MattPeddlesden
Kent, UK
A nice warm romance drama, some funny moments and some sad moments but full of great moments. I thought it presented good depth to the life of an actor as well, particularly as she's awaiting viewer comments with the same mix of panic and joy that anyone might.
This one starts out with the actress Oh Yeon Seo taking on a 3 month role as a legal secretary to get experience for an upcoming drama she has been cast in. Her lawyer boss is forced to take her on and initially sparks fly, he comes off as a somewhat impetuous child and rather mis-treats her without any training expecting her to understand their telephone system and other processes. Yeon-Seo looks, sounds and acts like someone who has no life experience having been an actor for her entire life, bubbly, weak and essentially childish.
Yeon-Seo's character partly develops but is also partly revealed to be much more than you will stereotypically assign her at the start. You see some of the challenges that face actors, and that she's actually led quite a challenging life through much adversity and yet remains positive. Someone who starts out looking like a weak character, transpires to be quite a strong one. The scene where she's waiting with part excitement and part fear for the reviews of the drama to start coming in, along with comments from viewers, reminds us all that actors are just regular people who are hurt and rewarded by the things people say, just like anyone else.
The cast were great, I particularly appreciated that Lee Dong Wook's character wasn't as rigid as some ML's - often I see them delivering purposefully flat performances at the start but then as the drama continues, their attempts to loosen up really don't sit well - in this case LDW looks perfectly natural as he opens up and begins to smile more.
Side characters were all good too. The wacky characters of Choi and Dan were fun to watch as they stumble around their lives.
Music was great, several good tracks to enjoy when I pull the OST up later.
Overall a really heart warming drama with a positive note, there is the obligatory "stupid breakup" but they don't drag it out too long. I really appreciated that there are one or two times where "breakup-inducing-misunderstandings" could have happened but through simple communication they are easily handled.
Yes this one is full of cliches but... they worked, so...
Definitely worth a watch and makes for a good re-watch too, there's no real surprises to be spoiled on further re-watches, you can just sit back and enjoy the fantastic chemistry between the characters over and over :)
This one starts out with the actress Oh Yeon Seo taking on a 3 month role as a legal secretary to get experience for an upcoming drama she has been cast in. Her lawyer boss is forced to take her on and initially sparks fly, he comes off as a somewhat impetuous child and rather mis-treats her without any training expecting her to understand their telephone system and other processes. Yeon-Seo looks, sounds and acts like someone who has no life experience having been an actor for her entire life, bubbly, weak and essentially childish.
Yeon-Seo's character partly develops but is also partly revealed to be much more than you will stereotypically assign her at the start. You see some of the challenges that face actors, and that she's actually led quite a challenging life through much adversity and yet remains positive. Someone who starts out looking like a weak character, transpires to be quite a strong one. The scene where she's waiting with part excitement and part fear for the reviews of the drama to start coming in, along with comments from viewers, reminds us all that actors are just regular people who are hurt and rewarded by the things people say, just like anyone else.
The cast were great, I particularly appreciated that Lee Dong Wook's character wasn't as rigid as some ML's - often I see them delivering purposefully flat performances at the start but then as the drama continues, their attempts to loosen up really don't sit well - in this case LDW looks perfectly natural as he opens up and begins to smile more.
Side characters were all good too. The wacky characters of Choi and Dan were fun to watch as they stumble around their lives.
Music was great, several good tracks to enjoy when I pull the OST up later.
Overall a really heart warming drama with a positive note, there is the obligatory "stupid breakup" but they don't drag it out too long. I really appreciated that there are one or two times where "breakup-inducing-misunderstandings" could have happened but through simple communication they are easily handled.
Yes this one is full of cliches but... they worked, so...
Definitely worth a watch and makes for a good re-watch too, there's no real surprises to be spoiled on further re-watches, you can just sit back and enjoy the fantastic chemistry between the characters over and over :)
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