Back on coffee prince and something I'll never forget from watching the 1st ep of the docu last night was them discussing the hug scene and Gong Yoo said that he describes it as warm. Because he held on to eun hye so tight because he understood the emotions Han Kyul was under and he was like you were very warm.
This man acted his ass off in the role
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Coffee Prince (2007, Korean Drama)
I have been in my nostalgia so I decided to dig this one up again. Honestly you can’t go wrong with Gong Yoo and Kim Jae Wook.
Choi Han Gyul is a coffee heir who isn’t ready to slow down his playboy lifestyle for anything. Reeling from an unrequited love for Han Yoo Joo, he tries to keep living the life of a young bachelor until he gets an ultimatum from his grandmother. He is forced to manage a coffee shop of his grandmother’s choosing. Go Eun Chan is a tomboyish girl who has stepped up to be the man of the house for her mother and little sister since her father’s passing 8 years ago. The two meet during a series of events. Since Han Gyul doesn’t know Eun Chan is a girl, he hires her to appear to be his gay lover for hire to get out of all of his mother and grandmother’s blind dates. Then, Han Gyul hires her to his all male staff coffee shop that his grandmother has tasked him with making successful. In the process, love quadrangles form, break up, hearts ache…it is a sweet mess.
I can’t express how much I love this show. Gender swap, check. Contract relationship, check. Love triangles, check. Hot mostly male cast, check. If you can get past the 2000’s hair and fashion you will find a gem of a show. I am a huge Gong Yoo fan and have watched most of his works. I love his portrayal in this show. You can feel his honest emotion! Same with Yoon Eun Hye playing Eun Chan, you can feel the turmoil and sadness. The love and adoration also pours through from both characters!
The second leads Lee Sun Kyun (Choi Han Sung) and Chae Jung An (Han Yoo Joo) leave you breathless with their story. It was such an emotional identifiable roller coaster! Every time I watch I find more nuances with their story that I missed before!
The other characters include Kim Jae Wook playing No Sun Gi. His story line leaves me super sad and unfulfilled. 🤷🏾♀️ they could have done my boy better than that! With all that about his own story, he is still my favorite character in the show. They way he readily accepts Eun Chan and Han Gyul’s relationship when all thought she was a boy to how he defended her for having to do what she had to to provide for her family. Him wanting to provide for his love and her child without being asked….he was the best and I just wanted him to have a more fitting story and ending!!!!!
Eun Chan’s little sister, Go Eun Sae and Hwang Min Yeop ended well. You will find yourself mad at both of them at some point in time, but it all evens out!
I so wanted more from Kim Don Wook’s charachter Jin Ha Rim. I feel like they were developing a back story for him but it got lost in the shuffle! Sigh.
Overall I watch this a few times a year. Even though I know what happens I love the emotional journey it takes me on. There are 17 episodes at 60 minutes each so put your binge outfit on. There is also a reunion special from 2020, so you get to catch up with the cast years later. (RIP Lee Eon who played Hwang Min Yeop) You will love it I promise! 8/10.
I like the music, stays on my playlist.
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