jeon ji hyun in absolute boyfriend?

[merlinspants.livejournal.com]

This is not finalized (so take with a grain of salt), but Jeon Ji-hyun’s potential drama comeback just may come in the Korean adaptation of Japanese manga Absolute Boyfriend, aka Zettai Kareshi. The kdrama will be directed by PD Kim Min-shik of Queen of Housewives and Before and After: Plastic Surgery.

Jeon Ji-hyun is currently busy surveying projects to finalize her decision, and the Zettai remake is reportedly a strong contender. (It had considered casting U-Know Yunho at one point, who moved on to Heading to the Ground instead.) A source with the production said, “We understand that for a long while, Jeon Ji-hyun has been carefully preparing to take a role in a Korean drama. We are working out the details of her casting, and hope for a positive result.”


In the original fantasy-romance manga, a girl accidentally gets a made-to-order boyfriend android from a website, only to find out that she has to pay an exorbitant amount to keep him — unless she helps the company conduct research to improve future models. She must then hide his non-human status from others, and he starts to develop human emotions.

In the kdrama version, the lead is not a teenager but a 30-year-old woman who is a stylist at a beauty salon without any clients. She is betrayed by her first love who becomes an overnight success as a movie star. Feeling the sting, she orders up her ideal man in robot form, aka her “absolute boyfriend.”

Absolute Boyfriend will be a 16-episode drama to air on MBC either at the end of this year or in early 2010. If she decides on the drama, it will be Jeon Ji-hyun’s first in ten years, since 1999’s Happy Together. After seeing such a lot of the same old kdramas airing one after another, this plot sounds like a refreshing change.

donga via dramabeans

Comments

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yunho missed out. He almost got to act with his dream girl. XD

[breathe-ai.livejournal.com]

lol, exactly what I was thinking...leader must be kickin' himself now XD

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

OMG Yunho could've been in this???

He's probably eating his heart out.

[faithgrowsold.livejournal.com]

lol. yunho in this would have been hilarious.

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

IKR.

I would've probably watched it too (I'm taking a pass on HTTG).

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

OMG They better not fuck this drama up :(

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

But she's really gorgeous, and I'll watch anyways XD

[black-silver.livejournal.com]

lol @ "dramabeans" - cute! :>

i like this premise
haha the ONLY good boyfriend is a robotic one
jkjkjkjka;sjfaoiwej;lrkj but still, v. cool

[receipt.livejournal.com]

i love her sfm

[nemo-88.livejournal.com]

I hope it will be better than the Japanese version.

[audiobebop.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of excited.
I like that she's an older woman instead of the usual teen.

[chrismakkuh.livejournal.com]

My Bias... let me show you it:

(http://photobucket.com/images/hayami%20mokomichi)
(http://photobucket.com/images/hayami%20mokomichi)
(http://photobucket.com/images/hayami%20mokomichi)

[ulchick418.livejournal.com]

He is so sexy it's painful to witness. ;.;

I felt so torn between him & Hiro while watching Zettai Kareshi. I didn't know who to root for XD

[yumenii.livejournal.com]

lmao poor Yunho, missed his chance. XD

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

WOO I hope they follow the manga
I loved the manga soo much than the japanese version IMO

[http://users.livejournal.com/veritas_vincit_/]

they probs won't.
even though they SHOULD!

[aprettyeternity.livejournal.com]

DDDDDD8
But but but but why this manga (again). Why not something else. *headdesks repeatedly*

Anyway she's pretty. And Yunho would have been hilarious in this.

[xkimchi-ninja.livejournal.com]

Personally, JaeJoong would be the PERFECT robot.

(http://img198.imageshack.us/i/1lpvd.gif/)

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

IA XDDD
OMG JAEJOONG AS NIGHTO *me dead* XDDD

[sweet-erika.livejournal.com]

lol jdramas ftw.

[envoler.livejournal.com]

lol yunho's probably kicking himself now

[ulchick418.livejournal.com]

Whaaaaaat? They better not fuck this up! D: and they better find a hot Night. Hayami Mokomichi >>>>>>>>Yunho (sorry, y'all)

I swear on all that is holy if Korea touches Nodame Cantabile, I will cut a bitch

[iheartdarkblue.livejournal.com]

Hayami Mokomichi >>>>>>>>Yunho (sorry, y'all)

OUCH.

You didn't have to say that, Yunho is not even gonna be in this drama.

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

Whos gonna play soshi?? it sound be good as Mizushima Hiro plz

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

*should

[beautifiers.livejournal.com]

i loved zettai kareshi, then i was spoiled for the ending and i wanted to cry.

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

omg me too.
i never finished it because of it :(

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

they should remake Meichan no Shitsuji,
I seriously wanna see SNSD play the girls after that CF.

[http://users.livejournal.com/veritas_vincit_/]

a part of me wants to shake you back and forth until you take this back and the other part of me is intrigued.

[scentofyours.livejournal.com]

I rmb crying SO DAMN FREAKING HARD at the last few episodes

I demand a better ending for K's version...

..................... oh and now it reminds me of the sucky SP.

[http://users.livejournal.com/veritas_vincit_/]

*waves hands violently to distract you!*

DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE SPECIAL! think about all the good times!!

i'll sing you the theme song!!

[liu-zhoucheng.livejournal.com]

oh gawd. the the fist time was bad enough -____-
hopefully the korean version will stick to the plot somewhat, unlike the japanese one >_>

[shuwei.livejournal.com]

omg if they turn this into older girl/younger man thing I would scream for joy. (though not with Minho cos an 18 yrs old is abit...)

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

I loved the jdrama version (except for the SP). Hopefully this is a good one.

[theheartless69.livejournal.com]

I heard a lot of people say this, what's so bad about the special?

[dorawa.livejournal.com]

I love Absolute Boyfriend ♥ So I can't wait!

[shuwei.livejournal.com]

I think she's waaaaay too beautiful for this character. but whatever, as if I would complain about a beautiful girl.

lol Yunho. will he ever get to work with his dream girl.

[talgi-uyu.livejournal.com]

I think she's waaaaay too beautiful for this character. but whatever, as if I would complain about a beautiful girl.

Glad I'm not the only one thinking this... Isn't Riiko supposed to be a kinda sentimental girl who gets rejected all the time? I can't imagine someone rejecting jeon ji hyun