[Discussion] Big

Gong Yoo in his double roles for Big
by girlfriday



The next Hong Sisters drama Big has started filming (Woot!), and it’s not much, but here’s a peek at leading man Gong Yoo playing both of his characters on the first day of the shoot. Since it’s not a rapidly-aging drama so much as a body-possession drama, he’ll be playing two different characters in one body, rather than one character of differing ages (which is too bad, but that ship has sailed).


The above is the 30-year old character, doctor Seo Yoon-jae, who’s described as the warm, perfect boy next door type. He has a fiancée, played by Lee Min-jung, who’s going to endure a lot of confusing behavior once the soul of a teenage boy enters her once-perfect boyfriend’s body. Gah, words cannot describe how excited I am for the age-inappropriate hijinks.

Then the 18-year old soul is Kang Kyung-joon, and the original Kyung-joon will be played by Shin Won-ho (Bachelor’s Vegetable Store), who you’ll more likely recognize from those Skin Food ads (pictured below). Apparently Gong Yoo shot his Yoon-jae scenes first, and then reappeared on set as Kyung-joon in rumpled clothes and hair, talking like a dopey teenager, and had the crew in stitches.



At least with the body swap storyline we don’t have to buy Gong Yoo AS a high-schooler, so much as just a strange grown-man-looking, teenage-walk-and-talking man-boy. Not that he looks THAT different from his Biscuit Teacher days, but who’re we kidding, he didn’t really look like a high-schooler then either.

So because this is a body-switcheroo, Yoon-jae’s soul gets stuffed into Kyung-joon’s body too — and he happens to be a student in Lee Min-jung’s class. She plays Gil Da-ran, who besides being Yoon-jae’s fiancée, is a teacher at the high school where our younger cast all go to school. Eep! Kyung-joon happens to be her worst trouble student, whom she deems hopeless, and then suddenly she finds herself the object of Kyung-joon’s affections. Er, I guess technically they’re Yoon-jae’s affections, since it’s Yoon-jae-in-Kyung-joon’s-body, but she doesn’t know that. Well now THIS isn’t going to be complicated or anything.

I do find it adorable that Yoon-jae-as-Kyung-joon will suddenly go from troublemaker to straight-A student, if he’s the perfectionist who grew up to be a doctor. Of course Kyung-joon has his own love interest, Suzy, who body-possessed Gong Yoo will be chasing around like a lovesick puppy. You mean at the high school where his body’s fiancée is the teacher? OMG. All these hijinks! CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Big premieres in June on KBS.




Gong Yoo in his double roles for Big on DRAMABEANS

Jeaniessi wrote: I would watch this man watch paint dry...

So this is a definite YES. I can't wait!

YEs, and we would rate it a 10 because it would be the best video of paint drying ever. :p

dapinaymrs wrote: Hahahaah! Aigoo, that monkey!

Yup, it's the Hong Sisters of the MGIAG and TGL rom-coms. :D

I have only managed to watch YB and let's face it that was because it didn't only have eyecandy, it came in a pack of three.

I managed to finish and did love TGL (after how many tries (?)....I forget)

I have dropped everything else by them...MGIAG, HGD (Sorry Jeanie unnie, I "accidentally" read ending spoilers..buajaja), MG (*shudders*) and I don't even dare attempt any of the others. They all have annoying female characters. Every single one I've watched and dropped.

And as much as I think Gong Yoo is a great actor, he's not on my eye candy list. *runs and hides from the GY fangirls*

LisNoir wrote: Maybe I should fully read the info... But are they the YAB, MGIAG, MG *shudders* sisters or are they the ones who wrote....King2Hearts is it? *goes to do some research*

Oh...my...gooooooose! It is them!

It hasn't even aired and I already want to drop it...lol

LisNoir wrote: I have only managed to watch YB and let's face it that was because it didn't only have eyecandy, it came in a pack of three.

I managed to finish and did love TGL (after how many tries (?)....I forget)

I have dropped everything else by them...MGIAG, HGD (Sorry Jeanie unnie, I "accidentally" read ending spoilers..buajaja), MG (*shudders*) and I don't even dare attempt any of the others. They all have annoying female characters. Every single one I've watched and dropped.

And as much as I think Gong Yoo is a great actor, he's not on my eye candy list. *runs and hides from the GY fangirls*

Oh Drama Goddesses, I thank thee!!!!!!!!! At last someone who agrees with me about the infamous sisters and can share the hamletic situation I'm in with this drama. I truly like Gong Yo, and hoped to see him in a new drama, but I fear the Hongs will feed us fluff, seasoned with fluff, sprinkled with fluff and crowned with fluff. Not to mention their female leads who invariably turn into saints... urghh.

Therefore: OTTOKKEEEEEE?????

amrita828 wrote: Oh Drama Goddesses, I thank thee!!!!!!!!! At last someone who agrees with me about the infamous sisters and can share the hamletic situation I'm in with this drama. I truly like Gong Yo, and hoped to see him in a new drama, but I fear the Hongs will feed us fluff, seasoned with fluff, sprinkled with fluff and crowned with fluff. Not to mention their female leads who invariably turn into saints... urghh.

Therefore: OTTOKKEEEEEE?????

Jejejeje...I know your suffering too well.

KamZ wrote: i think Gong Yoo is great and i'm sure i'm going to enjoy this drama be it Hong Sisters or not lol...plus from what i've heard he's a perfectionist so he'll not let us down in all probabilities..he might just improvise the script too you never know lol

as for the Hong Sisters' dramas
MG - Disastrous
MGIAG - not impressed
TGL - just about okay
YAB - okay..but that has nothing to do with the script and everything to do with JGS being there lol

i'm not sure if i've watched any more of their dramas

The bigger problem is the female characters. You would think them being women, they would write better and stronger female characters...*SMH*

Look, Lis, I have a little something for you.



You don't need to thank me. I feel generous tonight. :p

Are you going to find refuge in the kissing booth?
;)

LisNoir wrote: Maybe I should fully read the info... But are they the YAB, MGIAG, MG *shudders* sisters or are they the ones who wrote....King2Hearts is it? *goes to do some research*

Oh...my...gooooooose! It is them!

It hasn't even aired and I already want to drop it...lol

I don't know if this will relieve you but the Hong sisters of K2H are a different pair of sisters from the ones that wrote MGIAG, TGL, etc. The sisters that wrote K2H are the same ones that wrote Beethoven Virus.