LEE JOON GI
TEAMS UP WITH
TOP TALENTS
FOR
THE FLOWER OF EVIL
The announcement that the script reading for the South Korean drama, The Flower of Evil, would be scheduled for 21 February fuelled expectations that there would be more news about the
drama but it seemed to be all false hope. The drama has been veiled in mystery ever
since. The much-celebrated actor Lee
Joon Gi and Moon Chae Won, a formidable actress, have been confirmed as the
leading actors in the psychological thriller. Fans learnt that the renowned
director, Kim Cheol Gyu, has been roped in to direct the drama which is
written by Yoo Jung Hee. The news has sent a thrill of anticipation among Lee Joon
Gi’s fans who are wildly excited at the prospect of the awesome actor working
with such a talented team for his new drama.
Lee seemed to have retreated from the
screen since the final broadcast of his legal-action thriller, Lawless Lawyer, on 1 July 2018. His
spectacular performance as Bong Sang Pil, a reckless and
unconventional lawyer, in the drama won him accolades from the mass media and
the global internet communities. It led to him clinching the international award, Starhub’s Best Male
Asian Star Award in December 2018. In 2017, the handsome Lee Joon Gi and the beautiful Moon Chae Won, who
are from the same acting agency, acted opposite each other in the procedural
action drama, Criminal Minds, so, The Flower of Evil will be an
interesting reunion for them.
Kim Cheol Gyu
Director Kim Cheol Gyu has distinguished himself in helming
many memorable dramas. He won widespread praise for his most outstanding
work, Mother (2018). Mother was
nominated for the Best Series Award in the 1st Cannes International Series Festival (France) in
2018. It won the Best Mini Series Award in the 13th Seoul International Drama Awards. Kim Cheol Gyu was also nominated as the
Best Director for Mother at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Yoo Jung Hee, who is reputed to be a talented writer, has
several dramas to her credit, including, Naked
Fireman (2017), Avici (2015)
and Bride in Sneakers (2014). It was
reported that Lee Joon Gi was enamoured of her script as soon as he read it. When
Lee disclosed that he had fallen in love with the drama’s evil character, Baek Hee Sung, it must have given his
fans the shivers.
They have reason to believe that Lee, the best chameleon actor in South Korea, will
be unrecognizable as Baek Hee Sung,
a psychopath. Lee Joon Gi will certainly terrorise the audience in his portrayal of a demented criminal. Moon Chae Won will play his
wife, Cha Ji Won, a homicide and violent crimes detective. There was no romance for them in their previous
drama but their romance in The
Flower of Evil is expected to be furnace red hot this time round. The duo will
play a congenial husband-wife pair until the evil in Baek refuses be
contained. They will end up as each other’s deadly foe on the opposite sides
of the law.
It is speculated that The Flower of Evil would be full of
mystery, suspense and intrigue. When the secrets of the evil character, Baek Hee Sung, surface, they will surely
shatter the lovey-dovey dreams of Lee Joon Gi’s fans. But, Baek would most likely be an
unforgettable character – one that the audience would not only love and hate
but will also care about the most. The TVN drama, which is the most highly
anticipated drama of 2020, is scheduled to air on Wednesdays and Thursdays in June.
Everyone is praying hard for the health and safety of the cast and the production crew of The Flower of Evil and also, for the coronavirus to vanish as quickly and suddenly as it arrived. |