Flower of Evil Celebrates Wonderful Reunions

FLOWER OF EVIL

CELEBRATES

WONDERFUL REUNIONS

The Flower of Evil cast, which is spearheaded by Lee Joon Gi, is a unique blend of experience, skills, top and fresh talents. Lee is reunited with many of his friends and colleagues from reel life as well as from real life. Meeting such friends and co-stars again must have made Lee nostalgic and life on the film set must be real fun. The dynamic dream team, which is helmed by Director Kim Cheol Gyu, is expected to bring strength, vigour, passion, excitement and pure magic to the drama. 2015 THE SCHOLAR WHO WALKS THE NIGHT LEE JOON GI, JANG HEE JIN & SON JONG HAK Lee Joon Gi’s two co-stars from the 2015 historical fantasy drama, The Scholar Who Walks The Night, who have joined him in Flower of Evil are Jang Hee Jin and Son Jong Hak. Jang Hee Jin portrays Soo Hyang, the Head of the Hwayang-gak, who is recruited to be the assistant of Kim Sung Yeol, a beautiful 150-year old vampire played by Lee Joon Gi. Saved by Kim Sung Yeol, the loyal and faithful Soo Hyang falls irrevocably in love with him but her love is unreciprocated. The other co-star is Son Jong Hak who plays the incredibly corrupt, rapacious and cold-blooded Prime Minister Choi Chul Joong. The court official has no qualms about working for Gwi, an evil vampire who has killed his daughter. In Flower of Evil, Lee Joon Gi portrays Baek Hee Sung. Jang Hee Jin portrays his older sister, Do Hae Soo. Baek’s original family name is Do. Son Jong Hak plays Baek Man Woo, Baek Hee Sung’s father, not his biological father but probably an adoptive one. 2016 MOON LOVERS: SCARLET HEART RYEO LEE JOON GI & CHOI BYUNG MO In the 2016 drama, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Choi Byung Mo portrays Park Young Kyu, the Foreign Minister and the father-in-law of Wang Yo (Third Prince). They conspire to kill King Taejo. Lee Joon Gi plays Wang So, the Fourth Prince and Emperor Gwangjong. They were not directly involved in any conflict in the previous drama but one wonders about the excitement their new collaboration would bring to Flower of Evil. 2017 CRIMINAL MINDS: KOREA LEE JOON GI, MOON CHAE WON & YOON BYUNG HEE Lee Joon Gi’s two co-stars from Criminal Minds: Korea, Moon Chae Won and Yoon Byung Hee, will surely enliven his new drama. Lee Joon Gi stars as Kim Hyun Jun, an NCI Agent Profiler or Behavioural Analyst, in the 2017 drama. Moon Chae Won, who plays Ha Sun Woo, his NCI colleague, is set to play his loving and adoring wife in Flower of Evil. Lee Joon Gi and Moon Chae Won will be fun and exciting to watch in the upcoming drama. Imagine their sizzling romantic chemistry!  Yoon Byung Hee plays Kang Won Hyun, a bird-brained murder suspect, who interferes in a tense situation between Kim Hyun Jun and a mentally unbalanced scientist in Episode 3 of Criminal Minds: Korea. Lee Joon Gi’s spectacular performance in that episode was most unforgettable. KIM HYUN JUN'S HIGH-OCTANE KICK https://www.instagram.com/p/BWQCMYql4-j/?taken-by=pixelsticks_usa One exciting moment which catches the audience by surprise is when Kim Hyun Jun fells and flattens Kang Won Hyun with a high-octane tornado kick. Imagine Kim Hyun Jun’s mocking look when the anxious Ha Sun Woo rushes to the scene. It is regretful that Kim Hyun Jun and Ha Sun Woo do not have a romantic ending in the drama. Yoon’s role in Flower of Evil is unknown but he would certainly add interest and fun to the drama. 2018 LAWLESS LAWYER LEE JOON GI & CHOI DAE HOON Lee Joon Gi plays Bong Sang Pil, the titular lawyer in the 2018 Lawless Lawyer while Choi Dae Hoon plays Seok Gwan Dong, a petty criminal who is later recruited by a big-time criminal to be a subservient and loyal assistant. Lee Joon Gi and Choi Dae Hoon’s previous collaboration is hysterically funny except for their tragic scene in Episode 16. Choi plays a homicide detective this time round. 2010 – 2012 MILITARY SERVICE LEE JOON GI & KIM JI HOON 2012 While all those discussed previously are reel friends and colleagues from previous dramas, there is however, a friend from real life who has joined Lee Joon Gi in Flower of Evil. Lee Joon Gi and Kim Ji Hoon, whom he met at the army, reunited at the wedding of their mutual friend, Mithra Jin in 2015. All three enlisted in the army in 2010 and were discharged in 2012. Kim Ji Hoon’s role in the drama is still unknown. Flower of Evil is about a psychopath, Baek Hee Sung, who is married to Cha Ji Won, a homicide detective for 14 years. The couple must have married young and they produced a very cute and adorable pre-school daughter, Baek Eun Ha. Baek Hee Sung is the titular ‘Flower of Evil’. It seems that on the surface, Baek is like a beautiful, innocent FLOWER. Seething underneath is an ugly, EVIL monster. Baek is like Janus, 'the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages and endings'. Janus has two faces – one looking to the PAST and another looking to the FUTURE. Baek’s past is full of evil. He has assumed a new identity. But does he desire to reform himself for his future? His PAST: The surname of his biological father is Do. His FUTURE: The family name of his adoptive family is Baek. Baek Hee Sung’s past catches up with him fifteen years later. If Baek is 35 years old, he must have wedded Cha when he was 21. What is his allure that she is so attracted to him? Perhaps all of these. Great looks. Great artistic talents. An aura of mystery. Romantic. An unflappable and cool temperament.  Equable. The naked vulnerability in his eyes. If Cha doesn’t smell a rat while sharing a bed with him for 14 long years, she must have been very naïve or completely besotted with him. Spellbound. He must have cast a spell on her. Baek Hee Sung must have worn a charming facade so successfully that she is blinded by his fake love and elaborate deception. Perhaps, it is just a masquerade that has assumed gargantuan proportions. Masquerading under a false name and assumed demeanour. Did he really pretend to love her and their cute daughter for years? Is romantic love just a dangerous illusion? One can be sure that the determined and passionate Cha Ji Won would be able to ferret out the psychopath. Baek’s adoptive father, Baek Man Woo, is the CEO of a university hospital, an instituition which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and medical research. Has the hospital to do with the research of psychopathy and medical education of the mentally ill? Baek Man Woo is willing to face up to his responsibility as a father and his love for his son is unquestionable. Flower of Evil, the most highly anticipated drama of 2020, will premiere on 22 July 2020 at 10:50 p.m. The final broadcast will be on 10 September 2020. The 16-episode Wednesday-Thursday drama is written by Yoo Jung Hee, directed by Kim Cheol Gyu, and produced by Monster Union and Studio Dragon.

Lee Joon Gi Dominates The Hallyu World With His Appointment As Palace 3D Ambassador

LEE JOON GI

DOMINATES

THE HALLYU WORLD

WITH

HIS APPOINTMENT

AS

PALACE 3D AMBASSADOR

It is unsurprising that Wish Interactive Technology Limited, an Android game developer, and Friend Times Inc. have announced the appointment of Lee Joon Gi as their official ambassador for their mobile game, ‘PALACE 3D’ OR ‘GUNG 3D’. The game is confirmed for official release in June 2020. The appointment of Lee Joon Gi by the Hong Kong company is testimony to Lee’s unsurpassed charismatic Hallyu power.   A representative for Wish Interactive said, ‘Lee Joon Gi has shown such masculine charisma, charm and versatility that he is a great choice for appealing to a primary market – women.’  Wow. That says it all. Wish Interactive has already achieved great success with their world-class mobile games in China, Korea, South East Asia and North America accumulating over 100 million users. Its aim is to expand into Europe, India, Russia and the Arabian markets. The mobile game tops the popularity chart at 2nd place in the Apple Store only a week after it was launched in China and is ranked 10th place in the sales charts. The Palace 3D or Gung 3D mobile game offers, for the first time, an immersive ‘romantic fantasy’ experience in glorious historical detail set in impressive ancient palaces.   What is compelling about the script-based RPG (role playing game) mobile game is that it allows the user to stretch their imagination by personalising the game according to their wishes. The engrossing game replicates the historical and cultural life of the ancient world with its DIY system. Hundreds of beautiful costumes of intricate detail are at one’s complete disposal but one can create and build wondrous and opulent clothing styles of one’s own imagination. Another feature that draws interest is the game also enhances the user’s experience by facilitating their communication and interaction with other users from different parts of the world. The user can engage with other users in real time through vividly ‘simulated motion’. Lee Joon Gi, whose career spans a multitude of roles, has built a reputation as a uniquely talented megastar. The incredible chameleon-like actor has starred in many famous and memorable films and dramas, one of which is Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo. As the unforgettable Wang So (Fourth Prince) and Emperor Gwangjong, Lee has stolen millions of hearts. Those who still hanker for Emperor Gwangjong will have the chance to immerse themselves in a story, partly of their own making, which revolves around the palaces of the long-past era. As brand ambassador for Palace 3D or Gung 3D, Lee recently shot a 15-second TV Commercial to promote the mobile game. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcWEfPF7qo/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4EW8gEEAl8&feature=youtu.be In the advertisement video, Lee Joon Gi impresses as the romantic Emperor Gwangjong who has come to life in the twenty-first century. If you have been observant, you might have caught the image of Gwanjong, resplendent in his imperial robes, which appears quick as a flash in the video. Note the romantic but poignant words: Petals blow in the clear wind. Emperor watches with a smile. Waiting for the day I return to the palace, Closed door after door. How could you possibly know the memories deep in my heart? In an image with his back to the viewers, the 21st century Gwangjong says, ‘I will come to your world’. In the breathtakingly beautiful image below, the imposing figure of the reincarnated Emperor Gwangjong in his twenty-first century suit stands surveying the expanse of his empire. The Emperor of All He Surveys. Note the shadow of his majesty in his ancient imperial robes. A magnificent surreal game awaits the user. Don’t be mistaken about the supposed gender of the users. Though Palace 3D or Gung 3D is tagged as a game primarily for the girls (young girls, not so young girls and old girls), one should not be misled into thinking that the game is the preserve of females. Palace 3D or Gung 3D is generally an educational game. One must remember that such a game about beauty, love and romance; ancient palaces; ancient Asian history and culture; imaginative and elegant clothing styles and most of all, creativity, welcomes all who seek new knowledge and new experiences. https://cafe.naver.com/palace3d/110 Pre-orders for Palace 3D are taken through the official website. Those who pre-order will be entitled to a variety of items. Lee Joon Gi is now in the midst of shooting his drama, Flower of Evil. It is available to watch on TVN every Wednesday and Thursday from July 2020.