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: an accidentally non-fictional webtoon
A webtoon artist gains fame for a story inspired by his sweet neighbor who lives upstairs. In his webtoon, he re-imagines her as a spy living an uneventful life as a front for her espionage activities.
One day, she drops down from a hole in his ceiling, hooks him to a harness, and pushes him out the window. She’s livid for three reasons: she’s a real spy, his imagination was spot on, and they’re both in danger because he inadvertently exposed her to the enemies.
If it were up to her, she’d have set him up in an “accident” a long time ago, but the higher-ups rejected her proposals (plural). To her supreme annoyance, the mission parameters changed from gathering top secret intel to babysitting this wuss with a star’s ego. The only upside is she can now scare the living daylights out of him.
A “sensitive” artist with an overinflated ego AND makes for an entertaining wuss. Who do you think will fit this role?
And who can play our spy who gives off girl-next-door vibes, but can be scarily efficient at throwing knives and dropping death threats at every turn? (In meme speak: someone who looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you.)
As always, you can introduce more characters or switch the genders around. This is a classic 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.