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How do you feel about the cast?

dreamfull78

I do not wanna see anyone fighting, just your opinion on things and that's OK.  You guys can agree/ disagree but it's not that deep. Thanks. 


MY OPINION on the Cast:
- Ahn Hyo Seop as Kim Dok Ja:
   - Character age: 28,  AHS age: 28
  - Honestly, I don't hate this cast and  I can see it work but tbh AHS has been on my radius for romance, not action. So, like 7/10.


-  Lee min ho as Yoo Joonghyuk
 - Character age: 28 - 31, LMH: 36
 - I have seen LMH acting in action, and I loved it. He suits the cast for me, and I think he will do a good job. But I can also see other actors playing who are known for actions as well but I am LMH girly,  so like 9/10.

- Chae Soo Bin as Yoo Sang Ah
   - Character age around the same as AHS b/c coworker, CSB age: 29                                                                -  don't hate it, but I just don't know... Maybe?? like 8/10
                     
- Nana as Jung Hee Won
 - character age: 27 to 37, N: 32
  - 1000/10 WOW, OK she like PERFECT.

- Shin Seung Ho as Lee Hyun Sung
 - Character age 28 - 43, SSH age: 28
 - 10000/10!! I can not see anyone else playing the role!! NAILED IT.

Kim Ji Soo as Lee Ji Hye
- Character age 18 - 20, JS age: 29
- 5.5/10, the character is supposed to be younger than AHS, but she is around the same age as many actresses working so I don't know how she's going to look younger they could have cast someone younger and isn't almost the same age as everyone else, if they wanna convince us shes younger?? Also like, hot take but I feel like it's very unfair to cast her become its her 2nd role versus the actors having a lot of experience. I'm trying to be open-minded, but honestly, I am very disappointed in this cast.




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loanna09

I'm also not happy with the cast so here’s mine:

  • Kim Dokja as Ahn Hyo Seop. I can see him as Kim Dokja, but I'd rather choose Jo Byeong Kyu (for his height). If height didn’t matter, Ahn Hyo Seop is okay as well as Song Kang (he looks like the novel art) and Lee Do Hyun (I like his acting). I would also love Rowoon to be Dokja since resembles the manhwa art more to me than Ahn Hyo Seop, but he's too tall.
  • Yoo Joonghyuk as Lee Min Ho. I have mixed feelings about him. I think he’s okay, but they are casting a 6’1 Dokja actor so I have to disagree with this. They choose him due to his popularity. I’d rather have Lee Soo Hyuk (his sharp features scream Yoo Joonghyuk to me, and the height difference with Jo Byeong Kyu is on par). Or Byeon Woo Seok (for the height difference with Dokja as Lee Do Hyun).
  • As for Chae So Bin, I don’t see her as Yoo Sang Ah. Chae So Bin is more cutesy to me. She fits as the co-worker of Kim Dokja, but as an incarnation of Olympus and as Persephone later on, I just can't imagine it. Maybe her acting will do it for the role who knows. She should’ve been Uriel or someone else idk. I thought Lee Sung Kyung would be fitting (especially played as Persephone) or maybe even Jisoo or Suzy.
  • As for Lee Jihye, I think they should’ve cast someone who’s in their late teens or early 20s (given her personality). I was hoping maybe Roh Jeong Hui (she was a teenager in 18 Again) or Kim Yoo Jung (she also played a teenage role in Backstreet Rookie). I love Jisoo, but I can see her more as either Sang Ah or Lee Seolhwa. Again, maybe the acting will make up for it. Also, maybe Go Youn Jung as Lee Seolhwa because her facial features resemble her too imo.
  • Lee Hyunsung as Shin Seung Ho and Jung Heewon as Nana. I have no complaints here, they are perfect.
  • For the kids, I think Lee Gilyoung should be Jung Hyun Joon (the kid was really good in Twinkling Watermelon), and Shin Yoosung could be Park So Yi. 
  • Finally, Han Soo Young as Han So Hee (she had short hair in My Name, and her role there was impressive so I think she would also fit this role). 

Overall, I don't care about their age as long as they look the part (height, vibe, looks, etc). Hopefully, the CGI and technical aspects will be good though. And acting is acting, so we'll see how it goes. Since the major cast is already confirmed I might as well just accept it as it is. But I wonder who’ll they cast for the the rest of Kim Dokja’s company though. Will look forward to who they'll choose for other characters like Uriel, Anna Croft, Lee Sookyung, Shin Yoosung (41st round), etc. IF the movie sequels reach that point in the plot. 

For now, I'm just gonna stick with the manhwa adaptation and the novel and wait for the rumored animated series which I HOPE will be picked up by studios known for their great animation like Madhouse, Mappa, or Ufotable.

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Annette

AS A WEBTOON READER I JUST HAVE TO SAY.. NO!!

◦ Ahn Hyo Seop as Kim Dokja ⤵

Listen.. I have nothing against AHS okay? I liked AHS, he was adorable as our beloved archaeopteryx in “Business Proposal” and that is a drama I have rewatched many times… but not AHS as my best guy DOKJA! Guys dokja- dokja is something else! Dokja is  sassy and savage and cool and funky and- (you see what I mean?) he has to give leader-adoptive parent vibes and he has to die and come back to life and be like “wassup guys, hey! YJH! rocking that hair my guy~~” !!!! I genuinely don’t think romance king AHS can pull off best guy Dokja. I’m really not ready for this---- [5.2/10]

I won’t be too quick to judge until we get some content because somehow (by some god given luck) AHS might be able to pull it off


Just wanna agree with whoever said Lee Do Hyun would be good as Dokja because I CANNOT AGREE MORE!! I feel like Lee Do Hyun would be able to really pull off Dokja’s wiseass attitude to YJH and also god the height difference>> please save the height difference, it may seem like a small thing but it was a really lovely cute little tidbit about YJH AND KDJ’S relationship and it would be sad if they get rid of that.

◦ Lee Min Ho as Yoo Joonghyuk ⤵

Ehh- I’m actually not sure, because I feel like maybe- MAYBE -LMH could pull this off, I wouldn’t put it past him because LMH is known to surprise me with every new role he takes on, while the novel (and TWSA) describes YJH as “stunningly beautiful” I feel like LMH (with a little touching up and flair in his hair~~) could really do this! Seeing LMH in an action drama would actually be pretty cool [7.3/10]

(if he pulls it off with good scriptwriting)

(can you imagine LMH as YJH in that other-world-god fight scene where he does the *magnification* effect thing? [I really like that effect of his])


 ◦ Chae Soo Bin as Yu Sangah ⤵

I haven’t watched much of her works before so I won’t judge quickly BUT- I have started watching “when the phone rings” and—soft. That’s the only thought that comes to me, interesting, cute, but- soft. I mean she could probably do the softer version of earlier YSH, the colleague of KDJ who learns Spanish on the subway, but I don’t know if she can pull of YSH who would soon become the incarnation of Persephone, and also the representation of Olympus nebula. I don’t know about her but I will give her the benefit of doubt because she has piqued my interest in “when the phone rings” [6/10]

◦ Nana as Jung Huiwon ⤵

No complaints honestly, I feel like she could really do it pretty well, give her a sword and the scales of justice and we have he lovable, justice-filled Huiwon we know and love, I have good expectations for Nana I really think she could do well. Looking forward to the scene when  she is haunted by Nirvana’s nightmares that scene would be so cool.  [8/10]


◦ Shin Seung Ho as Lee Hyeonseong  ⤵

The only casting I am ACTUALLY HAPPY about because I love this casting, Shin Seung Ho is perfect for the role of our favourite dork Hyeonseong, after seeing shin seung ho in “AoS” as the crown prince I just absolutely fell in love with his adorable side and I look forward to seeing more of it as the cute little teddy bear “man of steel” Hyeonseung. [9.6/10]


◦ Jisoo as Lee Jihye ⤵

No. I’m sorry but, no. As much as I love Jisoo and I love that she is growing her career as an actress, no *in the nicest way possible*. No hate to jisoo at all but—I don’t think you understand what the role of Jihye entails. First of Jihye is a high school student, Jisoo is 29. The reason why Jihye being a high school student is actually pretty important (because in the first scenario, jihye kills one of her classmates [her bestfriend] to survive which shows how when a person is driven into a corner, no matter how young they are, when push comes to shove they do what they can to survive, and she is haunted by this memory later in the cinema dungeon scenario) so I feel like they should have cast some rising young actors for this role. Someone who can manifest Jihye’s fighting personality [3.5/10] again! No hate to jisoo, I actually really loved jisoo in Snowdrop, she was amazing in Snowdrop and I look forward to seeing her in other, interesting roles… this… just isn’t it


WHO I FEEL LIKE SHOULD PLAY

◦ Choi Gyu Ri as Han Sooyoung ⤵

Hear me out. Hear me out, I really liked her in “Marry My Husband” and I feel like she would do really really well in the role of the elusive Avatar HSY and it would be really interesting to see her in this role.

[THIS WILL BE UPDATED AS I COME UP WITH MORE ACTORS TO PLAY MY FAVOURITE CHARCATERS]

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