Shin Hye Sun Continues To Receive Project Offers Despite Being Embroiled In The 'History Distortion' Controversy

Despite the backlash she's getting from the Korean public due to her Mr. Queen portrayal, Shin Hye Sun continues to receive project offers. Today, reports about Shin Hye Sun getting an offer to star in a movie called "Open The Door" came out. Shin Hye Sun's agency, YNK Entertainment, confirmed that she received an offer but clarified that she still hasn't decided anything regarding the project or be in talks with it.

Mr. Queen Actress Shin Hye Sun Is Getting Hate Amidst The Joseon Exorcist Controversy

The Joseon Exorcist controversy is now getting out of hand and actress Shin Hye Sun is also getting involved with the backlash from Korean viewers. Even when Mr. Queen was long finished with remarkable high viewership ratings, more than a month as of writing, Korean viewers criticizing the show re-surfaced amidst the Joseon Exorcist's historical distortion controversy. We all know that Mr. Queen got backlash from the viewers too even way before it aired and during its airing period as well. However, upon release of statement of apology from Mr. Queen production, the hate comments slowly diminished for the succeeding episodes after 2nd episode. (See also: The Controversies That Mr. Queen Kdrama Endured) The show ended with a high viewership rating and even ranked 5th on tvN's history of dramas with high ratings. We all thought that the claims of South Korean viewers died down as the show successfully finished but we were all wrong! It seemed that Korean viewers aren't that forgiving at all!

SF9's Rowoon's Newest Project 'Affection' | Another Mr. Queen Concept?

Okay so the recent drama that I've watched of Rowoon was 'She Would Never Know', that was actually my first ever try in watching him act. Before She Would Never Know drama I've only known him because of his collaboration with Red Velvet's Wendy in dubbing for Trolls: World Tour (2020) and everywhere I see since then was him everywhere. I mean, he's a member of an idol group after all and we all know how female fans go wild for them. 

Mr. Queen Is Shin Hye Sun's First Ever Historical Drama

Did you know that Mr. Queen was Shin Hye Sun's first ever historical drama to star in? During the show's press conference held last December, Shin Hye Sun expressed her desire to portray a role in a historical drama. She mentioned that she has a romantic idea of wearing hanbok and speaking in a tone used in Joseon period, and with Mr. Queen, she achieved all of it.

Mr. Queen Spin-Off: The Bamboo Forest

I'm a bit late seeing this spin-off of Mr. Queen, but I'm glad I was able to watch it last night. Totally worth my time 'coz I've been missing them already. I know it hasn't been a week yet that they bid farewell on-air but just knowing that we won't be able to have new episodes this week just made everything a struggle for me. I guess I just need to watch more new kdramas to fill in this emptiness. lol 

The Forest Bamboo has 2 episodes with a 30 minute timeframe each. Those two are equivalent to one episode of the main show Mr. Queen. Well, what is The Forest Bamboo about anyway and is it even worth watching? If you are a real fan of Mr. Queen and you really miss them already then you should. That's what drove me to watch this, really. 

The Forest Bamboo basically is like a fan service, a thankful reward for those viewers who anticipated and supported Mr. Queen. It consists of segments which answer the wonders or what ifs of the viewers.

 Here, let me discuss a few of my favorites from this spin-off:

The Controversies That Mr. Queen Kdrama Endured

Mr. Queen has already ended with a high viewership rating which meant the audience were delighted over this drama. But did you know that Mr. Queen has faced many controversies before and during it's airing period? This drama might have taken the 5th spot for having a high viewership rating in the history of TvN but they have endured a lot of controversies as well. 

Mr. Queen is a historical romantic fantasy comedy drama so it's really inevitable to not cause a stir to the viewers, especially when it refers to important historical figures of the nation as main characters. But we all know how it goes when our creativity is used in our works, right? We challenge new ideas to infuse to our work to make it perfect to our eyes and interesting for the others. So I'm sure that Mr. Queen production team does not intend to hurt sensitive viewers but just wanted to serve something new. 

Mr. Queen Closes With A 17.37% Nationwide Viewership Rating

This drama has officially ended and weekends won't be the same exciting and joyful anymore. Who wouldn't miss our tactless Queen Cheorin and naughty King Cheoljong? Their tandem is such a great combination that's fitting to anyone's taste in a Kdrama. The plot of Mr. Queen challenged creativity with wits and humor to infuse in their history. It was brave of them to do, the production have received criticisms along the airing period of Mr. Queen but garnering a high viewership rating meant how ready people are with such creativity too. They say you can't be creative if you're afraid after all. Kudos to the team of Mr. Queen for that. 

Na In Woo Sacrificed Himself For His Love In Mr. Queen Episode 19

I'm not gonna lie that I hated his character for getting too obsessed with Sobong but we all know that he did all possible ways in order to protect her too. I was really crying hard for his death and how he still managed to reminisce a good memory of Soyong before he dies. Him being in the same pitiful position how he died when Soyong and the others were on their way back to the palace was agonizing. Byeong In may have lost his life but he won in protecting Soyong until the very end. Such chivalry, we should admire. 

Because of Byeon In's death before Sobong's eyes, she was completely devastated. She was blaming herself for everyone's death and ready to accept the end of her life. My heart was really aching seeing the usual lively and carefree Sobong ended up in a situation like that. But thank goodness, because the King saved her from her misery. 

Kim Jung Hyun To Sing An OST For Mr. Queen Kdrama

Today, it was officially announced that actor Kim Jung Hyun, who portrays King Cheoljong, will sing an OST for Mr. Queen. Not only he will lend his voice but he also helped in writing the lyrics for it. Wow! Talk about jack of all trades! 

The track is entitled 'Like The First Snow' and will be released this February 17. This song is about a desperation of a man who wanted to be with someone on the first snowfall. Somehow, I remembered True Beauty's Lee Suho and Lim Jookyung at Namsan tower because of this. 

The King Is Alive In Mr. Queen Episode 18

We got heartbroken for a few minutes with Sobong mourning and longing for his king when she got informed that her husband is dead. But thankfully, that didn't last long since my heart cannot take it anymore. Yes, Cheoljong is still alive and it's all thanks to Sobong's groping skills that she was able to distinguish if the corpse was her husband or not. lol I wonder what part she groped! hahaha! Sobong really is a weird but effective creature. 

Kim Jung Hyun Made A Difficult Decision To Save Shin Hye Sun in Mr. Queen Episode 17

Rumors spread like wild fire, and the root cause of everything is none other than this witch Queen Dowager. Ugh. Seriously, she's one of the people I want Cheoljong to punish but being a King isn't always the most powerful one in Joseon. Sometimes watching these historical kdramas made me think how pitiful they really are behind their royal dresses and titles. But anyways, as I was saying, Sobong's pregnancy is the hot topic in the palace! 

The Queen Is Pregnant In Mr. Queen Episode 16

What did we know? Sobong (mixture of Soyong and Jang Bong Hwan's name) is pregnant! Come to think of it they are having so many smexy/ramyeon time lately so, I think it's understandable. lol They are also madly in love with each other even though Sobong is still in denial. It's really funny how they acted out that scene, everyone was so excited about her pregnancy except her. haha!

Kim Jung Hyun Found Out Who Truly Saved Him In Mr. Queen Episode 15

It's really clever of South Koreans in making a storyline out of their history books. I'm sure I'm not the only one who researched about Korean history while watching this drama. When So Yong jokingly said that Cheoljong won't be living for long, I got really curious if she was just bluffing but I found out that this King died really young. It was a fact, he was only 33 years old when he died and reigned only 14 years. It's nice to know about their history in this kind of way because even though I am not particularly interested with it, this drama made me curious. I think it's one of the great tactics to make Korean culture/history be known by other nations watching their kdramas. I wish my country would have the courage and creativity in doing the same with our dramas in here, but I could only wish. 

Mr. Queen Kdrama Will Indeed Make Anyone Laugh

I finally started watching Mr. Queen and was able to catch up with the episodes. Wow, I already had the impression that it is a funny one but I didn't expect it would be that hilarious. A man with an oozing self love whose soul transferred to a woman, of all people, it's the Queen from Korea's history! Man, if you don't find this hilarious then there must be something wrong with you. I am very much delighted with all the turn of events, from episode 1 to 14. I seriously binge watch that in 2 days! Sure, I'm a bit late with all the fun in watching it episode by episode, but I am so glad I was able to catch up! I'll be doing reviews for the remaining episodes, so stay tuned!