Kim Woo-bin in Heirs, rejoice!
by javabeans
SBS is really going all-out in casting Heirs (or He Who Wears the Crown, Endure Its Weight: Heirs), with all the hot young stars it’s drawn into its casting net: The latest is none other than Kim Woo-bin (School 2013, Vampire Idol, White Christmas), which should make some people very happy. He’ll join Lee Min-ho and Park Shin-hye, our two leads, and add even more pretty to the mix.
(I recall reading comments after the last casting tease about Choi Jin-hyuk that the only downside to Choi being added was that dreams of Kim Woo-bin joining were dashed. Well, let this be a lesson to you all: Never accept an either-or situation when you can have BOTH. Greediness is happiness!)
Granted, there is the caveat that Choi Jin-hyuk is yet unconfirmed: The last we heard was that he was “considering favorably.” One more possibility currently being floated is f(x) idol Krystal, who is reportedly working out her schedule and in talks with drama producers.
I don’t have a strong opinion about Krystal, but at least I don’t actively dislike her or find her a horrible actress. I never really loved her character in High Kick 3, and it took practically 100 episodes for me to warm to her, and yes she does have this aloofness to her personality that can be off-putting. Despite all that, I’m okay with her joining this cast; she’s got screen presence and is age-appropriate and isn’t our lead, so that’s fine.
Kim Woo-bin has worked with this writer (Kim Eun-sook) before in A Gentleman’s Dignity, where he played a high school troublemaker (before then playing another high school troublemaker in School 2013), so the casting makes sense. He’s got loads of charisma and onscreen intensity and really beautifully odd features (hottest alien vampire rockstar ever). He (and Lee Jong-seok) carried the charm of School 2013, even though when you think about it Kim Woo-bin’s role in that was actually quite small—he was a catalyst and an object, but not really an active player, but still commanded your attention. He is currently working out final contract details.
Heirs purports to be a Gossip Girl–esque trendy drama set in a high school populated by the uber-rich, and with writer Kim at the helm we can expect lots of fast-flying banter and glossy characters. Sometimes Kim’s style works for me, sometimes I hate it with the burning fire of a thousand venereal diseases. I know which one I’m hoping for this time out.
Heirs is being prepped as an October drama on SBS.
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51 saranga
May 14, 2013 at 7:36 PM
throw hong jong-hyun (!!!) and lee soo-hyuk into the mix, and oh how thrilled i'd be. how much i'd love a vampire reunion!!!!!
there is such a real possibility that lee min-ho will be outshone here, given how spectacular the male supporting actors are.
i'm less thrilled with the female castings, and even less pleased at the news of krystal. i didn't like high kick 3 and couldn't get past the second week, because i couldn't stand baek jin-hee and to a lesser extent, krystal. and high kick 2 was a dud for me because i realized i hated shin se-kyung. lol, i swear i'm not a chronic people hater!
i'll have to admit though, krystal's gorgeous. i just hope she doesn't play someone super bratty, because then that would be TOO fitting with her icy persona (and rumored character). make her likeable, and i'm ready to like her.
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Kdramas
May 15, 2013 at 5:32 AM
LMH, will not be outshined by these guys. I can't wait for the drama to start so I can laugh when all of you guys switch teams and try to jump on the LMH bandwagon. But there is no more room and y'all are not needed on this bus!
I find it hilarious how people are a hot drama away from who they so call love. Gu Family made y'all love papa gu. School 2013 (which I hated), have y'all riding WB jock. LMH had a bad year being casted in Faith, so he isn't "hot". That's why I can't wait for this drama, to see many of y'all jumping on his jock again. *rolls eyes*
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Fasr
May 15, 2013 at 6:05 AM
lol omg you need to calm down a bit and not let overzealous fans get to you girl! this is kdramaland, there is this huge bandwagon called hot new things painted on it (LMH was once on it!) and people will always get excited about the latest model which LMH was also once one!
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52 pigtookie
May 14, 2013 at 7:37 PM
YESSSSS THANK YOU!
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53 Fasr
May 14, 2013 at 7:44 PM
ahhhhh now i /need/ this drama to be good. kim eun sook tho.. she simultaneously brings the high-profile and the high possibilty of the shallowest cringe-inducing plotting.
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54 Perrie
May 14, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Kim Woobin is like a dream come true!!! YAY!!!!
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55 fuzzymogwai
May 14, 2013 at 7:53 PM
was on board before...now am desperately awaiting october! and fingers still crossed for choi jin huk! =))
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56 HaibaraChristie
May 14, 2013 at 7:55 PM
I AM SO PSYCHED!
...Darn. I have to wait until October? :(
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57 Perrie
May 14, 2013 at 7:56 PM
I love how we're all like soooooo happy it's (??) Kim Woo Bin!
PARTYY!
Drinks on me in October!!! lololol
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58 Dee Dee
May 14, 2013 at 7:58 PM
I'm so conflicted at the moment. I'm soooo happy that Woobin has been cast in a drama, but I really don't want to watch Lee Minho.
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59 Glasloves
May 14, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Now I'm totally in, I really like Lee Min Ho but I don't know why I don't find attracted to this drama, Woo Bin is a very good reason to give the drama a chance ;)
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60 JRoseLacroix
May 14, 2013 at 8:12 PM
I can't wait for October! Hopefully I'll have enough time to watch it and not too much homework to do. College... Bleh.
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61 snow_white
May 14, 2013 at 8:35 PM
Yayyyyyy!!!
♥♥♥♥♥♥
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62 Anvesha
May 14, 2013 at 8:57 PM
I totally forgot what Heirs was about! But yay for the news!
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63 Cee
May 14, 2013 at 9:05 PM
To be honest I wasn't interested in this drama because I didn't know what it's going to be about and I'm not a fan of Lee Minho nor Park Shinhye.
But it turns out to be a Gossip Girl (I loveee GG, it's my guilty pleasure) kind of drama, and Kim Woobin joins the cast............. now I AM interested!
About Krystal, I love f(x) and her, so it's not a problem for me. She's going to be the second lead, right? I think I can imagine her being the bitchy one (all hail Queen Blair Waldorf) and she's going to do fine...
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Hazel
May 14, 2013 at 11:28 PM
GG was amazing its first year (more precisely, the first sixteen episodes before that underwhelming "reveal" of Serena's secret), and then it was all downhill from there. They just kept trying to top themselves with all the "scandalous," "outrageous" antics and forgot about the heart of the show (specifically Blair and Serena's friendship) which was supposed to underpin the whole series.
Instead, it just became about hooking everyone up with one other, snarky/bitchy putdowns, and cat fights. I love me some snark, but I need character consistency, development and genuine heart underlying it all.
But yes, all hail Leighton Meester. <3
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64 katmoo
May 14, 2013 at 9:21 PM
I just squeed so high pitched all the dogs in my neighborhood are barking.... and my cat is hiding under the bed. I'm not sure how I am going to survive waiting a half a year! *starts working on a time machine* Who wants to go with me? I need a head count!
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65 So, Korean Gossip Girl, huh?
May 14, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Gossip Girl huh? This could be interesting in that every characters in GG defy every character tropes that Kdrama like to have, but then this is KES drama so there is hope :D
Firstly, the most sympathetic heroine in GG was far and away Blair Waldorf, but she can be a handful at times (which is 99% of the time) and there is no trace of Candy in that girl, she was trampling, demanding, backstabbing and needy. The writing and in large part, the acting carried Blair to a non-hateful level. Let's see if Korea can handle THAT! Ha.
And no, i DO NOT wish Krystal in the role. She IS icy, we need someone who can bring warmth to the iciness. Think Suzy or Park Se Young.
Secondly, the male leads, let's hope they dare enough to put a Chuck Bass who's the assiest of all ass who actively sabotaged other people but can remain charming. I didn't know how it happened but Chuck wasn't supposed to be the lead at ALL. Then he stole the show right from under Dan and Nate (turning Nate into man-whore in the process - i know, poor writing happened to him) and never looked back.
Serena van der Woodsen, will Korea be ready to accept a perfect but flawed underneath heroine? This could be very interesting.
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heyitschristina
May 14, 2013 at 10:43 PM
GG was my guilty pleasure, it had its flaws and kinda got makjangish in its last few seasons but was addicting. Like you said characters in GG defy every character tropes that Kdrama like to have so I think the similarities between the two shows will stop at rich kids in high school.
If I had to guess I think this drama will probably be something like this: lee minho's character and krystal's character are already together and their families see them as the perfect merging of two chaebol empires.
then comes along park shin hye (who is of course not rich and is a candy) and messes this relationship all up
kim woobin's character will probably be the ass and/or player who secretly has a heart of gold that also falls for park shin hye
blah blah a whole bunch of stuff happens and lee minho's character will realize that with wealth comes burden and sacrifices like can you love a poor girl thus the long as title ...>He Who Wears the Crown, Endure Its Weight: Heirs
i will still be watching the drama bc i like all the actors but i won't be holding my breath when it comes to the storyline
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Hazel
May 14, 2013 at 11:36 PM
Korea could never accept a heroine like Serena with her sexual and drinking history, at least not for a high school drama.
That would be amazing, though, lol.
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skelly
May 16, 2013 at 9:35 AM
There is no way that this drama will be like GG. I cannot see PSH as either a Blair or a Serena. Not going to happen.
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Maris
May 16, 2013 at 2:38 PM
Its not going to be like GG. Any writer worth their salt would never like their creation to be like any other. It's death knell for an artist if their work is called a copy or even be associated with others. The school/ college setting might be there but the characters and the story will be different....more suited to the Korean culture. I do hope that it will be like that.
One of the reasons I like watching Kdramas is their values, cultural depiction and beautiful landscape. An author of KES repute surely does not need to follow others for interesting characterization or story telling.
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66 capri
May 14, 2013 at 9:25 PM
big boy can cry.. lol.. love to watch him in school 2013..another actor i love to watch his face, smile and cry is Lee Jun Ki (Iljimae)
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67 kinna
May 14, 2013 at 9:29 PM
OMGGGGGG YESSSS!!!! EXCITED!!!! BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN WOOBIN-AH AND MINHO-YAH T.T
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68 kaiaskloset
May 14, 2013 at 10:00 PM
swoon. dies. what evs.
can i borrow girlfriday's heartssss
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ wobie!
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69 hanie
May 14, 2013 at 10:02 PM
Kim Woo Bin ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Always finding ways to make noona happy~
Arghhhh!!!!!! Now I have to put this one on my already-long watch list!!!! *headdesk*
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70 k-soup
May 14, 2013 at 10:20 PM
blinding cast.. my eyes hurt really bad
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71 bangsstory
May 14, 2013 at 10:22 PM
I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch this but with Kim Woo Bin joining the cast (even if he isn't the lead), I'm already excited to see him again. So, I'm watching it! And he's really REALLY cute when he smiles. :D
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72 danna
May 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM
SO CONFLICTED....on one hand I lub him and want him in something...on the other hand NOT THIS SHOW!!!....ugh.....idk I hate this writer....uggggghhhhh...ok fine I'll watch one more for him
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73 Grace
May 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM
I don't understand the fascination about him. He looks so... surgically made up? *hides from fans*
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marid
May 14, 2013 at 11:17 PM
*grabs her bat***
JK. Everyone is entitle to their opinions. I personally fell in luv with him in White Christmas ( watch WC if you haven't yet!!!) but I feel the same way about the whole cast in that drama. So whenever any of them are cast Im beyond happy for them!
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Grace
May 14, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Thanks, will watch White Christmas then! Haven't been watching Kdrama in 2months! That's a long time for me, haha!
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Kdramas
May 15, 2013 at 5:25 AM
I agree, he is not handsome at all. I like his smile though.
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74 Laurita
May 14, 2013 at 11:17 PM
wow, i'm torn
can I have both-leading-guys-syndrome instead of first or second? Please?
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75 Hazel
May 14, 2013 at 11:47 PM
If PSH plays your basic Candy-type heroine, Krystal a one-dimensional bitch, and either Lee Min-ho or Kim Woo-bin the stereotypical aloof chaebol cad, I will scream.
But who are we kidding, that's EXACTLY what will happen, lol.
I'll be interested in seeing how they differentiate KWB and LMH's characters since I'm assuming they'll both be chaebol types. I guess one of them will be icy and stiff and the other a player/bad boy.
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skelly
May 16, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Hazel, I think you have this show nailed. They can say it will be like Gossip Girl, but in actuality I think we are headed for BOF2. Lee Min Ho is running back to his comfort zone, and PSH has never left it.
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76 Noelle
May 14, 2013 at 11:54 PM
Shit I just brought out the wine. Celebrating time.
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77 red
May 15, 2013 at 12:04 AM
I'm sorry but Lee Min Ho is so so out shined by Choi Jin Hyuk and Kim Woo Bin...well for me anyway!
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78 starrynighttt
May 15, 2013 at 12:06 AM
oh maaan I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS DRAMA. OCTOBER COME FASTER.
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79 MajesticOwl
May 15, 2013 at 12:54 AM
Omg... this seems too good to be true! Drama, you better be decent at least!
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80 Kima
May 15, 2013 at 2:08 AM
yaaaaaaaaaaaay! <3 totally looking forward to heirs <3 kim woobin and lee minho <3
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81 piggy68gal
May 15, 2013 at 4:05 AM
Oh my gosh. I wasn't interested in this drama before this news, but now it seems like I have to watch at least Kim Woo Bin's parts! Love this guy! :)
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82 QT
May 15, 2013 at 5:16 AM
if he's the replacement for Jung Yong Hwa then I'm rejoicing for Woobin & this drama better be good!
<3
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83 browncoat_78
May 15, 2013 at 5:17 AM
Sorry to all you Jung Yong Hwa fans, but this is a MASSIVE improvement! JYH is ok and cute, but Woo Bin CAN ACT and is super sexy. In fact, I like him so much I'll be rooting for him way more than LMH.
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84 junibacken
May 15, 2013 at 6:00 AM
Such a good news to my bad day. Yaaay!
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85 damianna
May 15, 2013 at 6:07 AM
i'll take glossy anytime with this bunch!
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86 Drama_Em
May 15, 2013 at 6:33 AM
rejoice!! yayyyy!! wish fulfilled!! he is way more better than Yonghwa (no offense)
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87 So, Korean Gossip Girl, huh?
May 15, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Hope everyone has a separate loveline in this one. I'm tired of love triangle sacrificing a character's awesomeness because he/she's miserable for an unrequited love. Seeing the history of KES drama though, i might have my prayer answered. Think Oska-Kim Sarang's character in SG, or the four quadrants of lovelines in AGD. Woobin playing a heartless playboy whose only match is the icy queen B will be such a treat!
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heyitschristina
May 15, 2013 at 9:49 PM
this is kinda random but do you remember that kim sarang's charterer in secret garden said gossip girl was one of her favorite dramas? kinda makes you wonder of KES has been planning a gossip girl like show for a while
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88 Drama_Em
May 15, 2013 at 7:02 AM
so this will be Korean GG, I don't know if they will adapt all t main characters from GG, but quite sure enough for if PSH be Serena, it would be hard to choose Blair's place, not Krystal, while she could at least be Jenny Henphrey, I wish they would have wise choice for Blair's.....humm... LMH, KWB & (if CJH join) and Dan, Nate & Chuck, I want to see KWB as Chuck =D
anyway, can't wait to see Heirs, so looking fwd to October.
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89 bgr
May 15, 2013 at 8:23 AM
happy day! good news all around! Woo Bin in Heirs, JungShin & UhmTaeWoong in Swords & Flowers.
im happy. ur happy. Everybody happy.
world at peace (even for a while).
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90 t.biscuits
May 15, 2013 at 8:49 AM
my personal wish, KWB would play a different character from his last dramas which had pretty same type as a tough young high schooler, gangster style. So I hope this time he could show his talent as different one like as Nate
I did love him in To the beautiful You
And I thought t writer and production team cast KWB for Chuck's, CJH for Nate's, LMH would play Dan. but yet I got this inkling for t writer would make LMH and PSH as Chuck and Blair.
hummmmm... Krystal?? NO wayyy! she way much need to catch up with B and S' characters and also her acting was below watchable in Highkick
in GG, B and S was played fairly t same level, so I wish it would be t one who can act with PSH, I first thought UEE would suit Blair's, but I'm not sure about it, I only saw her in You Are Beautiful. All I wish is they wouldn't bring anyone who could ruin t drama and cast someone as t casting list now perfect.
The Writer I know from her previous works, she is quite good at satirical plots, which is similar to GG's, so no doubt to her, but still wish she could totally convey GG's satirical level into t Heirs.
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91 Marry
May 15, 2013 at 9:52 AM
I HATE HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
WHY NOT choi jin huk??????????????????????????????
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92 Marry
May 15, 2013 at 9:53 AM
HIS ACTING IS TERRIBLE!!!
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93 Marry
May 15, 2013 at 10:18 AM
No matter what,I am gonna watch this drama,I am pretty sure it is gonna be a big hit,for some min I totally forgot who the main lead is.
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94 annedramaaddict
May 15, 2013 at 3:55 PM
Rejoice indeed!! I cannot wait for this drama... Let's hope they fix the way PSH kiss.. That is my only tiny complaint about her...
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95 aX
May 15, 2013 at 4:08 PM
Whatever.
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96 hyemi
May 15, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Lee Min Ho and Kim Woo Bin.. DAEBAK!!!! I wish the second LF will be lee min jung or Sulli of f(x). Actually, I like Lee Min Jung for LMH :P
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97 jat
May 15, 2013 at 9:08 PM
OMG! that is such a great news!!
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98 Maris
May 15, 2013 at 9:54 PM
Interesting casting! KWB is pretty unknown quantity as far as his acting capability but definitely has great screen presence.
October does seem far away.
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99 Wendilynn
May 15, 2013 at 11:19 PM
Have to agree Woo Bin has the oddest collection of features, but he makes them work. I expect we'll see a vampire role in his future at some point. How can anyone see that face and not think of him playing a fictional monster at some point?
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100 PennyRoyalTea
May 16, 2013 at 1:01 AM
i'm totally digging the show now... yay!! for Kim Woo Bin :)
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