Rowoon and Cho Yi Hyun transform into their characters in highly-awaited, The Matchmakers!
The Matchmakers is a comic melodrama about a struggling matchmaker. Set in the Joseon era, an old maid and an old bachelor work together in a grand wedding operation.
In the drama, Hanyang’s most resentful man, Shim Jung-woo, and Jeong Seon-deok, a widow who lives a double life, will join forces. They are set to present Joseon era’s version of Love Actually in which they marry single people of Joseon.
Accordingly, The Matchmakers is written by Ha Su-jin, who showed the power of novel material and superb narrative through Sell Your Haunted House. Steering the production is director Hwang Seung-ki who showed off his delicate directing skills in Memorials, Justice, and Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days.
The collaboration aims for a unique drama that breaks the ‘prejudice of love’ by completing witty and pleasant characters in a story that will showcase beautiful visual beauty.
In this regard, Rowoon and Cho Yi-hyeon are attracting attention by predicting an interesting transformation as Joseon matchmakers in The Wedding Battle.
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Two Type of Joseon Matchmaking
Garbed in stylish Joseon hanboks, Jung-woo and Seon-deok draw attention with the teaser poster in the concept of “princess and miner recruitment” notice.
First, Shim Jung-woo, who showed off his brightness in a purple scroll, matched it with a hat strap made of bamboo as a key point, giving off the upright and principled Joseon scholar. In particular, his eyes brightly shine, and at the same time, he strikes a resolute pose with a fan decorated with blue and red thread accessories, showing him the ‘will to succeed in palace calligraphy’.
In addition, Jung-woo’s unique history of not being able to marry and his specialty in ‘filing marriage annulment appeals’ are written, raising curiosity about the ‘performance-oriented’ matchmaking that Jung-woo will lead in the future.
Next, Seon-deok her second character Yeo Joo-daek, was adorned with colorful accessories, red lips, and clear eyes. She reveals her confident eyes and expression as she piles up fortune telling boxes in front of her like a true blue “goddess of matchmaking”.
The production team said, “The character teaser poster was created so that the unique characters of Shim Jung-woo and Jung Seon-deok, who are in charge of the wedding matchmaking of the Joseon Dynasty virgins and miners, can be clearly summarized and seen at a glance.”
KBS2 TV’s new Monday-Tuesday drama The Matchmakers premieres on October 30.
Source: xportsnews
Photos: KBS Drama
