Korean Drama - Last Scandal Of My Life

Last Scandal Of My Life

The Cast

Choi Jin Shil as Hong Sun Hee
Jung Joon Ho as Song Jae Bin
Byun Jung Soo as Lee Na Yoon
Jung Woong In as Jang Dong Hwa

About the drama

Choi Jin Shil stars as housewife Hong Sun Hee, who is a strong, happy go lucky middle aged woman who accidentally meets her first love, Jang Dong Chul, again while working as an extra in a tv commerical. But now he is known as Song Jae Bin to the whole entire world. Dong Chul became a famous star and didn't recognize Sun Hee the first time that they met because she looked like an old ahjooma (auntie). But back in high school, she was a smart, and beautiful girl and all this changed when her family business failed years ago. Sun Hee ended up marrying a useless man who always lands their family in debts. She has to work several jobs to support the family and her mother-in-law who always picks on her.

Sun Hee's husband even lands himself in jail for debts and forgery and Sun Hee had to approach the wealthy Jae Bin for aid. He is however not willing to help her bacuase she is no longer the beauty she once was. Due to some misunderstandings, she eventually moves into his house as a housekeeper. As she begins working for him she'll soon realize that he's not a stuck-up celebrity, but someone who's lived a sheltered life for the past 15 years ever since he shot to stardom... His manager elder brother Jang Dong Hwa (Jung Woong In)is always there to help him resolve any problems that he faces and Jae Bin has ended up being reliant on him out of habit.

Dong Hwa is a man of few words. Perhaps it's because since his parents passed away he's had to take responsibility of his younger brother. Now, he's an acclaimed CEO for an entertainment company and manager to his superstar brother Jae Bin. While he doesn't have a clue about love, he ended up being father to his son and now raises him as a single parent. He does however get confused feelings once Sun Hee enters the house. Maybe it's because of the way Jae Bin gives her such a hard time...or maybe not?

Sun Hee and Jae Bin bicker constantly but slowy they discover the feelings they had at 19 aren't compeltely gone. Jae Bin also feels sorry for Sun Hee as her husband had lied to her repeatedly and left her and her daughter for an older and rich woman. However things get complicated with the arrival of Na Yoon (Byun Jung Soo). She is another hot celebrity who's had a love/hate relationship with Jae Bin and Dong Hwa. When she starts to notice Jae Bin and Dong Hwa developing feelings for an ordinary woman like Sun Hee and giving her their undivided attention, she begins to get jealous of Sun Hee and plots to win the brothers back!

Comments

Sadly this was actress Choi Jin-sil's last drama before her suicide in October 2008. Due to the series' immense popularity, a second season was planned and would begin filming in November - December 2008. It was called off due to Choi Jin-sil's sudden death. She's kind of a very good actress. What a waste.

A little gossip to share

In late September 2008, one of Choi Jin-sil's best friend’s husband Ahn Jae Hwan, also an actor, committed suicide due to failing business and high volume of debt. Soon after, Choi was rumoured to have lent a large sum of money to Ahn which spread rapidly through online reports and blogs. This was a shock to Choi and is favoured as the key factor leading up to her suicide, although there have been other reports of Choi’s suffering from depression since her divorce with Cho, her confidence as a single mom and the pressure of always being at the top of the stardom. The police reported the rumour to be false.

On the day of Choi’s death, all 3 major TV stations spent a third of their news hour on covering the story. 4 days after her death, a representative at the National Assembly suggested a new law to prevent "cyber-insulting" which for a short period had the nick name of "Choi Jin Shil Law".