The action begins on Gu Family Book

114 March 20, 2013

by girlfriday

Wonder twins, activate! Yay, here’s our first glimpse of action on the new fantasy fusion sageuk Gu Family Book, starring Lee Seung-gi as a half-gumiho, half-puppy, and Suzy as the bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine that he’ll fall in love with. Right now they look more like partners in crime, which hey, would be a nice change of pace. I don’t expect the drama not to have any damsels in distress, but it already gets points for making our heroine a fighter. I’m so excited for something actiony right now — the more high-flying fun the better. Please be badass. Please be badass.

Seung-gi seems to be having a lot of fun knockin’ some heads together and showing off his gumiho strength. I hope they really go to town with the supernatural element and give him some powers too. It’s no fun when they skimp on the super for a superhero. The rest of the stills are from the teaser, with only tiny glimpses of our two leads. It’s mostly just an intro to our half-gumiho hero Choi Kang-chi — from human mother Lee Yeon-hee and gumiho father Choi Jin-hyuk.

The title Gu Family Book is a reference to a gumiho legend (in this storyverse) about a centuries-old book that’s rumored to contain the secret to becoming human. No one’s seen the book, and there’s no telling whether it exists or is just a gumiho bedtime story passed down through the generations. Kang-chi wants more than anything to become human, and so the story will be his journey to chase down this legend.

Suzy plays Dam Yeo-wool, daughter of a martial arts teacher (played by Jo Sung-ha), who learned to fight and is particularly skilled with a bow and arrow. Yoo Yeon-seok (pictured below) will be Kang-chi’s rival — he’s the son of the man who takes Kang-chi in as an orphan (which also makes him Lee Yubi’s oppa), and he’ll be the cold cynical scholar who challenges Kang-chi for the heroine’s affections.

So far it seems like the world will have a strong mythology and lots of action, so I’ve got my fingers crossed that it delivers. Gu Family Book premieres April 8 on MBC.

Via Sports Seoul

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51 nokcha

March 21, 2013 at 4:56 AM

Half gumiho, half puppy.....needed that. Can't wait for this to air. Been watching recycled dramas while waiting for the next batch of Spyless Are Hardly Civil To Each Other illustrations.

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52 anna

March 21, 2013 at 5:49 AM

Suzy looks like she doesn't have the strength to hold a real sword, but I hope drama magic can make her look convincing enough.

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Kiara

March 21, 2013 at 6:48 AM

Lol yea looks like she was dancing with that sword.

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lemondoodle

March 21, 2013 at 3:58 PM

She's pretty strong though. Search Suzy's Board Breaking on youtube. But I agree she doesn't seem to know what to do with a sword. Hopefully she's more convincing with her bow. I do think that's pretty much all she filmed at the time so they had to use that scene.

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maru-chan

March 30, 2013 at 2:38 AM

you defiently wrong dude..

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53 Waca

March 21, 2013 at 9:10 AM

I so can't wait for this!!! It looks awesome!

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54 Ivy

March 21, 2013 at 12:20 PM

OMG, gorgeous! SO excited about this!

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55 Quiet Thought

March 21, 2013 at 3:53 PM

Dear Suzy: the key to acting is your facial muscles have to move, or failing that, the rest of your body has to move convincingly to make up for it. You've got a couple of weeks to shape up, so get to work on it.

Also, for future reference, please stop dressing like a ten year-old when you're playing an American woman.

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KimYoonmi

March 21, 2013 at 11:34 PM

Suzy was meant to play someone that was one tone in her previous drama, Dream High... she's aware of the criticisms according to Strong Heart too. (On Dream High she was instructed to be more wooden and got heat for it) I thought she did a really good job on Big, though many people didn't like the drama because they wanted a crack drama and didn't get it. I liked her concept of the character and I thought she conveyed it well. Though subtle facial expressions comes with practice and time. (Gong Yoo is really good at that.)

And no, I'm not a fangirly type either. =P If you see my previous comments you'll see me go over technical problems. Such as below with LSG's being a bubble head in real life.

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Quiet Thought

March 22, 2013 at 9:41 AM

Producers who should know better tend to make that mistake in casting idols and non-actors: assigning them a role of a character with little emotion. That's not how acting works. The less emotion the character has, the harder the actor has to work to make the character spring to life on a two-dimensional screen. If the actor does nothing, the character vanishes into the background or, worse, looks like a mannequin instead of a human.

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1234itsover

March 22, 2013 at 12:28 PM

i was okay with everything you said until this:

"for future reference, please stop dressing like a ten year-old when you’re playing an American woman."

are you just ignorant over drama matters? because characters concepts and clothes are not decided by the actors.

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Quiet Thought

March 22, 2013 at 5:12 PM

To clarify, that was the sarcasm bird flying by. In any event, costume designers never appear in public. Suzy was the only one there to blame.

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56 Carmensitta

March 21, 2013 at 5:25 PM

I'm loving the colours of these costumes! Especially Suzy's costume! It looks amazing!

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57 KimYoonmi

March 21, 2013 at 11:27 PM

I keep seeing LSG as the bubble head in Running Man. Affable and a really good actor, but somewhat lacking in nunchi.

Since he's dorky and klutzy in RL (said with much love since I like dorks.), I also don't by DEFAULT seeing him as an action hero. (I see him more as a bumbling type or Kwangsoo's twin in personality.) However, I'll give him a chance to win me over. ^^;;

I saw him in the sageuk wig and thought he had that out of place feel that I felt toward Yamapi being in historicals. (And keep in mind I like Yamapi too) I get I'm in the minority, but since he's a tong saeng I don't see him with fan girly eyes. (Gong Yoo and Lee Min Ki, oppa deul maybe...) Still cheering for him.

I'm just glad this is replacing ~~Boar~~ Horse Doctor. Seeing the trailer at the end of Horse Doctor was the highlight of the episodes it aired in.

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58 Anna

March 22, 2013 at 8:55 AM

My FREAKING GOD! SEUNG GI IN A HISTORICAL DRAMA. Never thought I'd live long enough to live this happiness. Looking so much forward to it! Please be good!
Aishh.. I'm getting more and more jealous of Suzy lately ;)

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59 jubilantia

March 22, 2013 at 3:34 PM

This looks like a major blast, but can't the plot ever be "reconciling the human and non-human halves" rather than "I must be human"? Why do you want to give up superpowers completely, every superhero ever?

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60 flour

March 23, 2013 at 8:27 AM

lol seunggi looks like someone just gave him a sword toy and hes having the time of his life with that. suzy uh, idk, she looks expressionless in those stills but i liked her in architecture 101 hope shes good here too! gu family book hwaiting!

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hhisc

March 23, 2013 at 9:13 AM

he does not use a sword

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61 lee dee dah's fans

March 25, 2013 at 7:53 AM

LOVE IT

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62 viaww

March 25, 2013 at 8:02 AM

To DramaBeans:

wolud you like to give another BETTER suzy's still, please! that many better picture that could you taken,, but..but... why you used that bad and blur picture.. oh come'on.. are you subjective now dramabeans? are you suzy hater now, just because that previous drama didnt have ending like you want.

dont do that... its so mean.. please

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scnm

March 30, 2013 at 2:43 AM

i'm looking forward for this drama. and what poeple said or dramabeans said about suzy or LSG now, I DONT CARE.

i just going to WATCH its.

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Gu Family Book