Joo Won and Shim Eun Kyung Encounter Each Other Prior to Filming ‘Nodame Cantabile’

“The two met at the event after party. It seemed like they greeted each other lightly. Since there hasn’t been a script reading or a cast gathering yet, it was the first time they met since they have been confirmed for the drama.

The filming is expected to start after August since it is set to air in October.”Joo Won and Shim Eun Kyung encountered and greeted each other at a private gathering. As the leads of KBS 2TV’s upcoming drama Nodame Cantabile (tentative), Joo Won and Shim Eun Kyung met each other prior to their first drama script reading. On July 29, Joo Won attended the VIP preview for the film Pirates in order to show support for Yoo Hae Jin, while Shim Eun Kyung also watched the movie at the event. Joo Won and Shim Eun Kyung then attended the after party for Pirates VIP preview at a bar in Apgujeong-dong.

After multiple rounds of casting news and false alarms, the Korean drama remake of Nodame Cantabile called Cantabile Romance has secured its leading lady. The fantastically talented Shim Eun-kyung (Miss Granny) has at last signed on to play Nodame, opposite Joo-won (Good Doctor) who has been attached to the project since April. Shim was an early favorite to play the heroine, but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts for her movie Waiting For You; fan outcry during subsequent casting rounds left the role unfilled, and once her movie got pushed back, producers successfully wooed her back. The fall KBS Monday-Tuesday series is a university campus drama about classical musicians. It’s being produced by Group Eight (Boys Before Flowers, Tamra the Island, Goong, Pretty Man) and will star Shim Eun-kyung as Nodame, a savant pianist who can replicate a piece after hearing it but struggles to read music. She’s a quirky, adorable slob who can’t manage to clean up after herself, which I can already picture Shim Eun-kyung pulling off without breaking a sweat — if any young actress has cornered the market on quirky, it’s her. Joo-won will play the star pianist who secretly wants to become a conductor. He’ll help the heroine with everything from music to cleaning up her messy place, and naturally she falls in love with him. I mean, he cooks and cleans, plays the piano brilliantly, and is played by Joo-won. What else is there to know? Baek Yoon-shik (Gu-am Heo Jun) has been cast as the genius conductor and mentor who’s also a pervy womanizer, and Do-hee (Answer Me 1994) will play a supporting role as a member of the orchestra. Sometimes Group Eight’s manga, anime, and Japanese drama remakes end up feeling more cartoonish than I would like for a drama adaptation, but I’m hopeful that this one will live up to its buzz. It’s clearly a beloved story with fans who are protective of its core characters, and a show driven by its love of music. Besides, I’m beyond excited for the Shim Eun-kyung/Joo-won pairing. They’re going to be SO CUTE. I can’t stand it.