Don’t you just hate it when you’re short a few million dollars to produce a drama with your dream team of actors, writers, and directors? *pouts* Well, we found a way to scratch that itch!
In the Dramabeans community series Cast Away, Beanies can advocate for their chosen actors and creatives in imaginary roles.
How it works: We share a [very] hypothetical K-drama plot with you, and in the comments, you discuss who you think is the perfect cast to play the roles in this imaginary show.
You can also go wild and introduce more characters, rename the show, pick your favorite director, etc. Who knows? Maybe our collective wishing will manifest fantasy casting into reality.
This week’s K-drama plot: a queen with three consorts
In a historically inaccurate version of Joseon, a queen regnant dies shortly after childbirth. Instead of leaving hints about who the father is, the queen declares that once the princess is of age, she will decide who among the three consorts will be acknowledged as her father.
Consort #1 is your classic scholar who turns to books for advice on how to be the best dad. Unfortunately, he’s realizing that parenting theory is very different from actual practice.
Consort #2 is a sensitive artist who prefers to communicate through poems and paintings. He still pines for his queen muse, bursting into tears whenever he looks at the princess.
Consort #3 is a man of action who thinks the best way to raise a daughter is to teach her how to fight well. This puts the princess constantly in danger, causing endless bickering between #1 and #3, with #2 forced to be the mediator.
Who are your candadates for the consorts? Bromance chemistry is important, especially for #1 and #3.
The princess’s role will go through all stages of childhood when the dads struggle through nappy changes, terrible twos, and rebellious teenage years–but you can focus mostly on the last part.
Don’t forget to cast the queen regnant too. She has lots of scenes after dying in the first episode. Methinks #2’s setup is begging for fun flashbacks to her three romances.
As always, you can introduce more characters or switch the genders around. This is more of a post-romance plot, but you can wrestle it towards a different genre if you want to.
Feel free to request a plotline for future Cast Away posts. We’ll do our best to serve a fun twist on it.