He's one of those actors who I find hard to separate his personal life from his acting...

Because there are other actors who are also talented but have less scandals?

I find married men who are faithful to their wives even more swoony than single guys, but the key is that they are faithful. But if they are sleazy and flirting with someone else while married and while she is pregnant, they drop lower down to a level of pond scum.

And unfortunately I can't watch someone like that be sweet and romantic to another female and not feel like screaming- he's LYING! No matter how gorgeous you are, he's gonna cheat on you next time! Run!

Which isn't the best mindset while watching a romance drama. ?

But that's just me. If you can watch, please do carry on.

As much as I love Circle and Woo-jin I don't want to risk running into Human B. Don't know what else I might forget. Its not worth it.

If I ran into Woojin, the whole memory machine thing would be the last thing on my mind.
Yeo Jin Gu<3

I'd like that, but then I wouldn't waste it on that but would fight crime with this potion :D Just need to figure out how to brew it.

Erasing the misdeeds wouldn't still make him repent for his wrong doings, that's the concern the drama circle was raising too. That we need to keep the memory so we can be responsible for our actions. making mistakes and then erasing the memory would be too easy, and then our conscience won't do their job. Regardless, sorry for spoiling the joke hehe.

I think the public has a bigger distain for him because although not 100% confirmed there other nasty rumors about him even before he cheated on his wife. I take things with a grain of salt but sometimes I'm really surprised when so many of these things get proven true later

But then many more people will say no to all of those you mentioned. Personally, I won't watch any of them. I don't mind watching Lee Byung-hun though, but just not in a romance drama.

Def agree!
As much as I love international love towards Korean ent, we tend to pur higher moral expectation to the actors, & blindfolded half / could care less about American actor's scandal. I heard Johnny Deep has issue but I really dont bother to look it up on internet, why? Tell me. Or imagine BradJolie divorce & religion chaos happens to Ji Sung & PBY couple? Burn.
And u are right about if we put this line in hollier than thou bar, we end up nothing to watch. I have the line, he didnt cross, & lets remember all human can do mistake okay? My friend's husband cheated on her once, she forgive him & I can accept him back as friend.

Oh and dont forget, when someone say " I rather have other actors that have less scandal , how US even know?? He might be or not, but media dont smell it yet, I dont accuse but I hope u get my point.

Is honestly grey area for all celebrity couple in Kshowbiz, so we need to step back & don't judge too much . 2 cents only!

What about Eric Moon? He's certainly raised in US.
Well, he's not on Lee Byunghoon level tho, far enough.
Maybe, Daniel Henney? He certainly speaks English.

WHAT OMG this comment made me realize that LBH was in The Magnificent Seven and yeees please. Please make the English scenes less cringeworthy LBH!

Daniel Henney Eric Mun Lee Jun ki dont have that mega star power that LBH has.
As much as I love LJK, he is not yet in LBH level.

Remember LBH is hollywood actors, he stars in Red2 (he scene steals everything), Magnificient 7, all big movies . And his acting is define.

Rain is world star, but he is the king in music I think. Not much an actor

I feel incredibly betrayed and I still think I'm stuck in some nightmare. I keep telling myself that at least he's just a dirty man who cheated on his pregnant man and not a rapist or a woman-beater but I cannot get past it. I come to Kim Eun-sook for romance and cheese but I cannot stomach rotten cheese. Ew.

The issue is that this is a romantic drama, a Kim Eun-sook drama no less. There will be cheesy lines and grand sweeping romantic gesture. That's what people are worried about, if he didn't have to romance anyone I don't think we would care.

Seriously I went from less than 10 downvotes to 45 thanks to my comments on this thread. People are so childish. Saying you don't like whatever the current most popular drama on here will hardly get you any downvotes as long as you aren't rude about it, but apparently liking LBH as an actor and reminding people that whether they like it or not he's still a top star does. I really wish they'd get rid of downvotes, we should have a report function for genuinely offensive comments, but downvoting people with a different opinion is just silly.

I don't deny his acting abilities nor his English proficiency but I don't think he is fit to play in a ROMANCE considering his personal life.

His movies may be considered box office successes but I still see casting him as a risk. Aside from the fact that he hasn't been in a romance in a very long time, audiences in terms of movies and dramas are completely different. Drama audiences are on the long run and if he can't make people forget (which so far hasn't happened if you look at the netizens reaction to the casting news) and capture their hearts again the drama could end up a failure.
It's not what I wish to KES cause I really enjoyed her dramas but it would be silly not to consider this option either.

I don't think it's necessary for the character to have no Korean accent to his English. I know lots of people who came as kids to the U.S. who speak perfectly fluent English, with an accent.

I certainly didn't mean to offend, but when I read "child" I guess I'm thinking four or five and, in my experience, they tend to grow up speaking English with no accent. If it is "child" 10 plus, then maybe that is different. I actually did want to hear names of other actors because I don't always know the bilingual ones and LSJ would be great in the role but such is life. (I love Rain and LJK to death but neither is fluent.) KES seems to have a thing recently about putting actors in dramas who have not been in them for a while.

The phrase "with no accent" is an oxymoron. It is impossible to speak without an accent. As far as English is concerned, there's the American accent, British accent, Canadian accent, Australian accent, and even within each country, there are regional accents. For example, I live in Boston, where the accent of a native Bostonian is quite unique, and when I hear someone speak who comes from the South, e.g Texas, or from the West, e.g. California I can easily identify them.

As far as this drama is concerned, I wonder if it is necessary for the actor to speak English with an American accent, as long as he is fluent in the language and can be understood, then it should be OK?

Yeah I am big fan of YAI, and I agree he wouldnt want this (perhaps). he does is eccentric man.

He loves taking a risk, he does drama/movie that challenged his acting (proven how his dramas tend to be indie/not mainstream plot : SFD, SC, JOJLBL, CT, Sado & veteran. Any romcom?no.

He seems to be man like to chase the stability & master in acting rather than chase popularity. Romantic mainstream grand big drama that draw a lot of attention in the first place is aint him.

He likes to be the black horse, underdog, that raise to be the winner. Short, he likes difficult road. Lol.

Like half of the drama will be in English. If so, then yeah, I can understand why someone fluent in English is needed. But it's not. Because if that's the case, they also need to hire other actors who can speak one, and let alone act one.

I do hope it could be JIS, but perhaps it is height issue? I dont know in my picture, an army squad usually looks commanding when they are all in same motion & height.

But I do really need JIS in my life :( Whats Ansi?

I love Beautiful Days as melo as it was. It was my first korean drama and the rest is history. Lee Michul is epic.

i remember beautiful days and all in. They only proves this man is so old now and he looks old compared to other actor who are aging well too.

i don't understand these downvotes at all.. as shitty of a person lee byunghun is, he is an amazing actor with an incredible range. he absolutely rocked his double role in 'the masquerade' as both the intimidating king and the pathetic/humorous peasant.

the only problem here for me is i'm not really a fan of kim eunsook's dramas :/

Hahaha....this comment. I sort of agree, Goblin had so many fillers and so many flashbacks of the same scene. She could certainly brush up her writing but people watch it regardless so she might not.

Secret Garden was the only drama of hers that was semi decent. The body switch hijinks made up for plot holes. Sort of. In any case my expectations are wayyy low at this point

Different issue.*

I'm not sure his English accent is quite as flawless, but Choi Siwon from Super Junior speaks very clear English and has a great deep voice.

Man, people really down voting on the English speaking thing but yet people always complaining of the poor English in the dramas. I agree that Lee Seo Jin is the one name I think would be great though he doesn't quite have the cache of LHB. Siwon is in the military, Eric is getting ready to tour, Henney speaks English but the last time I watched him in a drama, he wasn't fluent in Korean (Runaway Plan B). So I say LSJ for the win that will never be though I hear he's talking about another drama right now so goodie for that.

Jeon Do-yeon, Bae Doo-na and Im Soo-jung had definitely proved us wrong. These three are actually one of the reasons why I think it's possible enough to see A-listers back to dramaland. Then KES is another reason. It doesn't have to be her, but with these writers starting to get more solid work and acknowledgment, I believe the chance to see the beautiful Kang Dong-won in drama increases.
Not to forget we have Kim Eun-hee too.

Y'know, before Goblin got its title, "Mr. Sunshine" was being thrown around as the title for the goblin story. I find it interesting that it turned out to not be true, but now it's the title for THIS upcoming drama, instead.

Lol, they're just being petty now.