𓏲࣪ recasting idols into hwayugi !

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hello and welcome to my blog ! going way back to the february blog prompt that I had missed out on, I found this amazing prompt of recasting idol actors into a romance filled genre. I decided to take up the drama "a korean odyssey", much well known in korean as "hwayugi" and have it recasted with amazing idols whom I think suit the roles really well. hwayugi might not seem like the most romantic one, but for me it stood out best and I loved every little scene which showed the affectionate sides of the characters that were being played. enjoy reading ahead <3

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:warning: - drama spoilers throughout

(if you are planning to watch the drama, then please read at your own risk TT. The plot is mostly revealed because of character explanations I had to bring into the blog)

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snippet of the main plot

a korean odyssey is a drama based off on wu cheng'en's chinese classic novel - Journey to the west. starring fantastic actors such as lee seunggi, cha seungwon, lee hongki and more, this 20 episode long drama released back in 2017 came into existence. This drama brought to the table a modern touch to the novel where the lead actors try to find light in a world where evil exists. With the conflicts that were bound together, this story takes on a path for the main lead where he is asked to protect the girl who set him free from his evil deeds while he inturn promised her that he would be there for her whenever she called out his name. But yet again, being the evil self, he went on to delete her memory which had his name in it, and since then on the promise wouldn't be validated until the later episodes. All she had in hand was her umbrella which she used as protection, and just like any other ghostly/fantasy drama, the actress could sense evil spirits around her. With all that being said and done, this is how they meet again in a fateful encounter.

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ive chosen idols whom I thought would actually fit the roles really well, taking into consideration their personality on screen and how impactful their role would really be if it was actually them playing the roles. Since 2 of the cast are already idols (lee hongki and one), I've decided to not replace them and rather have them do their own characters since I don't think anyone can takeover those roles and give it complete justice like how they did.

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the moment I knew I had to pick someone instead of seunggi, sungjae had already crossed my mind. this man is just breathtakingly amazing as an idol and actor, while I think this role would be just perfect for him. Moreover, seunggi and sungjae are close to one another and that again speaks about how much their personality irl matches! The character son oh gong aka the great sage equal to heaven plays is an extremely powerful immortal who was exiled to the human world with his powers sealed, due to his mischievous and prideful nature. this pretty much sums up a perfect role for sungjae. The way he is super mischievous makes his drama character speak for itself. I how sungjae in the drama "goblin" had a rather unmagical role compared to the goblin and grim reaper lol, so once again, having to see him use all the powers that son oh gong possesses such as levitation, telekinesis, and what not, made me want to see him have this role. I couldn't think of anyone else having to do this role, like sungjae just felt like THE one for this type of character.

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thinking of who would perfectly fit into this role had me going crazy, I was so split up with either having to choose iu or lee naeun! since iu is already so well known with her acting and also did a similar role in hotel del luna, I decided to recast lee naeun instead. naeun being a member of the gg april has had a fair share in acting, and ngl, she's an amazing actress!! I've loved watching her on the webdrama a-teen and also the drama extraordinairy you, where she played such a good role. I wanted to match someone who would fit in with the role of someone cute yet quite bold with some sort of softness?! yeah, that's that, and naeun has had it all in her. She has a bubbly personality and can act tough so isn't she like a good touch to the drama?! I also think she'd match sungjae quite well. As far as sam jang's role is considered, as I mentioned in the main plot, she can sense ghosts! Her role is that of a real estate ceo who resells houses that have been inhabited by evil spirits whom she then chases away lol. She is wealthy, beautiful and has an unyielding tenacity which makes her quite an attractive person. I truly enjoyed watching this character and as someone who loved lee naeun's acting in her previous dramas, I think she would do so well with this too.

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I couldn't think of anyone else playing a very mean yet sweet role TT I watched him on vincenzo and knew he would actually be a perfect addition to this cast, so hear me out with this one. The character that ma wang plays would seem very intimidating in the beginning because of how cruel he seems to be, but the back story about how he wants to connect with his other half would really put anyone down in tears. Ma Wang is quite the popular one and has his own agency called the Lucifer Entertainment, which houses a popular boy band (hongki being a member of it). So ok taecyeon would basically be that person who has control over sungjae lol. But for the man taecyeon is, he would surely let sungjae go off without doing much but hold sungjae back in case he creates yet another mess. Taecyeon would be the head of the entire drama since he controls mostly everything as the bull demon king. But setting his evil side apart, this character has a very soulful past as i mentioned above and since taec could literally pull off any role, I had to give him the role of ma wang, since this role has had to have all kinds of acting which can satisfy audiences. he could as well be ma wang 2.0, like fr!

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I wanted to bring in someone who could act on both sides of good and bad, since bu ja is basically a character that is mostly seen played next to hongki. I thought sandara park would fit in well since she makes me feel shocked most of the times with how she speaks and it kind of does resemble the way the character bu ja plays in the drama. Bu Ja is actually a woman who lives in a zombie body that is kept alive because of magical stones without which she would rot. She is taken care by ma wang and hongki the entire time. Sadly in later episodes we can see how she becomes possessed by an evil spirit named Asanyeo who was a priestess to the king 1,000 years ago, who seeks to marry Son Oh-gong for power and love. Because of such a tricky role which is given to her, and for the awkwardness this character played, I had to bring in sandara park who I was instantly reminded of (not in a bad way ofc). BuJa has to be one of my most favorite characters, who made me cry a lot and I think I might actually cry a lot if sandara took up the role as well. She feels so fit for the role, sometimes makes me feel like she would have been perfect as one of the actual cast as well TT zombie sandara in our hearts <3

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Hyeri as Ma Ji-young

Ma Wang's secretary and number one follower. Quite a charactismatic and funny role had to be given to hyeri!! :revolving_hearts:

Xion as summer fairy and Dongmyeong as general winter

two spirits in a body where General Winter is Son Oh-gong's advisor, while Summer Fairy offers a listening ear to the demons. Had to bring in the twins here :flushed: 🤲

krystal jung as Ok-ryong

A top star in Woo Hwi's agency who has "unwittingly" lived as Jade Dragon, the second son of one of the four Dragon Kings. This character had such a soft spot in my heart 🥺

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this is all I could think with recasting idol actors in hwayugi! thank you for reading and hopefully these seemed like a good match to the characters and their roles in the drama! until the day we meet again, goodbye.

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