This model turned actor’s head got so big over past two years that producers are having a hard time pleasing this hard to get player. Joo Ji Hoon decided to leave the drama Hong Gil-dong only a week before production because Olive Nine, local drama production house and Joo couldn’t agree on the financial terms of the contract. Olive Nine offered him a financial package similar to his latest drama, The Devil, but Joo wanted what Yun Eunhye was getting in Coffee Prince, estimated at US $20,000 per episode.
After Joo Ji Hoon’s announcement, Jo Hyun Jae also left the drama. Jo accepted the supporting role in Hong Gil-dong because of Joo’s “star power,” but as Joo left the drama, that supporting role became meaningless to him.
Joo & Jo are actively seeking out new drama roles while producers of Hong Gil-dong are hastily trying to cast these roles before the camera starts rolling. Hong Gil-dong is expected to air sometime in November on KBS2.
hi guys, I think Kang Ji Hwan is the best hong gil dong. But I like to see the coffee prince
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omigosh!!!
very unprofessional…
glad that he left…
at least it made Kang Ji-hwan even a bigger star…
actually this was an EXCELLENT DRAMA. kang ji hwan was just so passionate about it and jang geun suk was like a total silent hottie
sung yuri was just too cute 
the historical drama fusion was FANTASTIC!!! screw you ji hoon. bet you wish you accepted the role now huh?
ha. who care? I’m glad that Kang Ji Hwan played Gil Dong. He play out the character beautifully and great.
and i’m glad that Jang Geun Suk played the supporting role. screw those other two who left when they said they would do it. That’s a bunch of crap. So unprofessional.
Anyways, Kang Ji Hwan and Jang Geun Suk did wonderful in the drama even though they were probably cast at the last minute or something. They did good.
so thank god this guy went out (but how unprofessional) and so did the other one. Kang Ji Hwan and Jang Geun Suk did great.
hong gil dong is not very famous??
who cares if this drama had low ratings!! i’m just really happy to have watched it coz it’s really awesome and for me this is one of the best asian drama i’ve seen.
JJH is very unprofessional.. i’m glad kang ji hwan is hgd because he lived up to the caracter…