korean drama cinderella and four knights

Ha-won holds plenty of part time jobs in order to support her way into university. Stepmother (Mdm Park) and stepsister (Yoo-na) treats Ha-won like a maid when Dad is not around (he works as a long distance truck driver).

Like Cinderella, the fairy tale, Ha-won’s dad remarried after her mum’s death. Unfortunately, Hyun-min seems to have moved on. Not sure why they broke up at the moment, but Hye-ji still loves Hyun-min. She grew up with Hyun-min, and was once his girlfriend. And in Kdramaland fashion, he plays the unbelieveably nice guy - who doesn’t get the girl. Typical tight lipped, all seriousness right hand man, he also falls for Ha-won’s charms. He is secretary? caretaker? to Chairman Kang and the boys. The 4th Knight to round up the title (yeah, i was wondering where is Grandson no. Unlike Ji-woon who blatantly hates the Kang family, or Hyun-min, who despises it, Seo-woo seems to be nonchalant and aloof wrt his family members, preferring to stay at the sideline with his music. Like in actual life (Lee Jung-shin is a member of popular band, CNBlue), Seo-woo is a pop star (a career likely fueled by his grandpa, no doubt). She claims he was “different” in the past. However, his long time friend and ex-beau, Hye-ji, seems to think otherwise. Unlike Ji-woon, he is born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and is the typical spoilt play-boy chaebol type.

Ahn Jae-hyeon (from Blood) as Kang Hyun-min.

Due to his less-than-sterling background, Ji-woon is a little rough around the edges. He is only brought to Sky Mansion recently when Chairman Kang finds out about his whereabouts - his mum had hid him away from the chaebol family before her death.

Jung Il-woo (from Diary of a Night Watchman) as Kang Ji-woon.

Like the typical Candy of Kdramaland, Ha-won is a part timer Queen, is poor (and bullied at home), but retains a positive outlook in life. The Candy in Cinderella, or the Cinderella in Cinderella, depends on how you want to look at her.

Park So-dam (from Beautiful Mind) as Eun Ha-won.

You can’t whine about Cinderella being yet-another Candy show, cos Cinderella has upfront told you in its title, that it IS a Candy-turn-Princess show… 😛

Korean drama cinderella and four knights