New promos have been released for MBC’s upcoming Wednesday-Thursday drama When I Was the Prettiest. An official poster, as well as character stills of Im Soo-hyang (Graceful Family) are part of the latest round of teasers.
The melodrama stars Im Soo-hyang as Oh Ye-ji, a ceramic artist who gets entangled in a dangerous love triangle with two brothers. Although all she had wanted was a normal life with normal dreams, her life becomes a whirlwind when fate brings tragic love to her doorstep instead.
Ji-soo (My First First Love) plays the younger of the brothers, Seo Hwan and Ha Suk-jin (Your House Helper) plays older brother Seo Jin.
In the newly released poster, Im Soo-hyang and Ha Suk-jin are shown sharing an intimate moment — mimicking the famous pottery scene in the American movie, Ghost. Meanwhile, Ji-soo sits morosely on the stair steps next to them. The workshop where they are located is said to be where the ill-fated love triangle begins, which also sparks the breakdown of the two brothers’ relationship.
We get to see more of Im Soo-hyang in the character stills, which feature her working as a high school art teacher. Although she is described as a student teacher and not a full-fledged instructor, it is curious that Ji-soo is wearing a high school uniform in the poster.
I’m a little concerned about the direction of the story, but I’ll wait to see how the show handles everything first. It’s probably not going to be an easy watch, in any case, but it would be nice to have a good melodrama in the watchlist to balance out all the sci-fi and mystery dramas that are coming up in the next few weeks.
Written by Jo Hyun-kyung (Grand Prince, Maids) and directed by PD Oh Kyung-hoon (Thief-nom, Thief-nim), MBC drama When I Was the Prettiest will be premiering next month on August 19.
