Jeon Ji-hyun considers Korean remake of Zettai Kareshi
by javabeans
This is not finalized (so take with a grain of salt), but Jeon Ji-hyun‘s potential drama comeback just may come in the Korean adaptation of Japanese manga Absolute Boyfriend, aka Zettai Kareshi. The kdrama will be directed by PD Kim Min-shik of Queen of Housewives and Before and After: Plastic Surgery.
Jeon Ji-hyun is currently busy surveying projects to finalize her decision, and the Zettai remake is reportedly a strong contender. (It had considered casting U-Know Yunho at one point, who moved on to Heading to the Ground instead.) A source with the production said, “We understand that for a long while, Jeon Ji-hyun has been carefully preparing to take a role in a Korean drama. We are working out the details of her casting, and hope for a positive result.”
In the original fantasy-romance manga, a girl accidentally gets a made-to-order boyfriend android from a website, only to find out that she has to pay an exorbitant amount to keep him — unless she helps the company conduct research to improve future models. She must then hide his non-human status from others, and he starts to develop human emotions.
In the kdrama version, the lead is not a teenager but a 30-year-old woman who is a stylist at a beauty salon without any clients. She is betrayed by her first love who becomes an overnight success as a movie star. Feeling the sting, she orders up her ideal man in robot form, aka her “absolute boyfriend.”
Absolute Boyfriend will be a 16-episode drama to air on MBC either at the end of this year or in early 2010. If she decides on the drama, it will be Jeon Ji-hyun’s first in ten years, since 1999’s Happy Together. After seeing such a lot of the same old kdramas airing one after another, this plot sounds like a refreshing change.
(Of course, the big question — aside from whether Jeon will sign on — is: Who plays the perfect manbot?? My wishlist: Kim Kang-woo or Gong Yoo!)
Via DongA
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101 Totem
December 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM
The J-drama is nice but why the hell did they throw the intimate and passionate moments away? LOL The kiss is too bland.. It's not like I was expecting them to french kiss or w/e it's just that they should have done better than that smack or 1sec lips-pressing.. WAHA.. Pardon my craziness.. I was just hyped when I heard this rumor..
Oh well.. I want either Gong Yoo or Jang Geun Suk.. Jaejoong or Yunho is ok too but I doubt that because of their schedules and conflicts with SME right now.. hmm.. and no Minho please.. He's just a pretty face.. I want someone with good acting skills too..
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102 mark
June 10, 2010 at 6:08 AM
cha tae-hyun would be really nice..
We all kn0w how these two clicked!
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103 tamie
January 8, 2011 at 1:29 PM
i think if night in the kdrama is a bit old which is about the same age of jeon ji hyun or a bit close to her age, assuming she will be the one to take the role of riiko,
lee sang woo, gong yoo, song il gook or lee joon hyuk, hae jin will fit for the "night's role" coz i thnk they have the hunk body and good looks..and i know they can act well..
for the role of soshi..lee dong wook, , hyun bin, lee sung ki,
young "night"= joon ki
riiko= han hyo joo also fits
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104 Whackycute
June 22, 2011 at 9:20 PM
I really liked the j version, hayami mokomichi played the role very well it made me cried a lot and havent let me slept for two days thinking of hayami's reaction..remembering it still makes me sad that is why i am really looking forward for k version. I know gong yoo is handsome but he doesn't seem appropriate to have that role,i dont have anythibg against him,i liked him in coffee prince but he is just so warm and smiling face, android needs ti act emotionless and a bit cold..i agree with song seung heon he kinda look like an android specially if he doesnt smile he looks like a doll..
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