Choi Ji-woo considers becoming Woman With a Suitcase

28 June 28, 2016September 11, 2016

Choi Ji-woo considers becoming Woman With a Suitcase

by girlfriday

New legal drama Woman With a Suitcase has secured a new home at MBC, and an offer is currently out to Choi Ji-woo (Twenty Again) to headline. I keep getting this drama confused with On the Way to the Airport, which has nothing to do with this series except for the travel-themed titles and the courting of Choi Ji-woo. The stories are vastly different—Woman With a Suitcase is a success story of a woman who goes from lawbreaker to legal shark.

The new human drama is slated to be a fall Monday-Tuesday series on MBC, after having originally been shopped at cable network tvN. Writing is Kwon Eum-mi of crime thriller Gap-dong and melodrama Royal Family, and there’s currently no PD attached. Ironically, the show was originally going to be directed by PD Kwon Seok-jang of MBC’s Golden Time, Miss Korea, and Pasta, but he’s since left MBC, and can no longer direct the show now that it’s headed to his old station.

The heroine is a successful office manager at a law firm who gets framed for a crime and sentenced to a prison term for violating the Attorneys-at-Law Act, which sets her back years in her career track. After serving her sentence, she rebuilds her life by pursuing her dreams, overcoming her ex-con past, and becomes a lawyer. She opens up her own firm and grows into a fearless attorney with her own network and investigative skills that rival a detective. She carries a suitcase full of case files everywhere she goes, hence the title.

She’s known for stopping at nothing if it’s for a case, and someone approaches her with a dangerous proposition that sets her on a new path. The human drama success story sounds like a female version of Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho, and I can see Choi Ji-woo adding charm and warmth to the character and making us root for her. She sounds like a positive character, so I’m hoping there’s some lightness to the role because I really enjoyed Choi Ji-woo tapping into her sweet side in Twenty Again and want more of that.

Woman With a Suitcase will follow Monster on Mondays and Tuesdays in September.

Via IS Plus, E Daily

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1 Myka

June 28, 2016 at 2:37 AM

I swear, I can't correctly distinguish javabeans and girlfriday. Whenever I go, "Oh, this is javabeans' article" and look at the author, it turns out it's written by girlfriday, like this article. And vice versa. It's like the Weasley twins' Mischief Managed.

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mary

June 28, 2016 at 2:39 AM

Can we even confirm that they're different people? :o

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purplesheesh

June 28, 2016 at 4:20 AM

Same sentiments, really. I thought I can distinguish them already (after following this site for almost five years) but I guessed wrong. Well, what if they're one and she (or he) is just suffering from Dissociative identity disorder ala Dohyun?

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angieya

June 28, 2016 at 4:54 AM

Lol if I haven't heard their podcasts and seen pictures of them I'd also think they're actually one person, how can two people's writing be so similar...what sorcery is this? :-P

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fab

June 28, 2016 at 5:27 AM

Ohh. How about the recapping minions?? Is anything real online. ?

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mindy

June 28, 2016 at 5:37 AM

I'm actually getting pretty good at it! I couldn't tell you in words what the differences are yet but I'm startin to pick up on them. I'd say my accuracy is 80% correctness, haha.

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PeepsLeAwesomePotato

June 28, 2016 at 6:48 AM

I can only distinguish who wrote what if Lee SeungGi is involved.

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Sur

June 28, 2016 at 7:38 AM

Or if the word 'SHOW' shows up XD

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Dramalava

June 28, 2016 at 7:43 AM

I was just going to say that!!!!! Lol
Does Javabeans favor Lee Min Ho or am I making that up? Lol

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mindy

June 28, 2016 at 4:49 PM

Oh, she definitely does. Have you listened to the City Hunter podcast? Haha.

I think she was more in love with him in the City Hunter era rather than post-Heirs, but I think she still loves him.

PeepsLeAwesomePotato

June 28, 2016 at 11:15 PM

She definitely does. Or did.

Her disappointment with him in Faith was so funny. (To me.)

2 ck1Oz

June 28, 2016 at 3:28 AM

I don't mean to be snarky but they usually like to word play with a Korean drama. What's with the titles?

The suspicions housekeeper feels twenty again. So she's not on the way to the airport because she's a woman with a suitcase. All I need now is a drama with " she can't check in ".

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reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:26 PM

I don't see the connection you have between the Suspicious Housekeeper and Twenty Again since they are as different as night and day.

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3 Nadia

June 28, 2016 at 3:36 AM

I hope Choi Ji-woo takes the role.

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Reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:27 PM

I do too, I miss her.

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4 fanwho

June 28, 2016 at 4:08 AM

Yeah it sounds like Jo Deul-ho. How about offering this role to Kang So-ra? I feel sorry for her since they didn't give her anything to work with in that show.

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5 Sera The Ms Temper

June 28, 2016 at 5:59 AM

LOL never see this coming, but if she accepts, welcome back to dramaland Choi Ji Woo (not that she has been absent from small screen for a long time).

Although I was rooting for Kim Hyun Joo for the lead role, but CJW is also fantastic choice. As long as it is an actress who can carry the whole show since it is female centric drama, I am OK with that. So how about Jin Goo for the male lead?

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salt n' pepper

June 28, 2016 at 6:08 PM

Oooh, yes, I wouldn't mind Jin Goo being the male lead. I can see it working.

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Reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:29 PM

I'm hoping for Jo In Sung. They had great chemistry during the Good Will awards.

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6 Bùi Quốc Khánh

June 28, 2016 at 7:41 AM

This drama will against 'Scarlet Heart: Ryeo' and 'Moonlight Drawn by Clouds". Please choose veteran cast.

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7 Camry

June 29, 2016 at 6:01 AM

As always expected choi ji woo taking up a different role once again. Loved her in twenty again. ????

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Reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:31 PM

Same here. Loved her in that role. There is so much versatility in her acting that she can pull off any role.

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8 bay

June 29, 2016 at 6:38 AM

Isn't JinGoo is a bit short for JiWoo? I vote for Kim Joo Hyuk?

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juniasat

July 3, 2016 at 9:44 PM

May I nominated Jo In Sung? their heights are so compatible and they are easy on eyes on the tax payer ceremony not long ago, seems very friendly to each other too

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Reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:32 PM

Yes, I agree - Jo In Sung. They look great together and he is tall.

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9 Meong

July 2, 2016 at 1:43 AM

So many new dramas coming! I'm hyped for it but I've lost all control of what airs when and the titles, broadcast stations etc. How about creating a page of some sort with an overview?

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10 juniasat

July 3, 2016 at 9:45 PM

Yes please, Ji Woo please accept it the role

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11 Reene

July 5, 2016 at 4:33 PM

Ji Woo, please take the role!

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