Joo-won in contention for Moon That Embraces the Sun
by javabeans
Another up-and-comer is in contention to join MBC’s The Moon That Embraces the Sun: Joo-won, who hit mainstream success last year with Baker King Kim Tak-gu, playing the antagonistic foil to Yoon Shi-yoon’s good-hearted hero. The drama is the fantasy-sageuk romance starring Kim Soo-hyun as a fictional Joseon king, and Han Ga-in as the female shaman he falls in love with.
Joo-won would play a prince who’s the first in line for succession to the throne. And since succession battles are so often the core of sageuk dramas, you know what this means: rivalries and factions and political intrigue ahead. He’s half-brother to the king (and hyung), and falls for the shaman at the same time as his younger bro. Aw, he’s second place with both the crown and love? Is he to remain frustrated and thwarted, Ma-jun-style, all over again?
Brotherly conflict aside, at least he won’t be as hateful as his Baker King counterpart, since he’s described as good-natured and friendly toward his brother. He even makes the effort to appear playboyish, fearing that his influence might cause harm toward little bro. Aw. Tear my heart out already, why don’t you.
I always think of Joo-won as being a youngun, but technically he is older than Kim Soo-hyun, although they’re close enough in age that they might get away with forgoing the hyung-dongseng distinction, if they so chose (Joo-won’s a “late 87” and Kim Soo-hyun’s an early 88, with five months between them.) According to his reps, Joo-won has received the offer and is considering it positively. He’s proceeding with some caution since he’s currently busy filming the weekend drama Okakkyo Brothers, which recently broke the 30% ratings barrier.
The Moon that Embraces the Sun is based on a novel written by the Sungkyunkwan Scandal novelist, and is planning for a January broadcast.
Via Star News
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1 Shorties
November 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM
I thought Ojakkyo doesn't end until January? How will he handle filming for 2 dramas at once?!
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danna
November 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM
That's what I was thinking....i dont think it will be done in Jan..Joo Won will get sick from exhaustion if he decides to do both
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Glee Glee
November 17, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Don't worry, we will pray for Joo Won will be all right [without sick] and stay strong. Actually, I am sure that he will probably rest for a while before he will be ready for this drama, of course.
*crossing fingers*
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2 Birthday Girl
November 17, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Ah mia Allah--no comments? Really--Joo Won In--you are so beautiful **
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3 alualuna
November 17, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Don't know him, I'm simply still all-happy that Kim Soo-hyun will be in this drama!
That's all I need really. :-)
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rainyrainy
November 21, 2011 at 2:07 AM
then u have to watch the rocking drama ojakkyo brothers and u won't regret it trust me , he is awwwwsome as Tae Hee in this drama and he is doing a great job
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4 aoiaheen
November 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Yippee!! I'm just going through a Joo Won craze right now. I'm totally addicted to baker king !
But I want him to get the girl!!!!
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Linda165
November 17, 2011 at 3:05 PM
That show is so addictive, right? Like Lays...
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aoiaheen
November 18, 2011 at 5:57 AM
Lays laced with something illegal :)
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5 Drina
November 17, 2011 at 10:41 AM
@alualuna: waw! Don't you ever hear Baker King Kim Tak Gu, luna? The drama ratings was the highest in Korea when it airing,,
SoNG Sam Dong and Gu Ma Jun? HMmmm, yummy sageuk! Haha,
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alua
November 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM
I have heard of it... just didn't watch it yet. (So many dramas to watch....) But seeing that everyone is totally raving about it, I see I'll have to add it to my list of dramas to watch, and to the subsection of watch-sooner-rather-than-later.
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6 Cyoon
November 17, 2011 at 10:43 AM
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7 trixicopper
November 17, 2011 at 10:45 AM
As much as I think that KSH is adorable. And I am really happy that he is finally getting a chance as a lead who is NOT in high school. If JW is cast, it could lead to some serious second lead shipping. Like THATS never happened before! :)
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aoiaheen
November 17, 2011 at 11:12 AM
hee hee. Me too. I'll be totally for Joo Won's character. The last 3 drama's that I've been addicted to, I've been a total second-lead shipper.
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rainyrainy
November 21, 2011 at 2:13 AM
I'm all for JOO WOON even before the show starts , he is toooo cute and his noona is crazy about him right now :)
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8 danna
November 17, 2011 at 10:59 AM
If this happens I will DIE from happiness......make this happen Korea!!!!.....still hoping Han Ga In backs out or something....she just doesnt feel right with these two
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gala
November 17, 2011 at 12:41 PM
same here. it's like me being turned off of Me Too, Flower. it looks so off, eventhough Han Ga In can pull off a younger-looking age than LJA.
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danna
November 17, 2011 at 6:57 PM
On the bright side, Joo Won does look older for his age and maybe able to pull off a romantic storyline with her...it's her chemistry with Kim Soo Hyun (who IS the lead) that I'm really worried about...we'll see, maybe I'll be proven wrong
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9 posh♥
November 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM
ohhh.. I love Joo Won.. been waiting for his next drama.(aside from Okakkyo brothers)
gonna love this one!!!
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10 Alvina
November 17, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Poor guy. It's a rehash of Majun-style angst without even having the 'vent-by-evil' stress relief.
I always fall for the guys who remain relatively positive despite their circumstances so this is going to break my heart :/
That said, kind of OT, but is O.B. good? I dropped it around episode 16, because I simply could not stand the mother and grandmother duo :(
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kay
November 17, 2011 at 11:47 AM
it's actually quite good. i've mostly been reading recaps and watching a couple episodes here and there. but joo won and uee's relationship is pretty cute. and the best part, i don't hate the mother, grandma and maknae anymore.
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jomo143
November 17, 2011 at 11:49 AM
I agree!
You know those two actresses know a good role when they see it. They haven't failed yet make themselves memorable.
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rainyrainy
November 21, 2011 at 2:18 AM
it's a rocking drama , u shouldn't have stopped watching it , JW and UEE are doing a great job together , I'm at epi 32 now and I didn't miss any epi eventhough sometimes I do some fastforward but I never miss a JW-UEE or the second couple ( TB-SY ) scenes
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11 jomo143
November 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM
He is so good at the rival love, and who says he can't get the girl?
Both he and KSH have done well against the supposed first leads!
SKKS created such a memorable world for me, despite no delivering a palatable ending. I am hoping for the same feeling with the characters, their relationships and a touching love story.
I am also hoping they learned from their mistakes and write the story to the end BEFORE filming.
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Saa
November 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM
I think Kim Soo Hyun WAS the first lead in DH....
Wait...wasn't he!?!?!?
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jomo143
November 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM
It was so hard to tell. They didn't follow any of the usual conventions, so we were guessing the entire time.
Usually the rules of a romance are that the audience sees the first lead woman with the first lead before anyone else.
In this show, she met Taecyeon first.
She had her first kiss with Taec, too.
They were tricksey like that.
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alua
November 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM
I thought they were all sort of equal leads (the six of them)... they just couldn't introduce them all at the same time.
KSH was the best one of course.
Like your "tricksey", Jomo, very gollum-ish. :-)
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Ace
November 18, 2011 at 2:47 AM
Since ep.1 of DH, I've always assumed KSH was the lead of that drama since he was the only experienced actor of the bunch. I was Sam-dong all the way, though they tried to confuse things by adding Taec playing his character in the mix as Hye-mi's childhood friend.
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Linda165
November 17, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Or at least keep the ending from the original novel (not that I know how it ends) and not rewrite it like in SKKS.
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12 ilovekpopwg
November 17, 2011 at 12:20 PM
he really looks like kang don won
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13 KompaktneHaare
November 17, 2011 at 12:34 PM
I love me some Joo Won! Gimme more of him dramaworld! XD
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gala
November 17, 2011 at 12:37 PM
even the way he talks. it's really reminiscent of the young KDW!
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14 queencircles
November 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM
With both of them in this. I will watch in a heartbeat. They are both so cute!
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15 Thatgirl
November 17, 2011 at 1:27 PM
I saw on Soompi that Lee Minho is going to be in this Drama too.... But I haven't heard/read anything else about that anywhere else.... Whats that all about? *Argh*
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Blue
November 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM
He is. But it's Lee Min Ho, the younger actor who was in "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" and "Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child," and not the 87er Lee Min Ho from "City Hunter" and "Boys Over Flowers."
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Linda165
November 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM
And more recently as the young Gye Baek. Gorgeous child.
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crysalide
November 17, 2011 at 7:23 PM
That's Lee Hyun Woo not Lee Min Ho. LMH is from Gumiho Child Tales fox
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Linda165
November 17, 2011 at 8:14 PM
Oops that's right, he was playing Gye Baek's hyung.
Thanks!
Thatgirl
November 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM
That's what I thought....
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16 Saa
November 17, 2011 at 1:37 PM
I'm excited for having for Kim Soo Hyun AND Joo Won together in the same drama, but...if Joo Won's set up for another heartbreak (although I liked his ending in Baker King), I'm not sure if I want him in the role...
That, and Han Ga In? Mehhhhh.... She's pretty and all, but I have a hard time digesting both Joo Won and Han Ga In's acting....
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17 nonski
November 17, 2011 at 2:15 PM
if this comes true, i will be on cloud 9! i am overly crazy with kim soo hyun and would take anything with him on it. and now, joo won is making me go gaga on ojakgyo brothers. what, with both of them in one screen... *faints*
two good talented, "real" actors!
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18 Linda165
November 17, 2011 at 3:02 PM
Joo Won... I DIE!
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19 ordinary shoujo
November 17, 2011 at 3:58 PM
I dont know why ('kay mayb i do, it's the babyface) but I've got such a huge girl-crush on him. I literally start blushing everytime he's on screen while watching ojakgyo brother. Honestly, not exaggerating, I had to pause the drama every now and then, to stop fangirling and actually pay attention to the story.
Joo-won oppa, why so charming?
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20 Steamy Bun
November 17, 2011 at 4:32 PM
OMG OMG OMG. Please let him be in it. Kim Soo Hyun and Joo-won IN THE SAME DRAMA? Like, both of them?! I would die of happiness. And it's THIS drama too, which I was already excited about.
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21 Shena
November 17, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Kim Soo Hyun and Joo Won!! Oh god.. who to pick now??! Well, I want Joo Won to be the male lead now.
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22 Daisy
November 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM
I hope he gets this role because Ojakkyo Brothers just isn't working out for me because of UEE or whatever her name is.
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Birdvoice
November 18, 2011 at 4:57 AM
Ojakgyo brothers is a good drama, their rating recently broke 30% and uee acting is pretty good too. just try to watch it, It's worth to watch. I am really addicted with this drama right now..
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23 crazedlu
November 17, 2011 at 6:24 PM
oh my frig. surplus of eyecandy and talent if this is confirmed. i am IN.
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24 Cam
November 17, 2011 at 8:47 PM
I am so happy for Joo Won will be able to work with Kim Soo Hyun in this same drama, HOORAY! ^_^
Well....I am bit of concerned about Joo Won's health and he should have to get rest for a few days because he's still currently in this 'soon-to-be' successful drama "Ojakkyo Brothers", of course. I hope he will be fine & stay strong if he will admit to work another new drama..........Isn't it good, eh? Hm? (shrugs) *crossing fingers*
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25 Jane
November 17, 2011 at 8:52 PM
i've always liked this guy in baker king.
i guess i have a thing for emotionally distressed guys who act all badass but are softies at heart.
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26 jazza
November 17, 2011 at 9:18 PM
now i have more reason to watch this drama. XD
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27 cuteNuna
November 17, 2011 at 11:03 PM
omg..first kim soo hyun and now joo won..
any chance goodlooking young actor joining the line up casting? just like sungkyunkwan scandal which had three goodlooking actors, micky yoochun, yoo ah in and song joong ki :-)
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28 Narahannah
November 17, 2011 at 11:20 PM
Woooo... Hotness.
I like both Kim Soo Hyun and Joo Won. I think these two are the most promising young actor. Good look with a good acting chop. Both study Theatre and Drama in University.
They both can act goofy and serious at the same time.
BTW, I superlike Joo Won and Uee chemistry in Ojakgyo Brothers. Uee proves that she can act... I kindda like her acting... She's not just one pretty and sexy idol... she can act.. maybe because she's with Joo Won.. Hehe.
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Birdvoice
November 18, 2011 at 5:07 AM
I agree with you, they have chemistry with each other in OB and uee acting is really great. she act naturally.
okey, maybe joo won influance her, but both study at same college and major, in theater and drama sunkyungkwan university..^^
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29 Kender
November 18, 2011 at 1:29 AM
YES PLEASE.
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30 shirubang
November 18, 2011 at 4:15 AM
aw, i want him to be a lead. that character sounds so pitiful already. kim soo hyun & joo won = nose bleed~
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31 momoisluv
November 18, 2011 at 9:50 PM
is it too much to ask if he could take this on too? its so purrrrfect for him .
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32 Mumuy
November 18, 2011 at 11:14 PM
I love both Kim Soo Hyun and Joo Won but Han Ga Iin?????
I just know, because of her, I will not watch this drama.
She is couple of years older but worse, she's already someone else wife. I know drama is just a drama but it's kinda distracting to watch her paired with Soo Hyun especially since in his last drama he's playing a (hot) high schooler.
If the lead is Jae Won, Jae Hee, or other 80's actors. I think it still watchable.
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33 nickynisa
November 19, 2011 at 2:21 AM
kim soo hyun alone is enough to make me watch this drama... but now joo won is in.. omg.. i'm so gonna watch this.. anticipating this drama alot... and with han ga in, love her in Bad Guy.. so yeah, count me in..
kim soo hyun <3
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34 yasminsatria
November 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Squeeeeeeal!
*Faint*
Omo! Joo-Woon and Kim Soo-Hyun in the same drama? My God!
Can't. Breath. Right. Now.
*fainting again with my widest grin ever*
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35 ...
November 23, 2011 at 2:28 PM
The writer seems averse to those typical crazy second leads eh. Will it be like Jae Shin in SKKS again? I hope so, because as much as I find KSH handsome I don't really connect to him in his dramas
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36 caroline
December 31, 2011 at 9:30 PM
joo won i love you hope u will do well saranghae!!!!!!!!
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