Erica Lee Soo Jung (Ha Ji Won)
Ha Ji Won plays someone who grew up poor and due to her
brother getting in trouble all the time she had to be the one to hold the family together and responsible for their survival.
Her character gets sick and tired of the daily grind and wants an escape to get rich and finally live life easier.. so when
she learns about an opportunity to make money in Bali she jumps on the chance leaving all things Seoul-related behind.
Paolo Jung Jae Min (Jo In Sung)
Jo In Sung plays the rich son of a father but he lives
in the shadow of his brother and though he has never disobeyed his father he slows breaks apart from him to 'find himself.
He met Park Ye Jin's character while studying in the US and they become engaged with their family urging behind them.
Ryan Kang In Wook (So Ji Sup)
So Ji Sup's character is complex and perhaps cold. He comes from a broken
family and his mother is involved in complicated relationships with men thus leaving him negative attitudes toward many things
in life but upon meeting park ye-jin's character he felt the beauty of life for the first time. However her family opposed
their relationship and ultimately broke up their love, sending Park to the US. Park and So meet again in Bali... So Ji-Sup's
character now has to deal with the desire to take revenge against Jo.
Nina Choi Young Joo (Park Yae Jin)
Park Ye-Jin is a smart, pretty, and rich have-it-all type with a broken heart
from the love she shared with so ji-sup's character while they were in school.
Cast:
Lee Soo-jung (25): Ha Ji Won (Damo/Beautiful Life/Secret)
Kang In-wook (29): So Ji Sup (Glass Slipper/Delicious Proposal)
Jung Jae-min (27): Jo In Sung (Shoot for the Stars/Piano)
Choi Young-joo (25): Park Ye Jin (Since We Met/Four Sisters)
Cho Sang-bae (Soo-jung's boss in Bali): Kim Ha Kyoon (Piano)
Park Mi-hee (Soo-jung's
friend/roommate): Shin Yi
Director Jung (Jae-min's dad): __ (Sweet 18)
So now we know who is in this series. I watch this series mainly because of
Jo In Sung. Some friends watch this series because of So Ji Sup. I find Park Yae Jin very pretty. But think that Ha Ji Won
has a more bubbly and funny character.
Here are some interesting info that I have come across:
'Bali eh suh saeng gin il - what happened in bali' was the working title
’Rich
guy' character was casted by film actor Yoo Oh-Sung
’Poor tough
guy' character by Jo In Sung (He was the first to be casted).
Then Han Chae Young was casted for the 'rich girl' role and later
Ha Ji Won got the 'poor girl role'
Yoo Oh-Sung and Han Chae Young both dropped out last month, sbs started using
the title 'Toasting to Youth' and the media started following them w/ the new title.. But since
people were already pretty
hyped about the drama and words of 'bali eh suh saeng gil in'
was spread pretty wide.. So sbs went back to the original
working title and after So Ji Sup was casted they switched the characters so he would play the poor boy instead.
This drama
first aired in Korea last January 3, 2004at 9:45 timeslot.
That SBS will do sequel to “Bali” rumored to be entitled “Tokyo
Story” I want more of Jo In Sung please!!
Read somewhere that originally Ha Ji Won was written to have a good ending
with So JI Sup, but apparently Jo In Sung's popularity rose during this drama and the ending was suddenly changed to something
like this. The rushed job really showed.
