Jillia 141,041 Posted August 9, 2018 tvN Drama ♕ The Crowned Clown ♕ 광해 / 왕이 된 남자 Other title: The Man Who Became King Episodes: 16 Network: tvN Genre: Drama, Historical Runtime: January 7th, 2019 - Written by: Kim Sun Duk, Shin Ha Eun Directed by: Kim Hee Won Website: HERE Watch on: VIKI ♕ Synopsis ♕ The drama will feature a love triangle between the king, the clown, and the queen, and is about a love that transcends class and the law. ♕ Cast ♕ Yeo Jin Gu as Ha Sun Yeo Jin Gu as King Lee Hun Lee Se Young as Queen Yoo So Woon Kim Sang Kyung as Lee Kyu Kwon Hae Hyo as Shin Chi Soo Jang Gwang as Eunuch Jo Yoon Jong Seok as Jang Moo Young Jung Hye Young as Woo Shim Jang Young Nam as King's Mother Oh Ha Nee as Ae Young Kim Soo Jin as Court Lady Park Yoon Kyung Ho as Kab Soo Shin Soo Yeon as Dallaeh Seo Yoon Ah as Sunhwadang Lee Moo Saeng as Prince Jinpyung Min Ji Ah as Court Lady Kim Choi Gyu Jin as Shin I Gyeom Park Shi Eun as Gye Hwan Lee Gyu Han as Joo Ho Geol Lee Yoon Geon as Yoo Ho Joon ♕ Character Chart ♕ ♕ Teaser ♕ ♕ Other Posters ♕ 01.Soompi code of conduct | SOOMPI RULES FOR KDRAMA | MOVIES | ACTORS' & ACTRESS' SECTION Don't post any requests for subs! Anything unrelated to the drama plot is considered spamming. Don't quote images. 01.Due to the copyright/legal problems, no illegal streaming links will/should be posted on this thread as there had been major crackdowns going on lately.02.Any complaints about any streaming links will be counted as spam and will be reported to the mods.03.Any complaints of the respective companies such as Viki, youtube, Etc.. should be report to the respective companies instead of posting your complaints here.04.Those who are caught breaking the soompi posting rules more than 5 times will have their Id/IDs reported the mods. 05.Those who are caught promoting/posting illegal streaming links with subs ( those without permission from the orginal subbers and doesn't have copyrights like, Viki, Dramafever, Kdrama.com or Crunchyroll) will have their ID's reported to the mods for endangering Soompi to legal issues for illegal streaming sites promotions. PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE 8 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jillia 141,041 Posted August 29, 2018 Finally a confirmation for the two leads. I'm so happy to see Yeo Jin Gu back in a sageuk! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 29, 2018 Lee Se Young of Jang Geum drama? Long time no see her. They look good in hanbok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) Glad to see Yeo Jin Goo back in sageuk and it's even more awesome that he actually played the same role in his previous sageuk Warriors of the Dawn. I'd take this drama as a sequel of that movie hahaha EDIT: Seems like he won't be playing Gwanghae in this remake and that it will be a completely different character. According to articles, the king's name is going to be "Lee Heon" and Gwanghae's name is actually "Lee Hon". I think they are deliberately doing this so that there won't be an issue with Jingoo's age in the drama. Edited August 29, 2018 by circulate9oo 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0ly40 28,411 Posted August 29, 2018 Yeo Jin-Goo & Lee Se-Young cast in tvN drama series “Masquerade” Yeo Jin-Goo and Lee Se-Young are cast in upcoming tvN drama series “Masquerade.” The drama series is a remake of 2012 movie “Masquerade” starring Lee Byung-Hun and Han Hyo-Joo. For the drama series version, Yeo Jin-Goo will play dual roles of King Lee Hun and Clown Ha Sun. Because the King and the clown look so similar, the clown is brought to the palace to fill in for the King as potential assassination attempts on the King brew. Lee Se-Young will play the role of Queen Yoo So-Woon. The clown, who is filling in for the King, falls for the Queen. “Masquerade” will first air January, 2019 in South Korea. Source: asianwiki 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loversbridge 270 Posted August 29, 2018 While reading the synopsis I was like "Hmm it sounds familiar, I saw a movie like that the other day" and indeed it's the remake of Masquerade with Lee Byung Hun. I love Yeo Jin Goo, I love sageuks, and I enjoyed the movie so count me in. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexandraReid 67,137 Posted August 30, 2018 The Man Who Became King confirms main pairing Yeo Jin-gu, Lee Se-young The drama remake of multi-million dollar grossing film Gwanghae, The Man Who Became King (also known as Masquerade) has confirmed Yeo Jin-goo (Reunited Worlds) in the titular role, with Lee Se-young (Hwayugi) as his queen. After wavering between drama title names (Gwanghae, The Queen’s Man), it looks like they’ve settled on The Man Who Became King. If you haven’t seen the movie yet (you should go see it, I highly recommend it), it’s essentially an eloquent prince-and-pauper story set in Joseon. In the drama, Yeo Jin-goo will play the dual roles of King Yi Heon (later known as Gwanghae) and peasant clown Ha-sun. After having lived his life constantly paranoid and on guard against palace intrigue and assassinations, Yi Heon will trade places with Ha-sun who looks exactly like him when a poisoning attempt goes too far (which varies from the plot of the film). Ha-sun is an orphan who lost his biological parents to a plague, and he begged and wandered the country with his adopted sister, until they were almost at death’s door from starvation. An acting troupe saved them, and ever since then, he’s been a clown-actor who fears nothing on the stage. By a series of circumstances, he ends up as a fake king on the Jade Throne, and despite his best efforts, he falls for the king’s wife, Queen So-woon, played by Lee Se-young. Yi Heon, who had never known love from his parents, found peace when he married So-woon. However, due to his paranoia and the constant palace deceit, his relationship with her deteriorated. So when he and Ha-sun trade places, he’ll be placed in a position where he’s envious of his alter ego as So-woon (who knows nothing about the switcheroo) begins falling in love with this new side of her estranged “husband.” The drama production team has revealed that they want to tell this story in a new way—showing the perspective that the throne is not a place to wield power selfishly and absolutely, but rather, it is a lonely place of sacrifice for the people. Already I’m getting the heart-wrenching feels! No doubt Yeo Jin-goo will be excellent as always, and Lee Se-young is no stranger to sageuks (The King’s Dream, Dae Jang Geum) so I have high hopes. Because they’re both well-known child stars, I thought they may have crossed paths earlier. They do have I Miss You on both their filmographies, but Yeo Jin-gu was only in the childhood scenes, while Lee Se-young had a supporting role in the present-day scenes. So it looks like this will be the first time they’ll be acting with each other. The Man Who Became King is set to air on tvN early next year. cr 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beyaruth 4,151 Posted August 31, 2018 I love this pairing! I wonder if they had worked together before (as child actor and actress). 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted August 31, 2018 2 hours ago, beyaruth said: I love this pairing! I wonder if they had worked together before (as child actor and actress). They haven't although they have already appeared in the same production before (Missing You). Jingoo played the young version of the male lead and Seyoung played the male lead's younger sister. == BTW the title is now officially The Man Who Became King (왕이 된 남자). Director is Kim Heewon and the writer is Kim Seondeok and production is Studio Dragon. 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 31, 2018 The movie was quite serious and the actors were all mature (tho HHJ was still young at that time). Since both the leads for the drama are still young, so i guess they have to make the drama more light atmosphere/vibe for the young viewers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jillia 141,041 Posted October 6, 2018 Young actress Shin Soo Yeon has been cast as Yeo Jin Gu's younger sister. Source 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted October 8, 2018 Additional Casting news! :D The Man Who Became King production announces the casting of Kim Sang Kyung, Kwon Hae Hyo, Jang Gwang, Jung Hye Young, and Jang Young Nam - to join Yeo Jin Goo and Lee Se Young In case there are mistakes in the translations, apologies and please do correct me! :D With that said, I'm so hyped with this casting! Also, I saw on IG that today's the script reading for the drama, from 2PM-6PM KST. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zenya22 13,473 Posted October 8, 2018 Interesting... I watched the movie, it was a good and suspense driven movie. I am waiting to see this drama. Thank you for all the previews Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted October 10, 2018 Filming for The Man Who Became King starts today. Someone on IG saw Jingoo filming in House of Choe Cham Pan today. Filming schedule is from 2018/10/10 - 2019/02 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jillia 141,041 Posted October 10, 2018 Does this mean Yeo Jin Gu has wrapped up filming for the Absolute Boyfriend remake? Or will he join later? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Jillia said: Does this mean Yeo Jin Gu has wrapped up filming for the Absolute Boyfriend remake? Or will he join later? This is what worries me. It seems like ABF filming has been extended until November (although ABF was supposed to wrap up by October) and he was actually filming ABF yesterday, and now he's filming TMWBK. This schedule is insane. And he's actually portraying 2 characters in TMWBK. And unlike the movie, it looks like the king in this remake won't be poisoned like in the movie. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jillia 141,041 Posted October 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, circulate9oo said: This is what worries me. It seems like ABF filming has been extended until November (although ABF was supposed to wrap up by October) and he was actually filming ABF yesterday, and now he's filming TMWBK. This schedule is insane. And he's actually portraying 2 characters in TMWBK. And unlike the movie, it looks like the king in this remake won't be poisoned like in the movie. I hope he doesn't overwork. He looked healthy yesterday while filming ABF though. So I keep positive thoughts that he knows what he is doing and that his manager keeps a good eye on him. I think it's good though the weather is mild now, so he doesn't sweat in the heavy sageuk attire. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted October 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, Jillia said: I hope he doesn't overwork. He looked healthy yesterday while filming ABF though. So I keep positive thoughts that he knows what he is doing and that his manager keeps a good eye on him. I think it's good though the weather is mild now, so he doesn't sweat in the heavy sageuk attire. I totally agree! ♥ His manager seems to be a really great guy who truly looks out for him! Spoiler Jingoo was teased by his seniors that he's a good drinker and Jingoo said he's not, and he only shows his drunken side to his manager who would give him a piggyback ride whenever Jingoo's too drunk. There was also a time when Jingoo wasn't an adult yet and Sol Kyung Gu would slide him some drinks, and his manager would block it and drink it instead. So yeah, his manager really looks out for him. I hope he'll always be healthy and his schedule is something they have fixed beforehand... so that he won't get too overworked. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
circulate9oo 1,130 Posted October 11, 2018 Based on Yeo Jin Goo's latest IG post, I think he is now filming in Hwangmaesan in Gyeongsangnam-do, the Choi Cham Pan House was also in Gyeongsangnam-do. There was also another person who posted the location on IG with similar images to the one Jingoo posted and added the hashtag of The Man Who Became King, and so I just put it together. BTW to the OP, is it ok to have the main post updated? The title no longer involves Masquerade or Gwanghae and is now just officially called "The Man Who Became King (왕이 된 남자)" and the cast names are also now included. Thanks a lot! ♥♥♥ 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
