Ma HyeRi~~~~

yeeeeey~
now id like top to rise from the dead(24-esque style) and id really be hooked.

xD

I'm guessing at some point Lee Ji Ah assassinates Kim So Yeon.

OMG!!! This is great news! I might actually watch now. KSY was the best part of IRIS for me. That is what made me a fan of hers. I actually thought that the North Korean group was just far superior than the South Korean group in IRIS.

OMG YES! YES! YES! I didn't know her before Iris -my bad!- and she completely stole every single scene. I'm SO excited now. And it goes without saying that I'm just as excited to see KSW cos he's awesome! YaY! As if I wasn't anticipating Athena enough...

YES!!! SHE IS WAY BETTER THAN KIM TAE-HEE!!!

yes!!!!!!!
i love kim so yeon..
its been great for her and i definitely looking forward for athena after this..

wow...
i wanted to see her with cha seung woo please!!!!!!

These two were riveting in IRIS.

Glad to see them do a cameo.

Maybe they should do another spin off with just these two actors. Then again, too much of a good thing?

EXITED!!!!! OMG!!

I wonder if Sunhwa in Athena will be the person before-she-met-Hyunjun or after-Hyunjun-died. The short, edgy yet chic hairstyle would be 'the before' phase but if it's after.. she can come up with any style fitting the emotional change, perhaps.

Thanks girlfriday for writing this. In my alternate world, Lee Byung Hun and Kim So Yeon made IRIS a lot better ^^.. with Kim Seung Woo.. the three of them in the Shanghai scene was superbly intense. Wished that .. ahh.. never mind.. wishful thinking.

Wasn't going to follow Athena.. but.. with KSY onboard.. will have to catch her scenes (that might be the hint if IRIS 2 gets the green light).. hope Sunhwa moments are not just fleeting ones.

jeez, the list of epic actors for Athena is insane.
Hopefully the writing/directing keeps up and doesn't crash this much Awesome.

hopes there is someone who likes KSY in this series xD

I want SunHwa to shoot Kim Tae Hee's character! ;-) How about that! hahahah

Anyway, I really hope they don't kill off SunHwa. If they do, I'm going to be VERY angry! I'm hoping we'll get scenes of her and Cha Seung Won! Those two would be hot together and I agree with you dramabeans, I, too, really hope she sports the short hair cut again.

She definitely pulls it off and looks bad@$$! She never did like the short hair but I thought it gave her character edge, too. We'll see!

Athena really is going to be a travelogue-spy-action drama! So many international filming!! I don't think any other drama has been to as much international cities as Athena..

this going to be exciting! Kim So Yeon is HOT and oozing with charisma!

my eyes were like this o.o when i read the previous Athena news...but when i see her name(together with Kim Seung woo), my eyes goes like this O.O

This news made me ten times more excited to watch Athena. Kim So-Yeon and Kim Seung-Woo were some of the only characters that made IRIS bearable for me.

Love her!!!

I, for one, just want her to grow her bangs XD I think that her face looks even better without them ^^ Never did watch IRIS, though ^^' I bet an extremely tight ponytail would fit her character too, although she might cut her hair again. It does seem kind of unlikely to me, but who knows!!! : )

Gotta say that this news(thanks for announcing it, GF!) has increased my interest in Athena by about a hundredfold...as in, from virtually no interest to high interest. I love Kim So-yeon, and Kim Seung-woo just has gobs of charisma and a great screen presence. These two actors were easily the best things going for IRIS. They each stole every scene they were in...and, if they were both in a scene at the same time...wow.

And, as much as I think Kim So-yeon looks fabulous with long hair(but not so much with those short bangs she sported in PP), she looks both gorgeous and badass with the short hair she has in the two photos at the top of this article.

Loving her in Dr. Champ. Now, if only ViiKii would get that licensing agreement with SBS, so that those of us in the North America region could regain access to their subbed videos. *sigh*

OMG.
finally..i really like Kim so yeon since iris.
so, it will be great to see her again in Athena.
i impatiently wait next december...

interesting..
cant wait to see her again!!

so much interesting..
cant wait to see her again!!

yay!!! im so happy

YAY ! *Hands in the air*

I like badass Kim So-yeon better.

"These two were the runaway stars of IRIS for me, as I hardly cared about the other characters, and couldn’t get enough of these two."

YES YES YES I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU GIRLFRIDAY!

i fell in love with kim so-yeon and kim seung-woo in iris more than the "supposedly' main cast lee byung-heon and kim tae- hee. they both sold me with their characters as north korean agents.

athena was on my bleah list. i knew that they have a lot of huge names in this drama but the release of new stills and photos didnt really create much hype for me. methinks it's still too early for promotion. but i did consider watching it with not really high expections when it premieres.

BUT! now that these two are gonna have cameos, i think i might just watch it! just for them both! i love how she looks badass in her short her kicking and fighting butts but have a complete 180 degree change as a doctor with long hair in dr champ. and she still manages to kick some butt in both (:

p.s correct me if i'm not wrong, was there supposed to be a manhwa and film version of iris?

love love love love this woman. my fav korean actress right now

Just one more reason to watch this. Can't wait!

I love her!! She look smokin hot in the first picture!! She really rock that short haircut and smokey eye!!

1. it will be soo good if she will kill that plain first lead girl from Iris!
2. and recognize the feelings commanding officer Park has for her :P

@kaedejun LOL to you imagination!

This is the cherry on the sundae! I loved both these actors in IRIS. I also agree they made IRIS for me along with TOP.

Personally I thought Kim So-Yeon should have been a lead and not just a cameo..alas I have a 'thing' for actors named Seung..

This is great....she's the reason why i watched iris and now im gonna watch athena too...

This is great....i totally love her,she's the reason why i watched iris and now im gonna watch athena too...

She was so bad ass in Iris!!! Can't wait to see her again =)

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly, I have reason to watch Athena... Har har har...

Hopefully she's not just cameo, i hope her character will develop into... at least second lead.

At the first time i've heard about Athena's casts, i felt do not interesting at all. I've never even planned to watch it. But ever since i've heard KSY would do cameo, then i'll just watch the episode she would presence. (",)

I prefer Kim So Yeon in IRIS over Maggi Q in Nikita anytime.

Holy Crackpot! Sooooooooooo B.A.!

3 series in one year, :)

Thanks girlfriday,

Guest stint, well, either live or die or just appear for the drama publicity. As for Ejiah, hope she will stimulate the hero lovelife which had gone stale.

i wish her and cha seung won character will be lover. hehe
i love her very much in prosecutor princess.

It's really a great news for KSY's fan. Off course I'm one of them!I hope she does not only a cameo.My dear scriptwriter,please give me more Sun Hwa!

OMG SHE IS SO HOT I LOVE HER

her back is so sexy

She was so good in IRIS so i am glad she is coming back.

YAY, sexy back KSH comes back, I love her in Iris, really really love her, if don't have her and KSW, I would drop Iris, the leading girl 's acting was so bad, KSY, LBH, & KSW saves Iris, especially Sun Hwa, yeah, waiting for her short hair and smoky eyes come back too, love everything about Kim Sun Hwa