Heyyy! it's a month from now and the first teaser is out for SBS’s upcoming fantasy romance Legend of the Blue Sea, and the tone is unexpectedly sad and wistful, as we’re introduced to the abiding love between a man and a mermaid that spans centuries. This is our first peek at the highly anticipated four-way team-up between stars Jun Ji Hyun (You From Another Star) and Lee Min Ho (Heirs), writer Park Ji Eun (You From Another Star, The Producers), and PD Jin Hyuk (City Hunter, Master’s Sun), and I for one can’t wait to dive in wholeheartedly.
Jun Ji Hyun will be the last mermaid on Earth who is on the verge of extinction. The drama is adapted from the original story of Little Mermaid and tells the story of her devoted love that’s told in multiple timelines, and as we see in the show’s first teaser, both leads will be featured in both past and present.
In the present day, Lee Min Ho plays a genius swindler with fellow conmen Lee Hee Joon (Yoo-na’s Street) and Shin (Big) by his side, and as the mermaid adjusts to life on land and encounters the swindler, romance and comedy will ensue.
The teaser points at a sad backstory for the mermaid, and a love that’s endured centuries. It opens on Lee Min Ho staring out into the open sea and Jun Ji Hyun swimming underwater, and intercuts quick flashes of scenes in Joseon—the hero dressed in an officer’s uniform, the mermaid captured, poked, and demoralized by men.
Then in the present, he wakes up on the shore just as the mermaid walks away from him on two legs. Jun Ji Hyun narrates in voiceover,
“But I will keep my promise. Whether a storm comes, whether no one is here and I am lonely, whether I am afraid because it’s a road I’ve never taken before, I will endure it all and go to you.”
It’s only a series of breadcrumbs for now, but it does make me think that we’re in for a reversal of You From Another Star’s setup that’s familiar in a lot of ways—maybe this time the heroine will carry a torch for centuries, and search for her one true love in every doppelganger she meets. While I believe it's gonna be a melodrama in the end, but somehow I wish the story in the present day would change. Now we are in for the heroine to show her devoted love. Lee Min Ho sure has the charisma of a Prince charming look. I am waiting for this drama soooo much! It's really a year of good drama!
The teaser’s copy reads:
“Permitted just once in a lifetime—the love of the last mermaid on Earth. So beautiful it’s like a dream. The legend of the blue sea.”
If you want to see the teaser, check here:
Jun Ji Hyun's voice feels so melancholy and I wish the story will go on the different way, because the production crew of “The Legend of the Blue Sea” shared their thoughts, saying, “The released teaser is just the start as we plan to simultaneously show how Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun have perfectly absorbed into their characters. They will be transformed in a way that is new, fresh, and unlike anything you’ve seen before.”
SBS’s Wednesday-Thursday drama “The Legend of the Blue Sea” airs its first episode on November 16, 10 p.m. KST.
This marks Lee Minho’s first drama in three years, since “Heirs,” which aired in 2013.
He opens up about his role, saying, “I’m nervous and excited to see how everyone will respond to it. I get to act out two roles on ‘The Legend of the Blue Sea,’ including one as a conman and so I’ll be able to show many diverse sides to me. Please look forward to seeing them.”
Jun Ji Hyun's voice feels so melancholy and I wish the story will go on the different way, because the production crew of “The Legend of the Blue Sea” shared their thoughts, saying, “The released teaser is just the start as we plan to simultaneously show how Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun have perfectly absorbed into their characters. They will be transformed in a way that is new, fresh, and unlike anything you’ve seen before.”
SBS’s Wednesday-Thursday drama “The Legend of the Blue Sea” airs its first episode on November 16, 10 p.m. KST.
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