Fantastic Couple (MBC, 2006)

The writers of My Girl and Choon-hyang came up with a new series, Fantastic Couple, starring Han Yeseul and Oh Jiho.

That series is a re-make of the Goldie Hawn - Kurt Russell movie 'Overboard', released on 1987.

Naturally Han Yeseul (who had lived in the US before) takes the Goldie Hawn role.

In the original movie Goldie Hawn, a spoiled heiress, ends up taking care of Kurt Russell's four boys after losing her memory. To make it more palatable to Korean audience, in this drama the boys are not the man's son, but nephews.

In typical passion of the writers, two more original characters appear, Kim Sungmin (aka Kim Sungtaek), playing Han Yesle's husband, and Park Hanbyul.

Synopsis:

Anna Cho (Han Yeseul), the bratty daughter of a rich Korean-American developer, goes to Korea to find her henpecked Harvard-educated husband Billy Park(Kim Sungmin), who was not returning back to US for a long time.

In the process she meets Jang Chulsoo (Oh Jiho), a handyman who was raising three nephews.

Chulsoo is not a typical K-drama male lead; he is very money-hungry, and is something of a con man. After some incidents, Anna loses her memory and ends up in Chulsoo's place, where the story develops.

The name Anna Cho (pronounced Anna Joh, which in Korean custom becomes Jo-anna) is a play on Goldie Hawn's character Joanna Stayton in the original Overboard.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

wow ... sounds very interesting ... Smile

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hm...interesting

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

looks interesting
hope it is alright

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Wow sounds interesting

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

im waiting for the subs to see this drama too Big Smile

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

So how do you all like this drama?

I have to say that, after 2 and a half episodes (and a half because I am the timer for the first half of episode 3 Big Smile

) I am already quite addicted to this drama. Love the music, love Chul Soo and love the different plot. A money-hungry man, that's something new!

Han does a splendid job as a spoiled heiress, I think. Smile

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

^ I love this drama.. It's going great so far (i've watched 2 episodes). I hope it becomes popular.

I like the two main characters a lot. I agree about the music. The music director seems to know what he's doing. The cinematography has its moments too.

If there were a "best voice" category I'd vote for Han Yeh Seul. I suppose it's all subjective anyway but I love the timbre of her voice for some reason. Her english is very good as well.

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

o0h sounds interesting..hope this series gets subbed soon!

Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I had seen the movie a while back and liked it very much, so I'll be looking very forward to the drama take on it~

Big Smile

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Han Yeseul's real name is Leslie Kim. She began using her current name from 2004.

She was born in the United States, and her first language is English, not Korean. So she can watch the original Overboard and capture the heroine's feelings even better than the writers themselves.

She became known in Korea by winning a model contest, in which Lee Jihye, better known as Han Jihye of Sweet 18, was the runner-up. As a result they have become friends, and because Han jihye had adopted Han as her stage surname, Leslie also took the same surname as her stage name.

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

ahha this kdrama is SOO FUNNY haha me and my sister cant stop laughin .watched the first 2 ep. lokking forward to the rest if the subs to be out!

Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

OK, I'm loving this. I've seen Overboard a couple of times, and I couldn't believe they were adapting it into a Korean drama. I've been hooked, and I used this to lure in my Jdrama-loving friend. Big Smile

I can't wait to get the OST to this; I love the songs they use, too.

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:54 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Wow, writers from My Girl?!!

Anyone working on subs for this series?

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0