Song Hye-gyo and Song Joong-ki on the set of Descended From the Sun
by girlfriday
This show has been pretty stingy with the stills, but here’s a peek at Song Hye-gyo (That Winter, the Wind Blows) and Song Joong-ki (Nice Guy) on the set of their new drama Descended From the Sun, the blockbuster human melodrama from hit writer Kim Eun-sook (Heirs, Gentleman’s Dignity, Secret Garden) and the PD of Secret. The KBS drama is planning to be 100% pre-produced and is aiming for a fall broadcast, though the time slot still hasn’t been officially fixed.
The healing romance drama is about a soldier and a surgeon who meet on the front lines in a war-torn country and fall in love. Song Joong-ki plays an elite special forces officer who meets Song Hye-gyo, a charismatic army surgeon, on the battlefield. Kim Ji-won (Gap-dong) and Jin Gu (Falling for Innocence) play another surgeon-soldier pair in a secondary romance.
The stills include shots of the lead couple on set, as well as a cameo from Song Joong-ki’s bestie Lee Kwang-soo (Running Man), who dropped by to shoot a scene as a part-time worker at a carnival game.
The war-torn romance takes place in a fictional country, and the drama is about young people chasing their dreams and finding love while serving overseas in extreme circumstances. Though the blockbuster war action scenes will set it apart, I fully expect it to be a romance first and foremost. Here’s hoping that Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-gyo have some chemistry to make it work.
Descended From the Sun is tentatively slated to follow Strange Daughter-in-Law on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning in late September.
Via TV Report
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1 jasmin
August 27, 2015 at 8:06 AM
This is probably the easiest role for SJK... because he is playing a soldier. :) Looking forward to this drama! Although I'm not sure if it can be any good.
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2 Pearl~ai88
August 27, 2015 at 8:09 AM
Dear Lord, the pretty is almost TOO MUCH. I think they are both one of the most beautiful Korean actors/actresses, both of them on screen at once is kinda shocking *_*
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pogo
August 27, 2015 at 11:01 AM
yeah, that second shot of them together where he's moved the walkie-talkie away from in front of his face...... I may have actually swooned a little.
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Aigoooo
August 27, 2015 at 2:02 PM
The very first korean drama I ever watched was All In and I stuck with it because Song Hye Kyo had me glued to the screen. She single-handedly got me into Kdramas because I watched Full House after that which lead me to watching other Kdrama rom-coms like Coffee Prince.
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onyupeach
August 27, 2015 at 2:26 PM
Love Song Hye-kyo!
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jamesgil
August 27, 2015 at 2:25 PM
They look really good together, wow.
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kanz
August 27, 2015 at 3:04 PM
Definitely one of the most beautiful onscreen pairing to ever grace dramaland!
SHK's prettiness is just out-of-the-world. While SJK looks manly but still so pretty too..
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Beanfan
August 27, 2015 at 3:24 PM
I'm not shocked at all... haha. SHK is always paired with handsome leading men. It's just by default, it seems! Directors/cast-ers/etc just naturally need to pair pretty with pretty.
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Gary
August 29, 2015 at 12:46 PM
ALL HAIL SONG-SONG COUPLE!!!111!!1!
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3 Kookie
August 27, 2015 at 8:11 AM
4th picture of SJK is giving me so much Kang Maru vibes...must be the hair and outfit.
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jasmin
August 27, 2015 at 8:42 AM
That's what I thought as well - post-accident hairstyle. :D
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4 ty
August 27, 2015 at 8:11 AM
Why does Song Hye Kyo not age? She literally looks EXACTLY the same as she did 10 years ago..
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juniper
August 27, 2015 at 4:11 PM
I knooow. If she looks this good in another 10 years, there's magic involved. Even if she did age though, like even a little, it would suit her classic kind of beauty pretty well.
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jane
August 28, 2015 at 2:47 AM
there are something call aesthetic lasers. many celeb does them. But she does look good. :-)
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Gg
August 29, 2015 at 9:38 AM
Ikr, she looks like she hasn't aged a day! Life's unfair that way :')
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5 kororo
August 27, 2015 at 8:16 AM
Please drama gods don't let me down on this one, be good !! SJK looks really good, like nice guy era type of good. SHK is her usual beautiful self.
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6 Gladys
August 27, 2015 at 8:17 AM
Is it normal that I can't take my eyes off of Song Joong-Ki? O_O Gorgeous.
This drama better be good... And I thought the drama was pushed till January 2016, wrong info I guess.
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7 bebeswtz
August 27, 2015 at 8:17 AM
Song Joong Ki opal os looking mighty FIIIINE in uniform ^......^
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8 heyitschristina
August 27, 2015 at 8:24 AM
Song Joonki in the first still ?
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9 ninani
August 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM
Definitely on my must watch drama list!
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10 Lol
August 27, 2015 at 8:49 AM
Kwang Soo & Joong Ki bromance is so strong
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11 Gladys
August 27, 2015 at 9:08 AM
Is normal that I can't take my eyes off of Song Joong-Ki? O_O Gorgeous. This drama better be good!
I thought the drama was pushed back to January 2016, wrong info I guess.
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12 gugugu
August 27, 2015 at 9:12 AM
The setup sounds very similar to that of A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway.
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houstontwin
August 27, 2015 at 5:35 PM
Great observation!
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13 TrinPie
August 27, 2015 at 9:15 AM
I have a hard time seeing SJK as anything other then an adorable puppy.
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14 Peace88
August 27, 2015 at 9:18 AM
oh my Song Joong-Ki looks so manly ? *_*
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15 KDramaNewbie
August 27, 2015 at 9:34 AM
So this is not postponed then as reported in other outlets?
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16 Caro
August 27, 2015 at 9:34 AM
Can't decide which couple is prettier, the secondary or the main.
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17 Samira Yeameen
August 27, 2015 at 10:04 AM
i just can't wait any longer for son joong ki to appear on my tv screen! dying to watch this drama *_*
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18 genkibaka
August 27, 2015 at 10:36 AM
Looks boring.
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genkibaka
August 27, 2015 at 10:48 AM
This is sad. I used to look forward to her dramas. I've been a fan since Lovers in Paris. :(
And Writer Kim needs to work with PD Shin again.
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Em
August 27, 2015 at 6:37 PM
I agree but I hope it will at least do well in China given SHK's fame level there.
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girlatsea
August 28, 2015 at 5:25 AM
You're basing that off a few pics that aren't even official teaser pics? Ok
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19 logan5
August 27, 2015 at 10:39 AM
Does she only ever do melo dramas?
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pogo
August 27, 2015 at 11:03 AM
apart from Full House, yes. She's not very good in comedies, but was quite decent in melo even as a youngster.
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Sera The Ms Temper
August 27, 2015 at 7:52 PM
she is actually melo type, in my opinion. shes too pretty to do silly things i think. i dunno but i prefer her in the melo rather than rom-com.
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20 Mary A
August 27, 2015 at 10:58 AM
Both of them are great actors/actresses. Hope that they are wasted on a bad drama.
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21 pogo
August 27, 2015 at 11:00 AM
BE STILL MY HEART. Now where are all those people who insisted Song Joong-ki couldn't be manly enough to play a soldier. despite actually being a soldier up to three months ago?
And Song Hye-kyo looks GORGEOUS. Now please God, let this drama be good.... better than Heirs anyway.
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onyupeach
August 27, 2015 at 2:28 PM
I need it to be good! The cast is just amazing.
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Kiara
August 27, 2015 at 7:50 PM
It'll be better than Heirs in the acting department for sure.
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soapbox
August 28, 2015 at 4:07 PM
It literally makes no sense because every South Korean man needs to join the army... so the actor can look like anything and still fit the part. But people are stuck in their old ~guys need to look macho or they can't be heroes~ outdated mindset lol, it's pathetic.
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salt n' pepper
August 29, 2015 at 11:53 PM
This BETTER BE good! Too much pretty on one screen should not go to waste.
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22 trishchan
August 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM
SJK definitely lost some of that babyface vibe he had pre-army! The pairing with SHG makes more sense now!! Hope this drama is watchable!
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23 Kiara
August 27, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Song Joong-Ki, my favorite actor under 30. Not a fan of Song Hye-gyo but I will watch the hell out of this for him.
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pogo
August 27, 2015 at 11:56 AM
well, he isn't under 30 for much longer ;) but he will still remain one of my faves even after that!
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Kiara
August 27, 2015 at 12:27 PM
I didn't want to compare him with oppa :). Song Joong-ki is my future Ha Jung-woo.
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Sera The Ms Temper
August 27, 2015 at 8:01 PM
im excited for SJK comeback. but i wanna see him in rom-com,.. :(
i still cant picture SJK n SHK being leads together, both are great actors. but.. emm lets see when the drama is aired later
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24 Pearl~ai88
August 27, 2015 at 11:44 AM
Kwang-Soo <3 Their friendship is adorable :)
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25 Tamara
August 27, 2015 at 12:28 PM
Is this some kind of an unjinx? "Hope that they are wasted on bad drama" hmmmm..
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alua
August 27, 2015 at 10:41 PM
It's probably just a typo. Missing the "not" I presume.
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26 hana
August 27, 2015 at 12:50 PM
Whoa Song Joong Ki is looking very manly now that he's back from the army. He always had a bit of a baby face but now he's all grown up and sexified haha
Now about the actual drama I can't wait to watch it, I think he's an amazing actor and I've missed him while he was away. I think the premise is interesting. I haven't seen too many war dramas.
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27 Susanna Martha Ibe
August 27, 2015 at 12:58 PM
can't wait for this drama!!! ever since i watched nice guy a few weeks ago, o really wanted to watch another drama of his, but can't bc time won't permit me :(( seeing these stills made me fall in love with my joong ki oppa more. and indeed, he isn't that baby faced anymore... HE TRANSFORMED INTO A FREAKIN sex god hehehe just kidding
looking forward to this drama(please be good :))
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28 klava
August 27, 2015 at 12:58 PM
I had to remind myself that im a grown up and to stop squeeing when i saw joong ki in uniform ?????
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RockPaperScissors
August 27, 2015 at 1:27 PM
Being grown up is totally over-rated...
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jan
August 27, 2015 at 3:06 PM
Totally.
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29 Jinja
August 27, 2015 at 1:02 PM
Song Joong Ki, still looking absolutely delicious! Being so good in his craft ensures that he is the only other one I faithfully watch in Kdrama.
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30 tapiocapearl
August 27, 2015 at 1:26 PM
I like that it's pre-produced--no live-shoot drama or pandering to the audience. Most pre-produced dramas I've seen have been really good....but the writer....hopefully the absence of a live-shoot will produce more fully realized characters.
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Kiara
August 27, 2015 at 1:48 PM
I think it's great for the casts and staff but it doesn't make much of a difference when it comes to quality . Road # 1 was pre-produced and hyped to the max. Comrades out of nowhere beat it in quality and ratings.
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tapiocapearl
August 27, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Of course guaranteed quality doesn't exist, but I can always put faith in a show that's completely finished and trusts the story it'll tell over a show with four episodes written and a real-time audience to battle. I respect that commitment. The Producers, for example, experimented with the faux documentary style, but abandoned it for the audience, which disappointed some viewers.
This isn't to slam live-shoot dramas (which I have nothing against). I'll take dramas in all forms.
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alua
August 27, 2015 at 10:49 PM
It doesn't guarantee quality but there's definitely a much better chance at overall coherence & consistency both in the narrative and with the characters.
That's what I have concluded from watching both Japanese (all pre-produced) and Korean dramas (mostly live-shoot).
Though, unlike tapioca pearl, I will slam live-shoot – because I think drama production staff and actors deserve healthier work conditions than live-shoots allow.
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Kiara
August 29, 2015 at 9:04 PM
Sad thing is I don't see the system changing anytime soon no matter how many actors or staff end up at the hospital from exhaustion and accidents.
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juniper
August 27, 2015 at 4:26 PM
You think preproduction will stop Kim Eun-sook from pandering? O ye of little faith. She knows what sells--I mean, she's made a successful career out of the same kind of PPL trojan horse with maximum manipulation and minimum structure for like 10 years. Nothing will change here.
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tapiocapearl
August 27, 2015 at 4:53 PM
Looks like she is co-writing with the co-writer of Friend, Our Legend, which was one of the aforementioned pre-produced shows I enjoyed. That gives me some hope.
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juniper
August 27, 2015 at 5:06 PM
Friend, Our Legend was great. Maybe if the co-writer does 80%...the problem is KES is such a big name, and usually brings in the ratings. At this point, no one is going to put her in a corner. Here's to hoping, though. I'm gonna end up watching this for SJK anyway, so if I don't spork my eyes out it'll be a victory.
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31 JYJPrincess
August 27, 2015 at 1:44 PM
Listen, it's not the uniform, but the AVIATOR SUNGLASSES that made me squeel! Holy Smokes.....didn't think anybody could look as good as Top Gun Tom Cruise in aviators...now I know I was wrong!!!
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32 Sara
August 27, 2015 at 2:12 PM
Something exploded, whined and died when I saw that photo of Joongki wearing sunglasses. Maybe my sanity..
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33 kanz
August 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM
Looking forward to Song Song Couple..
Based on stills, they would have chemistry aplenty..
Now let's hope KES won't screw the storyline and actually write decent drama!
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34 juniper
August 27, 2015 at 4:05 PM
So much talent and so much pretty....wasted on Kim Eun-sook. I can see it now: she'll turn Song Joong-ki into one of her trademark stalker creeps, and Song Hye-kyo will spend half the drama crying her eyes out because love hurts when you're dating a psycho. That description is just so Kdrama. They date...on the battlefield! The whole (huge) budget will be blown on window dressing for the usual love story...except this time we'll get awkward foreign language scenes as a bonus, and probably poorly researched, emotionally manipulative war victim B plots as well. I just wish SJK had picked something more interesting as a comeback project, but I guess he has to balance quality with mainstream projects.
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crazylu
August 27, 2015 at 5:55 PM
Dude. FOR REAL. Kim Eun-sook is expert at writing candies... candies who cry a lot and get yanked around.
Wait for it...
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alua
August 27, 2015 at 10:52 PM
That's how I feel.
Unfortunately this writer is an immediate turn-off for me. She gets the ratings, but her dramas are just not my cup of tea. I only made it through Secret Garden because it was in my early drama days, and I yet remember so vividly watching and already thinking "This dialogue is so nonsensical".
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35 Oddgirl1996
August 27, 2015 at 4:21 PM
I think this drama will be postponed till Jan 2016 since they have not started to shoot in Greece yet and they want to show this at the same time in China too so I guess we still have a long wait.
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36 crazylu
August 27, 2015 at 5:52 PM
O. KAY. He looks way buffer than normal. I'm kind of itching for an ab scene to confirm. Ahem.
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37 Kayla
August 27, 2015 at 6:14 PM
team chaeki forever
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38 Jon G.
August 27, 2015 at 6:38 PM
Don't care too much about writer, director or the actors listed. But "100% preproduced" sounds great, considering that about >80% of the good shows really suffer from not being preproduced. It's no guarantee by any means, but eliminating the factor that is almost certain to ruin a potentially good show is a very good headstart.
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39 justsomegirl
August 27, 2015 at 7:04 PM
I read somewhere that the story is originally written by the co-writer, not KES. Hopefully she doesn't change it into her usual cheesy cringey kind of romance. And I pray hard for Joong Ki's character not to be a creep and a jerk because i don't wanna lose my huge affection for him. Oh, and he looks so manly and hot. Woah.
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juniper
August 27, 2015 at 7:44 PM
His character was an awful person in Nice Guy, and we all lived through that one. But at least the character was well-written and interesting. Kim Eun-sook male leads are always one-note--they're nasty, creepy jerks. The end.
I just hope he's able to turn the character around with his performance. He's gone pretty far before. Look at Sungkyunkwan Scandal--he made Goo Yong-ha the definition of fabulous with practically zero attention from the writer.
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justsomegirl
August 27, 2015 at 8:31 PM
Haha i guess you're right. There were times i wanted to smack Maru on the head but i kept on watching anyway. I heard that he Jack-sparrowed Goo Yong Ha, is that true? I'll have some more hope then.
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40 screaminpka
August 27, 2015 at 7:21 PM
shit how is sjk so handsome and pretty at the same time D':
i think i'll watch this
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41 lordseungri
August 27, 2015 at 7:38 PM
Super duper excited for the Song-Song couple...Fighting!
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42 aweebit
August 27, 2015 at 9:22 PM
Lee Kwang soo in the high kick hat! I'm dying!
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43 comment
August 27, 2015 at 10:48 PM
Wow this will premiere sooner than I thought. I was expecting December. That's what I heard last, but I'm glad it's soon. I've heard the 2016 version too, but the images from the drama wouldn't have been released now if the premiere is 5 months away. So even if it's not September, October/November might be the time it's premiering.
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44 pastmidnite ?
August 27, 2015 at 11:50 PM
He looks good! The stills look good!
I was actually waiting for new updates for this drama, and here it is! Fully pre-produced, Song Joong-ki AND those stills. I'm definetely checking this one out.
Oh, and it felt kinda like an SKKS reunion here in DB, with news about Yoo Ah-in, then PYC, and now this! LOL!
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45 Dila
August 28, 2015 at 1:13 AM
They look so good together. And I miss seeing Kwangsoo with Joongki on screen, their bromance in Nice Guy was remarkable! I really hope the story won't waste the cast's talents, though.. Either way I'm not going to watch it (prolly just the BTS for the sake of SJK-SHK-LKS interactions).
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46 cassio
August 28, 2015 at 1:31 AM
the cast is so good and i hopw the story line will not let me down...
im really looking forward for this drama...
i hope it can fulfill my expectation...
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47 jane
August 28, 2015 at 2:48 AM
joongki looks great post army. Looking forward to this show!
I think SHK has enough stature to demand for full production before broadcast, which is great because then the drama will have high quality.
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48 whitewire
August 28, 2015 at 4:00 AM
Thank you dramabeans for putting Song Hye-gyo for top billing. As much as I love Joong-ki oppa Song Hye-gyo, even being a yeoja, DESERVES higher billing that Joong-ki. It may be a small thing, but it means a lot career-wise for our actors.
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pogo
August 29, 2015 at 4:44 AM
yeah she does, having been a senior and a leading actress for much longer than Joong-ki.
but then Jun Ji-hyun also got top billing on Assassination,, ahead of Lee Jung-jae and Ha Jung-woo, so I would like to see more of this trend!
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49 girlatsea
August 28, 2015 at 5:31 AM
I'm excited for Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-gyo's sake (also Kim Ji-won and Shinee's Onew who has a small part here) but still nervous because it's Kim Eun-sook. Her last few dramas have been misses for me but this isn't rom-com genre so I'm simply not sure what to expect.
Hope it doesn't disappoint!
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girlatsea
August 28, 2015 at 5:40 AM
Never watched her Lovers dramas so I guess I'm not sure if she's really going to make a it full-on romance melodrama (?). Guess we'll see.
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50 moochie
August 28, 2015 at 2:17 PM
OH MY GEEEEEEEEEEEEED! That first pic of song joong ki!!!!! He looks so manly!!!! Amd that little scrunch in his eyebrows!! So sexy...
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