Yay for this casting!

i didnt expect han ji min but i think nonetheless it will be a great drama! so looking forward to this

I'm happy with this choice because I wanted Chun to play alongside an experienced actress. I really can't wait for this drama!

IMO, Yoochun has yet to be at the top level for his acting skills. Yes, he's getting there and I am up to see him playing a culture shock prince and see if he has broaden his range of acting.

Previous dramas, he has carried the not so bubbly characters so this sure will be a nice turn.

AS for HJM, I''m pretty sure she will be good for this though I was thinking of a younger lady playing the princess roles.

Whoa. Definitely didn't see this one coming! But I'm in! I like her repertoire and she's good in Padam Padam (currently watching) :)

Had to look up her height in DramaFever at the "she's tiny" comment though. LOL! But yeah. I'm with ya JB! I like the towering as opposed to the eye-to-eye...maybe 'cause I'm tinier than she is >_>

Though...wait. Hold it! *pulls back hopes*

Definitely in, right? As in locked?
Is Chunface locked as well? 'cause I didn't read/hear/see. Maybe I ought to reread just to be double sure. *sighs*

Because if not.... O____O

Argh, the suspense! But I guess it's all part of the game. Heh.

Hmmm...don't know her but it doesn't matter. This one, I'm watching for the plot.

I was shocked over this, not just the age gap, HJM does look a lot older than Yoochun. She looks really match w JWS who is at YC's mom's age.
But what to do, it is already confirmed n I know she is goood so I hope YC can learn a lot from her...

Dream for perfect match for YC ~ will wait

(1) I think we’re just going to have to get used to the noona-romance as a fixture in dramaland

Probably they're avoiding any scandal involved thereafter. It's like strictly for business kind of romance.

well, let's just see if it's going interest me or not.

Yay! Han Ji Min...this really good news. Who could be better I thought too! I can't wait. Han Ji Min has really grown on me. She has grown in my eyes too as I watch her in the different type of roles she's acted in.
Han Ji Min...two thumbs up!!

I'll be waiting for this drama for sure. Not a huge fans of Ha Jimin but I think this drama will be very interesting. Ha Jimin and Yoochun as a couple wow

like like like :) can't wait for all the wonderful drama this coming summer

cant wait to watch this drama this march. ^o^
im eager to know other casts too.. i heard there will be two female lead... and there will be a eunuch, bodyguard, and teacher characters who will go into the future together w yoochun..

wow lol some of these comments make her sound like she looks like some sort of ajumma. i think she has a really youthful aura, and if yoochun stays away from his super boyish haircuts they would look wonderful together and not awkward at all. besides, if being born in 1982 is now considered old... then i am a bit scared. LOL

woah so a few days before your first post about Rooftop Prince I was randomly forming a kdrama plot in my head which was 99% like the synopsis of this Rooftop Prince except I had imagined it (prior to this announcement) with Han Ji Min (and not with Yoochun)... Then this comes out O_O

kdramaland's psychic powers are unmatched

nice choice...i am excited to see her...But I wonder why nowadays nonna romance is so popular....still cheering for them though

Wow, I didn't expect this, but I have to say I like that Han Ji-min is playing the female lead. I've always liked her (especially in Resurrection) and I think she has the spunk to pull it off. :)

Plus, she usually manages to have good chemistry with her male counterparts.

Ha Ji Min, not really know her, her acting abilities, etc, maybe famous in Korea, but not many news in English compared to others like Park Min Young, Lee Da Hae and now MCW.

Anyway, she is cute.

Although I do find Yoochun adorable, I don't agree with him getting a main role. There are so many way more talented (not idol) actors, who have been struggling with second leads. Is it time to shake it up? Han Ji-Min looks so thin! She needs to put some weight. I loved her in Capital Scandal!

I don't see why her being 4 years older should be an issue. She can pass younger and it doesn't have to be a noona romance in the drama if they make her character younger, or his character older. Isn't that what they do all the time in Hollywood with people in their late 20's playing high school kids.

The most recent thing I've seen Han Ji Min in was Detective K, and I thought she was pretty terrible in that, completely miscast. She was better in Yi San. Is she doing a good job in Padam Padam? I haven't watched that drama, but all the praise seems to be directed at the bromance and JWS and KB.

I'm not a fan of yoochun's acting, but I guess I can see him acting the role as a Joseon era prince and some modern chaebol. And han jimin! *gushes* I think she's so pretty and perfect for this role. The premise of time traveling looks interesting, so I'm kinda looking forward to this drama. XD

Too soon. I still want to see her as Ji Na.

YAYY!! I like this girl :D thought I've only seen her in Jewel in the Palace a.k.a Dae Jang Geum so far...

Aww I was looking forward to Kim So Eun...I heard she's been offered this role. But oh well, still watching for the plot :P

O-kaay....
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Okay, I need to watch Padam Padam then...

Hated her in Cain and Abel, but I liked her in Yi San. So, I guess I have to wait and see...
Doesn't matter, I have a special switch in my head to blur out the face of some female leads. I'm def. watching this.

Interesting choice. Although I haven't seen much of her work. I watched her on Resurrection and Cain and Abel. I hated those characters to the bit (her existance washed down resurrection IMO). I don't know if it was her acting or the character themselves but I didn't feel any emotional pull, instead i felt like slapping her face to make her come to her senses. If she's going to pull another of that role. Consider me out.

I wub HJM, so I'll try this for her.

Actually the premise is very much like this Christina Applegate-Jean Reno vehicle: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189192/.

Just Visiting. It's awesomely awesome.

Well I am looking forward to it. It sounds like a great premise and I'm looking forward to seeing YC in something that's more comedic. It's harder to do but I think with some of his idol experience, he can pull it off - and just in general improving his acting skills. I think he has awhile to go but as long as he's entertaining, I'll support it.

HJM - I have seen her in Capital Scandal, Yi San and PP. I liked her best in YS - but I feel like she played best that more demure, good girl - perfect for Joseon era and a love interest of a king. But her playing a cutesy, bubbly girl - not so much. Someone mentioned that she lacked that kind of natural spunk - me too - I felt that. That's why I couldn't fully get into her. But I think she is a decent actress with pretty nice roles under her belt. Maybe if she could channel some of that inner spunk & sass and have that naturally come out here - I think she'd be perfect for the role. Cause she can definitely jump from present to past easily.

YC and HJM - fighting!!!

Yoochun looked way too young for lee da hee in Ripley, hope they give him a more mature look in this.

I love Han ji min in Capital scandal and Yi san and Padam Padam. I just looove that drama in general, so intense. best of whats on at the moment. Jung woo sung as Kang chil is just fantastic and the bromance with kim bum......loving it.

Rooftop Prince sounds like a mash-up of 'Kate & Leopold' and 'Enchanted' - bring on the funny!

I've only seen HJM in Jewel in the Palace and now in Padam Padam where she's playing a conflicted sad-sack type, so as far as watching her play 'cute' - IDK. I just don't see her as cute, most likely because I equate 'cute' with being youthful and HJM skews older (and is) than Yoochun, height issues notwithstanding. It will all depend on the writing, as always.

Had to laugh at the 'she reminds me of..' comments up-thread. I find it totally distracting to watch her in Padam Padam because the first thing that hits me about her is her dead-on resemblance to Lee Hyori. To me, they could be twins - voice and looks (except Hyori has more in the boobs department).
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OHH!! I SEE YOOUCHUN'S MESMERING EYES ALREADY!
LOL, she is sooo pretty! I guess they were looking for a female actress who had a 'clean' look.
lol, but afterall, great choice! <3

Yoochun's Prince catapults into the 21st century...will the prince Mickey become a KPop idol? For fun, see Jeonwoochie-Taoist Wizard...they used cellphones...good movie

Interesting! Is this drama in competition with yoo ah in's up coming drama?

yay for Han Ji Min

Not a huge fan of Yoochun but I've like the dramas he chosen so far. And now with Han Ji Min too,(LOVE HER)!!!! He's so lucky!!! Cant wait!!! Come on March Madness!!!

HJM is the best actress in my opinion of watching many many dramas. She's not only really versatile, but she always picks good projects. I'm hoping to trust her in her decision with this one! :P

I have never seen her anything (except maybe the Padam Padam trailer) but I think she's cute. If they have good chemistry the age gap goes out the window. I'm sure they can pull it off. I love the whole premise I hope this turns out well. *crosses fingers*

Popularity doesn't exactly equal acting credits or strengths or experience. Say Moon Chae Won is very popular now because of her recent dramas, but doesn't make her more experienced or better actress than her co-actress Hong So Hyun. Park Min Young is more popular than Moon Chae Won, but I think Moon Chae Won's acting is at upper level.

I don't know why people complain that Han Ji Min is not popular enough. It would sound better if were wishing him to work with more experienced actresses so he can learn from them. But popularity? Some who like Han Ji Min might think "Likewise." She'd acted with actors like Kim Jae Won, So Ji Sub, Jung Woo Sung, Lee Seo Jin, Kang Ji Hwan, Eric....and Yoo Chun is much behind in terms of experience and popularity in acting field. Han Ji Min herself is well known too, but maybe not with the younger generation that Yoo Chun's fans are in considering she's close reaching 30. The girl really does not look 29.

Likewise Yoo Chun is popular (I'd say more so in other fields), but his acting is not leveled with some with same popularity or even someone with much less popularity. Even if a drama has an unpopular cast it can still become very good quality and memorable. It takes much more than just popular casts to make a good drama. They just make the drama look more visible. If he weren't paired with Han Ji Min and it's a new actress and they do a good job and have great chemistry we'd like the drama very much still. Same as if Han Ji Min were to work with a new actor instead.

I'm positive about Han Ji min. Really liked her inside Jewel in the Palace and Yi San. I absolutely liked her inside Great Inheritance with Kim Jae Won. I loved Cain & Abel, but didn't like her character because it was such an unimportant female lead character (just my opinion.)

As for Yoo Chun, well...he's acted in a fushion Saejuk before, so should be ok. Since this is his 2nd drama and some say that the role is tailored for him I think he should do fine. He has the image that is easy to like. Just need a good script and production crew.

They can really do the whole noona-romance in this and it won't be weird even. Considering the princess has died and it's the prince who travels time to come see her reincarnated being. He could have came to the present and she happens to be older than him if they wish to do a noona-romance thing, or he happens to find her at the age she when she died.

And some talking about BuBuJingXin? I love that drama. It's the brightest star shining in CDramaland. Please let it guide the way to better CDramas of equal quality. Luckily this Prince will never have as hard time in modern world as Ruo Xi did in Qing days. Why not try Palace Lockheart would be more likely. I'm not mocking this drama, and those who watched the end would understand. lol I hope this drama turns out nice. With the fantasy element, usually it's a like or dislike for me, nothing in the middle. This premise is more stomach-able for me than swapping bodies.

I don't see a possibility for a happy ending. The prince can not stay in modern days or history would rewrite it self and he could not bring the princess' reincarnation back to the past to live with him. A prince traveling through time to get to his princess, it's hard to believe that it happened. In the end, could it be that it was all Han Ji Min's dream all along? Maybe she happened to encounter Yoo Chun someday ago and did not remember, but his face surfaced in this dream of hers? Just make them meet again afterwards, another chance encounter. Or maybe they would just through all logics and science out their mind and write this. lol

Sadly this is like my only anticipated Korean drama this year so far.

Hmm, I am not so sure how it will work, hope they will click. So far (by pics) they look more like brother and sister to me :)

can't wait for this :D