Lee Ki-woo joins Standby to romance Jung So-min
by javabeans
Lee Ki-woo has picked his next TV project, and well, that does it; now I’m just going to have to watch Standby, aren’t I? Especially since he’ll be embarking on a bickering romance with Jung So-min, the gullible village girl in the big city. Sweet!
As the latest addition to the MBC sitcom set in a television station, Lee Ki-woo plays a character named Ryu Ki-woo, which means he’s going to be playing Ryu Jin’s younger brother. (When actors are cast as siblings in sitcoms, they’ll often keep their first names and then just adjust the family name to match the elder actor, like Seo Ji-seok did in High Kick 3.)
The character of Ki-woo has an optimistic, sociable nature and is full of good cheer. He’s handsome and charming on the outside, but in actuality he’s a mischievous type, and “has everyone wrapped around his finger.” What, like that’s bad? *Unwraps self momentarily.* I love how both brothers are described as looking cool and perfect, but are all quirky on the inside. (Elder brother Ryu Jin is desperate to make it to the big time as a news anchor and starts on a campaign to advance himself at the station.)
Jung So-min lives downstairs from Ki-woo, and the two will embark on a “cute love story.” Aww, I can’t wait. Standby premieres in April.
Via My Daily
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1 Fasiris Fay
March 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Argh! If only this wasn't a sitcom...I'd be so down to watch this!
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mellowyel
March 9, 2012 at 8:41 AM
My thoughts exactly. Oh well - hopefully I'll have more time over the summer. Can't miss the return of the Pillar :D
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nurii
March 9, 2012 at 8:42 AM
i know. couldn't it be 16 or 20 episodes drama? i'm already behind with high kick.
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hallyukid
March 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM
ikr!!! I so want to watch Lee Ki-Woo and all his handsome glory but man...a think a sitcom where it airs everyday will be killer on me
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Roxy
March 9, 2012 at 4:49 PM
I know! I mean it's Jung So Min AND Lee Ki Woo!!!
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Biscuit
March 9, 2012 at 4:54 PM
'Am I the only one that's happy to have 100 episodes of Lee Ki-Woo and Jung So-Min together? Teehee.
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yuna
March 10, 2012 at 10:25 AM
nope... count me in :D
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luliqz1
March 10, 2012 at 12:41 PM
i hope someone sub this
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2 rotwein
March 9, 2012 at 8:15 AM
I am so excited about this drama! I can't wait!
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3 dbsklove
March 9, 2012 at 8:20 AM
okay... yet ANOTHER thing on my super long list of reasons for why I should watch standby :D
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4 girlatsea
March 9, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Omgsh, I can totally get behind this! Now, I HAVE to watch it. ;_____;
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girlatsea
March 9, 2012 at 8:47 AM
I'm so fickle. ;____; Anyway, I really hope a subbing team takes it on. Hopefully, I can keep up.
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5 ck1Oz
March 9, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Oh dear. I definitely think I am watching this subs or no subs.
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6 jen
March 9, 2012 at 8:35 AM
omg I am so excited for this now. Those two will be adorable together.
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7 MojoJojo
March 9, 2012 at 8:39 AM
I am in! I will watch to the ends of the earth. Dear God please don't let then screw up the storyline.
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8 ahjummabunny
March 9, 2012 at 8:42 AM
I'm jumping up on down on my bed!
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9 polly
March 9, 2012 at 8:45 AM
So he is the main guy? I thot Ryu Jin or Im Shi-wan...but now dis guy...am sooo gonna watch this!
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10 Webfoot
March 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Cute overload couple.
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11 Lea
March 9, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Wait! Mr. Onion is in this as well!? And romancing village girl Jung So Min? And younger brother to Ryu Jin? I'm in! I was thinking of not watching because it's going to be so long, but this sitcom keeps adding such an awesome people in it!
There is just no way I won't watch it. Just hope the storyline is as cute and funny as it sounds! :D
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12 nas election
March 9, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Yeah!! This is a yes!! Mr Onion I hoped at last you can get the girl! He is much suited with Jung So Min than Ryujin & Im Shiwan.
Hoped that RyuJin will also get a girl around his age. He always play the second fiddle except for ATK maybe.
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13 Ani
March 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Yup. It's official. I'm totally going to watch this. I need to see the Panda happy. XD
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14 Cynthia
March 9, 2012 at 9:19 AM
YES!YES!YES!!
(think Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal deli scene..)
Can only hope some kind souls will sub this for us non-Korean understanders..
:)
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15 Mama J
March 9, 2012 at 9:38 AM
and suddenly, a LONG drama enters my list of must see tv. As long as it gets subbed somewhere...
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Cynthia
March 9, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I just begged (shameful, but true) over at the DramaFever FB page. Want to join in?
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Mama J
March 9, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Yes! I will! Plus you can ask for them to add things right at DF, I have always done it that way.
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Cynthia
March 9, 2012 at 2:05 PM
Great! I prefer the FB page because of the traffic there and the DF Team actually answers my comments asap. Even my complaints elict a response. :)
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Mama J
March 9, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Which page IS it, though?
Iviih
March 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I'll join you!
I'm so sad it's a sitcom because sitcoms are hardly subbed.
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16 djinni
March 9, 2012 at 9:47 AM
i am one of many wrapped around his smexy finger. im officially watching this now.
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17 jules
March 9, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Jung So-min, Ryu Jin and now Lee Ki-woo? Well, now I'm going to have to watch. Dammit.
(does anyone know how many episodes Standby is projected to have? 120 like High Kick 3?)
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18 lenrasoon
March 9, 2012 at 9:49 AM
omg YES! i couldn't wait to watch Lee Ki-woo again after FBRS, i'm so excited now.
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19 Steph
March 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM
OMGeee, it's Husband!! Now, I'm going to have to watch.
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20 Ennayra
March 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Ojakgyo Brothers opened my eyes to the awesomeness of sitcoms. And I loved Lee Ki-woo in FBRS, so I think I'm in. I gave up dramas until after my thesis is due in May, so this is going to be a great reward!!!!
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jules
March 9, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I think Ojakgyo was a (weekend) family drama rather than a sitcom - but it was awesome, you're right. :)
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21 royalfreshness
March 9, 2012 at 10:34 AM
wtf this is like the perfect casting! guess i'm watching my first sitcom.
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22 Geneva
March 9, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Haven't watched a Korean sitcom thus far, but you might have to count me in for this one.
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23 Joy
March 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM
he finally gets the girl, YAY.
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24 Miky
March 9, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Well that's that..i'll have to watch this!!!
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25 HallyuFan32
March 9, 2012 at 11:50 AM
i'm happy for Kiwoo (that shirtless scene will forever reside in my brain). but Jung So Min? really? lol. i hope she's not as annoying as she was in Playful kiss. cause she pissed me off in that drama. but i guess that wasn't really her fault. it's just that her character was worse then Geum Jan Di. well, i'm still gonna watch it. hahahahahaa.......
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Iviih
March 9, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Hum, Jung So Min did very well in PK, if you watched the Taiwanese version you would know that it isn't the actress but the character that is annoying.
She did an annoying-cute character, and for that I'm very pleased, she also had to carry the entire drama over her shoulders, poor girl.
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Sue
March 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Agree, ISWAK's Ariel Lin's character is super annoying ^^
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canxi
March 9, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Yep, like people are saying the character itself was very annoying. Like shame-to-women annoying. She made absolutely no decisions for herself thinking of herself...or thinking. *face palm* x3
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26 Elaine
March 9, 2012 at 12:35 PM
OHEMGEE. So excited rn!
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27 Noelle
March 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM
AWWW! Why does this show keep sounding better and better by the minute? Unfair!
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28 purexorange
March 9, 2012 at 12:47 PM
interesting... I don't know if i'll pick this one up, but high kick 3 was pretty enjoyable for me... hmm
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29 MJP
March 9, 2012 at 12:52 PM
NO WAY!!!!!!!
This is gonna be so totally AWESOME!!!! Comedy at it's best!!!!!!!
I so gotta see this!!!!!
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30 Iviih
March 9, 2012 at 1:18 PM
I'm crying and praying for this Sitcom be subbed, it's so hard sitcoms be subbed *sob sob* hope Lee Ki Woo, plus Ryu, plus Si-wan and Jung So Min make people excited to sub it!
Please please!
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31 ~~ July ~~
March 9, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Poor Jung So Min! She had to use a small box to reach Kim Hyun Joong for the kissing scene in the rain ... now with Lee Ki woo ..... dear lord she will need a ladder!
I can't stop laughing just picturing them next to each other .. HE IS TALL!!!
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Sue
March 9, 2012 at 3:18 PM
She wasn't wearing heels in PK, hope she'll be wearing them in Standby! So Min + Ki Woo = Cuteness overload! ^^,
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canxi
March 9, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Lol, but she's still tiny! Shes 165 cm to LKW's 189 cm. Heels can only do so much.
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Sue
March 9, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Am getting heart flutters imagining him casually bending down to look into her eyes! ^^
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Mama J
March 9, 2012 at 5:01 PM
He can pick her up to kiss her...that's SO sexy.
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Iviih
March 9, 2012 at 5:38 PM
LMAO now I wish they do it.
12.12.1
March 9, 2012 at 6:17 PM
They are going to make such an adorable couple! I'm blushing just thinking about how cute they'll look hahaha.
Steph
March 9, 2012 at 7:59 PM
She should just work the short. Heels will not help much. Dude is tall, lol!
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32 Ashley
March 9, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Well, damn.
How many episodes is this sitcom again? I need to know how many months of my life to devote to it.
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canxi
March 9, 2012 at 4:11 PM
I think they go to about 120 episodes, maybe more
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33 ~~ July ~~
March 9, 2012 at 1:54 PM
.... and just for the hell of it ... This is Kim Hyun Joong new look ... picture taken yesterday
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WeExAnk9bBg/T1lzba2vrqI/AAAAAAAAhNY/3bKKxz-Xyss/s1600/AngU1uSCQAEkdd8.jpg
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Mama J
March 9, 2012 at 5:03 PM
I like the hair better, but his eyes look so...defined. His face looks like a drawing. Maybe just the lighting? He normally has such a sweet face.
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passingThru
March 10, 2012 at 9:00 PM
One of reason his eyes look so defined is he had eyeliner
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34 kewbie
March 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Oh hellz yes, I'll be watching this.
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35 Egg
March 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Oh gosh I literally just *squeeeeeed* out loud. They will be soo cute together! Glad to see Jung So Min finally back in another project, she is too talented and adorable and paired with Lee Ki Woo it will definitely be cuteness overloaaaad. I'm dying already just imagining the pairing. Now if only this will be subbed... *crosses fingers*
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36 canxi
March 9, 2012 at 4:10 PM
I wanna get into a sitcom. I really want to watch Vampire Idol but we see how that's going, so hopefully this gets subbed because Lee Ki Woo! Also sitcoms are only 30 minutes episodes each right? I can do that.
The longest drama I've watched thus far was 95 episodes (45 min each) and it was a melodrama. I can DO THIS.
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annie
March 9, 2012 at 6:34 PM
High Kick 3 is actually 21 minutes per episode. So even if there are 5 eps a week it's still shorter than the 2+ hours a week of a miniseries.
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canxi
March 9, 2012 at 7:49 PM
Exactly, so it's not so bad. And you can always let the episodes build up for a week then watch those. Then let them build up for another week and watch those....
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37 Cam
March 9, 2012 at 4:25 PM
AHH!! O_O That's HIM!! *speechless looks w/ points at him*
...THIS actor is from other bessst rom-comedy drama "Flowers Boys Ramyun Shop" ~ I really love him cuz' he's so cute, haha! I can't believe that this actor Lee Ki Woo already confirmed this drama...oh...it's a sitecom like as other drama "High Kick 3", right?? Ohh I've been never watch these Korean actors in a sitecom before (it's my first time, yups) ~ I had been watching loooong dramas, such as "Giant", "Twinkle Twinkle", "Ojakgyo Borther", and others, of course. I will try to watch this (because of Jung So Min and Lee Ki Woo) if I have time, yupsss!!
I am really haaaappy to hear this wonderful news about Lee Ki Woo, woot woot! :D
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38 sosoxrah
March 9, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Aw man. No I really gotta watch Standby. hehe
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39 malta
March 9, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Yeah!!! My favorite people together! :D
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40 Daniella
March 9, 2012 at 5:13 PM
I'm in! I actually love sitcoms more than regular dramas. Granted I don't always finish watching the whole series (haven't finished either high kick 2/3), I do enjoy the short time frame (how long each episode is) and the family theme behind it without all the angst (:
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41 aX
March 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Love the actor, hate the actress. Why does KPOP world give me the pairing that I want lately? Bummer. Another skip for me... =/
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S123
March 9, 2012 at 5:46 PM
This isn't KPOP world, dear, this is DRAMAWORLD.
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Lizzie
March 9, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Why do you hate minmin?
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42 thumberine
March 9, 2012 at 6:58 PM
oh...does tis mean my ryu jin is the 2nd lead again :(
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Lizzie
March 9, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Err Sitcoms have many couples, doesn't mean he won't have the girl.
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43 VV
March 9, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Dangit, why does this have to be a sitcom? I don't have the time to watch hundreds of episodes :(
I won't be able to watch this. Why are the Drama Gods so cruel?? Pleasssseee change it into a drama! *prays to Drama Gods*
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44 Raine
March 9, 2012 at 8:38 PM
The Pillar is back!!!!! YES!
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45 clover
March 9, 2012 at 9:22 PM
Dangit! There goes all my hope for Pillar to be cast with Kim Sun Ah in her new drama! *cries*
Ah, well. Guess I'll have to be happy with just seeing more of him on tv. *crossing fingers for more shirtless Lee Ki-Woo*
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46 wanderlust
March 9, 2012 at 9:25 PM
wow Jung So min is so lucky, Kim Hyun Joong and now Lee Ki WOO :D that's a lot of eye candy and hotness for her haha I loved Lee Ki Woo in Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
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kim ni ka
March 9, 2012 at 10:16 PM
hayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I think they're also very lucky to pair with jung so min !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kim ni ka
March 9, 2012 at 10:18 PM
because jung so min so pretty , ., and very so sweet ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Sue
March 9, 2012 at 10:55 PM
i know right! she's so lucky... if her next onscreen partner is lee min ho, i'll just die of envy!!! XD
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47 Kim
March 9, 2012 at 9:33 PM
Lee Ki Woo is much cuter than Kim Hyun Joong. Im excited to see them couple up together. I never even watched anythng Lee Ki woo starred in, even Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. I just saw one scene where he hold on only a towel, and I love him. hehehe, this will be my first sit com, hopefully I can make it through 100+ ep!! But hopefully, it will be subbed first.
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kim ni ka
March 9, 2012 at 10:24 PM
yuuuuuupppppps , . ,., saya setuju sekali , . ,
they look very harmoniously together ..................................
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48 hanna
March 9, 2012 at 9:53 PM
Im Siwan, Jung So-min, AND Lee Ki Woo?!
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49 buttrcup
March 9, 2012 at 10:08 PM
OMO!!!! Finally, Lee Ki-Woo, I missed YOOOOOOU <3333
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50 Ladymoonstone143
March 9, 2012 at 10:12 PM
I want to watch this one...probably my first sitcom...but am not sure where I can watch it online with sub...:(( I have been reading recaps since 49 days...just don't have time with a new baby and all...arrggh. And now, there are new great dramas coming...whew, I have to make time...lol
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