antique (full title: Western Antique and Bakery Shop), starring Joo Ji-hoon, Kim Jae-wook, baby-faced Yoo Ah-in (Strongest Chil Woo), and model Choi Ji-ho (Time of Dog and Wolf).
Also: Let the Coffee Prince comparisons begin?
Antique is based on a bestselling Japanese manga, surrounding a “secretive” second-generation chaebol who runs a bakery (you mean, kinda like in Coffee Prince?), a “devilish” gay genius patissier (that’s a bunch of words I’d never thought to see together), a boxing champion turned apprentice, and a troublemaking bodyguard who looks great but has little else to boast. (Those are played by Joo Ji-hoon, Kim Jae-wook, Yoo Ah-in, and Choi Ji-ho, respectively.) “Antique” comes from the name of the cake shop where they all work.
Joo revealed that during filming, “I slapped Kim Jae-wook’s cheek more than twenty times.” (Bitchfight?) Apparently they’d wanted to get the shot in one take, so he hit him with full force, but the director wasn’t satisfied with the outcome, and it turned into many more takes. Kim had to ice his face to keep the swelling and redness down during filming.
Kim said that he immersed himself into taking on his homosexual role: “Before my co-star Andy Gillet arrived in Korea, I’d received his picture and conditioned my mind while looking at it, telling myself, ‘I’m falling in love.'” After praising Gillet for his beautiful looks, Kim said, “I had to act physically affectionate with a man, which I’d never done before, and although my mind would go there, my body would tense up. Acting to come across naturally and without awkwardness was pretty difficult.”
Antique opens on November 13.
Choi, Joo, Kim, Yoo. Either they’re arranged in order of height, or with the sane bookending Teh Crazy:
I have to wonder if Joo Ji-hoon coordinated his outfit with his best bud Kim Jae-wook. They’re both doing the oversized crazy-bag-lady jacket with the weathered black leather boots and the tight faded black pants.
The most perplexing thing about this look is that it obviously took a lot of EFFORT.
But maybe they think they did a good job and are congratulating selves for a fashion (faux pas) well done:
I’m still having a little trouble reconciling this baby-faced, bashful-looking Yoo Ah-in to the strong, forceful, angsty Heuk San/Orroz in Strongest Chil Woo.
I mean, just compare him above and below:
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51 Belle
October 29, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Dramabeans I just have to say that this is the most hilarious post you have ever put up!!! Lol I love all the captions! Everybody’s comments have been super funny as well, ahhhh I can’t wait to see the film! It sucks though since I don’t know Korean, but since am living here and will be here for a long while I’ll learn as best as I can!!! Thanks for the post!!!
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52 ami
October 29, 2008 at 6:40 AM
They're making a movie? I thought they had a drama already.
If it's anything like the manga... its' nothing like Coffee Prince. The reasons why the guy started the coffee shop shocked me O.O because I don't know why you would want to be constantly reminded of your past. The reason why it's a "devilish” gay genius patissier" as you put it, is because no man can resist him(except the boxer because he's not the patissier type for one and two the guy only likes cakes) and the owner. The bodyguard basically is an idiot. My favorite parts were always the long descriptions of ingredients in the cakes....
I wonder which story they are basing the movie on.. I always found the fourth book where the patissier master comes to recruit him back to Paris hilarious.
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53 Artemis
October 29, 2008 at 8:21 AM
Damn, Joo Ji Hoon looks hot there!! As for Kim Jae Wook - ROFL!
Looking forward to this movie!
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54 Jenny
October 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Those outfits are ....well they are I can't even describe them maybe hilarious.
Are they trying to be less attractive maybe ^^
But I sooo want to see this movie, I've seen the jdorama version.
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55 crabapple
October 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM
OHMYGOSH ! What is happening to the world of fashion ? Gosh Joo Ji Hoon looks like a bum on the street.( Im pretty sure I've seen that look before on a bum) and Kim Jae-wook looks, i dont know like a witch ? with that hat and the boots... maybe they dressed that way for publicity ... haha
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56 nyx
October 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Wow, don't you wish there was a Go Fug Yourself for the Korean entertainment industry sometimes? I can only dream what the GFY girls would say about the ludicrously hilarious outfits of Joo Ji-hoon and Kim Jae-wook.
I'm looking forward to this movie since I love the original manga and the Japanese dorama adaption was a major wuss-out (crossed out gay in gay genius patissier).
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57 adelle
October 30, 2008 at 6:41 AM
any actress in this drama???
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58 Amber
October 30, 2008 at 9:32 AM
What are they THINKING??
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59 vivian
October 30, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Hotnesssss. *.* I really want to watch this but I can't since it's only overseas. Have to wait till it's subbed. x{
Yoo Ah looks hot both with short and long hair.
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60 -t-
October 30, 2008 at 11:04 PM
all i saw was the picture...and thought was WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY WEARING!!! I loved your caption underneath because i REALLY needed another second to let it sink in. can't wait to see the movie, but i hope if they do another photo op...it will be less halloween and more hotness.
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61 edgy
November 1, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Kim Jae-Wook is one of my favorites and this is why. I love the fact that he's not afraid to express himself and I totally LOVE his style! Why be like all the other cookie-cutter actors out there these days? I like the ones like KJW and So Ji-Sub ... interesting, mysterious and dangerous does it for me!
KJW looks freakin' HAWT in his outfit, and I really can't wait to see him in this new drama.
Just hoping that he doesn't take his role TOO seriously, though!
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62 amlierxa
November 3, 2008 at 8:06 AM
the funniest post ever!
when i look at the 1st picture, i'm like huh? ................................................
and still can't think of anything...
the weirdest fashion..
*** i love the caption for every pictures. didn't notice it until i read other's comment about it
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63 flo-rida
November 5, 2008 at 5:20 AM
gay much?
jujihun is gay period.
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64 iNDiE
November 7, 2008 at 11:08 AM
"The most perplexing thing about this look is that it obviously took a lot of EFFORT."
--well it would probably take me less effort and more guts if i'd have to come out looking like that. but yeah, who cares. stripped off naked, i'm sure they look hawt.
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65 ellaszandra
November 14, 2008 at 3:02 AM
Yaaaah ! Funny ! I had to do like you said.. take a BIG moment to let it sink in.. it still hasn't....But i find it.. daring ! They may had to do it ? promoting a designer somewhere in the outfit ? lol
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66 chikita
June 26, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Love what you wrote, javabeans!!!
Hillarious!!!
And you're rite... thank goodness JJH has that pretty profile...
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67 Lumi
September 26, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I didn't read the manga nor see the Japanese version movie, but I did see this Korean version of Antique Bakery twice; the second time a few moths after the first and enjoyed it much more. Has anyone else seen it yet?
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