Kingdom star Ju Ji-hoon eyed for Severe Trauma Center – Golden Hour; Han Suk-kyu set to return in Dr. Romantic 3 – K-drama casting latest

Kingdom’s Ju Ji-hoon has been offered a role in Severe Trauma Center – Golden Hour, while hit medical drama Dr. Romantic is set to return for a third season

Go Kyung-pyo has reportedly been offered a role in coming drama There Is No Secret, and Lee Na-young has been cast as the lead of Park Ha-kyung Travel Diary

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Han Suk-kyu in a still from Dr. Romantic 2 (2020). The series’ third season is one of the latest casting announcements for coming Korean dramas.

Published: 5:15pm, 24 Sep 2022

A major star, Lee Na-young, is set to return in a new series while medical drama fans have a pair of new shows to get excited about, among other new projects, in our latest Korean drama casting news round-up.

1. Dr. Romantic 3

The hit medical drama Dr. Romantic, which aired its first season in 2016 and its second in 2020, is set to return for a third season, which is expected to air on SBS next year.

Writer Kang Eun-kyung and director Yoo In-suk will return, as will star Han Suk-kyu, who plays the titular character, and actors Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Joo-hun, his co-stars in season two.

Han plays Boo Yong-joo, a brilliant surgeon who is forced to abandon his post in Seoul after an incident. He changes his name to Kim Sa-bu and begins working at a smaller hospital in Gangwon Province.

A major hit for SBS, both seasons of Dr. Romantic peaked with ratings just over 27 per cent.

Han – a star since the 1990s – has endured as one of the biggest names in the industry, from film hits like Christmas in August and Shiri all the way to recent dramas like Watcher. He will soon return in the heart-warming drama Recipe for Farewell, which will debut at the Busan International Film Festival in October.

2. There Is No Secret

Go Kyung-pyo has had a busy year. He has already appeared in four films, including the acclaimed Park Chan-wook film Decision to Leave and Netflix action film Seoul Vibe, and is currently on screens in the drama Love in Contract. He has reportedly been offered a leading role in the coming JTBC drama There Is No Secret.

Go Kyung-pyo in a still from Decision to Leave.