Kang Ji-hwan stills from Lie To Me

123 April 18, 2011April 17, 2011

by javabeans

*Drool*

(Maybe not that) Funny story: I recently reconnected with a cousin I’d only met once, a dozen years ago. Conversation was pleasant though stilted, as happens when kinship wars with time and distance to create that curious dissonance — are we close? Are we not? Should we cut the jondae and jump straight to banmal? Etc.

And you know what brought us together in the end? Kang Ji-hwan, my friends. Specifically, a mutual love thereof. In the interest of preserving newfound affinities, I refrained from staking my claim, since it would be horribly awkward to wrestle a cousin to the ground on your first introduction as adults. So instead, I exercised a hitherto-undemonstrated display of patience and allowed her to gush all over my honey, and bit my tongue all the while. I know. It was very mature of me.

All this to say: Dayum, my man is looking good for these new stills of Lie To Me, wherein he plays love interest to Yoon Eun-hye (it’s okay, we have an Understanding) when she maybe-not-so-accidentally gets the two of them embroiled in a scandal when she lies about being, uh, married. He’s a rich hotel executive, she’s not.

In other news, Kang Ji-hwan’s idol-turned-actor buddy Danny Ahn has agreed to a friendly cameo in the drama. Ahn announced the news via what is quickly becoming the new Press Machine Du Jour, aka Twitter. (The tweet: “Going to the shop to prepare cameo in the drama following Midas. Only got 30 mins of sleep ㅠㅠㅠ.”)

I hadn’t taken much notice of Danny Ahn back in his idol days, although I did enjoy the R&B ballad stylings of his group, G.O.D. It was his recent turn as a prissy cop in Runaway Plan B that made me enjoy his acting, since he embraced the character’s whiny, childish side while showing a glint of a more decent, insecure guy deep, deep, deep underneath the fussy exterior.

Lie To Me premieres on SBS on May 9, and will be a Monday-Tuesday drama. Thank goodness; if confronted with choosing between Kang Ji-hwan (and Yoon Eun-hye) and the Hong sisters (thankfully a Wednesday-Thursday drama), my head might just explode from the mental meltdown, akin to a robot facing a logical fallacy.

Danny Ahn

Via Osen, Star News

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51 jomo143

April 18, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Javabeans and GirlFriday -- You have a lot of recappin' to do!

How you gonna do LTM and Best Love?
That's four straight nights of recapping madness with just two dramas.

JB M
GF T
JB W
GF T

Then, if throw in City Hunter because YOU HAVE TO, (The screen caps are going to be an important part of my happiness.) you will never sleep.

PS Stay FAR FAR away from Ripley because of SWCBN and the other one's brother, because every recap will attract swarms of rabid defenders.

RomanTick Town and Baby Faced? Nah. Nothing to see there that we can't catch up on later...

I wonder which shows'll get subbed fastest.

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52 dzigh

April 18, 2011 at 7:27 PM

YEH + KJH = dream come true

Well, if anything goes wrong (I hope NOT), I can just shut off the subtitle and watch them both on screen.
I don't understand Korean anyway :-)

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53 crazedlu

April 18, 2011 at 9:49 PM

dude i'd flip if i had to choose between kang jihwan and the hong sisters tooooo.

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andrea

April 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM

Lie to me will be air Monday-Tuesday,while th Hong sisters series Wed-Thurs.

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54 KimberlyC

April 19, 2011 at 12:42 AM

DANNY!!!! I miss him. Haven't seen him a lot lately since he went off Dream Team. As awesome as Ricky is, I wish they brought back the old Season 2 team back, including that dorky guy from Super Junior.

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55 Steph

April 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM

The display of hotness works for me and I could totally see myself lying about a dude that looks like that in a suit!

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56 Bien

April 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM

"And you know what brought us together in the end? Kang Ji-hwan, my friends. Specifically, a mutual love thereof. In the interest of preserving newfound affinities, I refrained from staking my claim, since it would be horribly awkward to wrestle a cousin to the ground on your first introduction as adults. So instead, I exercised a hitherto-
undemonstrated display of patience and allowed her to gush all over my honey, and bit my tongue all the while. I know. It was very mature of me."

What a very funny anecdote!!!!

Your funny writing is the number one reason why I keep coming back to your blog!! hahahaha!

I hope to meet you in person!!! You're so funny!!

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57 cathy

April 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM

I hope she will do better than in
My fair lady . KJH is good actor , in coffee house he is pairing well with lead actress .In this drama , very much as
Secret garden , royal well dressed guy is in love with lower class , not in style girl . I hope they will make the gap not too big not too deep , at least they have something in common so they can fall in love , more believable , more realistic .Please don't make brainless character

In drama which KJH is a doctor who fell in love with single mom , this is very good drama , HHJ in that drama
portrays kind hearted , smart character ., she is pairing well with KJH

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drama

April 23, 2011 at 12:21 AM

Bringing up My Fair Lady? Is that the best you can do? You know, Yoon Eun Hye had other projects aside from My Fair Lady....like Goong and Coffee Prince.

I dont know why Kang Ji Hwan international fans always act so high and mighty as if Kang Ji hwan is too good for anybody.

For your information, even Yoon Eun Hye's My Fair Lady did better than Kang Ji Hwan's dramas. It's Yoon Eun hye fans that should be worried cause Kang Ji Hwan is not high ratings material and if he wasn't chosen to be Yoon Eun Hye's male partner in this series, he'd still be in the frozen delight section due to his suspension.

There are much more worthy actors than Kang Ji Hwan who can be paired with Yoon Eun hye and can give better contribution...so it there's anyone who have the right to complain it's YEH fans, not Kang Ji Hwan fans cause we are getting the short end of the stick not you!

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58 marmar

April 19, 2011 at 5:43 PM

I am so happy that they are on Monday &Tuesday as well because omg I would also be in crazy agony over them clashing with Hong Sisters Best Love on Wed -Thurs. Since those two are my main dramas i'm looking forward to watching this May but there's other good dramas too like Ripleys, Baby Faced Beauty, City Hunter, Festival (whatever title is is now) &so forth but main two is Best Love &Lie To Me.

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59 Kuging-RN

April 20, 2011 at 6:36 AM

nice... this is not like much of a pretty boy but hes attitude makes him really SEXy!

im digging the white suite seriously, he looks so good on it. not everyone can pull off a white suite. NICE I'l keep this in my list for May... nice! looking forward for the obessession ow

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60 Kuging-RN

April 20, 2011 at 6:37 AM

nice...not like much of a pretty boy but hes attitude makes him really SEXy! i love it!

im digging the white suite seriously, he looks so good on it. not everyone can pull off a white suite. I'l keep this in my list for May... nice! looking forward for the obessession ow

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61 Sophia Jihye

April 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM

I love Jihwan!! My favourite korean actor.
He is perfect in elegant suit :)

Can't wait to watch his new drama.

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62 purple rain

July 17, 2011 at 1:10 PM

Undeniably, Kang Ji Hwan is simply ooozing with charisma. As an actor, he puts so much passion and intensity on his character that you will absolutely feel and see the character rather than the actor.

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