I finally had the chance to watch Mr. Queen as I waited for it be in Netflix but we got a subscription with VIU and the series was there.
One of the first reasons why I wanted to watch it was because of the actress Shin Hye-sun. I first saw her in She was Pretty where she was a side character who didn't have a lot of screen time and then next in The legend of the blue sea where she played another minor role but had more lines.
Her breakout role is said to be in My Golden Life but I haven't watched that but is on my list. Then she was in Still 17 which I love as she played a person who woke up from a long coma after a decade when everything in her life has changed. It was funny and emotional at the same time.
Then there was Angel's Last Mission: Love where she played a ballerina who became blind. Again it had funny moments but the emotional scenes were she really shined.
So knowing that she was in Mr. Queen I knew she would do well even if she had apprehensions about the role as it was really more on the comedy side and she was more known as a serious actress.
The premise of the movie is he is a chef who was working in the Blue House (think the White House in the US or Malacanang in the Philippines)
He is a man's man. He is vain, sleeps around, and is very confident in his looks and skills.
An accident happens and he ends up in the water where he sees another person and it fades to black.
He wakes up being transported to the past during the time of kings and queens of the Joseon period of Korea. Not only that he goes back to the past but he is stuck inside the body of a woman and not just any woman but the destined bride of the king thus why it is called Mr. Queen.
Hilarity ensues as he/she bemoans her predicament. We will now use the female gender because physically she is a woman.
It is so funny that she still has some of his quirks and desires as a man but is trapped in the body of a woman.
She is uncouth, rough and always running around to the chagrin of her maids and court ladies. She is so far from what is normal and I just love it as she is upfront and confident.
The first meeting with the king is hilarious and she goes on "terrorizing" people on her behavior and confidence.
Being a chef is a huge part of her personality and she sets her eyes in the Royal Kitchen and by extension the Royal Chef who is dumbfounded and amazed at the same time by her skills and personality.
Her use of modern cuisine techniques and knowledge of ingredients is a delight to watch as episodes become food porn as she chops, cooks, and plates each dish.
Since coming from the future and seemingly able to remember a lot about history she knows the fate of the king.
This was another paradox that I was thinking as how would she shape things. She could easily influence and talk about what would happen and any changes would have a ripple effect on the future.
I remember the Back to the Future series and how Doc Brown would always tell Marty to not do anything that might affect the past or the future.
This is the same thing tackled on Avenges Endgame and Doctor Strange as they touch on creating changes and splits that could affect the multiverse and timelines.
So I was looking forward to how the ramifications of changing the future would be addressed in the show.
The minor charactes while was not as deep as other series like Hometown Chacha or Crash landing on you were still memorable and you wanted to root for them as well.
All in all it was a fun series to watch as you laugh from one episode to the next.
Definitely, a much-recommended series if you want to laugh out loud.
