Barista-turned-lawyer Kim Dong-wook
by javabeans
Kim Dong-wook‘s claim to fame was his role as scene-stealing, impish Ha-rim in PD Lee Yoon-jung‘s Coffee Prince, but now he’ll be starring in PD Lee’s competition, law drama Partner. How’s that for gratitude? (I kid, I kid!)
He and actress Shin-yi have been added to the cast, which already stars Kim Hyun-joo (Insoon is Pretty), Lee Dong-wook (La Dolce Vita), Choi Chul-ho (Queen of Housewives), and former Miss Korea and classical musician Honey Lee.
Kim Dong-wook will play the youngest lawyer at the law firm who comes from a wealthy family but also has a quirky and “fourth-dimensional” personality. I can totally see it already! Meanwhile, Shin-yi is back on television five years after her last drama, What Happened in Bali, and plays a comic role here.
Competing timeslots don’t affect how I watch a drama, but I wonder if Partner and Triple will cut into each other’s audiences. Swallow the Sun starts a month later but will likely draw a different crowd.
Partner airs on KBS on Wednesdays and Thursdays, premiering June 24.
Via OSEN
RELATED POSTS
Tags: Kim Dong-wook, Partner, Shin-yi
Required fields are marked *
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
1 Bina
June 2, 2009 at 2:36 PM
he's the ONLY reason i enjoyed coffee prince! ( i never finished watching it) he was so hailiroussssss ^^ so i'm looking forward to see him in this :D :D :D
Required fields are marked *
2 hjkomo
June 2, 2009 at 2:39 PM
See? I knew there needed to be a younger lawyer in the cast!
Okay, so it's not Jung Il Woo....
but I'm fine with Kim Dong Wook.
"quirky and “fourth-dimensional” personality"
:D
Required fields are marked *
3 Samsooki
June 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Dong Wooks x2.
Need to add Choi Dong Wook (Se7en) to complete the casting.
Required fields are marked *
4 hjkomo
June 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM
or Shin Dong Wook....what's he up to these days?
Has he gotten a haircut yet?...or did he just give all his hairbands to his cousin?
Required fields are marked *
5 cecee
June 2, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Two words "MY CHAN!"
Required fields are marked *
6 questions846
June 2, 2009 at 3:15 PM
^^^ What do you mean "My chan!"
He's not your chan - he's my chan!
AHHHHH so excited, fangirlsqueel!
Required fields are marked *
7 Reese
June 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM
This is just getting better and better. I can't wait for it to start.
Required fields are marked *
8 dot
June 2, 2009 at 3:26 PM
my chan!!! ahhhh cannot wait for it!!
Required fields are marked *
9 MEIKO**** ^-^
June 2, 2009 at 4:00 PM
just loved this "my chan" guy in CP!!! He cracked me up whenever he would look for "my chan", and the part where he got irritated with GY for making YEH his "hyung", instead of him was pretty funny too!
Good Luck!!!
Required fields are marked *
10 Snikki
June 2, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I liked him in CP too. Funny how his character was the last one (except Han Gyul) to know about Eun Chan's secret, when in the novel he was actually the first one to find out among the Coffee Princes.
@hjkomo
But...but... I liked SDW's hair with the hairband. Not everyone can pull that off, but of course, not everyone liked it either. That's ok though, I hope that deterred more girls (and Samsooki, if ever..hehe) from swooning over him, that means more SDW for me – as if... :D
Required fields are marked *
11 hjkomo
June 2, 2009 at 5:16 PM
@ Snikki
yeah, he definitely can pull it off better than Kim Ki Bum ;)
It wasn't so much the hair....as the plastic stretchy-comb headband *shudders*
Required fields are marked *
12 Yoo Jin
June 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM
OMG i loved him in Coffee Prince!!! "My chan!" XD
He's adorable and now I'm actually looking forward to the drama just to see him again lol
Required fields are marked *
13 fizzle
June 2, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Yay, Kim Dong Wook! He was my favorite Coffee Prince. The cast for Partner keeps looking better and better.
Oooh, Shin Yi. I remember character her from WHIB. I can't imagine her playing anything other than a comic role.
Required fields are marked *
14 KOK
June 2, 2009 at 6:18 PM
This is weird just today I was re-watching CP (prep for Triple) and was wandering if we'd see him in another drama again soon and walah he's in Partner. Im assuming Partner is a more serious drama rather than comical so I wonder how he'll fit in. Anyway can't wait, great cast, quite interested in watching them all on screen, wonder who will shine the most?
Required fields are marked *
15 yubikiri
June 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
ahahahahaha yesssss my chan!!!!!!!!!!!!
Required fields are marked *
16 nosamo
June 2, 2009 at 7:22 PM
apparently its not called "Partner", instead its now "mabopsa"...
Required fields are marked *
17 Sue
June 2, 2009 at 7:38 PM
i watched "what's up fox?" for the first time this week, and i kept thinking chulsoo (chun jung myung) was kim dong wook! sometimes they look so alike!! not only their physical appearances but some mannerisms as well. the way they talk, and walk too! i thought i was going crazy lol.
Required fields are marked *
18 marz
June 2, 2009 at 8:27 PM
OMMGGG. another reason for me to look forward to partner!!! woooottt.
loved kim dong wook in cp. i was wishing he'd be casted more after. but im glad they put him here.... my chan!!! ^^ oh they changed titles? hahha whatevs im still excited!! ^^
Required fields are marked *
19 phoenix
June 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM
that's one interesting ensemble of casts! looking forward!
This is my first time commenting on your site. Thoroughly enjoy it! So sugu-mani-hessoyo!
Required fields are marked *
20 marie*
June 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM
AHH!!! now i think i'll have to watch Partner..*sigh*, Kim Dong Wook (awesome in CP)..but Triple is still top priority! =)
Required fields are marked *
21 Annie
June 2, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Am I the only person that is super excited to see Shin Yi back on the small screen? She's absolutely hilarious!
Required fields are marked *
22 bd
June 2, 2009 at 10:37 PM
His character in CP "teaching" Min Yeop how to be a "player" was pretty hilarious as well.
Required fields are marked *
23 hanjanman
June 2, 2009 at 11:16 PM
@ Jihwan
No you're not alone! I love her! She's super hilarious!!! I so loved her character in WHIB. I have been wondering where she's been. Last time I saw her was in the last installment of Marrying the Mafia. There was a scene in the film where she was together with the police and, donning a catsuit, was trying to avoid the xray alarm beams in a well guarded mansion. Before she started, she told everyone to beware as it might look 'erotic'! I was laughing my head off at that scene.
I'm so looking forward to Partners now!
Required fields are marked *
24 cosmopolite
June 3, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Wow...the cast is cool. :)
Required fields are marked *
25 jes
June 3, 2009 at 5:09 AM
MY CHAN! :) :) LOVE THIS CUTIE.
hahaha he'll be the reason i watch partner! :D
Required fields are marked *