Lee Jong-seok and Seo In-gook headline sports movie
by girlfriday
Flower boy swimmers? Why is this not a drama? There’s a new sports movie about competitive swimming gearing up for production, and School 2013′s Lee Jong-seok and Answer Me 1997′s Seo In-gook have been cast to headline. *Waits for you to picture them shirtless.* I think I’m going to like this movie.
The latest project from the writer of the hit movie The Gift of Room 7 and the ping-pong movie Korea (or As One) is called No Breathing, and stars the pair of young actors as national athletes and up-and-coming star swimmers. Lee Jong-seok’s character is the golden boy, always chasing first place. He lives to win, while Seo In-gook’s character is… wait for it… a genius swimmer who purposely stays as far away from swimming as possible. Insert traumatic past here?
Even though you kind of don’t need a premise beyond flower boy swimmers, I do think Korea (which Lee Jong-seok also starred in) had a great story to tell. So I do expect an uplifting, momentous underdog sports triumphy movie to come out of this. The eye candy will just have to be the cherry on top.
It’s being helmed by a newbie director and starts shooting in May. Lee Jong-seok is busy shooting his sageuk movie The Face Reader, and Seo In-gook has another movie, Police Family, slated to shoot this year as well. No Breathing is planning for a release later this year.
Via Star News
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1 ck1Oz
April 18, 2013 at 4:16 AM
I can't even write a "clean" comment about them in swimmers during a summer movie.
You don't even have to ASK for scenes. They will just be thrown at you. Man.
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Chanelboy loves Jackson Wang A LOT
April 18, 2013 at 10:19 AM
I'm quiet a good swimmer too, if they want to throw these 2noona killers to me, even if that means I will be drowning.
what was I saying? you're right, never a clean comment. LoL
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pabo ceo reom
April 18, 2013 at 1:58 PM
You guys are hilarious. The thing is though... and this is me being completely and utterly shallow... neither Lee Jong-seok or Seo In-gook have great bodies hahah. *dodges fan bullets*
C'mon... Jong-seok looks like he weighs 50kg (~110lbs) on a soaking wet day with 10 layers on. In-gook... well, we all saw 1997 so we all know he loves his beer. :P
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Jess
April 18, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Well I haven't seen LJS topless (yet). SIG on the other hand....I don't know what your definition of a "great body" is, but it looks fine to me.
http://www.mediafire.com/conv/e1b8a660c36bcb7ca45c68168bd59e1eac7ba3c093ab29601944cf1aa744020e6g.jpg
And yes, this is a clean comment.
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bd
April 18, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Lee Jong-seok is totally frail-looking and not someone I would buy as a swimmer (not exactly good-looking in the face as well).
Seo In-gook - I could kinda buy into as a swimmer.
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Jo
April 18, 2013 at 7:09 PM
I squeeled.
Lee Jong Seok was so super duper hot in KOREA: as one. OMG. I love him in sport movies.
thumbs up guysss
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2 ck1Oz
April 18, 2013 at 4:18 AM
You guys have no idea how hard I had to resist posting the " F " word when I saw there were no comments when I came here. :-)
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Mystisith
April 18, 2013 at 4:24 AM
"F" like in... FanService? ;)
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mary
April 18, 2013 at 5:03 AM
Your 1st comment kinda prepped my mind for dirtier f words. :P
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 6:20 AM
Mine too. I began giggling at the first line of the article and just never stopped, all the way to here. Noonas better start preparing themselves for this.
How DO you prepare yourself for something like this?
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mary
April 18, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Mark the premiere date on your caledar. Or get ready to screencap the hell out of the pool scenes. Trawl the net for some side fiction after.
Oh, you mean prepare to avoid the jokes and topless pics? WHY?
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Nutella
April 18, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Try and desensitize yourself by watching even more hot guys?
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TS
April 18, 2013 at 10:42 AM
It's weird but while I liked Go NamSoon, I'm not super-keen on Lee Jong-seok. I want to see how the latter does in the Face Reader and in this movie before I write him off immediately.
And a swimmer's movie? Yes, please!
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pogo
April 18, 2013 at 8:20 AM
ahahahaha
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3 kdwkyah
April 18, 2013 at 4:29 AM
next flower boy installment PLEASE:
Flowerboy changeroom
LOL
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9to5
April 18, 2013 at 5:25 AM
HAHAHA i like how you think...
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Rovi
April 18, 2013 at 9:43 PM
You mean "The Locker Room"
XD *insert super-duper-ultra-mega-loud SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!!!*
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4 damianna
April 18, 2013 at 4:38 AM
feel like i'm being rewarded for some great deeds i've done towards humanity.
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 6:21 AM
We must have all saved the country in a previous life.
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hester
April 18, 2013 at 7:22 AM
LOL
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pogo
April 18, 2013 at 8:21 AM
I guess that makes us.....the army? ;)
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 8:29 AM
Can I be on Rain's unit?
Wait. In. IN.
*really creepy involuntary pervy noona giggle *
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Lizzy4e
April 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM
omo... that was truly laugh out loud!
pogo
April 19, 2013 at 11:48 AM
hey, why do you think I suggested the army in the first place? ;)
nomad
April 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Truly LMBO
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5 come2noona
April 18, 2013 at 4:45 AM
My internal dialogue this morning:
"Yeah baby, bring it on!"
followed closely by...
"So young, I am a perv"
followed closely by...
"There is nothing wrong with appreciating a good looking man"
followed closely by...
"Way to justify being a perv"
followed closely by...
"But damn, they are soooo good looking"
followed closely by...
"I am old enough to be their mother!"
quickly does the math...
"Nope, but I still feel like a perv"
sighs.....
"where were the boys like this when I was younger?"
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gaeinalee
April 18, 2013 at 5:06 AM
LOL.
True tho'. Sometime I also think that I was born in wrong era, wrong country as well.. *sigh*
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ck1Oz
April 18, 2013 at 5:15 AM
Wrong country Gaeina.
I don't know about wrong era, I've seen the photos from yesteryear... it's not the wrong era :-)
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Soyonb
April 18, 2013 at 6:44 AM
CK! Gaeina! Yes, def not the wrong era, but I would be nice if we could take a pill and shave a decade off our age so we could dream totally guilty free!
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gaeinalee
April 18, 2013 at 10:30 PM
Ahaha, Soyonb n Ck, to me a 5 + years gap = different era. I just feel guilty to drool over such a young hawties.. And, eh, Soyonb, there's always Dr. 90210 to assist us to shed the age, right? ^^
Nutella
April 18, 2013 at 7:00 AM
Noona-Dongsaeng romances are all the rage these days~ Either way, if there is anything we have learnt as a collective fandom, it is that as long as you call them Oppaaa~ they'll melt ^~^
For once I adore my birthyear~
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nomad
April 18, 2013 at 5:42 PM
it is that as long as you call them Oppaaa~ they’ll melt ^~^
<--- OH just made my day, hilarious!!!
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YT629
April 18, 2013 at 7:34 AM
Well, if you're several years older than them, but not quite old enough to be their mother, the hot guys when you were young would have been Jang Dong gun, Lee Byung hun, Kim Min jong, actors like that. Although I do admit, other than Jang dong gun, none of the 90s actors really qualify as a "flower boy."
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6 gaeinalee
April 18, 2013 at 5:09 AM
2 young hawties act as swimmers.. Hmmm, how can I resist not to watch the young Mr. McSlurpy.. ^^
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7 Belle3005
April 18, 2013 at 5:10 AM
Have any of you by any chance seen Lee Jong Seok's sageuk mane of glory? I did,and I felt that it was pretty out of place and weird. Is just me who feels that way? Or maybe I'm simply not used to the whole idea of him doing sageuk HEH.
ANYHOW,HE'S REALLY SKINNY (If you'd watched him Running Man,you'd know) so the question is,will there be anything of worth for us to see? HEHEHEHEH *blinks innocently*
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Micola
April 18, 2013 at 6:26 AM
I am sure his management team and the movie's production team know the " power of the pretty" they're probably stuffing him with beef patties and making him do weight training.
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8 Ace
April 18, 2013 at 5:10 AM
"Genius" swimmer? *snerk*
But it stars both of my fave new male leads + swimming, so fighting!
Btw, saw Seo In Guk's MV with GHS and I found them both cute in it. Pretty sure some netizens are wishing for a drama starring both of them. I'm indifferent to GHS but I do hope she chooses a good drama project next time. One written well even if the acting's so-so. ;)
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 6:24 AM
She was quite pretty in that. I almost didn't recognize her. That comes out wrong - I don't think she's ugly or unnattractive at all, but somehow her make up and clothing and hair in this one results in a look that is different from what I am used to seeing with her. That is all.
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Birdie
April 18, 2013 at 8:25 AM
The chemistry was so cute in the mv. Saw the interview. SIG sang and teased her. It was so cute. Yes a drama with them as leads please. The last scenes in the mv, GHS was stunning. She should do a melodrama with a good script.
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Birdie
April 18, 2013 at 8:27 AM
Also SIG seems so hot in the mv. Powerful vocals. He has a soulful voice. There's another song, Would We Have Been Happy, in his new album, composed by GHS. Really good too.
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 8:35 AM
He's got a great voice, very nice to listen to, and he's not a bad actor at all. He covered quite a range of emotions in Answer Me 1997 and handled them all pretty well, especially for a newbie. And he definitely showed some heat in a few scenes. He can do intense, with that face, but he gets the vocab right, too.
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Lilian
April 18, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Ooh I saw that MV too and surprisingly I liked it. So far, haven't really appreciated GHS's works....
As for this movie, they got a great cast! I am sure we will see more bromance =D
9 jel
April 18, 2013 at 5:20 AM
Daebak! Can we have Park Tae Hwan in a cameo too?
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PeepsLeAwesomePotato
April 18, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Seconded!
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10 crazedlu
April 18, 2013 at 5:30 AM
Woohoo! Can't wait wait to see them together.
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11 red
April 18, 2013 at 5:44 AM
I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR THIS MOVIE
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12 Ash
April 18, 2013 at 6:01 AM
Thank you for this wonderful gift, universe. I am not worthy.
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13 snow_white
April 18, 2013 at 6:07 AM
I like both of them....this movie sounds so good :)
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14 alua
April 18, 2013 at 6:09 AM
While you wait for this film to be finished, you can get your quota of Flower Boy Swimmers with Waterboys (J-film & doramas). Tsumabuki Satoshi is in the original movie, and Eita and Moriyama Mirai are in the first dorama.
Lots of shirtlessness and bromance.
Very happy to see that Lee Jong-seok is doing movies (even if I wouldn't mind this as a drama either).
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 6:25 AM
So, speaking of flower boy japanese...I had no idea who Miura was and I watched the first episode of Last Cinderella. So I got Miura AND his butt in my first dose. I may never recover from this.
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Nutella
April 18, 2013 at 6:57 AM
You also got the playboy 'tude.. no other Miura role will ever look as awesome to you now *giggles madly*
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 8:32 AM
that little tongue thing he did when he walked into the ballroom with the impatient eye roll thing.
I was GONE.
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alua
April 18, 2013 at 8:49 AM
I thought that was very teenagey. You know, the "I'm too cool for everything" kind.
Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 1:30 PM
I did too, but honestly, I didn't really care. It just made it even naughtier.
alua
April 18, 2013 at 8:52 AM
I never paid much attention to Miura, but, yeah, he was strikingly noticeable in that opening episode.
I'm not sure I'll like the drama though, some things irritate me greatly already. Will give it a few more episodes though.
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hanie
April 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM
Sorry for hijacking you guys comment but I just excited. I have no one to spazzz about Haru-kun's ass shot. So excited!!! I was so shocked and screamed so loud my lil sis thought I watch some horror movie or something... Falcon is all grown up~ I feel old~ But he still need a hamburger or 5 tho...
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15 christina
April 18, 2013 at 6:59 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Lee Jong-seok is way to skinny for me to get excited about him shirtless.
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Nutella
April 18, 2013 at 7:03 AM
His management team will probably put him through his paces for the role.. not to mention it's going to help his modelling carreer ^u^
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Yeah, it's not going to be about his chest. It will definitely be about the heart beating in it, though. He's a force to be reckoned with, in motion.
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Mystisith
April 18, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Oh, absolutely. He is part of the "little shrimps" team and those ones tend to be sneaky, impredictable and HOT.
Never underestimate your adversary. ;)
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Mar
April 18, 2013 at 9:58 AM
No kidding. Boy might be skinny, but, he's got IT. Because, well, thoughts happen when you look at him. There is something visually almost predatory sexual about him.
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 1:33 PM
I couldn't figure out what it was, because Nam Soon didn't really give those kinds of gazes...but once I realized he was the male model who was hot for Oska in SeGa, it all clicked for me.
16 DAEBAK!
April 18, 2013 at 8:13 AM
"genius swimmer" does not compute! shouldn't that be or appropriate to say "super swimmer" no scratch all that he is "SEXY SWIMMER" hehehe
also adds to list, why is my list never ending and growing, oh wait more interesting movies are coming out like everyday *sighs* when will i finish all of them?! Love these guys^^
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17 KimYoonmi
April 18, 2013 at 9:26 AM
Wasn't that called "Water boys"? --Japanese though.
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anna
April 18, 2013 at 11:19 AM
IF ONLY! Waterboys is amazing. I freaking love that movie. Pretty sure none of them were geniuses, but that was what made the movie so much fun.
Waterboys is about synchronized swimming though.
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alua
April 18, 2013 at 11:35 AM
There are two doramas and a follow up movie as well.
The first dorama is lovely, those boys were so enthusiastic that it was hilarious.
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18 Swurbel
April 18, 2013 at 9:37 AM
I do not give up the hope, that one day I can watch the korean drama version of Bay Watch.....
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19 supersumiehime
April 18, 2013 at 10:11 AM
What the hell is a "genius swimmer"?
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM
In my book, anyone who doesn't drown.
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fab
April 20, 2013 at 6:33 AM
LOOOL. That says it all.
Although Phelps comes close to abnormal...
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20 z
April 18, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Am I the only one who has reached the point where you automatically put a project in the "Probably Not" column whenever the promotional material includes the word "genius?"
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 1:36 PM
So you've given them up completely, then?
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21 anna
April 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Lol already imagining what will happen once the stills start showing up.
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anna
April 18, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Whenever I read "genius" anything I always think of anime. Like there is always that one character who's more special than the other in any sort of plot line. I guess by now I'm just used to it.
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22 bwick
April 18, 2013 at 11:24 AM
I remember reading somewhere that there's a possiblity of Kang Sora being cast in this film. I'm already onboard with Lee Jong-seok and Seo In-gook, but would love it if that casting rumour was true.
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Mama J
April 18, 2013 at 1:38 PM
She's been cast in a daily, though, hasn't she? With someone - oh! Im Joo Hwan!
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23 Toystar
April 18, 2013 at 1:48 PM
It's happy dance time!
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24 DarknessEyes
April 18, 2013 at 3:44 PM
I love both of these actors~! Cliche or not, this story looks like it has the potential to be a good story. Can't wait to see it.... when it'll finally come out with english subs online like 5 years later TT_TT
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25 Jinsight
April 18, 2013 at 4:01 PM
Is Korea a good movie? The trailer and posters looked unbearably stupid and overdramatic (seriously, it's ping pong!), yet I keep hearing good reviews. I don't think I can bring myself to watch it since I can't buy into the North-South spirits-united type movies (especially when you have popular South Korean actresses playing North Koreans), but thought I'd ask just for curiosity.
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26 zashi
April 18, 2013 at 4:06 PM
Owww this will be a good one. Casting alone winner! hehehe. It's like a hybrid of answer me and School! YAY!
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27 dumzkeeee
April 18, 2013 at 5:36 PM
*Waits for you to picture them shirtless.*
i first read it as *Waits for you[meaning the Show] to picture[as in literally] them shirtless.* I was like, huh? but proceeds on imagining them shirtless anyway..
and then re-read it, then i finally get what GF meant: You = us, readers! hahaha
so misunderstood, but still got us imagining them shirtless! girlfriday has some serious writing powers..or we're just noona killers like that! buahaha.
oh wait, i don't really remember seeing them shirtless, so i'm not sure if they're hot or what, i think i got carried away. lol
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28 JC
April 18, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Uh... I think I'm quite eagerly awaiting this movie. 8D
Even if the premise sounds kind of overused.
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29 hanie
April 18, 2013 at 5:56 PM
OMG!!!! I now has a chance to openly drooling over Jongseok in speedo? Thank you movie god~ Now I wish Jongseok do Star Cam like Woobin's and let us watch him training for this movie. Lots of time at the swimming pool and stuff... It would be hottt.... And as a preparation, Jongseok did underwear modelling back in his young glory days. I wanted to put a link but.... umm... not sure whether it is SFW though? Look it up...
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Rovi
April 18, 2013 at 9:57 PM
POST
IT
!!!
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30 Mini Roo
April 18, 2013 at 6:19 PM
pretty boy swimmers eh..reminds me of that commercial....
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31 ChocoChip
April 19, 2013 at 2:23 AM
They better go through intense workouts so that when they film the movie they will have gone from scrawny to yum abs; and none of that nonsense about full body suit swimming ;) In all seriousness though I'm mostly excited to see their bromance take off :)
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32 missaisohee
April 25, 2013 at 6:29 AM
think i've seen this news in soompi before..
they said Kang Sora will be the leading lady.. and i hope it's true
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33 crizzyville
August 11, 2013 at 9:49 AM
heard they're (SIG and LJS) both here in our country for the shooting. too bad i won't be seeing them in their swimming outfits. location's too far away from the city so i guess i'll just look forward to seeing the movie myself. i wonder what made them choose to go to our country. too bad LJS felt to hot when they came hear and i dont know if it's the weather that triggered his sudden mealancholics feels thus missing him mom for a second. so cute!
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