WILL ANYONE EVEN CARE?! Lee Jung-jae added to The Housemaid

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Oh, this makes me SO happy. Lee Jung-jae (Typhoon, Oh Brothers) has been cast as the husband in the highly anticipated remake of classic Korean film The Housemaid, putting him in the middle of a confrontation between veteran actress Jeon Do-yeon and rising star Seo Woo.

The remake of the 1960 dark psychological thriller had initially attracted notice when casting Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine) as the housemaid who upends the lives of a married couple, then again stirred buzz when adding Seo Woo (Tamra the Island). In the original, the spouses are middle-aged and the maid is younger than the husband she seduces. However, this remake is taking a modern spin in casting Jeon as an older femme fatale who is brought in to work for a younger couple. (I say “older” but it hardly means she’s old; it’s just in relation to the original film. Jeon is 36, the same age as Lee, while Seo Woo is 24.) Still, even if the plot remains intact, this reversal does significantly alter the politics of the three-way relationship, and ought to make for some interesting shifts in dynamic.

I had heard rumors that Lee might be cast, but was not getting my hopes up in case those were just rumors. But with three really strong actors, a strong director, and source material that’s widely considered the best from the golden age of Korean cinema, well, expectations are climbing.

The Housemaid will begin filming next month and release in 2010.

Source: nownews
Via: dramabeans

I AM SO EXCITED OK I THINK I CAN CRY. He is a FINE actor and The Housemaid is a Korean cult classic and is a masterpiece in its right. You can watch the film here in it's entirety online.


SO EXCITED OMG. YEEEEEEE.

Comments

[filmsession.livejournal.com]

"will anyone care" omg people care ;______; I CARE

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

/ HOLDS YOU.

Actors posts usually get v little comments :(

[periodpains.livejournal.com]

Lee Jung-jae? Really? wow.

[koushiba.livejournal.com]

:D sounds awesome!
<3

[suicidal-driver.livejournal.com]

Oo he's cute...That's all I got because I don't know who he is. *goes to brush up on Korean Actors*

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

hmm, interesting. those three are all really excellent actors so this could be really good. idk if I want to watch a movie with that plot though. I'm not into the whole erotic thriller thing.

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

i know i seem like a stalker right now but i saw your last fm and one of your top artists is the foreign exchange, i have never met anyone else online who enjoys them and um yeah. ilu?

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

Lol thank you? Their last album was my life when it came out. Unfortunately kpop has taken over their number 1 spot :[ but I hope they will rise again. I just really want to see them live!

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

omagah i relate to everything you said! i was going through a hiphop phase and then bam, kpop entered my life. :[

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

lol it's okay. I'm hoping it will pass soon. I feel like we should be friends?

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

for sure. i wish i was joking but my itunes is playing Take Off the Blues off TFE's new album as i'm typing this. it is fate. *added you on lj*

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

*following you on tumblr now too

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

lol yay friends! I'm following you back btw (I think)

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

At first when I read the plot I'm all MEHHHHHHH, but it's actually quite interesting if you watch it and analyse it. Many many layers.

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

Yeah it does sound interesting, but all that Basic Instinct/Single White Female/Hand that Rocks the Cradle stuff freaks me out. I didn't read the whole plot because I didn't want to be ~spoiled~ so I might check it out when it's available. As long as I watch it with someone I'll probably be fine lol.

[shinhinm.livejournal.com]

I love him in "Feelings" <3 and that drama was, what, in 1994?

[pandatablo.livejournal.com]

well I am excited !!! I haven't seen the original, buuuut I loved both Jeon DoYeon [ could she have been more adorbs in you are my sunshine ?? and more recently I loved her in My dear enemy ] and Lee Jungjae in Oh Brothers xD

[dominique-franc.livejournal.com]

first thing I thought was oooo I like his ears XD

anyway this sounds interesting I'll have to watch the original now

[qvinx.livejournal.com]

IF IT'S LEE JUNGJAE I CARE :D

[allthingsgood.livejournal.com]

i just marathoned triple and i am ALL for watching more of ljj in more stuff. YES.

[stopthedisco.livejournal.com]

I need to watch more Kmovies, but my 'to-watch' list is FULL of jdramas. ):
But lol nice ears. /not being sarcastic

[angelonair.livejournal.com]

I'm really bored right now, so I kind of care.

Not seen the original yet,
but I might do now. ^_^

[maximumtimo.livejournal.com]

I LOVED HIM IN TRIPLE

so much that i'll be watching this ~FOR HIM~

[iluvkidnappers.livejournal.com]

I CAAAAAARE

[violuticcio.livejournal.com]

awesome awesome!!!! even though he's 36, he looks sooo much younger!

must watch il mare again.. !!!!

[freed-misery.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about anyone mentioned here (except Key xD) BUT! It does sound like an interesting film and I will definitely check out the original. I'm glad the new version has the ages kind of reversed, I'd like to see how that's portrayed. Ty for linkage OP ^^

[dalpaengee.livejournal.com]

OMG I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE REMAKING THAT MOVIE INTO A DRAMA!
we had to watch it for my Korean Cinemas class this past semester as an example of melodrama and omg it is like the epitome of the genre, seriously.
I'm really interested to see how this turns out, after discussing the gender dynamics and other stuff about the original film in class.