[Drama 2008] East Of Eden 에덴의 동쪽

[Guest kdramafanusa]

송승헌, '에덴의 동쪽' 편성 지연 '안방복귀 쉽지 않네'

[OSEN] 2008년 03월 20일(목) 오후 05:44

[OSEN=김지연 기자] 연기자 송승헌(32)이 영화와는 달리 드라마 복귀가 녹록치 않을 전망이다. MBC TV 50부작 드라마 ‘에덴의 동쪽’이 6월에서 8월로 편성이 밀려날 전망이라 송승헌의 브라운관 복귀는 잠시 미뤄질 것으로 보인다.

송승헌의 소속사 관계자는 “8월로 편성이 밀려났다. 해외 촬영 등 사전제작에 많은 시간이 필요해 지연된 것으로 알고 있다. 또 아역연기자는 이미 결정돼 현재 촬영을 진행중이지만 성인연기자가 확정이 안된 것으로 알고 있다”고 언급했다.

250억 원의 제작비가 투입되고 50부작으로 방송될 '에덴의 동쪽'은 1960년부터 2000년대에 이르는 시대극으로 한 날 한 시에 같은 병원에서 태어난 두 남자의 엇갈린 운명과 복수에 관한 이야기를 다루게 될 작품이다.

특히 ‘달동네’, ‘보통사람들’로 널리 알려진 나연숙 작가가 10년 만에 내보이는 작품이자 송승헌이 제대 후 첫 브라운관 복귀작으로 선택해 관심을 모았다.

하지만 해외촬영을 위한 사전제작에 예상보다 시간이 많이 소요되고 주인공 역시 아직 확정되지 않아 6월 ‘이산’ 후속으로 방송될 예정이었던 계획에 차질이 생긴 것.

‘에덴의 동쪽’의 제작사인 초록뱀 미디어의 관계자는 “편성 지연은 아직 확정된 것은 아니다. 이번주나 다음주쯤 확정될 것으로 보인다”며 “송승헌, 조민기, 유동근 등은 확정됐지만 또 다른 주연이 아직 확정되지 않았고 해외촬영 등에 시간이 필요해 늦춰질 가능성이 있다”고 말을 아꼈다.

그 동안 송승헌은 2006년 11월 제대 이후 여러 작품에 출연한다는 설만 무성했지 구체적인 컴백작을 발표하지 않아 소속사와 매니저들이 팬들의 문의전화에 시달려야만 했다. 하지만 1년 반 만에 어렵게 출연을 결정한 ‘에덴의 동쪽’마저 편성이 지연돼 팬들의 기다림이 조금 더 늘어날 것으로 보인다.

한편 ‘이산’ 후속으로 김선아, 이동건 주연의 ‘밤이면 밤마다’가 ‘에덴의 동쪽’을 대신해 6월에 방송될 예정이다.

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[koalabear]

SCHEDULE CHANGE!!!!

Song Seung-heon's "East Of Eden" won't start until August ~ September time frame. "Yi San" will now be replaced by Kim Seon-ah & Lee Dong-geon 's "밤이면 밤마다".

Utkim posted this article in SSH's thread:

^ MBC delayed the drama until August? as far as I know, East of Eden's PD/Director Kim Jin-man has another upcoming drama airing this May also on MBC, the weekend drama Bittersweet Life starring Lee Dong-wook and Oh Yeon-soo, I guess Kim PD can't shoot two dramas at the same time so causing the August -September playdate of the drama

[Guest SH<3]

Can't wait for "East of Eden" (:

SSH finally doing a drama.

I hope YJH & PHJ gets casted as well.

According to naver, YJH & PHJ are doing it.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

^ MBC delayed the drama until August? as far as I know, East of Eden's PD/Director Kim Jin-man has another upcoming drama airing this May also on MBC, the weekend drama Bittersweet Life starring Lee Dong-wook and Oh Yeon-soo, I guess Kim PD can't shoot two dramas at the same time so causing the August -September playdate of the drama

Hi Koalabear, glad to see you here. Thanks for the info on PD Kim, do you plan on following this show when it starts?

I think the delay might be caused by several factors, the castings (many for an epic) and oversea filming/planning take time. For this particular case, I'm not saddened by the delay; it's better to have enough time to plan/film a drama than rush through it just to meet the broadcast schedule. August/September isn't too far away.

With the latest change, Kim Rae-won & Nam Sang-mi's "Gourmet (SBS) will compete with Kim Seon-ah & Lee Dong-geon's "When It's At Night" (MBC) starting in June. Song Seung-heon will be going up against his best friends - either So Ji-seop's "Cain & Abel" or Kwon Sang-woo's "Daemul" since they are both from SBS. "Daemul" (currently on Wednesday/Thursday timeslot) will start around July/August. Most likely, "East Of Eden" will compete with "Cain & Abel" (should be Monday/Tuesday) which is reported to start around September.

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Article on actress Shim Hye-jin:

유부녀 심혜진 '뛰어난 미모 앞세워…'

[한국일보] 2008년 03월 21일(금) 오전 07:10

'에덴의 동쪽'으로 복귀… 로비스트 역할

배우 심혜진이 결혼 후 첫 복귀작에서 로비스트를 연기한다.

심혜진은 최근 MBC 특별기획 드라마 <에덴의 동쪽>(극본 나연숙ㆍ연출 김진만)에 캐스팅됐다. 지난해 5월 결혼한 심혜진은 드라마 복귀작으로 <에덴의 동쪽>을 선택하고 강인한 여성상을 선보인다.

극중 심혜진이 맡은 배역은 고아 출신에서 국제적인 로비스트로 성공하는 여인 제니스다. 뛰어난 미모를 앞세워 정재계의 막강한 인맥을 구축하고 국제적인 명성을 쌓은 로비스트다. <에덴의 동쪽>의 관계자는 "심혜진은 고급스럽고 지적인 이미지를 가진 배우다. 극중 매력적인 로비스트로 등장해 주인공들 사이에의 연결고리 같은 역할을 담당한다"고 전했다.

<에덴의 동쪽>은 250억 원의 제작비가 투입되는 대작 드라마다. 같은 날 같은 장소에서 태어난 두 아기가 뒤바뀌면서 벌어지는 엇갈린 운명과 숙명을 다룬 작품이다. 배우 송승헌 연정훈 유동근 이미숙 박해진 조민기 등 초호화 캐스팅이 눈에 띈다. <에덴의 동쪽>은 <이산>을 후속해 오는 6월 첫 방송될 예정이다.

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^ Cast mentioned: Song Seung-heon, Yeon Jeong-hoon, Yoo Dong-geon, Lee Mi-sook, Park Hae-jin, Jo Min-ki.

[Guest melyssa]

Gee ... thanks for sharing the reasons for the delay! I am really looking forward for this drama and was disappointed with the delay but if it's for the better of it, why not wait longer? But, expectations are risen .... haha^^

[koalabear]

Hi Koalabear, glad to see you here. Thanks for the info on PD Kim, do you plan on following this show when it starts?

I think the delay might be caused by several factors, the castings (many for an epic) and oversea filming/planning take time. For this particular case, I'm not saddened by the delay; it's better to have enough time to plan/film a drama than rush through it just to meet the broadcast schedule. August/September isn't too far away.

With the latest change, Kim Rae-won & Nam Sang-mi's "Gourmet (SBS) will compete with Kim Seon-ah & Lee Dong-geon's "When It's At Night" (MBC) starting in June. Song Seung-heon will be going up against his best friends - either So Ji-seop's "Cain & Abel" or Kwon Sang-woo's "Daemul" since they are both from SBS. "Daemul" (currently on Wednesday/Thursday timeslot) will start around July/August. Most likely, "East Of Eden" will compete with "Cain & Abel" (should be Monday/Tuesday) which is reported to start around September.

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yeah I plan to...it's a few months away and haven't seen Song Seung-hun in a TV Drama since Summer Scent and I lurk here to look for updates...seems like this would be a good drama...and I understand why they delayed the project...so many factors to consider...better to plan it carefully than rush it...too many good dramas to look out for I must say

[motoway065]

so many dramas with great casts this year! can't wait to watch this! Song Seun Hun and Choi Jung Won <3

[Guest f0reveralways]

yay. dennis oh is in this now! <3

[Guest kdramafanusa]

yay. dennis oh is in this now! <3

I heard from Yeohweping about him joining the cast. Been following Baeksang & other news, I'll update the index page asap.

[Guest lackingmoon]

Dennis Oh special role in East of Eden returning to couch theater

Cool guy Dennis Oh has determined to play a role in the blockbuster drama of MBC "East of Eden" which will be brodcated in Sep. giving the signal of his return.

Dennis Oh plays a millionaire in the casino world of Hongkong and Macau. This character supports Song Seung-heon to grow as No. 2 in the local gang in later days. Dennis oh is expected to disclose his charisma no inferior to that of Song Seung-heon.

On the contrary to the sweet good-looking image in the SBS drama "Witch Yoohee", Dennis Oh is planning to present a mature image of humane with strong impression.

Dennis Oh also has jumped on the 'SMS from GOD' bandwagon with Diaperdog Pictures as creative co-producer and the lead male. Dennis, who studied Photography at the Savannah College of Art & Design will lend his creative side to this independent production with both visual concepts and the adaptation of the screenplay.

According to his agency, now Dennis Oh is striving on learning acting at the best acting school in New York, US, having the drama and the movie ahead. The staff of the movie production said “ We are so looking forward to working with Dennis… we can’t wait to see where this project will go with his creative input and his refreshing insights. His sense of humor and genuine down-to-earthiness is going to make it so much fun to work with him.”

Cho Eun-byul, mulgae@newsen.com translated by FOD

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weee....i'm so happy that Dennis will be in this drama! He finally comeback!!!

[Guest AlecRuby]

that's awesome that dennis is back. i wonder who the two girls will be to be paired up with seung heon and dennis. i am excited.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

* Dennis Oh *

DOB: August 29, 1981

HEIGHT: 188cm

TV SERIES: Witch Amusement (2007, SBS), Sweet Spy (2005, MBC)

Soompi thread

^ SBS drama "Witch Amusement"

^ MBC drama "Sweet Spy"

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Source: Chosun 2005-10-10 22:42 KST

Dennis O'Neil - not Just Daniel Henney Mark II

"I'd like to be recognized as an actor and a model in my mother's homeland,” says the man who spins on the ground before approaching an unknown woman in the Sky cell phone commercials, and appears with well-known actress Kim Tae-hee as a newly-wed couple in Daewoo Klasse ad's. Known as "Daniel Henney Mark ll," Dennis O'Neil (24) wants it known that he is more than just a pretty face.

So before the curiosity aroused by the commercials wanes, MBC in a surprise move cast O'Neil in the lead role of its miniseries "Spy," which hits the airwaves on Nov, landing him in the focus of the entertainment world for the rest of the year. Born to a Korean mother and a former GI father, O'Neil has consolidated his top model status, appearing in 15 commercials across Asia, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

Slightly more Asian-looking than his fellow half-Korean star Daniel Henney, O’Neil would prefer it if the two were not lumped together. "Daniel Henney is an excellent model and actor, and I'm grateful to him for in effect opening the door for mixed-race actors in the Korean entertainment industry. But now I'd like to try to find my own image, one that is distinct from his," he says. O'Neil started modeling at the age of 16, but because of his studies was unable to devote all his energy to it. In college he majored in photography, a subject he remains attached to in his spare time. He is thinking about becoming a professional photographer when he retires from the entertainment industry.

Standing 1.88 m tall, O’Neal takes pride in his trim, well-toned body ? a reward for the sporting life. “How did you like my tumbling in the cell phone commercial? I did it myself. I’m confident in my athletic abilities because I used to wrestle and play football and martial arts when I was a kid.” Even though he has an “everybody’s sweetheart” look, there is only one woman in his world: the girlfriend waiting for him back in Florida. He said the biggest let-down about working abroad is not being able to see her. She gets mad, he says, but he has no idea what to do about it.

It is fortuitous that O’Neil is making his acting debut in a Korean soap, since soaps were his spur into acting. “My mother always used to watch Korean movies and soap operas, so I would watch them with her. Since then I have been slowly drawing closer and closer to my dream of becoming an actor,” he says. He hopes the Korean public will continue to support him.

(englishnews@chosun.com )

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Source: Korea Herald 2005-11

'Brown-eyed Brad Pitt' attacks TV screen

As if one wasn't enough, a second "Brad Pitt" with brown eyes and jet black hair has appeared without notice, luring viewers every Monday and Tuesday nights through the MBC primetime drama "Sweet Spy".

Not only does this "new" heartthrob have everything of the original, he is younger, taller and broader.

For the 24-year-old Korean-American actor Dennis Joseph O'Neil, better known to viewers as Dennis O, his "predecessor" Daniel Henney's overwhelming popularity was both a chance and a risk.

As a Korean actor carrying an exotic aura of the West, Henney, 26, had immediately grabbed the hearts of female viewers of the popular TV series "My Lovely Sam-soon" - "My Name is Kim Sam-soon", which ended in July.

Although Henney's successful start of an acting career broadened the chance for O'Neil to make his way through the Korean TV land - now familiar with these Korean-American Adonises - it also meant that he had to exceed Henney in some way to prove that he wasn't a mere "copycat". O'Neil seemed to have known from start that it would take twice as much effort for him to earn as much popularity and approval as Henney with people often comparing the two actors.

"Don't compare me with Henney. My goal is not to follow someone else's footsteps to earn popularity", he said in a recent interview with a monthly magazine. "People are bound to compare me with Henney since we come from similar backgrounds. But watch and see. In a few years, he and I will have become so different that no one will remember the times when we were compared to each other".

Apart from both being Korean-American actors quickly becoming the rising stars of Korean TV screens, O'Neil and Henney have a lot in common.

The two actors were both born of an American father and a Korean mother.

Despite the heavy stammers when they speak Korean, audiences immediately felt attached to these brown-eyed actors who claimed to love Kimchi from their mothers' homeland.

The two actors seem to have grown up feeling their mothers' homeland Korea as a close country to them. O'Neil once said in an interview that being able to eat Korean food everyday was what made him the happiest about starting an acting career in Korea.

Due to the language barrier and the risk of audience indifference, O'Neil and Henney started off their careers by first appearing on TV commercials. As audiences' curiosity grew larger, they then moved on to TV dramas, aiming to broaden their territories to acting.

In "My Lovely Sam-soon" - "My Name is Kim Sam-soon", Henney played the role of a Korean-American doctor who has a heart of gold to match his striking looks.

In the drama the doctor, who barely knew a few words of Korean, came to Korea not only to look after his love who was suffering from an illness, but also with hopes of seeing his mother's homeland for the very first time.

O'Neil's role in "Sweet Spy", on the other hand, is kept pretty much in the shadows until the sixth episode, which aired Tuesday. But as the handsome millionaire later falls in love with the heroine, he is to play an important part as the story unfolds.

The public's interest in O'Neil so far, is not due to his qualities as a good actor, but rather to his appealing mask. Because the actor does not have any Korean lines in the drama, speaking only in fluent English, it is hard for Korean viewers to evaluate his acting skills - which may even be beneficial for O'Neil under the circumstances.

But as seen in past cases of "pretty" celebrities who quickly disappeared after gaining an overwhelming popularity for a short while, good looks and temporary public interest do not let the actor hold fame through the end.

True, the boom for the Korean-American actors is going strong, and appears to have staying power.

But difficult tasks lie ahead for O'Neil - and also Henney - in becoming "permanent" stars in the Korean TV land. To pin their names down firmly, these actors must first overcome the language barrier to broaden acting territories and come up with a special tool to match the capricious tastes of today's TV audiences.

By Shin Hae-in

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[Guest kdramafanusa]

Dennis Oh special role in East of Eden returning to couch theater

Cho Eun-byul, mulgae@newsen.com translated by FOD

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Hi Lackingmoon, thanks for sharing.

[maymay]

Dennis Oh special role in East of Eden returning to couch theater

cool!~~~

Finally we can see his acting again..^^

thanks for the news, lackingmoon

[Guest Gummi Bear]

I am happy Dennis Oh will also be in this epic. Really looking forward to September.

[Guest yeohweping]

No hot linking of these pictures to any other site or place!!

[Guest yeohweping]

Lee Jong-won will be playing Lee Gi Chul and Jeon Mi-seon will be playing Dong Chul's second mother.

[Guest kdramafanusa]

Lee Jong-won will be playing Lee Gi Chul and Jeon Mi-seon will be playing Dong Chul's second mother.

Yeohweping, thanks for the updates.

Pictures of actor Lee Jong-won shooting "East Of Eden":

http://www.cyworld.com/zdtukm/288593

[Guest Solly]

omg omg yeon jung hoon is finally back on screen! yay!

[Guest AmberSong]

Lee Jong-won will be playing Lee Gi Chul and Jeon Mi-seon will be playing Dong Chul's second mother.

What? second mother? means step-mother or what?so he has the poor real mom in his young age and another rich second mom in his adult time ? ^^ rather curious.