Yoo Inna considers bringing some sunshine to tvN fantasy drama Goblin
by girlfriday
There were some rumors floating around last week that this second lead role in Goblin might go to various idol stars, but I’m glad that the offer went to Yoo Inna (One More Happy Ending) in the end. She just has a warmth to her that I like, and whether she’s playing leads or supporting roles, I always root for her characters. She’s currently considering the offer to star in the new tvN fantasy series opposite Gong Yoo (Big), Kim Go-eun (Cheese in the Trap), and Lee Dong-wook (Bubblegum), who have all confirmed.
The new fantasy romance comes from hit writer Kim Eun-sook of Descended From the Sun, and is about a goblin who protects people and a reaper who takes people, and their bizarre cohabitation story as they escort souls to the afterlife. Gong Yoo plays the goblin, who is in need of a human bride in order to end his immortal life, and Lee Dong-wook plays the reaper, who has amnesia. Kim Go-eun will be the human bride.
Yoo Inna is up to play a character named Kim Sun, who renames herself Sunny because she likes anything that shines brightly. I don’t know if they mean metaphorically, or ooh, shiny! She doesn’t have money but she has looks that outshine her financial situation, and all men like her. But for the first time she meets a man who doesn’t lose to her, and that stirs her interest.
If she takes the role, it’ll be her second drama with writer Kim Eun-sook after Secret Garden. For Yoo Inna’s sake, I hope it’ll be a pairing with Lee Dong-wook in the vein of Descended’s Jin Gu/Kim Ji-won couple, because it would be a lot more fun than watching her pine over a goblin with a bride. A sunny character suits her perfectly, especially if there’s any shot of her dating a grim reaper. Oh the metaphors that could be!
Goblin follows Friday-Saturday drama The K2 in December.
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1 Aidualc
August 25, 2016 at 1:35 AM
This writer usually gives her second leads a love line of their own, even in Secret Garden despite medling a little Kim Sa Rang's character actually was pinning after Oska and not the main lead so I have hopes she'll get a loveline of her own a la Descendants of the Sun or at least like Secret Garden. I think that's likely the case cause they also casted Lee Dong Wook and he usually plays leads, I don't see him being relegated to the tipical second lead.
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pigsnout
August 25, 2016 at 2:06 AM
"This writer usually gives her second leads a love line of their own"
I really wish she did it in Heirs too ?
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Sera The Ms Temper
August 25, 2016 at 6:06 AM
If only there were two pairs of love line in Heirs, the bad boy + bad girl, none other than Woobie & Jiwonnie ... hmm. I'm still heartbreaking on how come the writer made them a step sibling, when they can become sexy couple.
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kanz
August 25, 2016 at 6:36 AM
They could become sexy step sibling couple..
The writer is so cruel not to give us crumbs regarding second leads couple in Heirs while everyone and their father/mother dating each other. I have to resort reading fanfics for KJW-KWB pairing :(
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purpleowl
August 25, 2016 at 7:49 AM
I'm glad she didn't. I couldn't decide between bad boy or depressed boy for Rachel. The open ending was better for my heart.
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2 Lea
August 25, 2016 at 1:46 AM
Girlfriday, my attitude to her is the same. I like her and I end up mostly always liking her characters and rooting for them. so, yayyyy, take it, take it, take it and please give her a story-line of her own, please.
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3 mary
August 25, 2016 at 1:56 AM
She's sunshine personified! It's perfect :)
Dramaland likes pairing opposites so I think you're right about the Reaper-Sunny loveline. Now excuse me while I research the opposite of applebutts...
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Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 3:02 AM
Lol! YOU would.
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4 beansoverflowers
August 25, 2016 at 2:05 AM
All four castings are so perfect HELP.
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5 bananachocolate
August 25, 2016 at 2:07 AM
I want her to take this and like what Girlfriday said, she brings warmth to her characters. Hopefully by starring in this she gains more exposure than before and wash off that whole China ordeal thing she had to go through.
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6 Alex
August 25, 2016 at 2:26 AM
yyeeesss!!!! please come back to dramaland, my sunshine!!
I agree [quote]For Yoo Inna’s sake, I hope it’ll be a pairing with Lee Dong-wook in the vein of Descended’s Jin Gu/Kim Ji-won couple, because it would be a lot more fun than watching her pine over a goblin with a bride.[unquote]
Love triangles are so yesterday! if they could create a 2nd OTP, imagine how much more hype the drama will garner (as proven by GooWon pairing). Please have your own loveline!!
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klmeri
August 25, 2016 at 5:38 AM
Totally agree here. No need for the love triangle or love square. Let's go with a 2nd OTP! I would happily stop fast forwarding through parts where the second leads are pining, having their hearts stomped on, or planning something bad because they can't have what they want. There are plenty of other 'dramatics' a show could incorporate without having to make second leads seem like they've lost all propriety!
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7 Andee
August 25, 2016 at 2:31 AM
Oh my, a drama about a goblin versus a reaper? Spare us, TvN, you already gave us the frights of the dead in Bring It On Ghost!
That being said, I hope this drama goes well. This gives a rather unique vibe from the writer's usual works.
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mary
August 25, 2016 at 3:03 AM
I think the goblin and reaper will be roommates so it's more like the kind of rivalry between Taec and KSH in Dream High. :D
(Stolen underwear shenanigans!)
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8 neener
August 25, 2016 at 3:19 AM
I want her to take this despite the writer. At least, if this becomes a success, I will be able to see her more!
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9 mjusikurd
August 25, 2016 at 3:27 AM
From the short synopsis given it seems like Lee Dong Wook and Gong Yoo are the first leads because the story seems to be centered around them and Go eun and Yoon(hoping she signs) will be the second leads,feels different from usual kdramas.As for Yoon Inna i like her so much she is a very good actress i liked her and saw her only in hits(MLFAS,The greatest love and Secret garden) so she gives me that "hit drama" vibes,hopefully she will get more recognition that she deserves from this role if she takes it.
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10 Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 3:28 AM
So its true? Kim Go Eun is really starring in this with GONG YOU! I don't know why that makes me so yay!!(This is my consolation for you-know-who. Grantet,its Kim Eun Sook...but still).
I don't know if you guys read OutsideSeoul.com but I remember this being Amanda(the blogger)'s fears: that Gong Yoo ever stars in a Kim Eun Sook drama...and now its coming to past!
My first exposure to Lee Dong Wook was in Blade Man. He acted with heart and the TEARS man,applenty! He also had one of the most soulful eyes and kissable lips ever. Right now,I'm thinking of other actors with kissable lips and I'm coming up short. Anyone? I'm sure their by the dozens but strangely,can't think of any names. WHAT IS THIS?(important world problems right here)!
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Ray
August 25, 2016 at 5:48 AM
YOO AH IN!!
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Rose T
August 25, 2016 at 8:21 PM
LEE JONG SOOK - most kissable lips ever!
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kanz
August 25, 2016 at 6:38 AM
My first encounter of Lee Dong Wook was in Scent of A Woman. And lucky me he's so hella sexy and handsome in that drama!
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giegie
August 28, 2016 at 11:09 AM
I remembered how hot and sexy LDW in a Scent of A Woman during his tango dance!
LDW is one of few actors which aren't only great in acting but also have great personality! Hope this drama will success
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11 fab
August 25, 2016 at 4:07 AM
LEE DONG WOOK IS CAST IN THIS?? Why did no one tel me! Take me thee Reaper.
And, LOL, I'm glad this drama recognizes the beauty that is Yoo Inna unlike the other forgettable one.
This whole cast is amazing, I have faith in you Kim Eunsook, fighting!
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12 Karuna
August 25, 2016 at 4:19 AM
I so like the star cast and Yoo In-na is a fav but the writer of Lovers in Prague and Secret Garden being involved makes me extremely lukewarm to this. I bypassed Heirs and DOTS for the v same reason so unless DB really raves abt it for at least 6 episodes I am out:)
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Karuna
August 25, 2016 at 4:22 AM
Also there is a whiff of Being Human (brit TV series) in that cohabitation.
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Sera The Ms Temper
August 25, 2016 at 6:11 AM
TBH I am not a fan of this writer either, but she just has the magic hand. DOTS was a huge success, and I feel happy for the casts to get more recognition especially Jin Goo and Kim Ji Won who were so underrated before.
I love all casts, if with her magic hand can make them shine more, I will support them.
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Karuna
August 25, 2016 at 7:58 AM
Oh yes I am very happy for it to be a success, and the writer does seem to know how to write hit dramas. I just meant I might skip seeing it despite the cast.
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13 yoeslee
August 25, 2016 at 4:49 AM
I like her ?
Now I'm excited!
Can not wait.
Please, please,please be good.
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14 Adal
August 25, 2016 at 4:52 AM
She's baaaaaack!!!!
Please say yes! I really would like to see her on the screen again!
She's been burned badly in the past by some of her second lead roles. MLFAS wasted her talents as second lead but her role in Secret Garden gave her more to play with. Nowadays, writers are making the second female lead roles more complex ala Doctors, DOTS, OHYA, so although I'd love to see her as a lead actress in her own drama, dare I hope that they will develop her own arc instead of letting her pine away after the male lead????
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15 Mikanjjj
August 25, 2016 at 5:08 AM
One of my most favourite dramas is " a gentleman's dignity". One of the dramas I hate the most is "heirs". Both are by kim eun sook.
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16 Mikanjjj
August 25, 2016 at 5:09 AM
I hope yoo ina and lee dong wook are paired. The idea itself makes me so excited.
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17 jane
August 25, 2016 at 5:47 AM
I wish she is the female lead instead...fullstop.
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18 jessi
August 25, 2016 at 6:12 AM
I miss her so much. Please, choose this role and come back to us, Yoo Inna!
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19 Sera The Ms Temper
August 25, 2016 at 6:15 AM
I love Yoo Inna, and love all casts too. Even she is to play secondary role, I wish she will have a separate loveline and with Lee Dong Wook. I hope she will shine in her role and get lead roles. Kim Go Eun is good too, I hope both can shine.
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20 mindy
August 25, 2016 at 6:18 AM
Despite the writer, I'm really excited for this drama! The cast sounds amazing!
I really like Yoo Inna, and in every drama I've seen her in (YFAS, Best Love) she has been pining after the second lead instead of the first lead, so I hope the same happens here!
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21 zentro29
August 25, 2016 at 6:29 AM
Well.. I really have no plans of watching this drama and any Kim Eun Sook drama. But it's YOO fvcking INNA! How can I resist her?
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Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 7:02 AM
Yeah,the struggle is real.
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22 cinna
August 25, 2016 at 6:38 AM
Ugh I wish she was the main lead. Sad to see she's still getting second lead roles. :(
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frabbycrabsis
August 25, 2016 at 7:13 AM
Odd, isn't it? It's not that she doesn't have the talent, and it's not that she hasn't played lead roles before - and yet she's always choosing to be the second lead? Maybe she just hasn't found a lead role she likes the look of.
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23 Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 7:18 AM
Lol @ALL CAPS. I'm still 4 eps into SKKS and I've watched him in Sado:The Throne so I can't judge yet.
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Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 11:34 PM
Oops, This was @Ray
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24 canxi
August 25, 2016 at 7:41 AM
All my faves and my new fave (Kim Go Eun) is in this. Wow.
How dare you, Kim Eun Sook.
I'm so glad Yoo In Na was offered this role, I was honestly missing her and wondering when she'd be back to brighten up my computer screen and drab life again. She is so earnest and lovable in each role. And not to mention, I think there is just something about her that brings out her co-stars most romantic acting, lol. Would love to see her paired up with a Reaper Dong Wook, honestly. So, I hope she takes this! Pretty please! With brown sugar. T_T
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25 Ei
August 25, 2016 at 8:28 AM
Ugh kim go eun isn't that great
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26 dramamad
August 25, 2016 at 8:38 AM
Eeeeeeee!!! fantasy!!! Gong Yoo!!!!! and Yoo Ina. I love her!! and still mourn what Secret Hotel could have been. So glad gong yoo coming back to drama. I was re watching Biscuit Teacher Star Candy (hello my teacher) for the nth time the other day and wishing to see him in something more current (basis DB views i wont touch Big with a barge pole)
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27 TrinPie
August 25, 2016 at 8:55 AM
Man, tvN is crushing it. They are getting some powerful and seriously talented people in the drama industry to work on their dramas. People used to go to cable in hopes to get their break on one of the big 3, but now people are leaving the big 3 to join tvN.
This writer is hit and miss for me, but the cast is solid and the drama sounds really interesting, so hopefully it's one of the writer's hits!
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sosos0
August 25, 2016 at 8:42 PM
Exaggerate statement if you said all of them are powerful actors.
Only Gong Yoo, can be in that class.
Lee Dong Wook is never a rating maker, his drama always flop, same with Yoo In Na.
Both are not rating potential.
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Sky Fall
August 26, 2016 at 1:39 AM
I don't tihnk it's exaggerate. Many popular actors chose TvN instead of the big three. Jeon Do Yeon, Yoo Ji Tae, Kim Hye Soo and other actors who actively working in movie chose TvN as their comeback, including Gong Yoo. It's not surprise if Kang Dong Won or Won Bin will back to drama through TvN later on.
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28 Nafiza
August 25, 2016 at 12:52 PM
I think I would have been more interested in this drama if the women were the ones with powers and the men were the normal humans (a human groom, heh, how interesting would that be?).
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canxi
August 25, 2016 at 3:50 PM
Haha, I guess we haven't had one of those since My Girlfriend the Gumiho. But in that one she was tryna eat bae so... LOL.
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Flightey Gazelles
August 25, 2016 at 11:37 PM
Yeah. The threat to of eating him was so hilarious. And she wasn't ashamed of using it to for her personal gains!
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chingu
August 25, 2016 at 9:32 PM
Ooh, that'd be badass.
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29 DD
August 25, 2016 at 3:09 PM
I remember there was an article about Nara vs Nana for a role. Is this the role that Yoo Inna has now or is it a different one entirely?
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chingu
August 25, 2016 at 9:34 PM
I think that's what girlfriday meant when she said There were some rumors floating around last week that this second lead role in Goblin might go to various idol stars, but I’m glad that the offer went to Yoo Inna (One More Happy Ending) in the end. So yeah, I think it's the same role that was supposedly "offered" to Nana or Nara.
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30 happytimes
August 25, 2016 at 3:27 PM
So disappointed that kim go eun is going to be in this drama with two very hot actors. She's not even pretty. Not even pretty to be an actress! And her acting is not even that great
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nonome
August 26, 2016 at 12:32 AM
U are not alone in this thought.
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Karuna
August 26, 2016 at 1:07 AM
Everyone is entitled to their opinion on beauty but we really really need to get over this women must be pretty to get "hot actors" approach. In fact we need to stop this actress must be pretty approach. The beauty gets the handsome prince is the worst fairytale for women given the majority of women, including readers here, are no beauties.
The culture of beauty distorts genuine love and feelings. Dramas are supposed to capture those feelings, no amount of gloss and pretty in a drama will make up for the lack of genuine feeling.
If you want to stare at pretty girls and hot guys there are any number of them hawking products in stills EVERYWHERE in the modern world. No need to demand it of actresses.
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Flightey Gazelles
August 26, 2016 at 3:25 AM
Thank you! I mean, off all reasons...
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Karuna
August 26, 2016 at 11:45 AM
I know right....
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31 OreoShakes62
August 25, 2016 at 6:45 PM
Is it bad that I wish Yoo In Na was the female lead? I have nothing against Kim Go Eun, I just wish the female lead opposite Gong Yoo was a little more age appropriate!
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32 camillecee
August 25, 2016 at 8:33 PM
Yook Sungjae is rumored to join this drama as well!
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chingu
August 25, 2016 at 9:37 PM
Omg, ikr!? I just read about that, too! That'd be icing on the cake, cherry on top! I was so stoked at the possibilities of Sung-jae and Go-eun together w/ Bogummy in Moonlight, so him joining her in Goblin would be ace!!
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33 chingu
August 25, 2016 at 9:49 PM
Gong Yoo (Big), Kim Go-eun (Cheese in the Trap), and Lee Dong-wook (Bubblegum), who have all confirmed. *breathes a huge sigh of relief* Honestly, I didn't believe Kim Go-eun's casting confirmation until I read it on here. So yayyayyay! Now I can relax and patiently wait for D-D-December... ?? I'm totally stoked for this drama! Yoo-Ina would be cute as the bright and sunny girl in contrast to the dark and stoic grim reaper! I honestly can't even imagine the actors in their characters right now so can't wait for more details, script reading photos/videos, promo pics, teasers, trailers, and finally, THE SHOW ITSELF. ??????
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34 justwaytooboss
August 25, 2016 at 11:08 PM
This sounds like it could be potentially a lot of fun! Love Yoo Inna, so the cast looks good. :D
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35 bd5
August 26, 2016 at 12:08 AM
Talk about benefiting from being in a couple of hits (as a supporting role).
Yoo Inna never stood out for me w/ regard to her acting, looks or personality/charisma.
There have been plenty of actors in supporting roles who were scene stealers and/or evidently had that "something."
Not sure if Gong Yoo will be enough to give this a shot - considering the writer.
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36 thursdaynexxt
August 26, 2016 at 8:42 AM
Just as I've been rewatching QIHM and pining for Yoo Inna back on our screens, I get this lovely bit of news! Plus, another tvN and YIN collaboration, yay!! They know a good thing when they see it.
(But why are the other networks so slow to pick up this very underrated and gorgeous actress?!)
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