New Age of Youth 2 Trailer + Onew Confirmed to Withdraw

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

The newest teaser starts with new character Jo Eun, played by Choi Ara, browsing in a bookstore and coming across a piece of paper that has Belle Epoque’s address written on it. The chyrons read, “It all started with that letter,” as a voice wonders how someone can be wounded if there was no one to inflict it. Jo Eun makes her way to the house, but she’s not exactly met with open arms, as the original housemates think her a bit suspect and are convinced she’s hiding something.

Ever-stoic Jin-myung (Han Ye-ri) is definitely in a better place a year on, having gotten a stable job, but that comes with its own hurdles, as she’s seen chugging drinks at a company dinner. Ye-eun (Han Seung-yeon) is still haunted by the events of last year, flinching, stopping in her tracks, and even falling to the ground at the sight of men.

Eun-jae (Ji-woo) has an awkward encounter on the street with her sunbae ex-boyfriend Jong-yeol, (Shin Hyun-soo), who haltingly asks whether she’s okay. Eun-jae narrates, “When feelings cool, that’s the saddest reason there is.” Uh-oh, looks like energizer bunny Ji-won (Park Eun-bin) is also dealing with something serious as she collapses in a club and mumbles something about pretty heels. At least she has her buddy Sung-min (Sohn Seung-won), to catch her when she falls.

The teaser ends with Jo Eun wondering who the letter was intended for: “So, who is it? Who wrecked someone else’s life and continues to laugh like that?” The content of the letter is superimposed by flashes of the housemates’ faces, and at the bottom of the page, the last sentence reads, “I’ll kill you.” Yikes, that’s ominous. The four original housemates sit around their dining table laughing, and Ye-eun calls out for Jo Eun to join them.

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#AgeofYouth2 releases main posters: pic.twitter.com/pbJ69Q7OSj

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) August 14, 2017

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Initially, “Age of Youth 2” stated that nothing had been confirmed regarding his leave from the show as of yet; however, on August 16, SM Entertainment released a statement and said, “[Onew’s] departure from the show has been confirmed after discussions with the production staff of ‘Age of Youth 2.'”

“Age of Youth 2” also released a statement after the decision was made and said, “Onew will be leaving the project; however, we have not made any decisions about a replacement or what will happen henceforth. We will release a statement once we have come to a decision about a replacement.”

Meanwhile, “Age of Youth 2” is set to begin airing on August 25.

Sources: tvN DRAMA | Dramabeans/Sports Chosun/Seoul Shinmun | Soompi/Naver 1 2 | @kdrama_news

Comments

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Good.

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

i mean, i figured he'd withdraw. it makes the most sense.

i wonder how they're gonna end up working around it. edit him out? keep in his scenes and recast for the part of the show that hasn't been filmed?

[giriboy.livejournal.com]

i'm really hoping they can recast... esp. if yeeun's plot this season was going to be so involved with him, and i was excited for his character :( not so much that most of the character blurbs were centered on him using words pertaining to the spectrum but withdrawn (hopefully well-written) boys chars—you don't really see enough, i was super into it

it's what he deserves, tho

the dynamic btwn the new girl & the rest of belle epoque girls seems really interesting, tho! still hype

[milkmp3.livejournal.com]

its wat he deserves!

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

well, they avoided re-cast Ryu Hwa Young for less ... so letting him go for a really serious matter like a harassment accusation show they actually care, good for them

and if this was really jinki desicion , good too

i guess he's aware his presence in this drama would bring unnnecesary sladers and hate for this production team

[ggumd.livejournal.com]

good [2]

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

good [3]
had to unfollow a lot of shinee-related accounts after this news came out (and ytd when they cut him out from the kbs mb broadcast), now they are just acting nasty...

[by-venoms-sting.livejournal.com]

Good, I'm glad he's off the show. I would have been really disappointed if they kept him. It would have soured the whole show for me. Age of Youth had no problem showing how scummy men are in the first season and if they had allowed Onew to continue on and would have negated whatever message they were trying to send/whatever story they're trying to tell.

It also would have been hypocritical for them to minimize Hwa Young's part in the show due to her scandal but keep Onew when he did something even worse.

I hope they just recast his character. Removing his character entirely may cause problems and I'm already worried about how this season is going to go as it is.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Kinda remind me of Keisuke Koide scandal where they take him off completely from the movie where he is the main character even when the production team already completed the filming of the movie.

I guess since Onew is only a love interest (5/10 min screen time each episode) and they just start filming, it wont be difficult to cut him off completely from the drama.

I hope he stays completely sober (ala Tsuyoshi of SMAP) after this scandal and apologize to the girl despite he has no memory of the harassment.

[haroobommi.livejournal.com]

can anyone sum up what happened to me pls?

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

with the show or just onew and his case? if with onew (and ignore it if you already know, lol).

(assault / harassment tw) tl;dr: onew and some of his (non-celebrity) friends were wasted and went to some club to celebrate ... something early on the 12th. onew was black out wasted and he ended up assaulting / harassing a woman who had been dancing on a platform linked to the table he was seated at. (the club is set up in a way where people can dance on the tables.) eyewitness accounts say that he was trying to stand up and grabbed her leg for support once or twice because he fell. he grabbed at her leg a third time but idk when that happened exactly because translations have been so inconsistent. she felt rightfully violated and her boyfriend end up calling the police to report what had happened. onew was too drunk to respond to questions when the police got there and they took them in for questioning. he sobered up and, according to some new info, i guess said he didn't remember what had happened but he apologized if he'd done anything. everything at this part is, idk, because translations haven't added up still but what i gathered was she came to the conclusion that what had happened had been a misunderstanding but she still felt it was assault despite that. she ended up dropping charges after this. apparently sm was involved in this part somehow but the details there have been pretty vague. a few hours after this the story got to media. the police put out a report on the 14th saying that he'd been cleared of charges and all the testimonies that they had added up, but because it's mandatory to forward cases reported originally as assault to a prosecutor for suggestion of trial (without detention if it does get sent there), they were going to do that. i think they got forwarded earlier today - and now this.

i'd say not to try searching it up on regular media outlets (minus maybe soompi). there's a lot of inaccurate information going around due to bad translations and korean media being opportunistic with details. so, most shawols are waiting to see if the police release a better statement.

[haroobommi.livejournal.com]

yes, just the onew case. Thank you sm! I asked because I don't trust media sites and they can get shit messed up
not as bad as I thought but still very awful :/

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

np! and yeah. i don't trust sites like akp or netizenbuzz. they're so clickbait-y.

[rosiemotleymind.livejournal.com]

Good. I hope they can recast and find someone to make this season work well

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

I hope they recast, I was really looking forward to this plot line, hope it won't be mangled in the editing.

[musicnkisses.livejournal.com]

God is real.

[kristinl356.livejournal.com]

at this point, season 2 of age of youth is basically cursed. didn't hwayoung's scandal come out just like a couple days after the news that they had gotten the main cast all back together? like someone did not make the proper offering to the kdrama gods or something

[kristinl356.livejournal.com]

also can khn like emergency film this before he enlists? i mean, probably not but it would be an upgrade

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

"Emergency film" lol
That'd be too good

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

So they haven't completed the drama yet? Weird I thought they were already done with filming...

Good thing that he left. Sucks that they have to re-film his scenes on top of the already busy schedules. I hope they find a good replacement.

Also I wonder if actors have to pay a fine when they get into a scandal right before a project..

[diamondroad17.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing they have to. Choi Jin-Shil had to pay a fine to a company she was endorsing after news got out that her husband abused her. they reasoned that her image and their image were destroyed. He's disrupted filming, why wouldn't he be fined?

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

good [9387583492592]

[mewaqua1.livejournal.com]

it was to be expected when you fuck you as big as he did, better to pay the price than get away with it tbh, that would have been way worse for the drama (which already had ppl on an edge bc of re-casting/not entire s1 cast returning) but also for him, he would have been way too much in the public eye at a moment he should be reflecting and lay low

[klauses.livejournal.com]

thank god, now i can actually watch it without barfing