"Sh**ting Stars" episodes 1 & 2 Discussion Post
Drama: Shooting Stars / Sh**ting Stars
Director: Lee Soo-Hyun
Writer: Choi Young-Woo
Network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Release Date: April 22 - June 11, 2022
Runtime: Friday & Saturday 22:40
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
CAST: Lee Sung Kyung (Oh Han Byul), Kim Young Dae (Gong Tae Sung), Yoon Jong Hoon (Kang Yoo Sung), Kim Yoon Hye (Park Ho Yeong), Park So Jin (Jo Ki Peum), Lee Jung Shin (Do Soo Hyuk)
PLOT: As one of the nation’s most beloved stars, Gong Tae Sung (Kim Young Dae) is used to living his life in the spotlight. With the eyes of the world constantly on him, Tae Sung does his best to keep a smile on his face and his temper in check. Seen by the people as a kind and polite young man, the only people who don’t buy into his whole good guy personna are those working for his management company.
As the head of that company’s PR team, Oh Han Byeol (Lee Sung Kyung) knows exactly what Tae Sung is really like. Well aware of his strong desire to win and his hot temper, Han Byeol has had to employ her excellent speech and crisis management skills on a number of occasions, in order to keep Tae Sung’s reputation as spotless as it seems. Constantly bickering, there isn’t anyone in the world better suited to the role of natural enemies than Han Byeol and Tae Sung.
Forever at odds with each other, Tae Sung and Han Byeol seem destined to hate each other forever. But could the time they’re forced to spend together change those feelings or will their mutual loathing last for all eternity?
Episode 1 "The Most Pointless Thing in the World": Oh Han Byeol is the Head of PR at Starforce Entertainment, and she is constantly nervous about their celebrities. Will they start dating? Will they get into a scandal? Her mind and body are a mess. She is overwhelmed with cleaning up after them that she hasn't got the time to find romance herself. What's worse is that the D-day she has been dreading is approaching. Their top star Gong Tae Sung is returning after one year in Africa.
Episode2 "The War of Sh**ting Stars": The casting for "The World of Stars" by a top writer begins! Everyone drools for the lead role. However, Tae Sung, still deeply scarred by the incident six years ago, refuses Han Byeol's recommendation to take on the new project. Meanwhile, Tae Sung continues to grill Han Byeol, elevating everyone's curiosity about what happened between them in the past.
SOURCE: Image and drama information from Asianwiki and Viki
WHERE TO WATCH? You can watch on VIU
I'm forever curious about what goes behind the lives of our favorite Korean celebrities and this seems like a nice peek into it so I started to watch. This is a story of PR people and gave me a good laugh when they show how PR people handles scandals.