My Fair Lady undergoes title change, Oh Yoon-ah joins cast
by chickachunga
KBS’s upcoming Wednesday-Thursday drama formerly called My Fair Lady has a new, more specific title, Oh My Geum-bi, and actress Oh Yoon-ah (Angry Mom) is confirmed to play Jang Joo-young, the tough mother to daughter Geum-bi.
Oh My Geum-bi is the heartbreaking story of Mo Hwe-chul, a father grappling with his “childhood Alzheimer’s”-stricken eight-year-old daughter, Mo Geum-bi. The father is a hack swindler who loses his sense of smell as his young daughter loses her memory due to a rare and debilitating disease. Adorable child actress Heo Jung-eun (Park Bo-gum’s half-sister in Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, Park Shin-yang’s daughter in Neighborhood Lawer Jo Deul-ho) will play Geum-bi. This tragic tale centering around a father and his daughter was the winning entry in a KBS script competition.
Oh Yoon-ah’s character is described as a fiercely independent and strong woman who habitually ran away from home during her teenage years because of a strained relationship with her mother. She may not be loquacious, but her words are always piercing and to the point. However, far more terrifying than her few words are her actions; once she latches onto her prey, she’s not the type to let go until all her teeth come loose.
Although Oh already wrapped on SBS’s much-anticipated preproduced historical drama Saimdang, Light’s Diary, audiences will first see her in Oh My Geum-bi since Saimdang is slated for a late January 2017 premiere. And thankfully, the airdates of her two projects will not overlap due to a four-episode drama special that KBS has scheduled.
Oh My Geum-bi sounds like a major tearjerker, and cutie-pie Heo Jung-eun has triggered Niagara Falls-level tears in me before which means I’ll probably be drowning in a salty sea of tears with her role as Geum-bi. Time to stock up on Kleenex, folks.
KBS’s Oh My Geum-bi will air after currently airing On the Way to the Airport ends its run.
Via Sports Daily
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1 mary
October 11, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Swindler Dad is losing sense of smell.
Young daughter has Alzheimer's.
Mom is a straight talking ex-rebel teenager with mom issues who... won't let go of her prey?
It's like one of the characters doesn't fit the story. But I suppose we'll see as more info is revealed. :D
(Learned a new word today: loquacious! Thanks, chickachunga!)
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fab
October 11, 2016 at 11:59 AM
Were you ever told that you're quite loquacious, mary?
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mary
October 12, 2016 at 12:08 PM
Someone just did via private message! At least I know it's not a swear word... XD
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Sera The Ms Temper
October 11, 2016 at 6:25 PM
Me too. This is new word for me! :)
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habut
October 12, 2016 at 11:55 AM
isnt that a rapper's name?
Move b@#$%!, get out the way!
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mary
October 12, 2016 at 12:05 PM
I had to google that... LMAO
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2 Miky
October 11, 2016 at 11:59 AM
Sounds intresting and heartbreaking and even more as the lead is a child,made me even more curious as it was on a contest,the last one who i totally loved was Angry Mom that also won...I'm gonna watch it even if i know i need to buy a store of tissues...On this story only Yoo Seung Ho is missing to make it a complete tragedy combo/heist Remember meets Seodal type...Curious,is the story in the present time or in the past,for a reason my first impression was that is the past for some reason
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3 Oh no
October 11, 2016 at 12:58 PM
Childhood Alzheimer's???? Imma have to take a hard pass. I haven't learned to love suffering yet.
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kdaddict?JCW
October 12, 2016 at 4:32 AM
Childhood Alzheimer's! Too thick for my blood!
Isn't RL cruel enough?
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4 kae
October 11, 2016 at 1:04 PM
Jesus why not call the drama Tear jerker aka Tear your heart out. Noooo this one is a pass for me
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5 Waiting
October 11, 2016 at 1:40 PM
I want to watch this as the performances will probably be great, but I just can't. Too sad and teary. I have a really hard time watching kids suffer even if it is acting.
Maybe in the spring or summer when there is more sunlight and I won't have the winter blues.
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6 angieya
October 11, 2016 at 2:16 PM
Lol, I must be a masochist because I'm looking forward to this. Hope they cast someone good as the dad, I'm a sucker for father-daughter relationships (e.g. KRW+daughter in Punch or LSJ+"daughter" in Marriage Contract).
Lucky me I already come well prepared in the tissue department since OTWTTA is more heartbreaking than expected.
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Sera The Ms Temper
October 11, 2016 at 6:27 PM
Is is possible for Kim Rae Won to do this? I need to get his image in Doctors out from my mind asap, so need to see him a new role.
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Another R Again
October 12, 2016 at 12:59 AM
If i'm not wrong, I think Oh Ji Ho was offered to be the lead in this.
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angieya
October 12, 2016 at 2:42 PM
Have you seen Punch? KRW is amazing in it and nothing like his character in Doctors there. You really wanna punch him at times lol but then he'll make you bawl your eyes out when with his daughter.
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7 Aigoooo
October 11, 2016 at 3:15 PM
Looks like a real crier drama. I'm sure it will be great but pass. I like dramas that make me happy.
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windsun33
October 11, 2016 at 6:42 PM
Yeah, I can take shows like "1 litre of tears" about once every 4 years, and I have two years to go.
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siesta
October 12, 2016 at 12:02 AM
that drama really took its name literally
i've never cried as hard watching a drama before..
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8 eny
October 11, 2016 at 3:25 PM
I want kim sung soo, he was good as father of 2 child in "my precious child" he make me cry so much in that drama
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9 windsun33
October 11, 2016 at 6:40 PM
I am not a big fan of shows that start out with everyone near death or destruction, so will probably pass on this.
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10 Purrpal
October 11, 2016 at 7:37 PM
Am I the only one who keeps confusing Song Yoon-ah with Oh Yoon-ah? They even look alike!
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siesta
October 12, 2016 at 12:03 AM
me too. i thought this is K2's yoonah and was confused because it was not mentioned anywhere lol
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11 jadea
October 11, 2016 at 7:46 PM
Definitely sounds like a tearjerker, but I've never seen anything where a little kid had Alzheimer's so I'm in, especially for the little cutie Heo Jung-eun.
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12 Franbergh II
October 11, 2016 at 8:47 PM
i just finished watching kim woobin's drama and its heartbreaking when he begin lost track of his memory.
and i dont think i can handle little kid doing the same story. Heo jung-eun is too cute too innocent to be someone who's suffer too much ?
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13 lazielizard
October 11, 2016 at 11:22 PM
Not too keen on watching parents watch their babies die. nope nope nope.
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