ARTHDAL
CHRONICLES
THE SWORD
OF
ARAMOOON
THE MOST HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED
TELEVISION
SERIES
OF
2023
PART 2
THE GREAT DREAM TEAM
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 It is a known fact to the global Kdrama viewers and the public that the inimitable, charming and charismatic Lee, a legend in the showbusiness industry, towers over other lead actors in the making of great celebrity and non-celebrity friendships. Lee has made many enduring friendships in his astounding career, particularly during the filming of his movies and television series. The behind-the-scenes videos and photos of many of his past projects show that Lee has had a lot of fun and apparently enjoys being with others while on location filming. The globally popular and endearing actor is known to have a hilarious sense of humour and fun. His upcoming television series, Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon has not only reunited Lee Joon Gi with the people whom he knew from his younger days but has also given him opportunities to make new friends among the cast and crew. Can we call it yuen fen? It hardly needs saying that he must have ‘one hell of a whopper of a good time’. And that helps in the making of the great Dream Team. THE GREAT DREAM TEAM
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It must also be mentioned that even Lee’s relationship with his global fans, who have been with him through thick and thin since the beginning of his career, has been uniquely warm and enduring. There are not many celebrities who are able to keep loyal and passionate fans from their younger or youthful days and continue to accumulate enthusiastic new ones as they get older. In
the longevity stakes, Lee Joon Gi has left all competition far behind. It
remains true that in the showbusiness industry which is mostly about hype and
illusion, true talent, passion and sincerity always win and will always
endure. Lee’s fine reputation is unequalled. So, who are the celebrities or production crew from his past that he has reunited with in Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon? We can imagine their chemistry and the sparks which they create that will light up the screen when they come together. LEE JOON GI AND PARK SANG YEON MAY 18 (2007)
 Park Sang Yeon wrote the script
for the historical movie, May 18, in which Lee Joon Gi portrayed a rebellious
student who was shot in the riots. The movie is about the Gwangju massacre which took place on
18 May 1980. The 2007 movie was nominated for 18 awards. It was reported that recently there has been a revival in the interest in the movie.
In 2011, Park received Best
Screenplay and also, the Critics Choice Award for his movie, The
Frontline.  LEE JOON GI (GONG-GIL) AND JUNG SUK YONG (CHIL-DUK) THE KING AND THE CLOWN (2005)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Joon-gi Lee Joon Gi and Jung Suk Yong (52) were co-stars in The King and The Clown. Lee Joon Gi played the leading role of the effeminate clown, Gong-gil while Jung played Chil Duk, one of the clowns.
LEE JOON GI (JIN DO HYUK) AND JUNG SUK YONG (CHA MAN SOO) HERO (2009)
 Lee Joon Gi and Jung Suk Young were also co-stars in the 2009 MBC television series, Hero. Lee Joon Gi plays the leading character, Jin Do Hyuk while Jung Suk Yong plays Cha Man Soo. It seems that Lee Joon Gi and Jung Suk Young have yuen fen as they have collaborated again on their third project, Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon. In the television series, Jung Suk Yong plays Yeolson, the father of Tanya while Lee portrays the twins, Eun Seom and Saya.
THE MAIN CAST
Lee Joon Gi also has a shared history with the main cast of the television series and he also seems to have great relationships with the rest of the cast and the crew. The global Kdrama viewers expect
great chemistry between the multihyphenate actor and the other members of the great Dream Team. LEE JOON GI AND SHIN SAE KYEONG THE KING OF SAGUEK AND THE QUEEN OF SAGUEK
CHARITY EVENT 2018
 Many Kdrama viewers will gravitate towards the series as they
are eager to scrutinize and compare the original lead actors and the
fantastic new pairing, Lee Joon Gi, The King of Saguek and Shin Sae Kyeong, The Queen of Saguek.   Lee Joon Gi and Shin Sae Kyeong (32) worked together in the
Green Santa event in Seoul on 28 November 2018. They wrapped Christmas gifts
for underpriviledged children at the charity event, the Green Umbrella
Childrens’ Foundation Santa Expedition Campaign with Mickey Mouse.
The magical pair, will not only greatly impress the viewers with their acting performance
but also their different interpretation of their roles.
Some Kdrama viewers have named the impressive actor, Shin Sae
Kyeong, ‘The Queen of Saguek’.
Imagine Shin Sae Kyeong, ‘The Queen of Saguek’ acting
alongside Lee Joon Gi, ‘The King of Saguek’! It doesn't take much imagination to see the inevitable
explosive chemistry, fireworks and pure magic that will be sparked by the sensual pair.  Shin Sae Kyeong has received quite a number of awards:
Best New Actress for High Kick Through The Roof in 2009, Excellence Award for Tree With Deep
Roots in 2011, Excellence Award in 2013 for When A Man Falls in Love, Excellence Award for Six Flying Dragons
in 2015 and Top Excellence in 2019 for Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung.
 Shin, who plays
Tanya, Lee’s leading lady in the television series, has praised him, ‘You
did a great job, Oppa. I'm grateful to you.'  Lee
responded, ‘Sae Kyeong, what are you saying? I’m the one who should be thanking
you.’
 LEE JOON GI AND JANG DONG GUN    Lee Joon Gi worked together with Jang Dong Gun (51) in the 2006 Giordano campaign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHEJaFRq3l8 Jang won many awards, some of which are - Best New Actor for The Last Match and
Raperchage, Best Actor for Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War, Best Actor for 7
Years of Night and The Daesang for Arthdal Chronicles: Season 1.
LEE JOON GI AND KIM OK VIN   Lee and Kim were presenters in an awards show in 2006. She
seemed pretty nervous and Lee Joon Gi apparently tried to calm her. Any pretty young
thing would feel overwhelmed in such a nerve-wracking situation.
Both look fiery-hot in their red hair looks.  Kim Ok Vin (36) won Best New Actress for Over The Rainbow
(2006), Best Actress for Thirst (42nd Stiges Film Festival - 2009) and Best Actress for The Villainess
(2018).  NEW FRIENDSHIPS KIM KWANG SIK THE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
The production crew is led by Director Kim Kwang Sik who
is very much lauded for his work. So far, the director has remained silent
about Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon.
Director Kim is just the man to make the
ancient fantasy-action television series and bring it to new heights as he’s
got the right credentials. He directed the great and popular film, The Great
Battle (2018). The Great Battle is a
historical film about the siege of the Ansi Fortress and the epic 88-day battle
fought between Yang Manchun and his Goguryeo troops against 500,000 Tang
dynasty soldiers. Kim received the Best New Director Award for My Dear
Desperado in 2010. My Dear Desperado must have impressed viewers
because it was
remade in Hindi - Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story in 2013. It was also remade in Tamil - Kadhalum
Kadandhu Pogum.
Like Director Kim, Lee Joon Gi's television series have also been remade / adapted by other countries - Flower of Evil by The Philippines and by India (Duranga), and Lawless Lawyer by Thailand. Lee Joon Gi's performance has been critically acclaimed and globally lauded and had won awards for it in both television masterpieces, Lawless Lawyer (2018) and Flower of Evil (2020). FLOWER OF EVIL THE PHILIPPINES
DURANGA INDIA
LAWLESS LAWYER SOUTH KOREA  .png) LAWLESS LAWYER THAILAND  Director Kim also directed the intriguing 2014 Tabloid Truth.
Tabloid Truth speaks of the
destructive nature of certain information. The movie begins with the chilling
suicide of a promising actress triggered by the spread of false, malicious
rumours. Her brave manager, risking his life by prising open the truth behind
them, uncovers a vast conspiracy. The chilling truth is a network of power,
money and sex, where faceless people from every field of society - financial
firms, government organizations, the media etc, manipulate the truth. They
are the authors of jjirasi (leaflet). To
shape public opinion and
further particular agendas, information which is selectively chosen, is
published in Jjirasi, the secretive online
newsletters. Misinformation, disinformation, lies and rumour mongering by the faceless
rumour makers behind the scenes are responsible for fact and fiction being
blurred. KIM YOUNG HYUN AND PARK SANG YEON SCRIPTWRITERS
Kim Young Hyun and Park Sang
Yeon are talented writers who coauthored many successful television series: Arthdal
Chronicles: Season 1 (2019), Tree With Deep Roots (2011) and Queen
Seonduk (2009).
Shin Sae Kyeong starred in both The Great Queen Seondeok and Tree With Deep Roots.  Kim Young
Hyun won Writer of The Year for the internationally-acclaimed
drama, Jewel in
the Palace (MBC
/ 2003).  She also won Writer of The Year for The Great Queen Seonduk in 2009,
Outstanding Korean Screenwriter and also TV Writer Award for The Great
Queen Seonduk in 2010. In 2012, she also won Best
Screenplay for Tree With Deep Roots. Kim
Young Hyun collaborated with Park Sang Yeon for Arthdal Chronicles Season 1 (tvN /
2019). They have teamed up again for the 2023 sequel, Arthdal Chronicles: The
Sword of Aramoon.  Lee Joon Gi seems to share a close friendship with many members
of the cast and crew whom he met in Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon. They
have praises and good words for each other. CHOI CHAN MIN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 
The Director of Photography, Choi Chan Min, has won a number of
awards. In 2014, he received two (2) awards for Best Cinematography for Kundo:
Age of The Rampant and in 2018, he won another award for Best
Cinematography for The Spy Gone North.  Choi, who loves
experimenting with new photographic techniques, made his cinematographic
debut with Camels (2001) in his mid-20s. He has worked on a
variety of genres.
It was reported
that Choi became famous when he used lenses with new filters and shutter
opening angles and high speed cameras in 71 Into The Fire, a
blockbuster war film, in 2010.  It is interesting
to note that his car chase scenes in the 2007 Big Bang, the
biggest of street filming, were shot in Busan for a week by blocking off the
streets right in the middle of the city.
 With Choi Chan Min handling photography, the cinematography is
expected to be magnificent. The first shooting began on 22 August 2022. The
scenery would be varied as filming was carried out for 9 months during the
different seasons of the year in various places: Osan, Sokcho, Gangwon, Jeju,
Naju, Jangheung, Jeollanam, Hadong and Gyeongsangnam. Filming ended on 30
April 2023.
LEE JOON GI AND CHOI CHAN MIN
The camaraderie and friendship between Lee Joon Gi and the other members of the Dream Team, particularly Choi Chan Min, is quite obvious.
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YOU SEOK MOON THE LIGHTING
DIRECTOR  Yoo Seok Moon, the Director for Lighting, received the Best
Lighting award in 2018 for The Spy Gone North.
Yoo immediately got married as soon as the filming wrapped.
The cast and crew attended his wedding and warmly congratulated him.
The Lighting Director was very happy with Lee Joon Gi's presence at his wedding. He is someone whose ‘presence made my wedding
shine even more brightly.’
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Lee Joo Gi praised Kwak Han Jin, the
Grip Operator for the great shots he filmed and in turn, Kwak
showered Lee with praises.
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The other members of the cast and
crew also exchanged compliments with him. LEE JOON GI AND SHIN
JU HWAN   LEE JOON GI AND CHOI
SEONG GEUN
THE ACTORS & THE HORSE
TRAINERS
 
LEE JOON GI AND YOON JUNG HOON
  LEE JOON GI AND DAL WOONG   https://www.instagram.com/p/CrvNeMXrLM9/ LEE JOON GI AND TAE JONG BAE (DIRECTOR) WITH HAN SU HO
 LEE JOON GI AND YOON JONG WON
LEE JOON GI AND
KIM DONG GUK
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JEE SEOK
LEE JOON GI AND LEE
CHANYU
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LEE JOON GI AND LEE KWAN-MOK
MOON KYUNG-TAE   KANG JEE SEOK AND JEON HYE IN
HAIR AND MAKEUP TEAM
YOUNJIN AND YOUNGSEO
SOOBIN AND MINKYUNG  IMAGES OF THE CAST AND CREW ARTHDAL CHRONICLES
https://twitter.com/i/status/1657304956884377604     Lee Joon Gi’s global fans and Kdrama viewers know from the interactions among the members of the Dream Team, particularly between Lee Joon Gi and the rest of the cast, and the crew that he had a whale of a time filming Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon despite the long months of filming and hardships. The success of the Dream Team of celebrated cast and crew not only depends on their talent and skills but also on their professional and social interaction. The Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon team is a great Dream Team. That's why Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon is the most highly anticipated television series of 2023. It is slated to premiere in September. |
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