Kim So Eun, Lee Sang Yoon and Shin Sung Rok Confirmed for Drama ‘Liar Game’

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

Kim So Eun, Lee Sang Yoon and Shin Sung Rok will be co-starring in tvN’s upcoming drama Liar Game.

According to tvN, Kim So Eun, Lee Sang Yoon and Shin Sung Rok have been confirmed to star in tvN’s new drama Liar Game based on the original Japanese comic series of the same title by Shinobu Kaitani.

Liar Game is a story about an innocent college student with a debt (Kim So Eun) and a genius con man and a former psychology professor (Lee Sang Yoon) who participate in the liar game reality show, where only the one that succeeds in tricking the opponent wins the game.

Kim So Eun will be acting as a friendly and innocent college student Nam Da Jung while Lee Sang Yoon will be acting as a genius con man and a former psychology professor Cha Woo Jin. Shin Sung Rok will be starring as the maker of the ‘Liar Game’ reality show and the MC, Kang Do Young.

Liar Game is set to air the first episode on October 20 at 11 p.m. (KST).
source: mwave

im not sure abt lee sang yoon... i dropped angel eyes halfway and honestly isnt he a bit too old?

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[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Oh noes!!! Out of all young and talented Korean actors out there, they choose Lee Sang Yoon? WHYYYYYY???!! T__T

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

soompi's article (http://www.soompi.com/2014/09/11/shin-sung-rok-kim-so-eun-lee-sang-yoon-in-talks-for-tvns-liar-game/) i read after submitting says he's not confirmed yet... kim so eun is a good choice on the other hand.

but honestly who could play shota's part? i have no clue. lee minki or yoo seung ho would work but they are in army rn. kang ha neul? (i'm biased) jung ilwoo? lee junki? yeon woojin? ji chang wook? kim woobin? lee soohyuk? idk, really.

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

I think Lee Junki would be great in that role.

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

it's a shame no one of his dramas after iljimae really worked for me, but he has this sort of charisma that makes things work
it made me thing of kang dong won and how cool he was in jeon woo chi for some reason :p

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

NGL that I'm pleased that Kim So Eun got that part. I thought she gonna do well as Erika's character -- innocent but not to the point of annoying.

Yoo Seungho will be perfect as Shota's role I guess since he seemed to make everything work but he's in the army so we have to rule him out. But really, none can play the role as well as Shota since he kind of make that role his but the thought of Ji Changwook playing that part amuses me. 8D

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

omg lee min ki pls!! it's a shame he's in the military he'd be SO GOOD in that role!

no to almost everyone else u've listed except for kang ha neul and MAYBE lee soo hyuk. i need someone with cheekbones and attitude but i also want someone with skill...

but yeah---it's hard, isn't it? there r so many talented young actors out there but the only one i cant think of 100% killing the role is gone...

what about kim jae wook...?

[canxi.livejournal.com]

Lee Soo Hyuk would be pretty good, I think. He's subtle in his approach but also severe in appearance. I think he gets better with each role as well. He's attached to something, though! Well...he might be.

Kim Jae Wook for sure! Actually, I think I had him in mind while watching the j-drama, lmao. He's engaging and can do a lot with even a little (Who Are You)--he would werk this.

[cryim.livejournal.com]

it's funny you put lee junki there since he's just a year younger than lee sang yoon.

[sayufied.livejournal.com]

Shin sung rok's face changed so much after WGM, i dont even recognise him anymore.

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

Hmm, sounds interesting.

Sorry OP, but I'm confused by your note. What exactly is he too old for at 33? He's not playing the college student (tho ppl go to college at all ages), he's playing a ex-professor and con-man...that seems age appropriate to me.

Angel eyes was a snooze-fest the first few eps, but it got a little better as it went on (imho). I marathoned it, otherwise I prob wouldn't have stuck with it.

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

well i'm familiar with the manga and drama and i have a different picture of male lead in my mind... at the beginning of the story he was pretty young imho, like 25? he became a proffesor later on, i think in the final movie, so i guess they'll be switching things up a little and i'm little confused, that's it :)

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

Ah okay, that makes sense now lol! Hmm, maybe they'll cast someone younger to play the younger him like with Angel Eyes. TBH I wish they would've left KHN and Nam Ji Hyun as the main leads throughout Angel Eyes =/

[agentgoodnight.livejournal.com]

Aw. I really like Lee Sang Yoon. He has the cutest dimples and he's wicked smart (I think he got his degree in physics). He seems pretty perfect/age appropriate to play a college professor/con man. Was the character younger in comic?

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

going by wiki: Akiyama is a graduate of Teito University with a master's degree in psychology, who became a con man in order to take down the Multi-level marketing corporation that swindled his mother and drove her to suicide. In Volume 1 he has just been released from prison and agrees to help Nao in the Liar Game because her honest nature reminded him of his mother.

[rosemaine.livejournal.com]

umm not watching lol

[rm-casablancas.livejournal.com]

I loved the Japanese version of this drama.

And I used to find Kim Soeun really cute, but since she got the nose job, ugh, she looks so plastic :/

[mentality34.livejournal.com]

Okay, so now I know that I'm not just imagining the nose job. Her old nose was better :/

Nope @ Lee Sang Yoon's casting. He just doesn't suit the character. I think Shin Sung Rok would be better for the male lead

[tree-star123.livejournal.com]

i loved the japanese version too i wished they waited for erika to be done with spec instead of replacing her with tabe mikako.

[love-keiko.livejournal.com]

hmmmm...this casting is a bit...

[chewyish.livejournal.com]

liar game is my favorite jdrama I hope they don't screw it up ala to the beautiful you
I already have mixed feelings about the casting though.... Kim So Eun is a good fit for Nao but Lee Sang Yoon seems like a mismatch. He's a good actor but he just doesn't fit the image of akiyama.... he's too old and he just gives me cuddly warmhearted neighborhood ahjusshi vibes. But tvn usually churns out solid dramas so I'm hoping they'll prove me wrong about the casting

[canxi.livejournal.com]

I think Shin Sung Rok could pull off Akiyama but I can also imagine him playing a really dark game creator, too.
Lee Sang Yoon, though? Hmmm...I mean, if they are going for older why not get someone like Jo Seung Woo? I can see him being mysterious and sly.

[nalty7.livejournal.com]

evil hyung is the perfect choice for the maker of the game. i hope they put him on masks although i like seeing his face.

[cryim.livejournal.com]

lol strange casting and at people think that SSR could pull off the lead instead when they are both around the same age. image is everything i guess

[undeniablysarah.livejournal.com]

NO! Korea leave Liar Game alone! The manga and Japanese drama are perfection. This is going to be another To the Beautiful You.

[kat-tunluver90.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=f37u4m)

Not impressed with this casting. I'm ok with Kim So Eun. I think she can do well as Nao, but Lee Sang Yoon as akiyama? No. Just No. First of all Aki yama was NOT a professor when he became a Swindler. He was just a student. Clearly they are gonna make Akiyama's character older and I'm not liking this. I know casting for Akiyama's role is difficult because shota played that character well to a T, but this????? He just doesn't give me akiyama vibes.

I'm not happy about this.

[hopelessheartz.livejournal.com]

Noooooo the Japanese version was perfection.