If Jeongwon dies that would completely subvert the makjang drama playbook which would be ... interesting. Hyera…
You know what's crazy? I was actually thinking about ~expanding my horizons ~ and watching my first saeguk. You just gave me the perfect recommendation lol
And yes lol one of my favorite parts about elegant Empire was when they showed how locked in Jukyung was when she was making the transformation into Heejae like she was so dedicated lol
About Park Jinhee's character:"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic…
Definitely agree! Runa-as-Ruby was way more interesting than Ruby-as-Runa. I think I made it to about episode 40ish? Gotta rewatch since it's been at least 10 years since I watched.
I'm definitely going to do a deep dive on namuwiki and create a master list of twin switch dramas! That's a good idea!
He’s old probably doesn’t know what a.i is 😂 …. He’s rich I’m sure he has his own personal lawyer…
I found it hilarious that he REALLY didn't appreciate Sehoon getting him legal counsel lol nevermind that was probably the most constructive thing SH has done all episode 😂 guess it's time to the writer to start foreshadowing the Big Reveal....
Jeongwon truthers WE WON. That board meeting was actually pretty entertaining lol I'm actually surprised that Taeseok's didn't claim Haneul's recording was AI generated. But yes, I definitely rewinded the episode and watched Taeseok get arrested twice 🤣
Anyway I feel like the subsequent conversation between Nansook and Haneul is foreshadowing for a good old fashioned ledger hunt! Can't have a daily without that lol
Okay and Taeseok getting mad that Sehoon got him a lawyer is lmaooo like that IS standard procedure. But Taeseok is so grandiose he would 1000% be one of those people who try to represent himself in court and fail miserably (please let this be a scene in the drama eventually lmaooo)
About Park Jinhee's character:"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic…
I think you've already seen the promise but I'll always recommend that lol
There's Ruby Ring which is a twin switch where the two switch faces. The bad twin is kind of the lead since the good twin spends most of the drama KO'd iirc. Lee Soyeon did a great job in this role
Mina is an old one from 2001, written by Seo Hyunjoo (who's current project is the First Man) - one twin takes over the other twin's life after she gets injured in an accident
And then there's I Have a Lover, not a daily but still a makjang. I'm honestly surprised that there aren't more lol
About Park Jinhee's character:"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic…
I need to actually watch gracious revenge (and red shoes for that matter) because I like Choi Myeongil and I've always found the premise interesting. I generally like older FLs because of their maturity ... (the glaring exception being Lucia from TWWSTS who is pretty much a case study on how NOT to write a FL 😂)
So we have a set of twins, the nice one gets killed, the ruthless one gets revenge ... and she partners with the ruthless 2FL, who ALSO abandoned her identity. The two male leads are half brothers who will presumably fight for ownership (and they both seem to like Jinju? lol), then there's Yuna who has beef with Jinju. Not to mention the usual chaebol shenanigans...
This is a very ambitious plotline for a daily and I hope the screenwriter pulls it off. It's like both MBC and KBS heard my prayers for more dailies featuring twin switches so I can't complain lol
Follow up to "A Graceful Liar". I'm going to copy and paste some infos (with the help of Google translate)Interestingly…
About Park Jinhee's character: "Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic acting skills in ‘Taejong Lee Bang-won’, ‘Love Scene Number #’, and ‘Return’, is trying out for a double role in this drama, playing twin sisters Kim Myung-hee and Kim Dan-hee. The older sister, Kim Myung-hee, is a nurse with a kind personality who dreams of an ordinary family, but faces an unexpected truth and meets a tragic fate. After learning the truth of her sister's death, her younger sister Danhee decides to abandon her life and live under her sister's name, and takes detailed revenge to take over Adele's group."
About Nam Sangji's character: "Nam Sang-ji portrays a character who, after losing her family in an unexpected accident, abandons all of her name and identity to seek revenge, and lives as Chloe Lee, a consultant for a world-class brand. Her normal routine falls apart in an instant, and she enters Adele's group with a new identity, meticulously preparing for revenge, but her plans begin to falter when she encounters an unexpected ambush." (I'm looking forward to seeing her here because she usually plays the heroines in KBS1 dailies.)
About the other characters: "Choi Jae-sung plays the role of Park Tae-ho, the chairman of the Adele Group, who does whatever it takes to achieve his goal. Tae-ho is a powerful person who is good at protecting and using secrets, forms a sharp confrontation with Park Jin-hee, and plays an active role as the central axis of the play."
"Kim Hee-jung plays Oh Jeong-ran, Park Tae-ho's wife and Adele Gallery director. Jeong-ran, who has a desire to take over the Adele group through her son Park Hyun-joon (played by Kang Da-bin), falls into a huge spiral of fate due to her unstoppable greed. "
"Park Min-jun, head of Adele Group 1, is played by Kim Kyung-bo. Kim Dan-hee's nephew, Park Min-jun, is called the ‘half-heir’ even though he is the eldest son. During college, he meets Baek Jin-joo (played by Nam Sang-ji) and dreams of freedom for the first time, but is caught up in a mysterious incident and confronted with a hidden truth."
"Kang Da-bin plays Park Hyun-jun, the second head of Adele Group and Park Min-jun's half-brother. Park Hyun-jun, who has a free and unstoppable personality, is torn between his greed for Baek Jin-ju and his loyalty to Park Min-jun and makes a different choice."
"Cheon Hee-joo plays Jin-joo's friend Choi Yuna, the team leader of the Adele Group's new business task force. Choi Yu-na, with her feelings of inferiority and jealousy maximized, is responsible for the tension of the play as a person who wants to take everything away from Baek Jin-ju."
Follow up to "A Graceful Liar". I'm going to copy and paste some infos (with the help of Google translate)
Interestingly enough, the director mostly directs KBS1 dailies but I guess he's decided to take on the challenge of directing a KBS2 daily. Per the articles, this drama is written by Kim Seojung, and this seems to be her first drama because I can't find any information about her lol
Haven't done one of these in a minute...Jin Tae-Seok is truly the final boss of this daily. Hye-Ra found out that…
I think the ONLY reason why no one questioned the blood type thing is because everyone is under duress because of Jeongwon. But I feel like as soon as she recovers that'll be reversed.
I also think Hyera won't say anything to protect Jeongwon, because Taeseok is so twisted he may end up still trying to kill Jeongwon anyway, blood relation be damned lol. I just hope they don't pull a Woman in a Veil and revisit this 2 episodes before the last LOL
I feel like Sehoon has become pathetic ever since Youngchae and Jeongwon switched places. He had one job with that video and that was to expose it publically or use it as leverage to bring the board members on his side. I also think Youngchae isn't backing Sehoon out of love either but rather that's the easiest way for her to get rid of Jin Taeseok.
Now that you bring up Sehoon's mom, I really do think that she had an affair with the secretary and that's why Taeseok killed her, as punishment. He is totally the type to do that....
Nansuk and her people are great comedic relief but I love them because they don't take me out the story too much lol
Kang-Jae was wildin out 24/7, it was almost hilarious to watch 😭 chaos incarnate!I loved Eun-Jae's training…
stop everything, the follow up for a graceful liar has been announced already? This actually sounds like it will be very good:
"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic acting skills in ‘Taejong Lee Bang-won’, ‘Love Scene Number #’, and ‘Return’, is trying out for a double role in this drama, playing twin sisters Kim Myung-hee and Kim Dan-hee. My older sister, Kim Myung-hee, is a nurse with a kind personality who dreams of an ordinary family, but faces an unexpected truth and meets a tragic fate. After learning the truth of her sister's death, her younger brother Danhee decides to abandon her life and live under her sister's name, and takes detailed revenge to take over Adele's group. Nam Sang-ji portrays a character who, after losing his family in an unexpected accident, abandons all of his name and identity to seek revenge, and lives as Chloe Lee, a consultant for a world-class brand. The normal routine falls apart in an instant, and he enters Adele's group with a new identity, meticulously preparing for revenge, but his plans begin to falter when he encounters an unexpected ambush."
Considering how I only see Nam Sangji in the KBS1 type of dailies it'll be interesting to see her in a revenge role...
This drama has big shoes to fill but as for Cruel Temptation I'm still on the stage where Haneul just got his number it was pretty funny when she was expecting his call but Subin called her instead lol
Fun fact: when I first discovered namuwiki one of the first things I looked up was Cruel Temptation and I felt very vindicated to see that Korean audiences found Nino annoying too 🤣
And yes lol one of my favorite parts about elegant Empire was when they showed how locked in Jukyung was when she was making the transformation into Heejae like she was so dedicated lol
I'm definitely going to do a deep dive on namuwiki and create a master list of twin switch dramas! That's a good idea!
Jeongwon truthers WE WON. That board meeting was actually pretty entertaining lol I'm actually surprised that Taeseok's didn't claim Haneul's recording was AI generated. But yes, I definitely rewinded the episode and watched Taeseok get arrested twice 🤣
Anyway I feel like the subsequent conversation between Nansook and Haneul is foreshadowing for a good old fashioned ledger hunt! Can't have a daily without that lol
Okay and Taeseok getting mad that Sehoon got him a lawyer is lmaooo like that IS standard procedure. But Taeseok is so grandiose he would 1000% be one of those people who try to represent himself in court and fail miserably (please let this be a scene in the drama eventually lmaooo)
There's Ruby Ring which is a twin switch where the two switch faces. The bad twin is kind of the lead since the good twin spends most of the drama KO'd iirc. Lee Soyeon did a great job in this role
Mina is an old one from 2001, written by Seo Hyunjoo (who's current project is the First Man) - one twin takes over the other twin's life after she gets injured in an accident
And then there's I Have a Lover, not a daily but still a makjang. I'm honestly surprised that there aren't more lol
So we have a set of twins, the nice one gets killed, the ruthless one gets revenge ... and she partners with the ruthless 2FL, who ALSO abandoned her identity. The two male leads are half brothers who will presumably fight for ownership (and they both seem to like Jinju? lol), then there's Yuna who has beef with Jinju. Not to mention the usual chaebol shenanigans...
This is a very ambitious plotline for a daily and I hope the screenwriter pulls it off. It's like both MBC and KBS heard my prayers for more dailies featuring twin switches so I can't complain lol
https://mydramalist.com/803222-bulgeun-jinju
"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic acting skills in ‘Taejong Lee Bang-won’, ‘Love Scene Number #’, and ‘Return’, is trying out for a double role in this drama, playing twin sisters Kim Myung-hee and Kim Dan-hee. The older sister, Kim Myung-hee, is a nurse with a kind personality who dreams of an ordinary family, but faces an unexpected truth and meets a tragic fate. After learning the truth of her sister's death, her younger sister Danhee decides to abandon her life and live under her sister's name, and takes detailed revenge to take over Adele's group."
About Nam Sangji's character:
"Nam Sang-ji portrays a character who, after losing her family in an unexpected accident, abandons all of her name and identity to seek revenge, and lives as Chloe Lee, a consultant for a world-class brand. Her normal routine falls apart in an instant, and she enters Adele's group with a new identity, meticulously preparing for revenge, but her plans begin to falter when she encounters an unexpected ambush." (I'm looking forward to seeing her here because she usually plays the heroines in KBS1 dailies.)
About the other characters:
"Choi Jae-sung plays the role of Park Tae-ho, the chairman of the Adele Group, who does whatever it takes to achieve his goal. Tae-ho is a powerful person who is good at protecting and using secrets, forms a sharp confrontation with Park Jin-hee, and plays an active role as the central axis of the play."
"Kim Hee-jung plays Oh Jeong-ran, Park Tae-ho's wife and Adele Gallery director. Jeong-ran, who has a desire to take over the Adele group through her son Park Hyun-joon (played by Kang Da-bin), falls into a huge spiral of fate due to her unstoppable greed. "
"Park Min-jun, head of Adele Group 1, is played by Kim Kyung-bo. Kim Dan-hee's nephew, Park Min-jun, is called the ‘half-heir’ even though he is the eldest son. During college, he meets Baek Jin-joo (played by Nam Sang-ji) and dreams of freedom for the first time, but is caught up in a mysterious incident and confronted with a hidden truth."
"Kang Da-bin plays Park Hyun-jun, the second head of Adele Group and Park Min-jun's half-brother. Park Hyun-jun, who has a free and unstoppable personality, is torn between his greed for Baek Jin-ju and his loyalty to Park Min-jun and makes a different choice."
"Cheon Hee-joo plays Jin-joo's friend Choi Yuna, the team leader of the Adele Group's new business task force. Choi Yu-na, with her feelings of inferiority and jealousy maximized, is responsible for the tension of the play as a person who wants to take everything away from Baek Jin-ju."
Interestingly enough, the director mostly directs KBS1 dailies but I guess he's decided to take on the challenge of directing a KBS2 daily. Per the articles, this drama is written by Kim Seojung, and this seems to be her first drama because I can't find any information about her lol
I also think Hyera won't say anything to protect Jeongwon, because Taeseok is so twisted he may end up still trying to kill Jeongwon anyway, blood relation be damned lol. I just hope they don't pull a Woman in a Veil and revisit this 2 episodes before the last LOL
I feel like Sehoon has become pathetic ever since Youngchae and Jeongwon switched places. He had one job with that video and that was to expose it publically or use it as leverage to bring the board members on his side. I also think Youngchae isn't backing Sehoon out of love either but rather that's the easiest way for her to get rid of Jin Taeseok.
Now that you bring up Sehoon's mom, I really do think that she had an affair with the secretary and that's why Taeseok killed her, as punishment. He is totally the type to do that....
Nansuk and her people are great comedic relief but I love them because they don't take me out the story too much lol
"Actress Park Jin-hee, who has enhanced the play's immersion with her charismatic acting skills in ‘Taejong Lee Bang-won’, ‘Love Scene Number #’, and ‘Return’, is trying out for a double role in this drama, playing twin sisters Kim Myung-hee and Kim Dan-hee. My older sister, Kim Myung-hee, is a nurse with a kind personality who dreams of an ordinary family, but faces an unexpected truth and meets a tragic fate. After learning the truth of her sister's death, her younger brother Danhee decides to abandon her life and live under her sister's name, and takes detailed revenge to take over Adele's group.
Nam Sang-ji portrays a character who, after losing his family in an unexpected accident, abandons all of his name and identity to seek revenge, and lives as Chloe Lee, a consultant for a world-class brand. The normal routine falls apart in an instant, and he enters Adele's group with a new identity, meticulously preparing for revenge, but his plans begin to falter when he encounters an unexpected ambush."
Considering how I only see Nam Sangji in the KBS1 type of dailies it'll be interesting to see her in a revenge role...
This drama has big shoes to fill but as for Cruel Temptation I'm still on the stage where Haneul just got his number it was pretty funny when she was expecting his call but Subin called her instead lol
Fun fact: when I first discovered namuwiki one of the first things I looked up was Cruel Temptation and I felt very vindicated to see that Korean audiences found Nino annoying too 🤣