Lee Min-ho stars opposite Kim Hee-sun in Faith
by girlfriday
So if reports are true, fantasy fusion historical epic Faith has FINALLY found its hero in Lee Min-ho (City Hunter). Well, technically it had two other heroes before they had to drop out of the running; it’s kind of the drama that couldn’t keep a man, so I’ll go ahead and believe the Lee Min-ho news when I see him dressed in period costume and ditching his City Hunter gun for a sword and his car for a horse.
The drama has managed to hold onto its leading lady through all the hero drama, and actress Kim Hee-sun has confirmed (or re-confirmed, or re-re-confirmed, I’m honestly not sure anymore) that she’ll be sticking with the role. This will be Kim’s first role in six years, since 2006’s Smile Again. If you’re unfamiliar, she was one of the reigning It Girls for the better part of the nineties, and starred in almost every trendy drama I can remember from that decade.
So based on the latest description, Faith is actually YET ANOTHER time-traveling sageuk, which is maybe so common now that it’s gone from redundant back around to being funny. I guess technically Faith was supposed to air before all these other ones beat it to the broadcast punch, but that’s just the name of the game, ’cause now you’re just riding the trend instead of setting it. It’s set in the Goryeo era, where a warrior meets a doctor from the present and the two fall in love. Uh… Time Slip Dr. Jin anyone? Lee will play the warrior, a leader of the royal guard, and Kim the lively and animated… wait for it… plastic surgeon. HA. Okay, that’s pretty funny. What are they gonna do with a plastic surgeon in the Goryeo era?
At least now I see where the funny will come from, because before when they called it a fantasy-medical-fusion-historical-comedy, I thought they were just confused. At the helm is the dream team–PD Kim Jong-hak and writer Song Ji-nah–of Sandglass, Eyes of Dawn, and Legend. Rounding out the cast are Choi Min-soo, Kim Seung-soo, Philip Lee and Park Sang-won.
This will be both Lee Min-ho’s and Kim Hee-sun’s first foray into historical fare, so we’ll have to see if they can deliver. They’ve got a lot of obstacles–sageuk delivery, a ten-year age gap, and stunts for Lee–but whether it soars above expectation or goes down in flames, it sure has my interest.
Faith has landed a broadcast slot following Ghost and premieres in August on SBS.
Via Star News
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51 Felicia
April 3, 2012 at 9:39 AM
thanks gf,
I can understand, all Lee Min Ho's fans Have To Say yes !! to whatever role he takes, you've got no choice right, being his fans ha ha !!.
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52 nomu nomu nomu
April 3, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Son Ye Jin = 5 years older
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nomu nomu nomu
April 3, 2012 at 9:44 AM
This was a reply to post #50
Thatgirl@
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53 Birdie
April 3, 2012 at 10:17 AM
There are a lot of sageuks out these days. Might be Sageuks overload! LMH does look older and matured, so this pairing may be alright. Furthermore his acting skills level is above most actresses his age, so no surprise that his female co-stars are older. The only concern is Time Slip, Dr Jin shares some similarities with this drama and will be shown before it. The question is will the viewers want to watch another time travel sageuk right after Dr Jin.
By the way, does anyone know who is the female lead for Dr Jin?
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jomo143
April 3, 2012 at 11:23 AM
I check soompi every day waiting for that bit of news.
Who will be filler for THT/JJ sandwich?
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54 AnotherFan
April 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Think the noona-loving trend of recent years is service from K-entertainment industry to the "cougars" of various ages which make up a significant chunk of the fan base - see how many hot male stars have been produced in the last few years vs. the legit female idols ;-) Not complaining though..
I personally prefer another male star (please don't throw stuff this way :-) ) to LMH but I can totally relate to the excitement/craziness/elation/whateverness of seeing my favorite guy on the screen - fulfilling that secret fantasy of making out and in love with an older noona
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55 redfox
April 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM
I dont mind age gaps. women are real women from the moment they open their eyes to the world. But men sometimes take a lifetime to mature. In most cases, a romance with a younger guy is not impossible because of the age of the woman. it might be impossible, because the guy just isnt a real man yet.
well.... Lee Min Ho. pretty boy. after City Hunter, I believe you can also handle a manly role. Or maybe this is going to be an adoring puppy in a warrior skin... nah, you have to be a real man. brace yourself, Lee Min Ho! Fighting! You can do it!
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56 Lise
April 3, 2012 at 3:55 PM
oh boy! all this age gap/lack of chemistry whining. al go first and admit, unnie i am so fcuking jealous of u and for the inevitable skinship scenes u shall enjoy, so for the sake of us all paedo noonas please have as many NGs as possible, go for it girl, u only get to do it once!!!
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Ivoire
April 4, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Hi Lise,
By Paedo noonas, did you mean to say "Pedo noonas?" (Just wondering...)
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57 Pops
April 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM
oh my gosh!!!! I so hope this is a true story!!!! I just finished watching Sungkyunkwan Scandel where I totally fell in love with Yoo Ah-in's character all dressed up with the awesome hair!!!! And now I get to see Lee Min Ho with awesome hair and warrior-ish??
Bring it on I say!!! He can totally pull it off.
And as I am new to K-Drama I am not sure who the actress is but she looks beautiful and I never would have even guessed there was an age gap except everyone is saying so!! :)
Can't wait!!!
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58 Sommer
April 3, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Lee Min Ho Fighting!!!!!
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59 Ashley
April 3, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Damn. This just went from something I was going to completely ignore to something I HAVE to watch. When will I sleep?!
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60 ar
April 3, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Had faith always been a time-travelling romance. For some reason, i thought it was a fusion sageuk about ancient, eastern medicine - with a fantasy element that assumed to just be magic powers or magical healing. I wonder if they're still planning to do it in 3d.
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61 nas election
April 3, 2012 at 7:03 PM
I don't know. Not really a fan of Minho . I'm actually waiting for junKi to get cast again. If not just waiting for any of actor around her age. So bored of the noona thingy. Actually there are many actors around her age that is HOT. Where are them? hmm
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nomu nomu nomu
April 3, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Junki is already in 'Arang and the Magistrate'
It premieres in July on MBC
http://www.dramabeans.com/2012/04/yeon-woo-jin-joins-arang-and-the-magistrate/
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62 ccinta
April 3, 2012 at 8:09 PM
Really happy that Lee Min Ho will be back in the dramaland. The age gap between him and Kim Hee Sun, I will not comment on it until I see the first few episodes.
Look at The King 2Hearts; people were complaining that it wouldn't work (before the drama started), but now most of them are eating back their words. So don't judge the age gap before the drama airs.
I almost lost faith in Faith because it looks to be a great drama, supported great actors who stick by it for more than 2 years and highly respectable PD & writer.
I actually wish it will be aired on the same time / before Traveling Time with Dr Jin; unless it has totally different time-travel storyline (like Rooftop Prince & Queen In Hyun's man).
Last time I heard that the producer asked Faith to stop their production due to plagiarism issue. So it seems like the plagiarism issue has now been cleared.
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63 LOVEY DOVEY
April 3, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Lee Min Ho has proven himself to be a good, hardworking and dedicated actor. He continues to take on new roles and challenges as, he once said, he wants to thank his millions of fans by doing his best in his assigned acting roles.He will definitely excel again although this is his first saguek. I am full of anticipation and have faith in this coming drama!
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64 Ilwad
April 3, 2012 at 9:02 PM
When I saw the words, "fantasy fusion historical epic" and "time travelling" I just rolled my eyes and said, not again. Is it me or is there a theme for every year in dramas? One year someone comes out with a certain theme or setting and BAM everyone's coming out with one. For some reason I keep imagining the different networks going all History of A Salaryman on each other lol
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65 Yoendae
April 3, 2012 at 9:36 PM
GF thanks.
Noona donsaeng again ! tired of this kind of drama.
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66 Lady Seoul
April 3, 2012 at 10:14 PM
I hope this will spark my interest since all the time-traveling drama's will have ended by the time this will have premiered. Let's hope so, since everyone's favorite man Lee Min Ho will be in it, hopefully. It have better be good if he's going to confirm into this drama. haha
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67 rozes08
April 4, 2012 at 2:17 AM
BUT 10 years of age gap.... they've got to be kidding. for me she's waaay tooo old for LMH
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68 Jaykah
April 4, 2012 at 2:46 AM
Can't wait! I tend to like everything Lee Min Ho is in so I'm betting I'll like this too. I'm liking the whole time traveling stuff even if there is a lot going around at the moment.
Kim Hee Sun and Lee Min Ho are such a good looking pair, I feel like I'll be ignoring the story just so I can stare at them both haha
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69 Belle
April 4, 2012 at 4:51 AM
Like the cast so far.
LMH in a sageuk...interesting...looking forward to his performance.
Now is this the same Choi Min-soo who is also playing Kim So-eun's father in Happy Ending? He has a busy schedule. I don't mind seeing him work, though, he was awesome as one of the Skylords in WBDS.
Thanks for the news Girlfriday. :)
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70 skylla
April 4, 2012 at 4:58 AM
A dream come true on my birthday!
A new kdrama with Lee Min Ho!!!
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71 Novella
April 4, 2012 at 8:27 AM
This is so great. It's very fresh & i don't worried about the age of LMH & KHS because they are very clever actor & actress.
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72 Novella
April 4, 2012 at 8:30 AM
So great
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73 sminut13
April 5, 2012 at 2:56 AM
I'm really anticipating this drama, can't wait for it to be available online, complete with eng subs. i guess i'm asking for way too much and so i've gotta wait sigh
i loved lee min ho in city hunter, i love dramas containing tons of action and romance so i hope there is that here.
and somehow, i feel that kim hee sun and min ho can actually pull it off, somehow i feel that they might have good chemistry but that's just my opinion. you never know. hopefully, they'll be wonderful together.
thanks for sharing this juicy news.
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74 jenny
April 5, 2012 at 9:40 AM
she's TOO OLD for him...
GOD I can't stand that.why don't they choose another woman as his co-star??
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nomu nomu nomu
April 5, 2012 at 12:55 PM
jenny,
let me ask you a question.
If you were an actress and you were casted for a drama role. The drama goes thru many troubles and keeps getting delayed for a VERY long time, over two years infact.
Yet you remain loyal to to the project and does NOT abandon the show.
now, after over two years of loyalty, imagine they fired you because they just recently hired a new person and their reason was for shallow and superficial excuses. How would YOU feel???
By the way, I like LMH as an actor, but if they need to match up the leads, then it's LMH that needs to go.
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75 grace, the one from Jersey, USA
April 5, 2012 at 1:52 PM
I became a fan of Korean TV, when I first
came across "The Immortal Admiral Yi Soon
Shin" although it was, unfortunately, just the
last few episodes. Then came "Dae Jo Young."
Out of the 134 episodes of DJY, I only missed 2,
because I had to travel to another state for a
week and wasn't anywhere near a TV. :(
Do I like Korean historical dramas?
YEA, PAY-HA. (Yes, Your Majesty.) :)
I'm looking forward to seeing this new drama.
I'm sure that the heir of Shinwa, the apple
museum designer, and the MIT grad from Texas,
will pull off this new role and do a spectacular job.
I have to wait until...WHEN...to buy the DVD?
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76 Ana
April 5, 2012 at 4:47 PM
As long as Min-ho is playing a guy that's same age as the leading lady, it's all good. I mean, that's what he's always played, right? He isn't a kid anymore. And I kind of liked time traveling historial fusion fantasy -- like the chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin (however it's spelled). yay!!
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77 Missy
April 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM
Lee Min Ho looks mature for his age, nowadays trend is beautiful lead actresses are much older than their co-actor.Most korean actresses able to maintain their youth very well,Kim Hee Sun looks much younger than her age and is very rare for her to act again after she married a very rich and handsome husband in fashion business.
Han Ga In's was older than Kim Soo Hyun by 6 years but in TMTETS they both look almost the same age and their age gap does not hinders TMTETS to became a national drama ending with 42% ratings.
All korean actresses that are naturally beautiful are in their 30's those younger actresses in their 20's either they are average looking or not pretty, so to speak.
I loves both actors and looking forward for this drama 'Faith'
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78 Carinne
April 12, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I am very curious what surgical instruments the show can come up with relative to its era .
LMH seems to attract scandals w/ his co-stars. It would be nice if any 'next time' becomes an exception for once.
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79 candee
April 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM
this is weird...a histroical/fantasy/comedy/saeguk...wahh?? curious to exactly see what the dramas genre actually is by watching it, but i dunnoo...min ho said he wanted an 'image change'...i liked his previous 'image'...wooo city hunter...he was cool, funny, stylish, romantic and a total bad ass!...my perfect hero. But this character he is gonna play in faith seems very...ummm...stick in the mud type, someone who is strong and cool in a different way then to city hunter. a guy who is strict and bound by duties and who does'nt really have much of a sense of humour. Plus the 10 yr age diff with kim hee sun is unappealing to me...i don't see the 'chemistry'....i think park min yung was the best co star for min ho, ...now they had definite chemistry and looked so adorable as a couple...hee sun is tooo old for him...ANDHEHHH!!
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80 ilovemandoo
April 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
The writer really does like Philip Lee ^ w ^
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81 xing0606
May 16, 2012 at 2:29 AM
Why does lee min ho always get casted opposite older actresses? Kim Hee Sun is really pretty but a 10year age gap? I hope they acknowledge the gap in the drama and make it such that she IS older than him but he falls in love with her nonetheless. Am sure no one will believe they are of close age?!
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82 pinky19
August 7, 2012 at 12:05 AM
Well... i like kdrama which lee min ho acting.... i dont watched when he acted wif female actress older than him.
even personal taste ... low rating !!
btw all the best !!
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83 mamae
August 14, 2012 at 6:41 AM
i will watch this drama simply because LMH is in it.....but i would rather watch him dressed in modern suits which suits him too well, after all he models a couple of popular brands, i like him better in modern period dramas, preferably if it is a comedy love story...........
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84 Angelitocurioso
September 11, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Lee Min Ho-ssi...bring it on!! *drooling*!!!
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85 Lisa Wong
November 24, 2013 at 9:24 AM
It is kind of insulting words to so beautiful Kim Hee Sun if there some stupid fans of Lee Min Ho make some non-sense comments that Kim Hee Sun is not matched with him She is very popular at the times that Lee Min Ho is still wearing diaper-lah.
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