Episodes: 20, Romance/Comedy/Fantasy/Melodrama
Cast
Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im
Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won
Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young / Oska
Kim Sa-rang as Yoon Seul
Lee Jong Suk as Han Tae Sun
Yoo In-na as Im Ah Young
Lee Philip as Director Im Jong Soo
Kim Ji Sook as Moon Yeon Hong
Park Joon Geum as Moon Boon Hong
Kim Sung-oh as Secretary Kim
The first Kdrama I watched with Ha Ji Won. She is very pretty here and such a funky dresser. The hairstyle here suits her. Much better than how they styled her in The King 2 Hearts, but then again she is portrayed as a North Korean in that drama so she would have to look more conservative.
Hyun Bin, he looked so different to his My Name Is Kim Sam Soon days. The bangs definitely made him look different. Again he is playing some young rich boy.
The first scene was quite an impressive one with Ha Ji Won chasing a robber and ends up fighting him in the middle of street. This is the first kdrama but the second one I've seen with her and both dramas she is highly skilled in martial arts.
Kim Joo Won is a rich, smart and good looking owner of a luxurious department store called Roel. He's a funny, eccentric character who strives for perfection. His musician of a cousin Osaka asked him to pick up an actress for him at a shooting venue. Joo Won mistakens Ra Im to be the actress he was suppose to pick up for Osaka. From that first meeting, the two continues to meet each other appearing unwillingly, but it's Joo Won who was attracted by the feistiness of Ra Im.
Ra Im is a poor stuntwomen who works hard for her money. She didn't really want to associate herself with rich boys like Joo Won whom she believes she has no chance with. She ignores him and tries to waive him away. The more she tries to get rid of Joo Won, the more Joo Won wants to get to know her. She's not really his type and it puzzled him why he keeps wanting to see her and get to know her.
Ra Im wins a musical contest and the prize was that she gets to spend time with Osaka in Jeju Island and also appear in his music video. Being a fan of Osaka's, she is very excited. Osaka and Joo Won has always been very competitive. Joo Won immediately follows and tries to win her heart unknowingly.
While bicycling in Jeju Island, Ra Im gets lost and Joo Won goes to look for her. They both end up in a secret woods garden where there is a little cottage. The owner of the cottage gave both of them a bottle of floral wine. That evening, both of them drank the wine (separately).
In the morning, a strange thing happened. Joo Won and Ra Im had swapped bodies. Well, what do you know? Must be the wine hey? :) From there onwards they had to make sure that each would act their normal selves with the guidance of the other one. Some scenes as you can expect is very comical.
Every time it rained, the two would swap back to their normal bodies, but then only after a short while they would swap back again.
The more time they spent together, they got to know each more and gradually (very cliched here) fell in love. The ending is a happy one with them married with several kids. However, it hasn't been all cherries and cream. They had to go through a lot with Joo Won's mother not approving of Ra Im. Even in the end of the drama, the mother did not approve but would still look after the kids.
Joo Won is so funny with his ridiculous outfits, especially his expensive silly looking tracksuits. One had blue sequins all over it, and another was purple with black lace. Very girly and it cracked me up every time I see him wear them.
Joo Won's secretary Kim is hilarious. This guy is quite funny looking and usually plays funny characters. He has the funniest facial expressions. Watch out for him in Man of Honour. This will be a later review. Yoo In Na plays Im Ah Young, love interest of secretary Kim and Ra Im's flatmate. She and secretary Kim is a funny pair. Look out for her in her own lead role in Queen Inhyun's Man, another review I'll need to write later on.
The tummy crunching situps in the stunt school between Joo Won and Ra Im is pretty hot and steamy. You wouldn't think exercising could be so sensual.
A lot of Ra Im's fashion ensemble were actually quite expensive labels which I found out after some investigation. How does a poor stuntwoman afford all these expensive clothes? Maybe she's poor because she spent them all on the labels? However, in the drama, she is portrayed to be a conservative spender.
The two leads had onscreen chemistry. A great watch. I enjoyed this one. I recommend it.
OST: I only really liked the theme song in this one which was Appear by Kim Bum Soo.
Rating: 4.5/5 ♥
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