Like both of them so this sounds good! Different from PSH's usual dramas

After watching It's Okay That's Love and CITT Lee Sung-kyung's face has basically become a synonym for a bitch in my mind. No offense meant to her, maybe she just does the crazy bitch thing too well, so I really can't picture her as a... Doctor.

Btw that photo of Park Shin-hye left me wondering whether it's her or Ryu Hwa-young for a moment. They look so alike.

Yay, Park Shin-hye! I always wanted to see her in a tougher role. She was great as spunky In-ha in Pinocchio and it was definitely a slight departure from her usual roles, too, so let's kick that up a notch!

I don't mind the casting (I was probably part of the minority that actually didn't mind Lee Sung-kyung's acting in Cheese), but I'm dreading the latter half of her character description. I was all for it until the "evil" part. Can we not go there?

Lee Sung-kyung's a champ at playing larger-than-life and bitchy, but also has decent comic delivery and a good sense of subtler emotion when she's actually allowed to not exaggerate.

But she really doesn't suit Candy roles like the one in Queen's Flower, and I wish this role didn't have her going evil again. But I think she could make a fun villain, especially opposite Park Shin-hye.

I actually liked lee sung kyung as baek in ha. I'm surprised people hate her acting.

I think LSK mentioned in an interview that she wanted to keep BIH low key but the PD actually wanted even a more OTT one.

But the (rare) scenes she had to show genuine emotion, totally had me rooting for her so i think she can easily pull it off.

On the other hand PSH.

Can she do a role where she doesn't want a relationship with anyone - Yes. But can she do a role which requires "dark inner side" - dunno.

She has this perpetual "dukhyaari, bechaari" expression - basically means that someone who is just fed up of the world and dying under its weight. Dark, morally grey doesn't sound like her.

The description really doesn't make this show sound interesting. I don't really know LSK (not seen CITT yet) but not a fan of PSH. She always feels boring or her acting is a bit off. Can't really put my finger on it but I guess if she is going to be in a drama atleast it's in a drama I'm not interested in.

Oh this drama has been courting PSH for quite a while now and I thought she refused it. Guess she didn't then obv.

I like that she's ready to finally do something different instead of various versions of Candy. I love the sound of 'dark inner side' - it'll probably allow her to prove herself as an actress. LSK on the other hand - yea I have no idea what the casting PDs were thinking. Were they even thinking or just casted randomly? I just couldn't swallow her oh-so-terrible acting. Not sure if I'll be sticking around to see if she'd improve. Depends on the male lead because I'm not a big fan of PSH either.

lol at that shade thrown at the casting director. Could not agree more--how are we expected to believe that both of them became fellows at such a young age? And that's not even getting into basic credibility lol. Park Shin-hye, neurosurgeon...yeah.

What's with this name? Can you imagine typing "Doctors kdrama" into Google? Like which of the thousands will pop up?

I'm curious who would be the main male lead for this drama. I think Ji Chang Wook can fit into this drama schedule .

I would like to see the roles switched. Make PSY be the villain and LSK the heroine lead. What an opportunity for both of them!
I have a lot of qualms about the writer though. High Society was a mess for a lot of reasons acting wise but I felt the story line was lacking in cohesive plot. It did have an interesting premise that the lead was a more ambitious unlikeable character rather than a down-trodden male Candy. There were serious problems with the heroine's motivation throughout the plot.

Have not seen any of this writer's work. Based on the ratings of dramas penned by her and reviews........causes me grave concerns.

A good plot can go down the drain and a mediocre rise to great heights in the hands of the writer. The fact that the script won an award in 2010 is the silver lining for me.
A good director with an award winning script surely is something that cannot be ignored......

On a personal level .....do hope it augurs well specially since I have been waiting to see Shinhye in a drama for over a year......her character in the drama shows lot of promise and something challenging that she has not done before...

Its funny how people are commenting on Lee Sung Kyung's over the top acting (which in my opinion was perfectly fine and even skillfully done in the second half of CITT) when Park Shin Hye has been pretty much doing the same roles in most of her dramas.

I'd like to see Park Shin Hye's version of Baek In Ha and then we'll talk.

I looooooooooove Park Shin-hye, I have a huge soft spot for her. I tried watching Pinocchio and while I enjoyed her performance, I was so turned off by Lee Jong-seok that I couldn't bear to finish it. This is possibly a very unpopular opinion but the romance between them bored me to tears because I think they didn't have any chemistry. In fact, I think she had more chemistry with Kim Young-kwang than Lee Jong-seok. I loved Park Shin-hye in The Royal Tailor and in Dating Agency Cyrano, I couldn't finish FBND because I was annoyed at Enrique Geum.
I also think that Lee Sung-kyung is capable of being a good actress, there were moments in Cheese when she toned down the crazy and you could really see that she can act.
This writer though, I've been burned once by High Society, she completely destroyed that drama for me the moment she decided to shove her leads to the back burner and focus on the second lead pair. But we'll have to wait and see, I really don't mind medical dramas.

I kinda hate the premise...would like it much more if this was about two female doctors who conquer the hospital together a la Grey's Anatomy Meredith&Christina. Instead we get a "the guy she loves gets stolen by the other girl and she becomes evil"

Dramabeans users who consider themselves elites just because they have watched maybe a little more dramas than others, think their opinion is so highly.

One question - why is Park Shin Hye and Suzy so disrespected here? Huh? I am not relating it to this article but its been in my mind for really long.

What have they done to you? Their acting is just fine and doesn't deserve such eye rolling comments.

You all need to stop with elitist attitude. Praying Han Groo whose acting is even under-par than most actresses as if she is some goddess and putting down other actresses. Is this even acceptable? Worse than netizenbuzz I say.

Sigh. I expected 'kiss' and 'bad acting' whenever an article about PSH is out in db. I'm kinda tired but whatever. I'm watching anything that she does cause she's awesome. I'm concerned with the writer though. Fingers crossed.

I loved LSK in It's Okay, That's Love and Cheese. Apart from the crazy moments, i liked how her eyes are able to spell hurt and vulnerability (on the one to two scenes she was able to finally not be crazy). The only issue is that i've seen so much crazy from her, that i cannot picture her as a genius doctor lol. I do think, though, that she needs a non crazy role soon to move her past that crazy image. I'm just not sure if this is the role.

Pass just because I can't watch too many medical dramas (read as I can barely get through one per year).

Best of luck to all who sign on to watch.

Not a fan of the writer, big fan of PSH. I hope PSH doesn't take this...I want to see her in something really quality.

Neutral on LSK in general, although I can't stand her at her most over the top. Really would watch this if it happened with a different head writer, but as it stands...pass.

I think LSK will do just fine against PSH.

SALTS comments regarding psh casting in this drama has been nonchalant tbh and definitely not positively considering... so i dont know whether she'll take it or not. Whatever it's hope tht she can do more mature and challenging roles as she said in elle hk iv (i really like tht she wants to play psychotic killer!). Dont whine when she tries to do sth different whatmore being sceptical. These kinds of people are those who turn off actors/actress from doing sth new. Even it's a failure at least she did try to get out of her comfort zone

I love LSK. I think she has decent acting. CITT is only one of the bad drama project of her, but not in the term of her acting. I'm looking forward how they will bring this drama. Will check 1-2 eps first before decide to continuing.

I adore Park Shin Hye but the drama will be written by the one who created High Society. . . Tough call. . .

If Park Shin Hye is on board, I'll watch it! Lee Sung Kyung did a great job in Cheese and she saved the last 2 episodes so I'm definitely going to play attention to this.

Why everyone keep saying Cheese in the trap is a bad drama is beyond me. If you consider school 2013, pinocchio and the likes which is full of bad acting (yess acting in general is painfull to watch) and uneven directing a decent / good drama, Then I can hardly say Cheese in the trap which is fill overall solid cast and overall decent directing even if the tird act is no longer cohesive can consider a drama mess... I'm no longer can hardly take Dramabeans eyes on drama seriously any longer

And acting wise Lee Sung Kyung is head and shoulder Park SHin Hye in terms of acting.... PSH is just sooo limit

for some reasons such as unrealistic medical scenes, i usually drop med dramas after ep 1-2... pls be realistic, and i'm in!!

just hope psh will do good job but I don't understand why people always compare pmy to her, i actually prefer
pmy much better than her.

"The script for “Female Gangster Hyejung” is already well known, as it won the Best Drama Script award in 2010 in a contest held by the Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation.".....credit: Soompi
..,,.......gives me hope that the characters are multi-layered and plot. Under the hands of a good director one never knows that We will have a good drama to watch.