Hrm, I don’t know about this casting, but let’s see what it’s about: Jin Se-yeon (Age of Feeling) has announced her next drama as the MBC sageuk Flower in Prison, and Go Soo (Empire of Gold) is now considering.
The drama centers around a woman born in prison and follows her
success story, with Jin Se-yeon set to play the lead character named
Ok-nyeo, which literally means “prison woman.” No word yet on what
character Go Soo would play, other than that he’s a lead. Which I could
figure well enough on my own, since he’s Go Soo.
The drama will deal with the Joseon legal system, in particular the
people who argued on behalf of wronged citizens. They weren’t government
officials who handled lawsuits, but would help ordinary people
interpret the law and handle lawsuits for them, in a time when the legal
code was written solely in hanja and thus out of the reach of
understanding for commoners. In essence, it was a precursor to the
modern legal system, with lawyers serving as intermediaries between the
people and the courts.
The drama will be directed and written by two heavy-hitters in the sageuk world, PD Lee Byung-hoon (Dong-yi, Yi San, Dae Jang Geum) and scriptwriter Choi Wan-kyu (Triangle, Gu-am Heo Jun, IRIS, Jumong, All In, and Sangdo,
among many others). While the main characters will be fictionalized,
the drama will incorporate a number of real historical figures and
events.
I can’t say that I’m thrilled with this pairing, because while I’d be
happy to see Go Soo in another drama, I don’t understand how Jin
Se-yeon gets all these leading roles when she’s yet to rise to the
challenge of any of them. (Basically, girlfriday said it best.) I always want to be optimistic that people can change or discover hitherto-latent acting skills (Lee Yeon-hee had Miss Korea, Lee Bo-young had My Daughter Seo-young, even Changmin had Scholar Who Walks the Night)…
but how many times can someone be bad and get that benefit of the
doubt? That’s mostly a rhetorical question, but if you’ve got an answer,
do share!
Jin Se-yeon will begin filming in mid to late February, after the childhood portions are filmed. Flower in Prison will follow MBC’s current weekend drama My Daughter Geum Sa-wol, to premiere in March.
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