The Announcement for the F4 Boys in the new Korean adaptation of Hana Yori Dango is out today. Although it was floated around that the casting would comprise mostly pop idol stars, it turns out that we’re split half-half between idols and actors. First is F4 leader in the Tsukasa role, aka actor Lee Min-ho (above Left) Kim Hyun-joong, idol singer of pop boy band SS501, takes on the role of Rui. Kim Bum, at above right, is most recently of East of Eden (above right) And, finally, Kim Joon is the least-known of the F4 boys, as Akira. Source: http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/10/meet-your-korean-f4/ ================================================================================ After so many deliberations.. Korea's own version of F4 was revealed.. Group Eight has chosen this day to revealed the highly-anticipated casting list for F4 in the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango. Actor Lee Min Ho is casted as Goo Joon Pyo (Tsukasa Domyoji), Kim Hyun Joong as expected is Yoon Ji Hoo (Rui Hanazawa), Kim Bum is So Lee Jung (Sojiroh Nishikado) while relatively unknown Kim Joon of T-MAX is Song Yu Bin (Akira Mimasaka). Lee Min Ho as Tsukasa Domyoji Kim HyunJoong as Hanazawa Rui Kim Bum as Sojiroh Nishikado Kim Joon as Akira Mimasaka No mention of who is playing the female Makino yet. Casting for the rest will be finalized soon and filming will commence in mid-October with an overseas shoot. The 24 episode drama will be shown after "The World That They Live In" in the Mon-Tue timeslot towards the end of December. source: dramabeans + http://coolsmurf.wordpress.com
