[EDIT]: Yoona’s casting has been confirmed. More information at the bottom of the article.
Girls’ Generation’s Yoona and Jang Geunseok are expected to sign on to play lovers in a new drama. Yoona is in the final stages of being placed as the female lead in the drama “Love Rain” scheduled to air in the first half of next year.
According to one drama staff member, Yoona is considering her group activities and making readjustments in her schedule. Currently all that’s left is signing the contract.
The drama production team says if Yoona signs they will start shooting right away. Another staff member said, “It took a long time to find the right actress in their early twenties with a pure image” and “Yoona proved her acting skills in her dramas ‘You are My Destiny’ and ‘Cinderella Man’ and the production crew have high hopes.”
“Love Rain” is about a man and woman who meet in college in 1970 and their love story. It is a fantasy melodrama and Jang Geunseok and Yoona will play dual roles.
Also, “Love Rain” reunites PD Yoon Seokho and writer Oh Sooyeon of “Autumn Tale” and “Winter Sonata” for the first time in 10 years, garnering lots of interest.
With top stars and a star production team working together, there is much interest and expectations for this to be a new “Hallyu drama”.
After Bae Yongjoon from “Yonsama”, Jang Geunseok is said to be the next generation’s Hallyu star and Yoona and Girls’ Generation are already receiving attention all over the world.
Soshified would like to emphasize that Yoona’s casting has not been finalized at this time, and that updates will be reported when they become available.
[EDIT]
It appears that Yoona’s casting has been confirmed by the drama’s PR firm. She will play the dual role of Kim Yoonhee, a college student in the 1970s, and also her daughter Kim Yuri in present time. In regards to the drama role, Yoona said, “It’s an honor and like a dream come true to be able to work with Yoon Seokho PD, as I remember his dramas ‘Autumn Tale’ and ‘Winter Sonata’ as ones that touched my heart. It’ll be my first drama in a while, so I will do my best to meet the expectations everyone has.”
Also, Yoon Seokho, the PD of the drama, praised Yoona by saying, “I’m confident Yoona’s distinct fresh girlishness and ladylike innocent beauty will make the fairytale-like youthful love story shine even brighter.”
Source: sports.donga.com, asiatoday.co.kr, Naver
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confrazt yoona!
wish your drama is good and have a good quality of production! :D
Are these two going to create a new couple?cant wait for the drama…
anyone know why yoona wasnt in the last live at busan power concert ? …. its cuz this ?
yoona doing another drama with all the activities of soshi lately? it’s kinda worrying.. surely everyone who knows her wants the return of ‘Im actress’ badly. but still.. *sighs* i guess all we can do is give all the support we can and hope for the best. specially for yoona’s health. Go Yoong!! of course you can do it! just take care of yourself always. :)
OMG! I cant wait to see this. This will be a big hit for sure. Go Yoona!
i cannot wait to see this…..
Awesome! Want to see Yoona act again in a drama. And my, with Jang Geunseok! I’m proud of Yoona! She’s the right actress for pure image. They chose the right one! Yoona hwaiting!
i hope yoona still able to do all the perf with the rest of the girls..whether it on airs or not..
right actress with a pure image…that sounds like any of the nine girls!! but its so cool to hear that she will be starring in another drama, pretty sure its gonna b awesome ^^ snsd really is multi talented and im really hoping to watch this soon…gotta find out what theyre talking about with the dual roles and all ^^ stay well and keep strong girls, SNSD fighting!
I haven’t watched her past show (yet) but maybe this is a god place to start. It sounds interesting with the dual characters. I can’t even imagine how busy she’ll be. Yoona Unnie, Fighting!
So proud of you, Yoong! I know you’ve become better and better! This will earn you more than just fame, you’ll have another experience on this field. I also hope the other girls will also be in some dramas to see their potentials as actresses! YOONA HWAITING~
If this does work out to cast YoonA I will be really excited to see it! I love Cinderella Man and I have You Are My Destiny on the side to start watching when I have lots of time. I love watching YoonA act because she has gotten better and better. At first I thought she was trying a bit too hard when crying or looking deep but after seeing her more recent commercials (and remembering that Cinderella Man IS a drama) I can see her getting better and better and I think she will be a great addition to this drama
[REPLY TO EDIT] – I am so happy to hear this! YoonA Fighting! Your Sone’s are cheering for you!
Awesome news to hear and hope all goes well for Yoona. For sure this new drama is going to be another hit if Yoona join in as leading lady. I would love for her to win another award for best actress. Well I’ll wait for more update on this and thanks ssf for sharing. Go Yoona Go!!! :D
Hope it turns out better than the last two… I do believe in Yoona’s abilities/potential as an actress, but the last two shows have just not worked out very well…