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: Death’s best employee wants to retire
A smart, dead girl from the Baekje era successfully negotiates an agreement with Death: her life in exchange for writing their contracts.
As the pioneer of lawyering before it was a thing, she’s seen all the tricks in the book — she literally wrote the book. The Underworld has never lost a case with her on their side.
Now that her own 2,000-year contract is ending, the
higher-upslower-downs have been hastening the demise of all lawyers to find a loophole and keep her for longer.One of these new recruits is a man who died choking from laughter after seeing his name on the Bar passers list. (Death: Sorry, we were running out of scenarios. Time crunch and all that.)
This embarrassing end has made him a non-threat in the competition. But it also means that no one suspects him when he offers to shadow her at her job. The plan? Pretend to want to take over her position when he’s in fact plotting to keep her in it.
I always love subverting the politeness hierarchy with a visual gag (hence, this story). Which actress could pull off the “ancient lawyer stuck in a young body” ruthlessly arguing with demons and lesser gods across centuries?
Which actor is your pick for the outwardly pathetic, inwardly shrewd greenie? Bonus points if the two look extra funny together when he bows almost to the ground in deference to his tiny boss.
Who’s the stressed out head of the Underworld who is trying to outsmart their smartest soldier? And who will play his brutish demon minions who get headaches when faced with logic and paperwork? (See? They really really need their Primeval Lawyer.)
As always, you can introduce more characters or switch the genders — this doesn’t have to be a romance if you don’t want it to be.
Feel free to request a plot line for future Cast Away posts. We’ll do our best to serve a fun twist on it.