Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, and miss A’s Suzy confirmed for drama, ‘Big’

Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, and miss A‘s Suzy have been confirmed as the leads for the upcoming drama, ‘Big‘.

The drama ‘Big’ is written by the Hong sisters, who have written previous hit dramas like ‘The Greatest Love‘, ‘My Girlfriend is a Gumiho‘, and ‘You’re Beautiful‘.

Gong Yoo is returning to the TV screen after 5 years since his role in ‘Coffee Prince‘. He will playing the role of Seo Yoon Jae, a 30 year old man who comes to possess the soul of an 18 year old adolescent.

Lee Min Jung will be trapped in an absurd situation where her stern 30-year old fiance becomes an 18-year old. She’ll be marking her return to the small screen after 1 year since ‘Midas‘.

miss A’s Suzy will take part in the love triangle, who captures the heart of the 18-year old Seo Yoon Jae.

‘Big’ will air after KBS‘s ‘Love Rain‘ on June 4th. The actors and actresses will meet on April 14th and will proceed to do a script reading.

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Gong Yoo & Jung Yumi take real ‘Crucible’ students on a two-day vacation

Gong Yoo, Jung Yumi, and author Gong Ji Young recently visited the real victims of their film, ‘Crucible (Silenced)‘.

The film, originally a novel by Gong Ji Young, is a real life account based on child molestation endured by students at a disabled children’s school. The events took place in Gwangju from 2001 to 2005, and later became a novel as well as a movie to bring more attention to the case.

On January 8th, representatives of the actors revealed that they had taken the 38 students on a two-day trip to Seoul. Gong Yoo and Jung Yumi brought along snacks and gifts to create memories for the students, stopping to chat and take pictures along the way.

The event was organized by a Twitter volunteer leader named Jung Sang Soo, who first suggested the idea to the producer of the ‘Crucible’. Jung had previously taken the children to see a ‘Nanta‘ performance upon hearing that they could feel the vibrations of the performance, which was provided free of charge.

Plenty of people have stepped up to lend their support to the students, creating petitions on Daum Agora and gathering donations to provide them with school supplies and other needs. Together, they had raised about $1,400 USD.

The CEO took the opportunity to thank everyone who had helped, expressing, “YG Entertainment sent a bus over with autographed CDs of their artists, Big Bang and 2NE1. SM Entertainment also provided tickets to the ‘Open Your Eyes’ theater show starring gagman Lee Dong Woo. Lee Dong Woo performed more passionately than ever before. The company also provided autographed CDs by Girls’ Generation.”

He continued, “We received so much help and gifts, including travel bags, stylists, cosmetics companies, clothing, letters, and the BEAST members’ autographed CDs.”

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Gong Yoo’s agency denies ‘absurd’ marriage rumor

Rumors of actor Gong Yoo and actress Lim Soo Jung getting hitched and holding a secret wedding in the United States have been circling on various online community boards and social networking sites.

However, the rumors were proven to be groundless as Gong Yoo has not had much free time since he started filming and promoting his new movie. Furthermore, the actor has only been overseas to Portugal and has never never even stepped foot in the States.

His agency addressed the rumors saying, “The rumors have surfaced before, but they are so absurd we don’t even pay attention to them anymore.”

In the past, both Gong Yoo and Lim Soo Jung explained that they were simply “close colleagues”, while filming for ‘Finding Kim Jong Wook‘ together last year.

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