Im Shi-wan goes from Moon/Sun to Equator Man
by javabeans
He played young Yeom in The Moon That Embraces the Sun, the young upright scholar who walked around bathed in luminous backlighting and entranced court ladies everywhere. Now idol-actor Im Shi-wan has been cast in the upcoming Equator Man, which will mark his second drama role.
Equator Man is the straight-up melodrama from the writer of Women in the Sun starring Uhm Tae-woong as a poor-boy-turned-CEO. The hero finds himself in a fierce rivalry with his best friend from childhood, whom he’d known since growing up at an orphanage after his father was killed. But Im Shi-wan won’t be acting with Uhm, since he’ll play the childhood role of Uhm’s rival-friend. No word yet on who will play his character in adulthood.
Too bad Baek Sung-hyun is now out of the running for playing young Uhm Tae-woong, so Im Shi-wan won’t get to act with him, either. According to his reps, Baek had considered the role when it was supposed to take up the first four weeks (7 to 8 episodes), but once that got cut down to four episodes instead, he decided against it. Baek is starting to graduate to leading man material himself, so perhaps those potatoes be too small.
Equator Man is a KBS series that’ll take up residence on Wednesday and Thursday nights, following the soon-to-wrap Wild Romance. Unintentionally hilariously, the four-episode drama that airs after Wild is called Normal Romance, which will then be followed by Equator Man on on March 14.
Via Star News
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1 FlexibleSamurai
February 14, 2012 at 10:22 AM
I loved him in Moon/Sun. I am happy to see him in another drama
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2 Alvina
February 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM
He's just so pretty!!! And, he looks really good doing historicals :D
Nothing else to say *moves on*
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3 stars4u
February 14, 2012 at 10:38 AM
I loved him in his role in Moon Sun!!!
Excited how he'll be in this project.
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4 DramaticTeacher
February 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM
*squeel* so pretty!
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5 gulsan
February 14, 2012 at 10:47 AM
He looks dashing XD just checked on him, he's just three years younger than me,thanks God since lately i have been in too many noona dongseng relationships XD
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gulsan
February 14, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Correction: * just three days * ;-) His beauty blinded my mind ^^
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Kiara
February 14, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Lol you are not alone.
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6 Carinne
February 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM
He is worth all the sparkles shimmering in awe.
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7 obsidian
February 14, 2012 at 11:09 AM
He was wonderful in Moon/Sun. I'm glad that he's able to expand his experience.
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8 hpn88
February 14, 2012 at 11:31 AM
They should get Lee Je-hoon (sp?) the kid who plays young Uhm Tae-woong in Intro to Architecture to play young UTW in this drama.
At the rate UTW is making dramas/movies, he could have a career just doing young UTW roles. lol
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muchadoboutlove
February 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM
LOL you got that right :D but LJH is going to be busy with Fashion King alongside YAI if I'm not mistaken..
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crysalide
February 14, 2012 at 7:11 PM
LJH is leading man material and i don't think he will do small parts like since he's already establish to be a great actor plus he's too old (1984) although he does look younger.
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9 Banu
February 14, 2012 at 11:57 AM
The four are staring to shine.. ^__^ hope to see him in leading roles
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10 Cam
February 14, 2012 at 12:08 PM
Aww for Baek Sung Hyun ~ I thought I was looking forward to this, of course. =/ However, I am so happy to hear this drama news about Im Shi Wan (he's doing so great job in MoonSun drama) & he will able to become so rising 'popularity' actor someday!! ;) :)
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11 Trina
February 14, 2012 at 1:01 PM
I will be watching his part only... =)
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12 Aternall
February 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM
I liked him in Moon/ Sun :D hehhe looking forward for his future project. can't wait :>
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13 comradeS
February 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM
I was really looking forward to seeing Baek Sung-hyun too... but that's mostly okay, because now I can enjoy Im Shi-wan in the youngling episodes.
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14 Miky
February 14, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I really liked him in Moon/Sun and i'm kinda dissapointed in his adult version...
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15 nobodyimportant
February 14, 2012 at 2:43 PM
omgomgomg!!
Siwaaaaaaaannnn~!
excuse my spazzing. i decided to stop being a silent reader n show some spazzing for Siwan. i'm still so surprised at this news. though after the Moon Sun popularity...i shouldn't be surprised.
so he's playing some sort of bad guy? since he's gonna rival the hero? o wait...best friend in childhood..so maybe he's still playing good guy...
honestly i'm a little nervous but hope he'd be able to pull it off...since his heo yeom role is pretty much the sageuk version of himself. lol....Mr. Perfect with a lil cluelessness.
i'm actually a fan of the group he's in. they're all good singers n i especially adore Siwan's voice.
before Moon Sun, he had a cameo in drama Gloria with his group members. (they have cameos in several dramas but i'm not sure if he's included)
anyway, i'm glad he's still not jumping into humongous roles right away despite the sudden popularity....it'd be better for him to learn with experience...
anticipating this now....n curious abt his adult counterpart as well....
thanks for the news.
ps: i love the first sentence of this article though....still crack up at the thought of the lights..it will forever be his trademark..lol.
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16 djinni
February 14, 2012 at 2:55 PM
soooo pretty. ehem.. what were you saying?
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17 girlatsea
February 14, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Loved him in Moon/Sun (a lot more than the adult version anyway). He was surprisingly charming.
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18 partypapercrown
February 14, 2012 at 4:01 PM
gosh, this guy's pretty!!
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19 pohonphee
February 14, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Prettyyy
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20 Shena
February 14, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Spazzing!!! He won't dissappoint.
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21 jazza
February 14, 2012 at 6:26 PM
I'm excited to watch him again!
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22 Ahjumma
February 14, 2012 at 9:43 PM
LOL at Normal Romance
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23 bkhan
February 14, 2012 at 10:36 PM
LOL!!!! Normal Romance...I guess calling it "romance" would be too vague so they needed to add in the "Normal" to spice it up n get people interested!!!!
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24 Viki
February 14, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Siwan oppa...my bias in ZE:A...I am so glad he's starting to act now...although he should start getting some second-lead roles!!! for maybe a small drama
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nobodyimportant
February 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM
i think it's still too early for him to climb up to second-lead already. Siwan would definitely freak out at the huge burdensome expectations of a big role. i think it's good he gets to build up his confidence n acting skill from small roles. this kind of experiences would be most beneficial for him^^.(n i don't want to see him bashed as just another idol actor who gets the easy way up)
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25 sally_b
February 15, 2012 at 12:51 AM
Siwan ...is *just bordering* an inappropriate age for me...but OH
my...my
he HAS that thing I like.
come to Noona. ( ｡◠‿◠｡)♡ ...I'll cook for you.
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26 Marj--x
February 15, 2012 at 10:24 AM
This guy's tooooo pretty!
Hahaa, that is all :)
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27 Shosh
February 17, 2012 at 9:14 AM
nose bleeding........
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