Kim Haneul considers A Gentleman’s Dignity
by girlfriday
Okay, now this I can get behind. Apparently when you get a movie star to headline your drama, all the other movie stars line up too. Kim Haneul (You’re My Pet, Blind) is now the latest contender to star opposite Jang Dong-gun in upcoming miniseries A Gentleman’s Dignity, slated for May.
She’s reportedly been offered the role and is considering the reunion with On Air screenwriter Kim Eun-sook (who’s also reteaming with PD Shin Woo-chul of Secret Garden). If this happens, I’ll pretty much be tuning in for the star power alone, and I’m guessing everyone else will too. Not that star power can save a drama from crazyville if that where it’s dead set on going. I’ve been burned enough times to know that much.
A Gentleman’s Dignity stars Jang Dong-gun, Kim Min-jong and Kim Suro as a set of 40-something bachelors navigating the dating scene. I hope that they’re going to shoot for a range of actresses in different age brackets to star opposite them, like at least one noona romance. Where’s Lee Mi-sook when you need her?
There’s not much information on the story yet, other than being called a male version of Sex and the City, but obviously it’s not going to be Ajusshis in the City, because for one it’s on network television, and knowing the writer there’s going to be a lot more melo than comedy. But it’s being branded as a romantic comedy, so I’ll be happy if it surprises me.
A Gentleman’s Dignity is slated for 20 episodes on weekends in May on SBS.
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1 Meh
February 1, 2012 at 4:53 AM
I don't know about this.... I love JDG though!!
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2 Jae Ji
February 1, 2012 at 5:02 AM
if it werw Ajusshi in the city it would turn out a great success XD
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3 nokcha
February 1, 2012 at 5:03 AM
I'm not a big fan of KHN. I think she's really cold on screen, but maybe this will change my mind. Gotta think about a replacement....
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jojo
February 1, 2012 at 5:21 AM
KHN needs someone like Kang Ji Hwan (My Girlfriend is an Agent) to make her blossom, or Cha Seong Won. Maybe Jang Dong-Gun can do it...he makes me drool...
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bd
February 2, 2012 at 12:07 AM
I know what you mean, but KHN was pretty funny and warmer in the film "Too Beautiful to Lie."
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NewKDramaAddict
February 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM
I'm unfamiliar with Jang Dong-Gun. But loved HKN in the movie Blind! That made me a fan!
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4 djeedjes
February 1, 2012 at 5:04 AM
oh yes, she's someone I can agree with to be paired up with JDG!
I was thinking, instead of Son Yejin ( someone mentioned her in the previous post ), I'd pretty much prefer Kim Haneul. I think she'll accept it.
Come on, everybody ( okay, every body who already knows Kdrama since 90s like me ) will tune in this drama just because of Jang Donggun. So it'll be a good comeback drama too for the female lead.
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5 topper
February 1, 2012 at 5:12 AM
I can't see them having chemistry, but I'll wait to be surprised.
Seems to me they have blown most of the budget on paying these A-listers, maybe the storyline doesn't require overseas shots or expensive sets.
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6 mary
February 1, 2012 at 5:15 AM
I'm more of a Kim Min Jong and Kim Su Ro kind of fan.
Wait a minute---
Kim Eun Sook (writer)
Kim Min Jong
Kim Su Ro
Kim Ha Neul *possibly*
O_________O What is happening?!
(I'll pray for Kim So Yeon too while we're at it)
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Bengbeng
February 1, 2012 at 5:23 AM
Oh, that's right! JDG and Kim So Yeon, the return of All About Eve, the kdrama that made me like both of them =)
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Alvina
February 1, 2012 at 6:53 AM
I know this isn't popular opinion but I'm looking forward to this because of Kim Suro and Kim Min-Jong as well!
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7 patricedee
February 1, 2012 at 5:22 AM
Sheeez. I hope it's May already. I love KHN. =)
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8 sotong ball
February 1, 2012 at 5:23 AM
I love Kim Ha Neul but I just can't see her acting opposite JDG. I love JDG and thank goodness he's coming back to TV
Maybe someone like Kim So Yeon? She's acted opposite JDG in All About Eve and plus I love her ;)
*now praying to the dramagods for Won Bin's tv comeback*
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Vienne
February 1, 2012 at 7:42 AM
Won Bin's comeback is the ONLY comeback I will pray for to see. He and Jang Dong Gun should team up again.
Talk about high ratings....!
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bd
February 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM
WB and JDG both totally overacted in Taegukgi.
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Mellissa
February 3, 2012 at 6:47 AM
So true! I thought I was the only one who thought that with all the praises being heaped on their acting. But then many people equate overacting with good acting.
Someone once said about acting - "It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them."
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loveyoumomo
February 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM
If Won Bin makes a comeback in the dramaverse, I will cry happy tears for the rest of the year!!!! He needs to do more, there's only so many times I can rewatch AIMH to get my dramafill of him :)
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Maki
February 1, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Exactly! I can only watch The Man From Nowhere about another 100 times before dying to see him in something else. Try watching "Friends." Although it's only 4 eps, still something Won Bin related, right?
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milkmustache
February 1, 2012 at 1:27 PM
*prays to the dramagods that Kang Dong Wan will make his tv comeback*
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milkmustache
February 1, 2012 at 1:28 PM
bleh typo. Kang Dong Won. (Idk how I made that typo, when the letters are so far away from each other lol)
I like Kim Haneul as the female lead (if she accepts). I even (surprisingly) liked her as that bratty actress in On Air.
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9 chara
February 1, 2012 at 5:32 AM
noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!never liked her.i prefer son ye jin
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10 chaepenn
February 1, 2012 at 5:38 AM
i prefer chae rim for this role. i like the chemistry of them in " all about eve".
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11 Kiara
February 1, 2012 at 5:45 AM
I like Kim Haneul but I think SU AE is one hell of an actress and she would look great with JDG.
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lkjhglok
February 1, 2012 at 7:44 AM
I completely agree! Soo Ae is one hell of an actress. She's by far superior in terms of acting power than most of the actresses in Kdrama land.
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libra80
February 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM
i agree Soo Ae will be great:)
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12 Kender
February 1, 2012 at 5:48 AM
Aww, I was just thinking about her the other day.. It's not a pairing I would've come up with on my own, but I think I like it. I hope she accepts, it'd be nice to see her on the small screen again.
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13 epyc
February 1, 2012 at 5:58 AM
JDG'a return to small screen is surely squeal-worthy but pairing with KHN???? She never excites me in any role I've seen her in, including her big box office hit movies - very cold and detached in her performance.
An AAE reunion with either Chae Rim (Dalja-esque, not Sunmi-esque) or Kim So Yeon is something I am happy to see.
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14 Alyssia
February 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM
I know KHN is not great but she does tend to have good chemistry with her co-stars. How many times do we doubt and the drama comes out ok!
I may be the odd ball out but I kinda want a noona-donseng romance with Go Huyn Jung. I miss her in dramas.
Some of you mentioned Kim So Yeon. I think they might go for the dorkier/plain type of herione to give contrast to JDG's character. Kim So yeon might be too pretty that. Kim Ha neul fits that type more. Just a thought, i'm probably wrong.
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15 Maiself
February 1, 2012 at 6:49 AM
Still, star power can't help boost rating. Remember LeeJunki's Hero? And Athena...
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16 Alvina
February 1, 2012 at 6:56 AM
I know it's not all about star power, but somehow the concept seems really exciting (though these are some of the melo-core actors of drama yester-year). I just hope they channel more of their "campus drama" years than anything.
Still, Kim Suro and Kim MinJong!!! I cant help but be excited!
The only reason I'm not as excited for JDG is because he's almost become a mythical like figure through the years...I almost forgot how he acts haha. It's almost like "Yoonsama" haha.
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17 Maki
February 1, 2012 at 7:40 AM
NO. Count me out now. I've never been a fan of Kim Ha Neul and her acting.
As much as I like JDG, KHN completely spoils it now. Regardless of all these "big" stars although I believe Jang Dong Gun is really the leading force behind all of this, it all comes down to the story.
OOOOH, maybe Soo Ae?
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18 Brainy
February 1, 2012 at 8:53 AM
KHN? OK, I like her too. But, I still think CJW will be a better choice. CJW stands for Choi Jung Won, not Choi Ji Woo!!
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via
February 1, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Choi Jung Won?! who the hell is she anyway? never heard of her.
Choi Ji woo I much prefered.
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Brainy
February 1, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Watch Brain, you will get to be fond. so beautiful, am smitten by her!!
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19 skelly
February 1, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Oh, I hope not. She is good looking, but I've seen her in three things - On Air, Road No. 1 (granted, I couldn't watch either of those all the way through) and You're My Pet (horrible movie!) and I just don't get anything but the pretty face. Can she be passionate? Does she really have the so-called "chemistry" with any of her co-stars? If anyone brings up "You're My Pet" as an example of her chemistry, I will laugh.
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shin mi rae
February 2, 2012 at 11:02 PM
you've seen "You're my Pet"??? unless you are in Korea and saw it in theaters, can you tell me where i can watch it online? Kamsamnida.
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shiku
February 3, 2012 at 6:37 AM
You can watch eith at dramacrazy (dot) net or mysoju (dot) com
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20 Noelle
February 1, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Hmm I haven't seen much of KHN work. Like two movies. So I can't really say much about her being in the project. I can however completely agree about Chae Rim and Su Ae. I love them both and I would be happy with one or both of them being involved. Su Ae needs a rom-com I think. To much serious going on.
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21 Trina
February 1, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Sue Ae will be awesome.. however, I would love to see Kim So Yeon or Kim suh Ah more....
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kumangkenyalang
February 1, 2012 at 5:56 PM
me too!kim sun ah is my favourite actress ever,because she can make any role that she played perfectly..:)
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shin mi rae
February 2, 2012 at 11:07 PM
yey to this. lets give this to kim sun ah. i want to see her opposite Jang Dong Gun. that will be one acting showdown.
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shin mi rae
February 2, 2012 at 11:13 PM
yey to this. lets give this to kim sun ah. i want to see her opposite Jang Dong Gun. that will be one acting showdown.
about "youre my pet".. i always thought the role of Sumire will need a very sensitive actress with tons of acting chops. Sumire is an independent and successful career woman in the outside yet a wounded soul in the inside. the actress to portray her needs to be able to channel Sumire's conflicting emotions without words. i've never seen a kim ha neul performance before but i always thought kim sun ah will give justice to Sumire. i am sad that apparently "you're my pet" didnt do so well in the box office. I am a fan of kimi wa petto and JGS.
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22 annnsow
February 1, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Well, for me it's the writer that interests me first XD I loved On Air and I think this actress did a pretty great job in it.
I'm really going to watch this! The "sex and the city" for ajusshi reminds me of the great "I Need Romance".
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23 Flannel
February 1, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I find KNH so bland and boring. I hope they get another female lead because I love JDG!
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24 anna
February 1, 2012 at 10:09 AM
YESSSSSSS PLEASSSSSSSE. My mum loves her!
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25 Raine
February 1, 2012 at 10:36 AM
I've only seen her in a few things. But she's getting a lot of work. I don't like her much, but if she's getting that much work, I probably haven't seen her in the kinda stuff she excels in.
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Laeah
February 1, 2012 at 12:52 PM
I think she gets work for her face.
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26 danna
February 1, 2012 at 11:06 AM
I love Kim Ha Neul and I think she does best in romcoms....or maybe its just that her melodramas were really not that wonderful to begin with with...eitherways, this was not a pairing I would have picked but it seems interesting...I just hope the writer can get it all figured out with story
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27 ais
February 1, 2012 at 11:09 AM
I love KHN! I do hope she becomes part of this upcoming drama. I like her chemistry with KJH the most but I'm intrigued how it will turn out with JDG :)
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28 apple
February 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Honestly I am not a big fan of KHN. Why not Lee Min-jung or someone in the early twenties. That would something fresh and interesting, maybe Jung So-min or Park Shin-hye(that would be cool)? I won't give up in hoping to see JSM in a Drama this year ^^
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Laeah
February 1, 2012 at 12:50 PM
They are too young. It will looks like a dad and his kids. He definitely needs someone with less of a cutesy look and more of an adult one or else it will just look funny.
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shin mi rae
February 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM
While I am a fan of Jung So Min (please drama gods, i need Oh Ha Ni back!!!), i think she is much too young for Jang Dong Gun... they will look like father and daughter.
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29 Laeah
February 1, 2012 at 12:48 PM
I am kind of biased right not just coming off of Piano which was an annoying drama. I've never found her tolerable except in her movie Too Beautiful to Lie.
I think she doesn't ever have much of ANY chemistry with her partners.
Anyway, is Song Hye Kyo ever coming back? Huh.
For this I'd say Lee Da Hae actually. :)
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30 Mystisith
February 1, 2012 at 1:05 PM
I only saw her in My Pet, and she was so transparent in it. I know that the script was awful, but i also think she didn't try to save the ship ( and yes, no chemistry ). So if anyone else could steal her part, i wouldn't oppose. I know she's not available anymore but i would have liked Ha Ji Won.
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alua
February 1, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Same! Just saw her in You're My Pet and her character did nothing for me. Not the way it was written, but also her acting it. Just fell flat.
Of course, I was constantly comparing her to Sumire (can't remember the name of the Japanese actress)...
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31 fjhkjsf
February 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Soo Ae anyone? Anyone but Kim Ha Neul, just saying...
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32 alua
February 1, 2012 at 2:35 PM
I haven't seen her in much but I watched You're My Pet yesterday and she was underwhelming.
(Of course, the whole film was underwhelming, but I knew that already.)
Not too excited about this at the moment...
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33 luraaa
February 1, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Ugh. You're My Pet was a tragedy. I haven't seen Kimi wa petto yet, but the film left me feeling disappointed probably because I expected too much from it.
I've always liked Kim Ha-neul since My Tutor Friend and My Girlfriend is an agent. I don't think she's the best actress of her generation, but my biasedness is blinded by realizing that. So reading these comments make me think on her projects to understand why she is mediocre. Anyway, there could be a better choice. Chae Rim, Son Ye-jin, and Jeon Ji-heon? I'm not sure about Song Hye-kyo because she still hasn't proven to me yet of her talent (but I loved her in World that they live in).
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34 grey
February 1, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Not impressed with her acting. She is not pleasing to watch and always has a cold and unapproachable look onscreen. When she cries, I can't sympathize with her character and when she laughs, I still dont feel anything. Her last series had one of the worst ratings and her last movie You Are My Pet was a huge flop.
Not a surprise that JDG is coming back on tv and the easy route at that, with a weekend drama. His movie My Way was one of the worst bombs in korean movie history, so he must be pretty desperate right now.
Getting good ratings in weekend dramas aint considered that great.
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Ganesh
February 1, 2012 at 10:20 PM
VERY WELL SAID....
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Mellissa
February 1, 2012 at 10:57 PM
I was actually wondering why a weekend drama for an A-lister like JDG. So that's the reason....
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35 Sarah
February 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I guess when you're in demand and had been partnered with a lot of hunky guys you will gain a lot of haters on the way..A lot of you dislike her just for that reason..Give her a break! The actresses you were mentioning not even better than her..Pleeasse...
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36 andreawu
February 2, 2012 at 5:44 PM
Yeap, I feel the same about KHN. She has a kind of cold and unapproachable face in the drama. Anyway, I neither like or hate her acting. Hope she can match up with JDG in the drama. JDG still look very handsome and super hot!
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37 Brainy
February 3, 2012 at 1:06 PM
KHN is a fine actress in Blind. I like her personality in 2D1N. I particularly like her independent attitude, jovial nature and witty personality; as compared to CJW. 2D1N reveals CJW's low aptitude, superficial attitude and shallow attribute.it seems that all these years, her image is too well-managed and she shows her true co our even more in Healing Camp.
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