Since I fell in love with the quirky Hyun Bin in the drama Secret Garden, I "googled" him and checked out all the show that he's been on and it led me to this... "My Lovely Sam Soon/My Name is Kim Sam Soon", another one of my fave Korean drama series...It was aired in 2005 so Hyun Bin is much younger here and much "meatier" :) FYI, he intentionally (according to some articles online) lost at least 7-8 kg for his role in Secret Garden and lost even more through the duration of the series because he's only getting about 2-3 hours of sleep. Meanwhile, Kim Sun Ah, her leading lady in My Lovely Sam Soon, put on some pounds for her role.
Anyway, here's a short summary of MLSS:
Brisk,endearing and completely addicting, My Lovely Sam-Soon was the runaway mega-hitof 2005, and launched Kim Sun Ah to super-stardom. Korea’s version of BridgetJones’ Diary, this refreshing drama still finds new audiences today.
At 29, Kim Sam-Soon’scareer and lovelife have hit a dead end. She is overweight, unmarried, stuckwith embarrassingly old-fashioned name, and has just lost her job and caughther boyfriend of three years cheating on her. Enter Hyun Jin-Heon (Hyun Bin), the arrogant 27-year old owner of arestaurant called Bon Appetit, who hires her to put her pastry-chef skills towork as the restaurant’s chief baker. With Jin-Heon’s family breathing down hisneck to get married, and Sam-Soondesperately in need of money to save her family home, despite their volatilerelationship, the two strike up a deal. Sam Soon masquerades as Jin Heon’sgirlfriend and they begin to grow close, but things get complicated whenJin-Heon’s lost love mysteriously returns with her sights set on getting himback. Will Jin-Heon be able to forget about her and learn to love Sam Soon forwho she really is? (dramafever.com)
At 29, Kim Sam-Soon’scareer and lovelife have hit a dead end. She is overweight, unmarried, stuckwith embarrassingly old-fashioned name, and has just lost her job and caughther boyfriend of three years cheating on her. Enter Hyun Jin-Heon (Hyun Bin), the arrogant 27-year old owner of arestaurant called Bon Appetit, who hires her to put her pastry-chef skills towork as the restaurant’s chief baker. With Jin-Heon’s family breathing down hisneck to get married, and Sam-Soondesperately in need of money to save her family home, despite their volatilerelationship, the two strike up a deal. Sam Soon masquerades as Jin Heon’sgirlfriend and they begin to grow close, but things get complicated whenJin-Heon’s lost love mysteriously returns with her sights set on getting himback. Will Jin-Heon be able to forget about her and learn to love Sam Soon forwho she really is? (dramafever.com)
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| Kim Sun Ah, Hyun Bin, Jung Ryeo Won, Daniel Henney |
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