Jae Hee injured, drops drama
Jae Hee’s much-awaited (by me, at least) comeback
has been put off indefinitely due to injury, which means he’ll be
dropping out of the weekend MBC drama
Hooray For Love that
he’d just been cast in. Boo and sadness.
His character was to be the lead opposite
Lee Bo-young, a sharp, perfect-on-the-outside playboy lawyer who is hired to invalidate her divorce to her no-good ex-husband (
Jung Seok-won). However, Jae Hee injured his back while practicing for a windsurfing shoot, necessitating his departure from the production.
What kills me — aside from the fact that he’s hurt, and that this
drama would’ve been the first we’d seen of him in three years — is that a
windsurfing shoot seems to me one of those extraneous things that
aren’t central to the main plot. So, all that for a throwaway scene? SAD
SAD SAD.
Jae Hee as been receiving treatment via Oriental medicine for his
injury since the accident on May 30, but recurring pain has made it
difficult for him to continue filming. A rep from his agency said,
“Immediately after the injury, his shooting schedule was delayed and his
progress was monitored while he received treatment, but he hasn’t made
improvement yet. In his current condition, he won’t be able to film
certain scenes, nor will he be able to handle overseas shoots or the
filming schedule. With his lack of improvement, we’ve determined that
continuing to delay shoots will hinder the production, and after a lot
of deliberation about how not to cause trouble for the cast and crew, we
consulted with producers and decided to leave the show.”
*tears*
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