Swearing goddesses and bashful fools for Ho-gu's Love

58 January 26, 2015January 26, 2015

Swearing goddesses and bashful fools for Ho-gu’s Love

by javabeans

Promo materials continue to look adorable for tvN’s upcoming romantic comedy Ho-gu’s Love, a show that totally appeals to me because I do love the alpha-girl-and-beta-male dynamic, and the Ho-gu of this series (played by Choi Woo-shik) is about as beta as you get. (His name literally means dummy!) It’s not that beta males are so rare, but compared to the alpha chaebols/businessmen/geeeeniuses who strut around dramaland dragging ladies around by the wrist, they’re in the distinct minority, and it’s always fun to see the other side.

UEE plays the “swimming goddess” named Do Do-hee, a name that’s another pun that plays on the word for haughty. So it makes sense that they’re playing up her otherworldy, goddess-like image in the posters, although I’m pretty sure Pieta isn’t the best reference for a romantic couple. (It IS Pieta, isn’t it? Awk-ward.)

In any case, here are more teasers for the show, the first of which features Ho-gu bashfully “confessing” his feelings for Do-hee, only it’s to a stuffed bear that he then showers with love. Too much love, perhaps, which turns to frustration when he wails, “Why don’t you understand my feelings?!” He starts hitting his teddy bear stand-in, only to find Do-hee standing behind him, not amused. The teaser ends with him saying, “I am Ho-gu in love,” or perhaps more aptly, “I’m a fool in love.”

The next teaser’s cute in a different way, since it shows the polished Do-hee getting ready for a date, looking the picture of flirty sweetness… until she gets a call from Ho-gu, who rattles off a list of excuses into her ear, and her expression grows dark. She unleashes a torrent of swears while her “goddess appearance” (description) shatters, leaving Ho-gu sputtering, “That’s not it! I can explain!”

Then in the clip below that, we see UEE rehearsing the scene with the director, trying to think up all the swear-word versions of the things she has to yell at Ho-gu. (UEE: “What are more words for idiot?”) The director prods her to really go for it, and she decides to go for “really strong stuff” as she readies to swear up a storm.

What can I say? I have a soft spot for foul-mouthed heroines and the adorable man-children who love them. Ho-gu’s Love premieres on February 9 on tvN, following Valid Love on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Via My Daily

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Tags: Choi Woo-shik, Ho-gu's Love, UEE

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1 rainbowvows

January 26, 2015 at 8:16 AM

UEE! Cannot wait! :)

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2 pitch

January 26, 2015 at 8:23 AM

Gah, this looks adorable

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3 Xxvxx

January 26, 2015 at 8:38 AM

UEE!!!! I can't wait :) also good to see Im Seulong back in drama land, it's good to have Wooshik as a label mate eh! Hoping for good things for this drama, sounds like fun already

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4 Raitei044

January 26, 2015 at 8:45 AM

So friggin' adorable! Can't wait to watch this! :D

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dory hugs^^

January 26, 2015 at 7:46 PM

SAME.

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5 alice20

January 26, 2015 at 8:45 AM

LMAO I had to look up what Pieta was, and yes...very awkward hahaha!!

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Cocoboo

January 26, 2015 at 9:53 AM

LOL I did the same thing. I've seen the sculpture before, but didn't remember the name.

That made the poster look so weird now. >w<;;;

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Gidget

January 26, 2015 at 10:15 AM

Yep. Michelangelo took a lot of liberties by sculpting a scene that never happened, so guess the show is using it to take its own artistic liberties.

Sooooo is the metaphor:
He will be her sacrificial lamb?
He's dying to redeem her?
She'll crucify him?

Lots of possibilities there.

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Cherry Limeade

January 26, 2015 at 1:07 PM

Hmm a Pieta would not be my first choice when creating an OTP poster referencing Renaissance art.

Although I do remember one of my art history professors gave a lecture about the sexual implications (during the Renaissance) of depicting figures where one has their leg(s) slung over the lap of another, when we were standing in front of the Florence or Bandini Pieta. It is not as famous as his (Michelangelo) Pieta in St. Peter's, but it does supposedly contain his self portrait.

I am just grateful that I wasn't assigned that piece for my final paper.

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6 Tee

January 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM

Love uee can't wait

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7 Lucy

January 26, 2015 at 9:06 AM

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8 Rin Lee

January 26, 2015 at 9:22 AM

I love UEE and am excited to watch. But that first promo poster...she's so photoshopped that she's missing a giant part of her leg. Can't get past it.

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Dongsaeng killer

January 26, 2015 at 10:56 AM

Or her wrist that has been photoshopped to near non-existent levels. Whose job is it to proof posters and were they on vacation when this came out?

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Sarang

January 26, 2015 at 7:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYUNCpA0zQ

The video; unfortunately her wrist does not seem to be photoshopped which speaks so much about the weight she's lost recently... it doesn't seem very healthy.

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dongsaeng killer

January 27, 2015 at 12:26 AM

O_o

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blueribbon

January 26, 2015 at 12:23 PM

Go to tvN drama channel in youTube they show behind the scenes on how they filmed this posters. She is sitting behind this box or something that they covered with cloth, he is not sitting on top of her.

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Sarang

January 26, 2015 at 7:40 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYUNCpA0zQ

Here's the video; there's this box thing in front of her

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9 john

January 26, 2015 at 9:25 AM

Use is looking fine. tvN on a roll. Looking forward to seeing this.

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john

January 26, 2015 at 10:55 AM

Dang auto correct. UEE is looking fine .

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Shuerei

January 26, 2015 at 11:39 AM

She lost considerable weight right? She really appears to be much slimmer than usual

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10 aco

January 26, 2015 at 9:46 AM

I really adore UEE but I truly hate the main guy (Choi Woo-shik). This dude can't act.. I have seen him in Pride & prejudice / Rooftop prince and I still think his acting is horrible... I just can't find any charisma or cuteness in this dude.... lol

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museofmanymasks

January 26, 2015 at 10:02 AM

Didn't watch P&P but yea I didn't like him so much in Rooftop Prince either. Try Ten, esp season 2. That's what won me over.

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Heal-er

January 26, 2015 at 12:52 PM

You should watch Fated To Love You (Korean). He is the younger bro, he's funny and cute on that show.

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kimchikay

January 26, 2015 at 4:36 PM

You should check him out in Shut Up Family - he's freakin hilarious.....comedy is his realm and I think he's going to do fantastic here

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shuu

January 28, 2015 at 7:44 AM

same here, not a big fan of the main actor guy. hope he does well here!

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11 museofmanymasks

January 26, 2015 at 10:01 AM

I could overlook the Pieta theme if only there was no Kim Ki duk movie that my brain will now be forced to make inappropriate references to. Thanks a lot show.

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museofmanymasks

January 26, 2015 at 10:07 AM

Oh Korea and their couple-matching fashions. Even down to the lipstick shades...

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Ella

January 26, 2015 at 2:53 PM

And great. Now I have that movie and images of it in my head. Definitely not an ideal reference for painting or movie for this drama that is oozing fun and cute.

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12 ys

January 26, 2015 at 10:04 AM

That hair. Why.

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13 Anxiously waiting !!

January 26, 2015 at 10:10 AM

You guyz are gonna do the recaps right ??
Ill be waiting for it.... This drama seems really good...

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14 eggy

January 26, 2015 at 10:15 AM

So they're already in a relationship? O: That's interesting!

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15 Gidget

January 26, 2015 at 10:21 AM

I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum on swearing. It's so....coarse. Kind of like verbal vomit. When I hear it my first thought is always 'You're better than that, use your words'.

Thank goodness for subtitles that edit most of that nonsense out.

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16 mary

January 26, 2015 at 10:24 AM

Haha! That last part of the last vid, it looks like CWS is making UEE laugh so much.

Bring on the cuuuuuuuute!!!

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17 OTL

January 26, 2015 at 10:38 AM

"...but compared to the alpha chaebols/businessmen/geeeeniuses who strut around dramaland dragging ladies around by the wrist..." thank you for mentioning that kind of idiotic act! gosh it pisses me off, except its Jisung, Jang Hyuk, So Ji Sub, Lee Min Ho and Kim Woo Bin, they can pull me into eternity.

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annflln

January 26, 2015 at 8:11 PM

you're so picky? ;)

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18 Pearl~ai88

January 26, 2015 at 11:28 AM

I really do like UEE (all the actors from OB have a special place in my heart) and the drama itself looks adorable! I will def check it out.

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19 alua

January 26, 2015 at 12:09 PM

I neither like chaebols + damsels in distress nor arrogant alpha females + beta males that have zero backbone and let themselves be treated like dirt (the Sassy Girl kind of characters).

Whether it's the guy dragging the girl by the wrist, or the girl hitting the guy over the head... it equally pisses me off.

:-/

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20 peaches

January 26, 2015 at 12:59 PM

yes! i love foul-mouthed heroines, and also the alpha-girl-and-beta-male dynamic too (hence my general liking for older woman/younger man romances), so i'm looking forward to this one^^

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21 T.O.P

January 26, 2015 at 1:03 PM

O......K!!

So how do watch dramas? like most dramas that have those characters.. do you like just stay pissed throughout the drama??

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22 hhisc

January 26, 2015 at 1:19 PM

Is this a show for pre-teens?

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blueribbon

January 26, 2015 at 6:04 PM

* Spoiler* tvN shows tend to be more adult. In the webtoon he has a one night stand with a girl that used to be popular when he went to high school. The next morning he wakes up and there is a baby next to him, he gets stuck with the baby and on the webtoon they show the mom trying to commit suicide. I couldn't watch more because I had to pay so I don't know what happens.

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23 pimpy

January 26, 2015 at 1:26 PM

I'm excited for this one, hoping db would recap this. I'm in for the fun. :))

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24 Mandy

January 26, 2015 at 1:28 PM

Aww this is so adorably cute. Not just the tone of the drama which is very MND-like but also UEE. She's one of the best idol actresses out there and I'm really happy to see her in something fun and exciting. OB was one of the best family dramas I've seen and she's very winning in the right roles.

Hope tvN has another hit. I haven't been into their recent rom-coms. Maybe this can help break the mini jinx.

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pimpy

January 26, 2015 at 1:34 PM

agree to the tone of MND-like, maybe that's one reason I'll be watching this one despite having not watching any of the leads. Yay tvN, give me some nice rom-com.

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25 ikram

January 26, 2015 at 3:56 PM

Uee sooo freacking funny

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26 izocha

January 26, 2015 at 4:10 PM

Although the Pieta makes sense as a visual reference, I think the image in the poster is closer to mother and child iconography, especially from the Byzantine. Those images demonstrate the power of the mother though eye contact, and the child is usually secondary. UEE is rocking that power image, and the Hong-gu child seems delighted and restful after a tasty meal instead of dying as in the Pieta. Overall, still uncomfortable as an image, but less morbid, I guess.

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27 jam

January 26, 2015 at 4:25 PM

hm this makes uee a bit more likeable for me hah. the drama looks quirky and cute so far. will see the pilot episode! and as usual, i always love tvN's marketing designs (if that's what you call it heh).

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28 whilethemusiclasts

January 26, 2015 at 6:33 PM

Love UEE. Love Im Seulong. I thought Choi Woo-shik was adorable in both Rooftop Prince and Fated To Love You. I can't wait for this!

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29 Enjoy

January 26, 2015 at 11:40 PM

Am I the only one? UEE looks different.

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Aigoooo

January 27, 2015 at 12:41 AM

She looks a lot thinner. I miss "Honey Thighs" UEE!

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30 WintermelonT

January 27, 2015 at 2:23 AM

Anyone seen this latest trailer? (Misaeng reference lol)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzhXPsK7kQ0

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31 brightsept

January 27, 2015 at 2:27 AM

i dont know why but i cant wait!

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32 Divalcious

January 27, 2015 at 8:05 AM

UEE's face is so different from her face in You're Beautiful or even a few years ago that I didn't even recognize her.

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HZ

January 27, 2015 at 2:00 PM

You are right it is :)

Although as her fun who followed her from 2009 till now she hasn't changed THAT much in my eyes.
Well allmost 6 years have passed since You're Beautiful and she has become a mature woman, she has lost her baby cheeks and all. Plus after finishing Golden Rainbow she has lost A LOT of weight. I am happy about it cuz she didn't do it overnight through crazy diets or PS , instead she does pilates regularly and lives a healthy active life style. And I have too say I don't think she is unhealthy kind of skinny, I think she is in the normal range, although I will miss her Honey thighs!
I have to admit that her current figure motivates me to go to my pilates class :) Look at those yoga poses!

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33 Net-chan

January 27, 2015 at 9:26 AM

Javabeans, is it "swearing" or "swimming"? I guess it's "swearing" but you wrote swimming" on the text (?).

The show looks cute but there are so many things to watch I don't know if I should start this one... I haven't even watched Pinocchio yet uhuhuhu... Plus there's Hyde, Jekyll and Me, and Kill Me, Heal Me! Haaa...