Suits is an American law drama that has been adapted from NBC's 'Suits' which became popular in South Korea. The Korean version depicts the background of a legendary lawyer in Korea's top law firm along with a bogus lawyer with genius memory. No matter how popular it is, there is no guarantee that it will be a success in turning them into Korean version. tvN was ambitiously released its Korean version of "Criminal Minds". Criminal Minds is drama that has continued until 'Season 13' under the CBS station in the United States but somehow it seems lacking.
Suits drama is expected to gain more audience and high expectations from it.
A-list actor Jang Dong Gun is the main lead for Suits. He was last seen in the SBS drama Gentlemen's Dignity 6 years ago. Now he returns to drama land with the role as Choi Kang Suk in Kang and Ham Law firm. As for Park Hyung Shik, he plays Go Yeon Woo a genius rookie lawyer with great memory ability. Originally from idol group ZE:A, Park has improved steadily by transforming himself from an idol singer to an actor.
Other supporting casts members include Chae Jung Ahn, Go Sung Hee, Choi Gwi Hwa and Jin Hwi Kyung.
The work and bromance between Jang and Park will be interesting to watch. That is the key point of this drama. It is a highly anticipated drama of half year of 2018. Director Kim Jin Woo has mentioned that Jang and Park seemed to get along very well despite the wide age gap.
Jang pointed out most of his previous roles were rather mysterious and dark. He wanted a change- a different livelier, brighter character. When Park received the proposal for this drama, immediately he was worried for the terms and character. Since it's based on the original US version, he felt it's going to be fresh and new while acting alongside a veteran actor.
KBS felt this drama will be appealing to audience and will be favourable. All casts are trying their own way to create the important characters in the drama.
Jang watched the original story after seeing the dram. Story line was funny and the character was attractive, but he did not watch it until the middle of the season.
Park mentioned he didn't play exactly as the original Mike Ross's character, but it is strangely similar to him. In fact it's not easy to create a genius ability as Geon Woo's character.
Choi Gwi-hwa plays the lawyer with a sense of inferiority to Choi Kang Suk who is highly educated, but doesn't carry any burden. The weakness of this drama is also the strong presence of the original. This, of course, can also be an advantage. Director Kim knows this well.
Let's hope this Korean version Suits pulls off well.
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