hmmm.....I think it would be nice to see her try for an evil role.

for me, she shined the most in 'Stairway to Heaven' where she played the villain, so I would love for her to take another evil role.

Kim Tae-hee as a villain?I don't think it's such a good idea.I loved her in my princess,where she played a cute bubbly princess.

Big gamble for taking her to play heavy role (if really heavy though).

Crossing my fingers that this might be the proper femme fatale anti-heroine drama that Miss Ripley never was.

Yeah, her face's 'facture' could be quite suitable for playing a villain.

Jang heebin done to death already. When it rains in sageuk-land it pours. We have King Gongmin's era back to back and before that was Sukjong and sons lol. Geeeez can someone produce a drama from the 3 Kingdom era?. I'll take Shilla, Goguryeo or Baekje for a change.

Jang heebin is not a character for weak actresses. Kim Tae-hee was good in My Princess but dang Jang Heebin?. Thats a huge leap girl.

Reminds me about of Cinderellas Sister. The evil one becomes the heroine. Then that means Kim Tae Hee is out for Level 7 servant then who will be the lead for that hmmm

i always forget she started out her career as a villain in stairway to heaven! at least, i believe that was her first drama. and she was pretty convincing as a conniving, scheming bitch. but she has such an angelic image, i keep forgetting...

When I read a synopsis of this elsewhere, I thought that the 'modern twist' literally meant that the story would be taking place in the present day. I wonder why that isn't done more often in dramas - taking storylines and characters from history/myth and transplanting them to the modern day.

I have watched Dong Yi probably 10 times already, and the other Queen In-hyun & Jang Ok-Jung dramas previously made at least once. I will have a tough time imagining JOK to be a good protagonist. Can you even do that? Wouldn't she have to be a different person all together? (in a way). I'm not really a fan of reintereption of history. However, I do like KTH even though I think her acting skills are a bit lacking. So I will definitely give her a chance. :)

I remember GHS also played a Queen that wasn't too good either, but the drama sort of gave her a more positive light.

KTH has been in a sageuk, but it was not a drama. It was a movie opposite Jung Woo Sung. Can't remember the name of the movie because it wasn't that good. But, Kim Tae Hee was flying around with a sword and chopping up all the bad guys.

Sooner or later these actresses/actors have to take on challenging roles which may expose their weakness. In spite of that, they will come out of it better actresses. It is part of the route to take if they want to improve. Yes , they know they will get criticism. Kudos to her for trying such a role. I hope the director is one who brings out the best out of them. Some directors are a little "lazy"- they just let the popularity and good looks do the work.

Hmmm...her first role was a villain role...I HATED Stairway to Heaven (like the entire drama) but she was convincing.

Perhaps she'll pull a Park Shi Yeon...before Coffee House no one really thought she could act, then people said she needed to act in roles closer to her personality like Coffee House to be good, and then she turned out to be quite the effective villain in her role in Nice Guy which was kind of the same role she wasn't so great at before as a Femme Fatale LOL

Jang Hee Bin was noted for her beauty and obviously it makes sense to cast "Korea's Most Beautiful Woman." A huge part of drama casting is about likability. However as much as I don't wish to hate on KTH, it aggravates me that she gets cast in dramas at all. It's just hard for me to accept her as a real actress because she seems to be doing dramas in between her CF projects instead of the other way around and all the publicity ever done to keep her relevant points to how pretty and how small her face is. But I think what's really worse is that if she does a 'passable' job with this piece, meaning you don't cringe at her line deliveries and the ratings are good, she will win an acting award at the end of the year. I am still not over the fact that she won over Kim So Yeon when they were nominated in the same category at the year end awards for IRIS. Ppl STILL talk about Kim So Yeon's performance, in fact her performance has become somewhat of a measuring stick for actresses in badass roles and KTH won? I just want to see hard working good actresses get the good roles (I know the world does not work that way), but KTH being the superstar that she is just represents what is so f-ed up in the world of Korean Entertainment as a whole for me.

at this point sounds like something I'll pass on but if they keep her evil while being the main character and Kim Tae Hee does even a passable job, count me in

This sounds good. Kim Tae Hee in first sageuk and portraying Lady Jang who has caught my attention so much this year. Dong Yi just recently ended here in the Philippines and I haven't forgot Lady Jang in this. So with this, I got intrigued and interested in Queen In-hyun's Man and become hooked with this.

KTH is one of my ultimate favorite Korean stars and I cant wait to see her in another drama this year plus portraying the most famous historical character!!!

Thanks JB for this great news!!!

If it is going to be a kind of modernized version....i can give it a try....
And why are all dramas having more than 16....even over 20 episodes??

She evils up again! Hehe she's gorgeous but I've never really liked it when she played nice main characters. This should be interesting.

wow! that would be interesting! the first time i saw kim tae hee was in stairway to heaven where she portrayed as an antagonist.. So i think, any role whether an evil one or a bubbly girl like in my princess would be portrayed well be taehee since she's a talented actress.. I'm so excited about it..

I really, really like reinterpretations, but I really don't see how the drama is going to end well (except maybe she didn't get executed in the end or something, who knows). Still, I am definitely going to watch it if Kim Taehee is heading the drama. Her first Sageuk! Woohoo! I really liked Lee Soyeon's version too (and Park Hasun as the weak yet strong-willed Queen Inhyun).

When I watched Dong Yi, Lee So Yeon played greatly the role of Jang Hee Bin as less evil character. They showed her light side and Lee So Yeon effectively interpreted it.
I believe Kim Tae Hee will do well this role, too. These two korean actresses are both amazing and it's good to see them playing the same character.