I would have a new profound respect for her if she does gain weight. However i would prefer if they cast a actress nearer to Jang Mi Ran's stature. I do love korean culture but their seriously skewed views on a woman's physique is seriously worrying. Heavier actresses can do more than just play comedic roles or someone's mom/aunt.

You can weight 120lbs and still be able to deadlift 200lbs (which is my case for example). I am a weighlifter and I won't be surprised to see a model lifting 2 times her weight. That's the magic thing with weighlifting :)

Please tell me they're not going to put her in a fake fat/muscle suit like Oh My Venus.

SMH...God forbid they cast an actress that weighs over one hundred pounds. Even if she goes straight into training, the kind of body athletes like JMR have aren't made within the span of a few months, that takes years of hard work.

I'm also not sold on the hype for her acting. She so far has shown that she knows how to open up her eyes real wide and pout during her scenes in Doctors thus far.

It's really ironic considering the fact I saw a LSK fan comment before Doctors aired that she wanted LSK to take the role to watch her "chew" PSH.....which is now hilarious seeing how the drama and their performances have been received.

They should cast that actress-turned-boxer-turned actress again whose name alludes me at the moment.

I would love to see Ra Miran headline this cos she'd rock as a weightlifter and also becos she's so great. But I guess the twenty yr old part doesn't fit. However, I do think that LSK looks too skinny to be able to lift even her weight. It'll be really stretching my imagination if she gets the role and doesn't buff up for it, like I gotta tell myself she has invisible muscles....

She's beautiful and her acting is decent, but a weightlifter?!

Forget about the body, she literally has no talent whatsoever. She is so cringeworthy I want to pull my eyelashes one by one just so I don't have to look at her.

And they're not thinking about this casting, they're just accepting YG's bribe or whatever they're offering so she could get this.

Kwang Soo's Girlfriend

Why they don't choose Mermaid's Prince to air? They already forget. This drama will fight against Legend of the Blue Sea, so they want lose easily?
MBC don't have any big project in the late 2016 or 2017. They even don't try to hard like KBS.

Just went from can't wait to see it, to big fat NOPE.

So not only does an accomplished sports career get tossed out for a "my first oppar" love story (we all know it will), they want to cast a model for the role? Not to mention this is by a writer whose idea of girl power and romance is two women trying to deceive a man into one messed up threesome. I would be so offended if I were the lady this is "based on".

HAHA they cast a model for "a young girl who was shy and awkward and only knew weightlifting"???

lee sung kyung is gorgeous! how can she portray an awkward, shy weightlifter???

There were articles that also said she will gain weight for the role, so they definitely won't have a size 2 actress playing weightlifter, don't worry.

why cast LSK or anyone else in her weight range when an actress like Go Su Hee exist? She'd be perfect if not for her being nearly 40 now but tbh I'd rather that than LSK by far. GSH's very talented, can do funny and serious roles. She can be a villain or the down to earth supportive friend. or damn so many diff characters i've seen her play! I've seen her in so many things, so she's immediately recognizable and best of all she's the right weight/build. I really don't get the point of making a drama inspired by a heavy strong female athlete like JMR and then just casting a model turned rookie actress? I mean I get that its prob gonna be a rom com...but tbh idk why they'd bother with this set up then? why not just come up with a diff drama about a hot female athlete or smth. there are cute pixie like female weight lifters or gymnasts or boxers or skaters like just anything would have been less offensive (then again gymnasts are also very muscular, at least if they compete at the top of their profession). lbr, they obv think a woman who is fat or very muscular is gross, so they'd never consider someone who actually looks the role. regardless of her talent or experience. LSK couldnt put on that amnt of weight in a healthy way in the short amnt of time given and tbh she shouldnt and wouldnt be asked ne way cuz then they'd have actually cast the role appropriately. sry i just...i cannot with this. it hurts esp cuz I keep thinking how great someone like Go Soo Hee, Lee Gook Ju or Ha Jae Sook coulda been in these. I know some of them are prob "old" for the role but tbh its not like dramaland always casts age appropriately. and I'm sure there are young actresses like the ones above who would be ideal.

No.. just no.

I don't know whether those who commented on this article and doubted LSK or NJH for their roles in the drama had watched the drama dan had changed of heart, and would absolutely praise both the actors for their acting that won many hearts of the fans.. I am speaking as fans who watched the drama for the 4th time..