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26 March 15, 2015June 13, 2015

Lee Yoon-ji joins tvN’s Ex-Girlfriend Club

by girlfriday

Someone’s leaving a giant trail of broken hearts in his wake. Cable network tvN’s new Friday-Saturday drama Ex-Girlfriend Club stars Byun Yo-han (Misaeng) as a webtoon creator who uses his own love life as his artistic subject matter, and then has to face all of his ex-girlfriends’ wrath when they discover that he’s aired their dirty laundry in public. Song Ji-hyo (Emergency Couple) has signed on to co-star, and now Lee Yoon-ji (Dr. Frost, King’s Family) will be joining the ranks of girlfriends past.

The new romantic comedy from the PD of Miss Korea and Golden Time and the writer of I Am Sam stars Byun Yo-han as a webtoon artist who is either clueless or brazen enough to create a series detailing all of his past relationships. Song Ji-hyo plays a producer at a failing movie production house, who gets the assignment to adapt his popular webtoon into a movie. She’s horrified to discover that the creator is her ex-boyfriend, and that she’s one of the girlfriends portrayed in the webtoon. AWKWARD.

Lee Yoon-ji has been cast to play another of his exes: She’s a highly successful woman who works at an investment firm and has top-notch qualifications in the corporate world. But contrary to her perfect-on-paper appearance, she’s actually a bit bumbling. She’s someone who goes after what she wants, without hesitation.

Also joining the ex-girlfriend club is Jang Ji-eun (Gu-am Heo Jun), who plays Byun Yo-han’s first love noona. She ended up marrying a wealthy man and divorcing him, but remained as cool and aloof about it as ever. Idol and newbie actress Ryu Hwa-young (Today’s Love) plays yet another ex: Her character is a third-rate actress who’s dumb as a post.

The rom-com will be about ALL of Byun Yo-han’s ex-girlfriends reentering his life at the same time, and how he deals with the mass-reunion. I hope they twist expectation and have the women become friends — that’d be hilarious, not to mention cosmically fair.

Ex-Girlfriend Club follows Superdaddy Yeol in May.

Jang Ji-eun, Ryu Hwa-young

Via TV Report

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1 Anna

March 15, 2015 at 3:22 AM

LOL! soooooo looking forward to this!

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unitedred

March 16, 2015 at 10:08 AM

I'm really looking forward to this too. I think it's going to be good!

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2 Mohammed

March 15, 2015 at 3:40 AM

Impressive webtoon writer the hero is all these good looking and impressive sounding women being his exes.

I hope the drama shows His flaws why he couldn't last with any of the women.

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3 ck1Oz

March 15, 2015 at 3:44 AM

I was already interested based on the writer and main male lead. Now I am laughing at the hell he is going to get from the 5 women. No 5 would be the current girlfriend right?

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4 vini

March 15, 2015 at 4:14 AM

Wow. He's impressive. How can he get these ladies as his girlfriend?

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cecilia

March 15, 2015 at 5:28 AM

It's probably not that hard when he looks like Byun Yo-han.....

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mary

March 15, 2015 at 11:50 AM

Hehehe~

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samsooki

March 15, 2015 at 6:07 PM

very, very true (and funny).

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fab

March 15, 2015 at 8:53 AM

He is very cute! He's probably a self-centred player too.

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5 Pinocchio_lover

March 15, 2015 at 4:26 AM

It sounds hilarious! Oh I'm looking forward to this!!

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6 White

March 15, 2015 at 5:06 AM

bwaahahahah "mass-reunion"
Sounds so funny :D :D :D

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7 Jennalyn Zul

March 15, 2015 at 5:19 AM

Off topic Ryu Hwa-young so good in Forecast love. I'm almost didn't recognize her. I was like 'wow who this beautiful girl she so good' the moment I see her. Her acting so natural that i wanna her being leading lady so bad. Hope drama pd/director cast her as a lead.

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8 be

March 15, 2015 at 7:18 AM

wow i love all the casts. This reminds of "john tucker must die". I hope it will be great drama. esp for ji hyo since her last drama was not really great

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9 blo

March 15, 2015 at 7:29 AM

This one sounds like it'll be hilarious, especially if I get to watch all these unique ladies ganging up on him at some point. Poor Byun Yo-han. But it's a rare kind of set-up where I wouldn't mind watching psycho ex-girlfriends hanging around for a while. Please don't disappoint. 2015 has been good to us so far.

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10 Ivy

March 15, 2015 at 7:32 AM

Hahah, this show sounds hilarious!! The setup is comical and has so much potential XD

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11 pogo

March 15, 2015 at 7:57 AM

I love Lee Yoon-ji, wish we got to see her in more lead roles (thought she'd be a shoo-in after Wang Family but apparently not)

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pinny

March 16, 2015 at 12:33 AM

My first thought on seeing this post. Someone give this lady a lead role!

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12 Miranda

March 15, 2015 at 8:13 AM

I LOVE Lee Yoon-ji. Love her. I hope she gets a lead role soon, she's just fantastic. Very much looking forward to this drama!

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eny

March 15, 2015 at 8:39 AM

i like her in drama special with bae so bin, this drama seem interesting

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13 Wakekke

March 15, 2015 at 8:54 AM

Really waiting for this one, I like song ji hyo in running but as actress is really hard for me to watch her. I wish lee yoon ji is main lead though. :)

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14 niKai

March 15, 2015 at 9:28 AM

now i wish lee yoon ji is the main lead actress. i love so ji hyo, but her acting is kinda bland. hmmm.. i hope she will prove me wrong though

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15 spazmo

March 15, 2015 at 10:39 AM

yay - i loved her in K2H! but i like song ji hyo also, maybe everyone is confusing her with her "blank ji" persona from running man... she was super funny in Jackal is Coming.
cant' wait to see byun yo han deal with all of these women...

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16 Mia

March 15, 2015 at 2:34 PM

Song Ji-hyo and Lee Yoon-ji together in a drama?! YES please!!!!! <3

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17 soprection

March 15, 2015 at 7:45 PM

Wow, this show is casting a lot of people I like. I REALLY hope it ends up being fun and entertaining because the cast has locked me in to check it out.

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18 museofmanymasks

March 15, 2015 at 8:31 PM

Casting Lee Yoon-ji re-sparks my interest in this drama. Like others have said Song Ji-hyo (despite my hopes and popular sentiment) ends up bland or hammy so I was a tad disappointed because this premise sounds funny. You know how once in a blue moon the second lead gets the girl? If there was ever a second leading lady who deserved that laurel, it would be her (and then her own prime time lead, like yesterday).

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19 atonement

March 16, 2015 at 3:42 AM

What a really pretty female cast. The confirmed female cast are all very pretty and I mean the natural pretty not the plastic looking pretty. How about the other supporting male cast. Does Song Ji hyo have a second male lead?

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