Kim Soo-hyun suits up to play alien professor man

73 November 13, 2013December 18, 2013

by javabeans

Not bad for a 400-year-old alien, which is the character Kim Soo-hyun plays in the upcoming drama You From Another Star. He arrives on Earth in the Joseon era but is now as modern as the rest of us (or more, considering he’s had so long to adjust?), looking spiffy in suits and riding around on bicycles.

The drama takes an actual historical record as the basis for the alien’s arrival; a record in the Joseon Annals from 1609 notes the sighting of a strange flying object in the sky, which was also one of the jumping-off points for the sci-fi mystery in Joseon X-Files. This writer twists that tidbit with a heaping dose of fiction to establish drama’s fantastical what-if premise. I expect a small amount of sageuk scenes or flashbacks, but we can expect the bulk of the story to take place in the present day as the alien gets entangled in a sweet love story with a Hallyu queen, played by Jeon Ji-hyun. And if their flirtation in The Thieves is any indication, they should have some crackling chemistry together.

Kim’s character also happens to be a university professor, which is so out of step with his appearance as to be jarring but is probably the whole point. He looks 20, he’s actually 400 — vampire-alien analogy in progress, got it. We aren’t told what kind of professor he is, but I would die laughing if, say, he taught history based on personal experience instead of textbooks and research. In which case I totally want him to contradict the prevailing interpretations with his own wacky firsthand accounts — so much comic potential!

You From Another Star will follow Heirs and premieres next month.

Via Chosun

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51 yuelie

November 16, 2013 at 5:28 AM

He's so damn cute! I can't wait to see this drama!

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52 dramabuff

November 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM

No.: 1 on my to watch list. I love sci-fi, I am going to start praying to the drama gods from now that this show will not give me 1/10000 of the aggravation I experienced with the drama's name that will never be spoken. ps. it was about a time travelling doctor.

Please drama gods, for the sake of my sanity, please help them to exercise just a tad bit of common sense and read up on this subject before writing the script and to remember that there is logic even in Sci Fi.

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53 midoshi

November 27, 2013 at 7:59 PM

He did a great job in "the Moon that embracing the sun". I think this one would be great too. he has different look than other korean actors.and love it. waiting for this drama though "heirs" didn't much affect to me., like to see kim soo hyun badly.

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