Kim So-yeon headlines I Need Romance Season 3
by girlfriday
Eeeeeee, Kim So-yeon (Two Weeks) and Sung Joon (Gu Family Book) in a potential noona romance? I’m officially excited. Cable network tvN’s single-girls-in-the-city romantic comedy franchise I Need Romance is gearing up for a third season, which I was totally ready to let fly under my expectation radar, but then this happened: Kim So-yeon has confirmed that she’ll be headlining the series as the main character (Love. Her.) and Sung Joon is considering playing her leading man. All aboard!
The third season (or spinoff, technically, since it’s a new story with similar themes) comes from the same writer-director team that brought us the first two seasons, and will again focus on a trio of girlfriends with Kim So-yeon front and center. The I Need Romance franchise is not without its faults (Second Lead Syndrome is particularly deadly in this universe), but they’re all marked with a stylistic flair and a frank telling of sex, love, and singledom from a woman’s point of view.
This time many of the characters will share a workplace, with Kim So-yeon playing a 33-year-old fashion marketing director of a home shopping company. Her love interests will be an older work sunbae who mentors her versus a younger man who comes along and heals her jaded sense of romance. Sung Joon is being courted to play the younger man, while Namgoong Min (Unemployed Romance) is considering the work sunbae role. So far the character descriptions haven’t been 100% definitive about one guy getting bigger billing over the other, so we might have to find out the hard way—with hearts on the line—if the tables are set to be flipped.
Yoon Seung-ah (Empire of Gold) is also considering a role as a rookie at Kim So-yeon’s company, which I’m guessing places her in romantic rival territory since the trio of girlfriends is usually a tight-knit group of thirtysomething women. Kim So-yeon’s character is described as having developed a tough prickly outer shell to succeed in the workplace, but she hasn’t fully given up on the idea of true romance even after countless failures in the love department.
I Need Romance Season 3 will air Mondays-Tuesdays on tvN, and will follow Basketball in January.
Via Osen, Review Star
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Tags: I Need Romance, I Need Romance 3, Kim So-yeon, Namgoong Min, sequels, Sung Joon, Yoon Seung-ah
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51 risa
November 18, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Awesomesauce casting news! I just wish KSY weren't playing another "character described as having developed a tough prickly outer shell"-- she can be a little too aloof, and we've seen that side of her plenty. I loved watching her in Two Weeks because she wasn't aloof-- she really went for it. Hopefully we'll see her unrestrained in this as well.
And bring on the smoldering Sung Joon and puppy-eyed Namgoong Min! It's time for a little heat!
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52 niKai
November 18, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Namgoongmin n kimsoyeon? I'm aboard if this one materializes.
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53 fishy2love
November 18, 2013 at 9:04 AM
I'm excited already but if Sung Joon confirms, I will be EXTREMELY looking forward to the show!!!
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54 Downa
November 18, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Normally I don't like this kind of drama but KSY in. I'm In!!
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55 noernov
November 18, 2013 at 9:14 AM
I love this pair...make it happen pretty pliss :)
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56 Miky
November 18, 2013 at 9:44 AM
With such a leading trio how can i even pass this show???i'm all In and hope it will be good and not to be again second lead syndrom affected
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57 anna
November 18, 2013 at 10:22 AM
At first I was like LOL Namgoong Min as the OLDER sunbae? What in the what?? Then I google'd him and he's 35!! Actually older than Kim So-yeon. That BABY face is 35 :D I even thought he was younger or about the same age as Sung-joon.
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58 sogazelle
November 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Oh my God...best news of the day! I absolutely adore Kim So Yeon...She has an etheral beauty...
And you pair her up with Sung Joon...oh dramagods, you want to kill me? Can he gets her at the end please? I still remember his crush on YEH in Lie To Me, he was sooo adorable.
And I love Nam Goong Min!!! oh boy...someone will have a heart attack from too much happiness.
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59 Gidget
November 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM
The series has been fun so far. I'm happy to board this ship...but not if SJ's character is still in high school.
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60 Sam
November 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Weeeeeee! Javabeans will have to add this one to the noona romance tag ;)
I get some "woman that still wants to marry" vibes from this story. I hope the romance is as good!
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61 biankoy
November 18, 2013 at 12:33 PM
All hail Noona-Romance!!! I'll probably die of excitement for this one.
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62 biankoy
November 18, 2013 at 12:37 PM
All hail Noona-Romance!!! I'll probably die of excitement for this one. And Sung Joon to boot! gosh. GFB was a large freakin waste of him and those awful hairstyles still give me nightmares.
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63 spi
November 18, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Sung Joon!!!
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64 soprection
November 18, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Yay! I just hope they switch up the main storyline a little bit since the main couples romances played out similarly in Seasons 1 and 2 but I am definitely looking forward to this. TvN is my favourite drama network.
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65 ck1Oz
November 18, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Wow. Will be shallow. Will watch it for KSY. But the thought of the skin ship scenes... wow.
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66 jenny
November 18, 2013 at 2:53 PM
okay this might be the first I Need Romance series that I will actually watch.....
thank god university is finished wooooooooooooo
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67 tapiocapearl
November 18, 2013 at 3:19 PM
I enjoy this series simply because it varies from our regular dramas, where girls are terrible kissers and meek little wallflowers and guys don't smile. The chemistry of the cast is what sells this show to me, so I'm super-excited for Kim So-yeon and Sung Joon (hope that works out--I mean, what guy would turn down the chance to work opposite KIM SO-YEON?!) I'm glad she's doing another rom-com because Prosecutor Princess is still a favorite of mine in that genre.
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68 Perrie
November 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM
I just made a noise that was comprehensible! I am sooo exicted!
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69 Lilly
November 18, 2013 at 5:08 PM
really enjoyed the first two so will be there to see the third one, like the writing a lot
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70 Noonim
November 18, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Bravo!!! KSY back to rom com drama hope KSY and SJ will be another cute and adorable noona romance couple like LBY and LJS in HIYV but NGM sounds good. Look forward to how chemistry they are especial hot scene.
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71 Maizura
November 18, 2013 at 6:09 PM
Just love,love,love SUng Joon. He was great at "Can we get married" Hope to see more of him. Yeay
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72 Mari
November 18, 2013 at 7:16 PM
I watched the first two seasons, (Season 2 was SO good) so when Sung Joon was first announced for 3, I wasn't expecting much. With Kim So Yeon in as well, it's a completely different story. This will be a definite must watch! I hope her character is super chic ice queen. I'm meh about Yoo Seung Ah, but am insanely curious about who KSY's other 2 musketeers will be!
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73 Elvira
November 18, 2013 at 8:32 PM
In the past, i.e. drama All About Eve which she starred alongwith Jang Dong Geun and Chae Rim, she played a reaaaaaallllly bad second lead.
And then watched her in Prosecutor Princess. SO FUNNY! Barely recognize her.
Glad she'll be in another rom-com.
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74 Beng
November 18, 2013 at 9:43 PM
ok, i'm ready to ship them =)
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75 ack
November 18, 2013 at 10:02 PM
kim so yeon, sung joon, and nam goongmin?! i am so in! not really a fan of yoon seung ah's acting though. girl's pretty and seems sweet but meh. still super excited about the rest of the (potential) line up :)
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76 Ek Ladhki Thi is Kim Eun-sooks no 1 fan
November 18, 2013 at 11:09 PM
I just saw the second season and I had my first and worst case of SLS ever. It was awful! But if I can get this one, I'd watch it too who cares if I have SLS again.
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77 Bimil
November 19, 2013 at 2:43 AM
Season 3 ,,has 3 girlfriends like the previous season??!?
I don't see any other casts is be a friends of KSY. There are 2 Boy 1 girl like general dramas as I see !!!
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78 Mei Hwa
November 19, 2013 at 4:17 AM
Sounds like Dal Jah Spring...
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79 changhyun
November 19, 2013 at 7:04 AM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE KIM SO YEON <333333
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80 aX
November 19, 2013 at 6:46 PM
The cast: I love better than the other two!! How I wish Choi Yeo-Jin would come back though. I absolutely loved her in the first one except I didn't like her love interest. lol
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81 salt n' pepper
November 20, 2013 at 12:25 AM
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the headline that Kim So Yeon was going to do INR3! yeeessss!!! There's something about this unnie that I totally dig. I don't know, she's just so effortlessly cool and awesome. Two Weeks was good but I still love Prosecutor Princess the best. She does romcom so well and I'm really excited that she chose to do a romcom again after something a serious project. She's very versatile and she rocks both ends. I like all four of the cast and if all of them push through then I'll be one happy, happy camper!
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wsiere
November 20, 2013 at 2:20 AM
Agree, She really outstanding and well done in Prosecutor Princess, one of my fav actress till now. No doubt her talent skill in actions or melodrama. But so glad to to see her lighten character on screen once again. Keep looking this drama even lead guy too young when comparison with her.
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82 salt n' pepper
November 20, 2013 at 12:40 AM
*doing a serious project. oops!
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83 noi
November 20, 2013 at 2:49 AM
really anticipating with the casts..hope KSY n SJ will created the hottest chemistry in this show...love both of them..
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