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Moving star Go Yoon-jung set for Hospital Playlist spin-off, and asked to star in Can This Love Be Interpreted? – Korean drama casting latest

  • Korean actress Go Yoon-jung will star in Hospital Playlist spin-off Life of a Resident That Will Be Wise Someday and is eyed for Can This Love Be Interpreted?
  • Meanwhile, Lee Joon-hyuk returns for Stranger spin-off Good or Bad Dong-jae; and Pyo Ye-jin and Lee Jun-young will star in I Openly Dream of Cinderella

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Go Yoon-jung (above in a still from “Moving”) will star in a “Hospital Playlist” spin-off, and has been asked to take a lead role in “Can This Love Be Interpreted?”.

A breakout star from the Disney+ hit Moving is in hot demand, while a pair of beloved K-dramas are set to spawn spin-offs due out hit our screens in 2024, in the latest round of drama casting items out of Korea.

1. Hospital Playlist spin-off

Moving’s Go Yoon-jung is set to star in Life of a Resident That Will Be Wise Someday (literal title), a coming spin-off from the hit medical drama series Hospital Playlist, which aired its second season last year.
Previously known for Sweet Home and Alchemy of Souls, Go has just hit the big time as one of the faces of Disney+ superhero series Moving, the streaming platform’s most successful Korean drama to date.

Go will play a first-year obstetrics and gynaecology resident at the Jongro branch of Yulje Medical Centre. Lee Woo-jung and Shin Won-ho, the writer and director of the Reply and Hospital Playlist series, will reunite for the spin-off.

Also joining the cast of the series will be Shin Shi-ah, who made her debut last year playing the lead role in film sequel The Witch: Part 2. The Other One. Shin will also play a first-year resident.

Shin Shi-ah in a still from “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One”.
Shin Shi-ah in a still from “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One”.

Employing a similar format as the flagship series, the spin-off show is slated to air in the first half of next year.

2. Can This Love Be Interpreted?

Go Yoon-jung is also being courted to star in Can This Love Be Interpreted?, the new project from the Hong sisters, who worked with Go on Alchemy of Souls. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha star Kim Seon-ho has also received an offer to appear in the drama.
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