Jung Il Woo May Play A Kindhearted Vampire

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Move over Dr. Cullen. The kindhearted "Twilight" doctor will no longer be the only vampire with a medical degree. Jung Il Woo is up for the role of a doctor with a dark side in the upcoming fantasy drama "Blood."

Like the Cullens, Jung Il Woo's character Park Ji Sang is none too happy with the monstrous turn of fate that transformed him into a bloodsucker. He does not want to give in to his destructive thirst for blood. Instead, he wants to use his abilities to help save others. So he becomes a surgeon at a cancer center and tries to save the lives of terminally ill patients. There's no word yet on what he will do to fulfill his annoying need for blood. Will he raid the blood bank? Or will he hunt animals like the Cullens did?

Yoo Yeon Suk was originally cast in the role of Park Ji Sang but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. It will be interesting to see what Jung Il Woo brings to the role. He has played tormented before, most notably when he played the unhappy prince in "The Moon Embracing The Sun." He's good at tormented and that may be just what the role needs. And he is good at fantasy, having played the angel of death in "49 Days" and a prince who saw ghosts in "Journal of a Night Watchman."

It's not enough that Park Ji Sang has to struggle against his own baser instincts. He has both human and vampire enemies that try to thwart his efforts. Ji Jin Hee, who played the cheating husband in "One Warm Word," will play a rival surgeon in the cancer department. Kwon Hyun Sang, who played a vampire in "Vampire Prosecutor 2," will play an evil vampire. Kwon was last seen in "Fugitive of Joseon" and "Queen of Ambition."

Drama lovers have seen vampire idols and vampire prosecutors but this is the first time that a vampire character has worked at a hospital. Fortunately both the director and writer of this drama have experience with hospital-centered dramas, as they both worked on "Good Doctor," starring Joo Won. Ki Min Soo directed that medical drama as well as "Ojakgyo Brothers." Park Jae Bum wrote the screenplay for the Joo Won drama and also the screenplay for "God's Quiz."

"Blood" is set to premiere in February. Are you excited about the possibility of seeing Jung Il Woo as a vampire? Let us know.
source: kdramastars

Comments

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

can he finally be in a good drama?

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

TBF, 49 Days is good except for the lacklustre ending...

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

I didn't like it and he wasn't even a lead character in that one

[sheswatching.livejournal.com]

"Kwon Hyun Sang, who played a vampire in "Vampire Prosecutor 2," will play an evil vampire."

Kwon Hyun Sang, who already played an evil vampire in "Vampire Prosecutor 2," will play one again on another show even though Vampire Prosecutor clearly deserves a 3rd season.

ftfy

buuuuut i'm still going to watch this because i love vampires more than i'm upset about vp not continuing on

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

My first thoughts went to Vampire Prosecutor and that season 3 we were all waiting for ;___;

[asth77.livejournal.com]

will he finaly act in a drama that doesn't smell "hot mess"??
Srsly he stopped for like 1 and a half year for his studies and came back with flops, career wise. Dude.

[leighbee333.livejournal.com]

I knoooow, where's the Jung Il-woo of Flower Boy Ramyun Shop and Return of Iljimae?



Unf

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Is Return of Iljimae really good/got better? I was on high watching Lee Junki's Iljimae a few years back and upon reading good review at dramabean about the Return of Iljimae, I was feel soo bored watching the show that I dropped it. I feel so cheated tbh. My baby brother who enjoyed watching Iljimae with me ended up watching alone but he also dropped the drama in the end..

[leighbee333.livejournal.com]

I think either you find the pace refreshingly meandering/contemplative or...boring (I was obviously in the former camp, and you in the latter, lol). It picks up in places, especially at the end, but if the earlier parts were that boring to you and you couldn't get invested in the characters, then the rest of the show probably won't hold your attention either.

I just loved how emotionally realistic the characterizations felt, the richly realized world, the confidence of the direction, and the show's avoidance of many of the sageuk/Kdrama contrivances (often due to that more subdued, naturalistic tone); throughout the whole run, it felt like the PDs/writers knew where the story was headed and how they wanted to structure each episode to get there, which is so rare in Kdramas. It wasn't a perfect Kdrama, but it was lovely, understated, and, imo, quality.

....I also liked how hot Jung Il-woo looked. That was another small thing the drama had going for it.

[fiercediva.livejournal.com]

My Boo needs a comedy! No more drama where the writing dies from episodes 2-15 and then tries to wrap it up badly in the finale, where he doesn't get the girl, dies or is maimed. He also really needs to do a buddy film/drama with LMH before they have to enlist.

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

I don't know...Korea doesn't really seem to know what to do when it comes to supernatural things....

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