[SBS] Wanted - Kim Ah Joong , Ji Hyun Woo , Uhm Tae Wong

dauswq · Post time 4-5-2016 04:25 PM

Edited by dauswq at 16-5-2016 10:51 PM

Wanted secures cast in Kim Ah-joong, Uhm Tae-woong, Ji Hyun-woo by javabeans | May 16, 2016 | 15 Comments

Well, phew! Wanted has a cast, which is a relief because a few possible castings fell through (Kim Hyun-joo, Jin Gu) with just over a month until its premiere, and since the thriller premise sounded intriguing, I’d hoped the show would pull it together. Now it’s secured its three main leads: Kim Ah-joong (Punch), Uhm Tae-woong (Valid Love), and Ji Hyun-woo (Awl).

It’s a shame that Kim Hyun-joo and Jin Gu passed on the drama, but I do like this cast a lot and hope it’ll offer meaty material for all three. I’m partial to Ji Hyun-woo, since he was such a marvel in last year’s Awl, and if he can’t be a one-top lead on broadcast TV yet, I at least hope he continues his streak with another awesome character.

The drama kicks off when the son of a top film and drama actress (Kim Ah-joong) is kidnapped on the day she was set to announce her retirement. The culprit orders her to carry out various missions on television in a twisted sort of live reality show, and the actress, desperate to recover her child safely, complies with his demands. She receives help from the television producer played by Uhm Tae-woong, as well as Ji Hyun-woo’s character of the dogged detective who throws himself into the case.

Over the course of the missions directed by the criminal, greed is revealed in a number of different people — and what’s more, the broadcast itself gets entangled in an unexpected murder case. Dun dun dun!

With this kind of heart-pounding plot and ticking clock driving the show, Wanted could make for a suspenseful thriller, and it’s a relief to know it’s nailed down a cast so it can turn to shooting right away. Because it was brought in as a last-minute replacement (SBS had planned to put melodrama Deal in that slot instead, but scrapped that just weeks ago), I don’t think its late casting is necessarily indicative of problems with the plot or production, though it’s always better to have more time when going into these projects. Fingers crossed that the rest of the show proceeds smoothly.
Wanted will premiere on June 22, airing as a Wednesday-Thursday series.

Via Sports Donga

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Produksi sbs tampaknya akan menggantikan drama deal dgn wanted. Tawaran sudah diberikan pada #jingoo #dots #descendantsofthesun dan juga #kimhyunjoo #ihavealover. Drama saspes thriller ini berkisarkn pd seorg pelakon wanita terkenal yg terpaksa guna ape cara sekalipun untuk memenangi program realiti tv bagi mendapatkn balik anaknya yg telah diculik. Jalan cerita ade persamaan spt kombinasi the god gift 14 days + liar game. Jin goo pula akan membawa watak polis detektif yg sgt berani dan ketal sehingga kes-kes kriminal berjaya diselesaikan hampir 90%. Perhubungan mereka akan terjalin apabila jin goo akan mengambil alih kes penculikan anak lelaki pelakon wanita yg dilakonkan oleh kim hyun joo.

Sbs baru saja membatalkan penyiaran drama deal kelmarin dan terus gantikan dgn #wanted . Tarikh tayangan juga semakin dekat dan produksi terpaksa mempercepatkan casting supaya live shooting dpt dijadualkan slps drama entertainer berakhir.

Sumber: dramabeans