Thanks!

Who else believes it's an amicable separation disguised as an health problem so everyone could save face? What a waste, really.

I'm not convinced it was a "medical" reason for bowing out so close to series finale, and can't really say I would blame him for that.

but, look on the bright side Philip Lee, at least you weren't a walking manga-flute-boy who absolutely have NO PURPOSE in the story what so ever

What's with all the eye issues in dramaland lately? I find it interesting that Philip Lee is the only actor to hang on to this drama from the very beginning, yet he's the first out. (Not counting all the people killed off for the sake of the story, natch.) I agree with you Javabeans, better luck next time.

i agree that he should have been a rival of LMH for the High Doctor's love..at some parts of the drama, i was thinking the same thing..he could have been! but he wasn't! **SIGH

OK. I don't want to seem insensitive. I really hope he is safe and healthy. Count on me to check the coming pics on the net: If I see an eye patch I will be VERY sorry. Ps: Sunglasses won't be enough to fool me.

Man this drama is so unlucky.. Lee Jun Ki dropping out, many lead actors reject to film, being in production for 2 years, and now this..

yea i wished he was more into the drama. they didn't give much scenes and his character wasn't really portrayed with in depth details. i wish you well!

Awww poor baby!! too bad he won't be missed cuz he was just chillin the whole time...

I was really hoping for more for his character as well. At first (and even towards the middle of the drama) I thought he would be a possible love interest for her. I loved their chemistry and they made it seem like he was a little interested in her, but it now looks like this was just as friends.

I kind of wish Faith was shelved for a bit longer so that the writers could work out a better readaptation of the original story.

I am so sad! I was hoping he would have a little more role, so I was so sad not seeing him in the last episode!

I have to say, I am actually glad that Jang Bin and Eun So were on friendly terms, and not Jang Bin being a rival to Choi Young, because I really hate love triangles. And I liked their chemistry as fellow doctors. It was a nice friendship imo.
I really don't understand why kdramas adore love triangles so, because as for me, they give me ulcers. Maybe I am too much of a sensitive person, but I get sick just by watching the unlucky guy suffering. And also hyper annoyed by the fact that the girl has two guys swooning over her when in real life it is hard as Hell to even have ONE guy swooning over you. Augh.

Anyway, I hope Philip Lee is well, but I also hope his eye infection is actually true, because since I've come to dramaland, which has not been such a long time, I am amazed at the number of eye infection I've seen. Seriously, does Korea have a problem with eye health?

A shame Jang Bin didn't have a bigger role. I was expecting him to teach Eun So about acupuncture, because if Eun So is supposed to become Hwata, then she has to learn acupuncture too.
We will miss you, Jang Bin! :(

Oh, and a last thing: I sure do hope the characters in the show will actually say something about him not being here, because nothing annoys me more than a character disappearing and the others not noticing it. So the drama better have an explanation for Jang Bin's disappearance...

Too bad but i agree. His character wasn't being utilized. I thought he had better chemistry with the lead then Lee Min Ho.

Yeah I also think it's fortunate his character was barely there in the first place, that way the story doesn't suffer a huge loss. But yes it did seem like his character was going to be something more. I also think the flute guy is going through the same thing. Thought there were hints that his character is going to play a bigger role in the story during those scenes where he's all contemplative while the fire girl asks him what he really wants. But drama's almost over and still nothin'.

i feel bad for him!!! i could totally see a love line with him n ES but they just cut him off like that
he's a victim
while the character of kings relative or something seem like the 2nd lead now~~he's gettin more screentime

Come to think of it the Woodalchi men has more screen time than his character.

Hope he'll get better exposure on his next drama/film.

Even if the eye injury is true or not, I wish him well. I'll miss the character. :(

I agree- I told feel like his character really could have had more screentime.

It's strange because I have thought his eyes looked weird from the beginning of the show as if they were a little crossed or something. I have seen other pictures of him where his eyes don't look like that. I think he his much better suited to modern dramas, so I hope he heals quickly and finds a good one.

Personally am glad he wasnt involved in a love triangle, it can get a bit tideous (sp) to be honest. A rival to the doc would have been nice plus wth happened to his powers?? They only showcased them in the earlier episodes and that was it! Its probably a good thing that injury is, the bright side u may call it!

i admire the acting ability of phillip.he is one of the best actors.i just couldn't remember any drama that he is the leading character.he is always the second lead.he should be given a break .he is also very fluent in speaking english.

Oh no! I hope his operation is a success, but I hope his character didn't have any really influential role to play in the last 4 episodes. Rewrites?

They didn't use him as much as they should have, I love Phillip Lee. but I like they didn't use him as a love rival. I'm kind of bored with the two men in love with one woman and she chooses one guy while the other is left to walk away crying like a big ass baby.

It was refreshing that he was simply a friend and colleague. Someone that respected her and cared for her on a friend level.

Hello...
thanks so much dramabeans for posting this news. I was really wondering about him. I was expecting a lot more him in this drama.

Thanks a lot. <more power!

If only this whole drama would have been as good as it's first episode. Gah, breaks my drama-heart even thinking about it!

Why drama gods, why? Orrr, is this letdown the real drama of this drama? o.O

J.

Too bad that he got injured. I like him a lot. I was always hoping that he has a lot of screen time every episode.

Oh poor guy! Just a waste of talent in this drama. I hope he has more screen presence in his next drama.

no good no good this is no good. why would u said he's not as talent as others. its just that the writer does not give him the chance to show his talent, including his other works too.

Phillip Lee also in the "Story Of First King's Four Gods" though he does not shows up until episode 15.

Yeah...but this news does not make much impact becoz as mentioned he is not vital to the plot unlike the king for instance. Such a waste. He made more impact in Secret Garden.

His eyes are huge... So may be they are more prone to injury.
Speedy recovery Phillips!
I agree with JB about his acting. He just stared a lot.

He's so gorgeous, he's very intense. Maybe a nice melodrama would be good for him, though I won't watch it. I was hoping for more for his character in Faith even if he wasn't Choi Young's love rival, he and many other characters in the show were seriously short changed.

So unrutilized! So deserving of more! Hope all goes well and come back in a better, deserving role!

OK, if it...REALLY...was an eye injury,
they...COULD...have bandaged one eye
with a patch (which was good enough
for the leader of the Red-crescent-moon
Army) after the doctor was attacked by
some assorted bad guys, and Phillip Lee
could have continued playing the role of
the doctor. Whatever.......

OR......as someone has already written
here, maybe Phillip Lee got disgusted
that after waiting like, for forever, for
"Faith" to be finally filmed, as his part
diminished to the point of nothing, he
decided to walk.

And what happened to his lightening
and thunder fan? Didn't it protect him
from a gang of hoodlums who were
attacking him in one of the early episodes?

Either way, it makes no sense to film
so closely to the air date/broadcast time.
Don't we fans ALWAYS HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION whenever somebody gets sick
or has an accident while filming something
for Korean TV?

Stupid. Just plain stupid. :(

*

I so wanted to see his final battle, he was so cool with that fan... That's why in episode 21 it became clear that the actor had pulled out. I came to this website to find out why...

Really hoped for chemistry between the docs doe.

Nigerian addicted to Korean series and movies...love phillip lee a lot!
The soundtrack (carry on) is mad!my current most favourite song on my Ipod!

Eun soo's questions and resistance in the first few episodes almost got on ma last nerve,comedy glued me to my sofa till I got to where she relaxed and accepted her fate of being heaven's doc and playing along.

I wanna know your twitter account or instagram or anyway that I can get the news from you. I'm concern about you eyes. So get well soon. Just a little girl from thailand who care of you.

I was so heart-broken when he died in the movie!! Hopefully next time he'll get a bigger role in another movie.

Being a Nigerian and First time getting glued 2 a kdrama..... kudos 2 all d actors nd actresses...but i just love the character of Lee,he is so fucking cute nd cool,more grease 2 ur elbow!!!!!!

I was SHOCKED, and seething MAD, that "my" big brown eyed, pillar of peace doctor "disappeared".

I was so disgusted. You'd think that being the king's/country's high doctor, would have been guarded like the priceless treasure he was.

Super powers or not, when "they" invaded, you'd think that they'd have some kind of evacuation plan at the first sign of any breach of the kings compound.

What also made me mad, was that "pipeling" and "fireling" were um..overcome, so quickly, after being unconqurable, and just going around slaying anyone who moved.

"pipeling" was so easy to foil. Actually, when anyone wants something you have, and you know it, they are so easily overcome, because you can simply use what they want as "bait" and lure them with it, exactly where you want them.

Why wasn't that done sooner? I was starting to get bored of the cat and mouse game, I was going to start forwarding. Even the Choi & lady doctor "love me, love me not" was getting frusterating to the point, that when they were together, they couldn't take advantage of the moment in a meaningful way (being stand offish/feigning indifference, etc) especially, since i think at some point they both saved each others lives. Usually when a person saves your life, you can't treat them so carelessly.

The fact that I got so mad, annoyed, sad, apprehensive, means this was an outstanding portrayal by most of the cast (besides stoic pipeling). The actors weren't "acting", they became the characters.

I rarely feel anything when watching a US film. K- drama RULES!

I hope u r ok phillip. I really miss the doctor. :(

Another thought. A triad romance between, choi, lady doc & high doc, may have been impossible.

The high doc DID probably love her, however showed a resignation in not pressing the matter because I believe he may have been a eunich (demaled man/a man severed from all of his "manhood"-it was all removed, so it was impossible for him to even act like a male with a female) This was the custom of males working inside the royal compound at the time. This was almost a guaruntee, that any females in the compound could never be "with child" by anyone but royalty. All babies the queen bore, would be the kings, (insurance before DNA tests). It also insured, that no mistresses, maids, servant females, other royal females, would end up "with child", making them a burden, and creating "problems" with job duties, and the daily workings of the kings compound. Babies require stuff, clothes, beds, doctoring, babysitters, teachers, and may run about disturbing the status quo, could be used as pawns by enemies, or could create a problem in an evacuation (where's Jr.!).

So the kings compound was to be kept pregnancyfree/childfree, except for any children of royal birth, and children "given" to the king, for servantude (girls & boy eunichs).

Royal Doctor's of the time, may have been eunichs, also, because it WOULD have been improper for any intact male, to be touching, or seeing the queen, as a doctor may have to. The high doctor probably DID act as a midwife to the queen. Looking "there" in helping the queen, in that instance, as a "full" male, would probably not have been tolerated by the king or queen, in that time.

By being a eunich, the doctor became a non threat, like a female nurse. Also, at that time, females weren't usually allowed to be doctors, etc (like in pre woman's rights time in the US).

So, I really think that Phillip's doctor portayal, seemed like he was a eunich. Why? 1. because Eunichs were incapable of lust, they walked among women, as if they WERE women. 2. he had a womanlike demeanor, very humble, dutiful, understanding, calm, virtually emotionless, extremely loyal, very unassuming peaceful presence, ect. 3. Eunichs wouldn't be distracted from their jobs, by having women around, like whole men might 4. he was incapable of jealousy 4.however, he could love, even though he wasn't supposed too. 5. that love could ONLY ever be that of a friend because he wasn't a "whole" man. 6. he was ok with that, because his "condition" allowed him to love freely, man or woman.
I say love & man, not as in intimate man and man, but love a man (like choi) for being the guardian of someone else he loved, the lady doctor. If he was friends with both, he would be allowed/trusted to be close to the lady doctor. Choi, would trust the doctor to guard the lady doctor, when he couldn't. The lady doctor, could freely train long hours with the high doctor, with no ill will/jealously/or feeling of betrayal (in Choi).

So that's what I think anyway. It's very sad that eunichs were actually real. But amazingly, young boys/men, or their father's, chose life as a eunich for the males, to ensure a secure life for them. They would be given, food, shelter, bed, clothes, and even companionship in a reletively safe place. They might live to old age there. The other choices for male non nobles, were an unstable peasent life, or the military. As a eunich, the male would be taught a trade, metalworking, manservant, horse groom, carpenter, teacher, doctor, scribe, etc.

That's why I think Phillip portrayed the calm doctor the way he did.

I don't believe the Wooldacchi were eunichs, even though they were sometimes in the king's compound, probably, if just for the fact that they had to be strong and warlike.

I think the Wooldacchi, were generally based outside the king's compound, and were just well trained civilian men, who could eventually be released from their obligations, to one day return to civilian life and get married and have children.

I'm not sure about the inside palace guards.

I wonder if his injury was inflicted on him purposely. He must have been experiencing a lot of jealousy. He was getting more exposure and doing well. i along with many others really enjoyed his work as well as his looks. It seems to be difficult when a Korean American tries to break into working in the Korean market. It is so sad. There should be room for all and they can really offer more variety to the viewing audience as well. There should be room for sharing skills, information and roles together not strife.