Park Yoochun fans may be happy to learn that it's just a matter of days before his new drama "Three Days" starts filming.
There was some doubt last month that the JYJ singer and actor would be able to participate in the drama "Three Days," due to his scheduled activities with JYJ and his responsibilities toward the film "Sea Fog." He originally agreed to be in the drama but production delays created scheduling conflicts. Fortunately all obstacles to his involvement have been resolved.
"There were some issues regarding his overlapping schedule for the movie and the drama but we were able to fine-tune the schedules so that he can focus on doing both," said an SBS representative." His role in the drama is confirmed now."
All the drama's major roles have been cast, film production has a start date, and the drama is expected to air early in 2014.
"All preparation for filming, including casting, finding and building the film site and training for the fight scenes is complete," said a representative of Goldensome Pictures, the drama's production company. "We begin filming soon and expect filming to last about half a year."
Six episodes in the 16-episode series have already been written and the drama's stars, were said to be impressed with their quality. Writer Kim Eun Hee, who also wrote "Phantom" and "Sign" has been working on the first six episodes of "Three Days" for the last two years. Now that the drama has the go-ahead, he will have to quickly complete a few more episodes. Ideally, at least 10 episodes need to be written before shooting starts, so the actors can prepare for their parts and the crew can ready the sets and acquire necessary props.
A few rehearsals have already taken place and the production company is eager to get started.
"We want to start filming early to avoid pulling all-nighters and allow the cast to act in the best possible conditions," said the Goldensome Pictures representative.
The cast now includes Park Ha Sun, last seen in "Two Weeks," So E Hyun, last seen in "Who Are You?" and Yoon Je Moon, who appeared in "King 2 Hearts." The action thriller concerns the disappearance of President Lee Dong Hwi, played by Son Hyun Joo, who appeared in "Empire of Gold." When the president is visiting his vacation villa, he is kidnapped and disappears.
Park Yoochun plays one of President Lee's bodyguards. He must try to find out what happened to the president. So E Hyun plays a SWAT Team agent and Park Ha Sun will play a police officer. Park Yoochun and Park Ha Sun will team up to find the president and return him safely to the Blue House.
