Coming-of-age drama Plus Nine Boys completes cast
by girlfriday
How adorable. Upcoming tvN drama Plus Nine Boys, about four boys aged 9, 19, 29, and 39, has found its leading foursome, and child actor Choi Ro-woon of Gold Rainbow and Good Doctor has signed on to be the newest and youngest cast member. I guess when you’re this cute and talented at the ripe age of 7, you just go straight to headlining roles. He even gets his own rom-com storyline! He’ll be joined by Oh Jung-se (A New Leaf), Kim Young-kwang (Good Doctor), and idol Yook Sung-jae (Answer Me 1994) in the drama about age, boys, and growing up.
The drama will take an unusual approach in following four boys who each face different struggles at the cusp of a new decade in life. It’ll play up the common belief that the ninth year (or anything plus nine) is always cursed and brings about more hardship than usual. Choi Ro-woon plays the 9-year-old character, a child actor who got his start doing food spots because of his healthy appetite. He becomes a celebrity in his own right, described as highly professional and composed even at his age, and he’s been secretly dating an 8-year-old child actress for two years. Pfffft. Best Love, the pint-sized version?
Yook Sung-jae plays a 19-year-old high school senior and judo athlete. He dreams of going to college for judo, and he’ll be throwing every ounce of his hot-blooded youth and passion into winning a gold medal in his competitive matches and getting into his dream school. Kim Young-kwang plays a carefree 29-year-old tour planner for a large vacation travel company. His character will be fashionable down to his socks and underwear, which strikes me as rather neurotic, but okay. The thing they don’t explicitly tell us is how these boys are connected, but given that their character names are Kang Dong-gu, Kang Min-gu, and Kang Jin-gu, I’m just gonna go out on a limb and guess they’re brothers.
Oh Jung-se is the only one who has a different surname — Gu, for nine, which is fitting since he’s the one who has this horrible ninth-year curse. His character is a variety PD who ends up losing his prime position as the PD of the country’s leading music program when a band he casts ends up flashing the audience on live TV (based on true events at MBC). Since then, he’s struggled to get back on his feet and break his curse. Maybe he can get some pointers from the 9-year-old who’s juggling a star career and a secret celebrity dating scandal.
Plus Nine Boys follows Marriage Not Dating and airs Fridays and Saturdays in August.
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Tags: Kim Young-kwang, Oh Jung-se, Plus Nine Boys
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1 mary
June 8, 2014 at 12:08 PM
OMG that 9-year-old's storyline is so cuuuuuuuuuuuute!
I can almost forgive this show for the lack of Rim. ^^ (Almost.)
KYK's character "will be fashionable down to his socks and underwear"... whut. And here I thought Lee Min Ho made wearing socks UN-fashionable in SK! :O Is KYK's character gonna bring the socks back?
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news
June 8, 2014 at 2:06 PM
I wished they would've approached the 9 year old storyline in an Answer Me-ish realistic way set in elementary school. Why take away the most interesting part..a kid's coming of age story?
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mrmz
June 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM
I got the same thought here.. whats the point of having a 9 year old when he's acting like a 29 year old.
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KDaddict
June 8, 2014 at 6:35 PM
I love this child actor. He is currently appearing in Will Chives Soy Bean Soup. He doesn't have much screen time or get much to do, but my eyes are glued to the screen whenever he appears. So I'm extra glad to know that he has a story-line of his own in a new drama, even if I think the story-line is silly. And like @news said, it'd have been better if that storyline had been more age-appropriate.
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ofl
June 9, 2014 at 3:56 AM
He was so cute in I Need Romance 3... ^_^
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2 zakin89
June 8, 2014 at 12:10 PM
Oh this is very good news =)
Choi Ro Woon is ADORABLE <3
I'm all in for him and Oh Jung Se whom I love so much for bringing some funny to A New Leaf!
LOL at CRW's character's background story xD Should make for some great fun^^
Why do I have to wait that long for this?!
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3 howforwardsale
June 8, 2014 at 12:12 PM
Cuuuuuute!
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4 annas
June 8, 2014 at 1:02 PM
I'm more interested on the true events of the flashing band?!!
Who was it? Hehe
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snuffie
June 8, 2014 at 2:02 PM
http://web.international.ucla.edu/asia/article/27748
nothing is said about the PD, tho
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5 matinsoleil
June 8, 2014 at 1:23 PM
OMG I like the cast, I'm excited
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6 Mandy
June 8, 2014 at 3:26 PM
Oh so cuuuuute! <3
I just love the 9 year old loveline they're bringing in. I know I had crushes when I was 9, so this is gonna be so adorably awesome.
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7 kanz
June 8, 2014 at 4:14 PM
Ow so cute.. This gonna be comedy right?
Choi Ro Woon's and KYK's character are the most interesting. KYK's as neurotic tour planner? Pfft...
Can't wait for it to happens.
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8 owl
June 8, 2014 at 6:48 PM
I like the concept. I vaguely remember a book about 5 generations of women in the same family but I can't recall the title. Anyhoot, really looking forward to it.
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9 Hwari
June 8, 2014 at 7:46 PM
Wah, that kid so cute. I don't remember him in Good Doctor. Which one? The kid with glasses? So with KYK here. Looks like GD reunion for supporting cast.
Sungjae is the baby brother of Najung right in AM1994. And I lurve OSJ in ANL.
Let's wait for the female cast. :)
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San
June 8, 2014 at 9:00 PM
He played the boy version of the male lead, cute and super acting at such young age. He brightened up the screen!
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10 inxomnia
June 8, 2014 at 7:53 PM
Is this the kid from INR3? Little Sweet Potato?
If so, I can see him pulling off the romance haha so cute
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11 keta jones
June 8, 2014 at 8:06 PM
Choi Ro Woon my love, my little munchkin. He is too cute for words ???❤
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12 Chandler
June 9, 2014 at 5:18 AM
Well, I'm stoked.
Excited to hear about the leading ladies (and girl)!
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13 coby
June 9, 2014 at 6:45 AM
that kid is super cute! incoming dramas are so promising...
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14 Miky
June 9, 2014 at 8:33 AM
Man,the life of the little one is indeed hard,it's so hard to be a 9 years old kid this days for real,the other guy's don't even get near his problems jajja
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15 Abbie
June 9, 2014 at 6:23 PM
This sounds really adorable, especially the 9-year-old's story. So cute. Love that little actor.
I hope this is good!
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16 Sadie
June 10, 2014 at 9:12 PM
I am going to watch this just for Choi RoWoon. I adore him to bits!! He is just soooo adorable... <3
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17 arataichihaya
September 26, 2014 at 4:59 AM
I watch this drama just because of Apink Park Chorong and BTOB Sungjae ♡♡
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