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2. Cheese in the Trap’s Hong Seol

This 2016 webtoon-turned-drama would have had a completely different feel if the role of Hong Seol was played by multitalented K-pop and K-drama star Bae Suzy instead of Goblin ’s Kim Go-eun. The part of leading lady was offered to Go-eun first, but when she declined it, Suzy was approached for it. After Suzy turned it down, director Lee Yoon-jung relentlessly pursued Go-eun until she agreed at the last minute.

3. Boys Over Flowers’ Lee Jae-ha

Back in 2012, videos circulated online of Kim Soo-hyun at a table read for the Boys Over Flowers script, during which he read for the role of Lee Jae-ha. He would have been part of the cast that included Lee Min-ho, Kim Bum, Ku Hye-sun and Kim Joon, but alas, it was not to be, and he was eventually replaced by Jung Eui-chul. While he may have struck Hallyu fame in 2009, Soo-hyun really only landed his breakthrough role in Dream High two years later.

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4. Pinocchio’s Choi Dal-po

During a busy time in his career, Kim Woo-bin opted out of playing the Choi Dal-po lead role opposite Park Shin-hye on SBS’s top-rated drama, Pinocchio. Taking his spot was real-life friend and School co-star Lee Jong-suk. While this wasn’t Jong-suk’s first starring role, it proved to be an important one for his career. The series went on to collect numerous awards, while Jong-suk bagged several best actor wins, including one from the prestigious Baeksang Arts Awards.

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5. Suspicious Partner’s Eun Bong-hee

Fresh from her debut as a leading lady in Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo, Lee Sung-kyung was asked to play the role of rookie lawyer Eun Bong-hee. After those plans fell through, K-drama fans were treated to a reunion between Ji Chang-wook and Nam Ji-hyun, who both appeared in 2011 historical drama Warrior Baek Dong-soo.

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