Roles that actors turned down


Rebel 
-Role: Yeonsan-gun (Kim Ji Seok)
-originally offered to Namgoong Min (correction: commenters pointed out Namgoong Min was offered lead role Hong Gil Dong not Yeonsan-gun)

Reply series
-Role: mom (Lee Il Hwa)
-originally offered to Kim Sung Ryung 

Chief Kim
-Role: Kim Sung Ryong (Namgoong Min)
-originally offered to Cha Tae Hyun 


Resurrection 
-Role: Seo Ha Eun/Yoo Shin Hyuk (Uhm Tae Woong)
-originally offered to Park Yong Woo 

Romance 
-Role: Kim Chae Won (Kim Ha Neul)
-originally offered to Kim Nam Joo

Chuno / The Slave Hunters 
-Role: Lee Dae Gil (Jang Hyuk)
-originally offered Go Soo 

Empress Myeongseong
-Role: Empress Myeongseong (Lee Mi Yeon) 
-originally offered to Shim Eun Ha

Lovers in Paris
-Role: Han Ki Joo (Park Shin Yang)
-originally offered to Bae Yong Joon 

I'm Sorry I Love You
-Role: Cha Moo Hyuk (Seo Ji Sub)
-originally offered to Lee Jung Jae 

Secret Garden 
-Role: Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin)
-originally offered to Jang Hyuk 

Kill Me Heal Me 
-Role: Cha Do Hyun (Ji Sung)
-originally offered to Hyun Bin 

Brain 
-Role: Lee Kang Hoon (Shin Ha Kyun)
-originally offered to Lee Sang Yoon 


Daum Cafe: Well-known drama casting backstory 

-Hyun Bin choosing Secret Garden was god's work. It doesn't suit Jang Hyuk

-Kill Me Heal Me was offered to Lee Seung Gi and Im Ji Yeon was cast to be Oh Ri Jin

-Why did Hyun Bin pass up Kill Me Heal me for Jekyll ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Would've worked out well too if Go Soo did Chuno

-Jo Hye Ryun got offered to play the mom in Reply. If the role had been given to her....

-Chief Kim is Namgoong Min, he was made for that role


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