Hwayugi teasers

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Hwayugi, the new Hong sisters’ drama, stars Lee Seung-gi as the monkey god, Sun Wukong, originally based on the character in the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. His counterpart, the Bull Demon King, will be played by Cha Seung-won, who will be a gentle but vain entertainment company CEO in this retelling. And the monk from the source material has been reinvented as a female real-estate mogul who can see spirits and resells houses known for their negative energy, and she’ll be played by Oh Yeon-seo.

The drama will tell the journey of how this threesome joins together to banish the darkness in this world, and helps it grow toward the light. In the novel, Sun Wukong was exiled from heaven because he was too prideful, but remains a mischievous, incorrigible character, and Lee Seung-gi seems to be right at home playing him.

Cha Seung-won's in-drama talent agency Lucifer manages top stars like PK, the nation’s top celeb, played by Lee Hong-ki, who is based on the Pig God from the novel. Then there’s Bora who plays sexy star Alice, originally the son of the Dragon King who foolishly handed over a treasure of the Dragon Palace to a female thief. When he was caught, he was expelled from the Dragon Palace and on the edge of despair, but the Bull Demon King found him and gave him a second chance to live in a woman’s body.

Cha Seung-won is aided by Lee El, who plays his faithful personal secretary and right-hand woman. Lee Se-young plays a zombie girl who was murdered secretly and buried in a godforsaken hill somewhere, but somehow through the power of Oh Yeon-seo’s blood, she arises from the dead and begins to search for her savior-creator.

#Hwayugi releases character posters (1) pic.twitter.com/HVZDBlSxjK

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) December 19, 2017

#Hwayugi releases character posters (2) pic.twitter.com/JFBvYREWHw

— K-Drama News! (@kdrama_news) December 19, 2017

Hwayugi premieres on tvN on Saturday, December 23.

Sources: got7sayAkpoplover | Viki Global TV 1 2 3 4 5 | Dramabeans/iMBC 1 2 | @kdrama_news 1 2

Comments

[we-rob-banks.livejournal.com]

lmao this looks ridic, but Seunggi's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can put up with a lot for him.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Nothing that I imagine since I thought it will be like in sageuk settings so I wont be watching this. Plus, it will be filled with romance (like the teaser wrote lol) so I will pass since why they have to make everything romantic even for a drama like this..

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

its Hong Sisters so of course it will be a wacky romantic comedy

[keithfan-sra.livejournal.com]

This is one I knew nothing about plot wise, but am planning on watching just based on who's in it. So I hope it's an excellent drama...

[weneedmedicine.livejournal.com]

no clue why, but I'm so pumped for this. the costumes, cast, and teasers have been A+

[musicnkisses.livejournal.com]

This has the potential to be huge. Coming a year after Goblin too.

[little-giant.livejournal.com]

The Hong Sisters are really inconsistent and Lee Seung Gi is one of those celebrities i never got the hype for, but i am actually really looking forward to this.

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the trailers and refused to since I wanna go in blind on this.

I love how its a reunion of Hong Sisters actors from Seungi to Seung Won and Hongki.

[ty.livejournal.com]

I am very confused by the trailers, but the touch of scary + funny + romance, what could go wrong?

[shupagirl-uk.livejournal.com]

This look interesting plus I haven't seen Lee Seung Gi, Cha Seung Won and Lee Hong-ki in a looooong time.

[froggster.livejournal.com]

ok. where is the white dragon tho.

[tinzedesu.livejournal.com]

Lol this looks like it'll be a mess but I'm gonna give it a try!

[jaeslurpy.livejournal.com]

its caught my interest so i'll for sure be checking it out