110706 “Miss Ripley” Becomes A Novel

MBC’s Monday-Tuesday drama “Miss Ripley” which is currently in the midst of airing, is now released as a novel.

“Miss Ripley” is a story about a woman who accidentally tells a lie, which leads to one lie after another and ends up caught in a web of lies, a classic melodrama. With societal issues as its material, coupled with the strong elite cast of Lee Da Hae, Kim Seung Woo, Park Yoochun and Kang Hye Jung, it has been a hot tppic from its planning stage.

Joint writer Kim Sun Young was responsible for the screenplay for “Miss Ripley,” and previously won best screenplay for a drama in 1994. Also, through “The Season Of Puberty”、”Love & Farewell,” “Sleeping With the Enemy,” “Mr. Duke,” “Pretty Lady,” “Jang Hee-Bin” and other works, she has managed to gain much love from viewers.

The other writer Sohn Hyun Kyung studied arts and culture during his university days and is very good at expressing a characters’ psyche and conditions. Among his works, he has released drama novels for “Lovers In Prague” (2 books), ” My Princess,” “Secret Garden”(Overseas Translated Version) and others.

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110412 Park Yoochun Filming in Public Place ‘Looks great in suit’

JYJ Park Yoochun was captured filming for his drama.

On the 11th afternoon in a community bulletin board a picture was uploaded with description ‘Park Yoochun is filming for Ripley’.

Located in Shin chon neighborhood, the actor was spotted in white shirt under black suit, showing a perfect neat suit style. Moreover thanks to his amazing broad shoulder, his suit appearance got polished more that caught attention of many.

Netizens said, “The drama is still far from its broadcast schedule, but looking at this picture gets me excited already” “The suit truly loves Yoochun” “I wonder why the filming was done in neighborhood town?”

MBC drama ‘Miss Ripley’ (tentative title) starring Park Yoochun, Lee Da Hae, and Kang Hye Jung will hit the screen in coming May.

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110324 Kim Na Woon’s Blog Update Mentions Yoochun

Do you see familiar faces? This drama stars Kim Seung Woo, Lee Da Hae, JYJ’s Park Yoochun, and Kang Hye Jung. At the beauty salon, there would be a loud cheering whenever Yoochun appears… It’s not that I pay special attention to him, but no matter what, it seems like everyone on set are all only watching him ㅠㅠ

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110324 Lee Da Hae and Park Yoochun gathered to rehearse for “Ripley”‏

MBC’s upcoming Monday-Tuesday drama “Ripley” (tentative working name) held its first script reading rehearsal on the 21st at MBC Dream Centre, with its cast members Kim Seung Woo, Lee Da Hae, Park Yoo Chun, Kang Hye Jung, Jang Yong and Kim Na-un etc meeting for the first time.

In the published photos, the four leads were seen holding to their scripts, wearing black clothings as though they had decided upon it together. On that day, Lee Da Hae, Park Yoo Chun and Kang Hye Jung etc were practicing their scripts seriously, showing their passion for this show.

The production team said, “The actors altogether wanted to film a high quality work and it can be seen from their passion while practicing the lines. It is very anticipating to see the drama which will be potrayed by them.”

“Ripley” is about two men who both fell in love with a woman who got caught in a trap of lies and end up in between the turmoil of love and destruction, eventually leading to reconciliation.

This drama will be broadcasted in the end of May after the finale of MBC’s “The Duo”.

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110317 Park Yoochun and Kang Hye-jung Cast in ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’

After half of a year, actor Park Yoochun will return to TV drama.

Actor Park Yoochun is challenging a classic drama through ‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ (tentative title).

On March 16th, MBC drama official said, “The appearance of Park Yoochun in the drama is almost finalized. After returning recently from Fukuoka, Japan, he’s been actively participating in the drama practice.”

Since his last role in KBS 2TV ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ in November last year, it’s been 6 months of Park Yoochun to ever worked as an actor. In ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ he’s taking role of Lee Seon-jun as part of the ‘Jalgeum 4′ along with other handsome young popular actors Song Jung-Gi, Yu Ah-in, and Park Min-young, the role had gained him high popularity thus wrapped him a successful acting debut.

‘Goodbye Miss Ripley’ is based on 2005 sensational academic forgery case involving a culprit named Shin Jeong-ah that was attracting a lot of attention at that time, actress Kang Hye-jung is dubbed to be the final heroine cast. The drama is set to broadcast in May after the completion of drama ‘The Duo’.

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About the academic forgery case….

Shin Jeong-ah, a university professor and art curator at Dongguk University, who forged her credentials to get hired, and then embezzled funds from the art gallery’s corporate sponsorships. She got hired in 2005 under the belief that she had earned a BFA and MBA from the University of Kansas and a PhD from Yale, when in fact she was only a high school graduate. Her boyfriend Byeon Yang-kyoon, 19 years her senior, was a presidential secretary at the time, and helped her forge the paperwork and get hired.

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