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Pierce Conran

Several huge K-drama stars are looking to return to our screen as heroes with special abilities in a pair of action-oriented fantasy dramas, while two brilliant doctors go head-to-head in another.
Find out about these and more in our latest casting round-up from the land of Korean dramas.
1. One Second
Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is mulling over an offer for what may become his first global streaming series. The actor has been offered a leading role in the upcoming webtoon adaptation One Second, which will be a Disney+ original.
Lee has been offered the part of Hosu, a brave firefighter who has had a perfect success rate on the job thanks to a supernatural ability that allows him to see into the future.
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The original webtoon was created by Sini with art by Kwang Woon and is currently on its second season after launching in 2019.
Known for classic TV shows including Pinocchio, W and While You Were Sleeping, Lee was last seen on screens in 2022, when he appeared in the drama Big Mouth and the films The Witch: Part Two – The Other One and Decibel.
The series will be produced by Arc Media, which previously partnered with Disney+ on the drama Big Bet.
2. Twelve
Fresh off the success of Welcome to Samdal-ri, Ji Chang-wook is considering an offer to appear alongside global superstar Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) in the superhero-themed drama Twelve.

The series focuses on a group of characters with a variety of special abilities who work together to protect Korea from various malevolent spirits.
Superhero-themed media has long been popular in South Korea, and the local industry has been increasingly successful with its own forays in the genre, notably with 2023’s global hit Moving.
Ji appeared in If You Wish Upon Me and The Worst of Evil in 2023, while he is set to return to the big screen alongside Jeon Do-yeon in Revolver soon and is also busy at work on the upcoming Disney+ drama Gangnam B-Side.

Ma is currently enjoying a run as Korea’s most bankable star and is known for Korean films including Train to Busan and Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days, as well as Marvel’s Eternals. He is also the lead of the hit franchise The Roundup, the fourth instalment of which lands in South Korean theatres later this month.
3. In the Name of Alcohol
Lee Jong-won of Knight Flower and The Golden Spoon is reviewing an offer to appear in the romcom In the Name of Alcohol from cable network ENA, which his agency confirmed he is positively considering. The female lead role was previously reported as having been offered to Kim Se-jeong (The Uncanny Counter).

The story will focus on a liquor company sales representative (the part that has been offered to Kim) who is striving the save her company in the midst of a crisis, and a local beer brewer (the role that is being looked over by Lee).
The series will be directed by Park Sun-ho, who may get a chance to reunite with his Business Proposal star Kim.
4. Hyper Knife
Sol Kyung-gu (Kill Boksoon) and Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) have been confirmed as the leads of the upcoming medical crime drama Hyper Knife. Also joining the cast are Yoon Chan-young (All of Us Are Dead) and Park Byung-eun (The Bequeathed).
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Sol and Park Eun-bin will play rival surgical geniuses who used to be mentor and mentee. Sol’s character Deok-hee is the world’s greatest neurosurgeon, who once kicked his student Se-ok (Park Eun-bin) out of the operating theatre, destroying her once-promising career.
Park Byung-eun will play the anaesthesiologist who believes in Se-ok, while Yoon is the young man who sticks by her side to protect her.

Currently in production, Hyper Knife is being directed by Kim Jung-hyun (Crazy Love) and is penned by Kim Sun-hee, the co-writer of Quiz from God: Reboot.


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Lee Jong-suk considers Disney+’s One Second, Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve - Korean drama casting latest

Lee Jong-suk in a still from Big Mouth. The actor has been offered the lead part in the Disney+ K-drama One Second. Other latest casting news involves Ji Chang-wook, Lee Jong-won, Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin. Photo: MBC

Ji Chang-wook in a still from Welcome to Samdal-ri. Photo: JTBC

Ma Dong-seok in a still from Badland Hunters. Photo: Cha Min-jung/Netflix

Kim Se-jeong in a still from The Uncanny Counter season 2.

Park Eun-bin in a still from Castaway Diva.

K-drama Missing Crown Prince: Exo’s Suho, Hong Ye-ji get caught up in familiar palace schemes and royal machinations

K-pop star Exo’s Suyo (above) stars as Crown Prince Yi Geon, who gets caught up in a court plot when he is kidnapped – while disguised as a citizen – along with the court doctor’s daughter (Hong Ye-ji).

Suyo of K-pop group Exo as Crown Prince Yi Geon in a still from period Korean drama Missing Crown Prince on Viu. Hong Ye-ji and Kim Min-kyu co-star.

Hong Ye-ji as Choi Myung-yoon, the daughter of the head royal doctor, in a still from Missing Crown Prince.

Kim Min-kyu as Grand Prince Doseong in a still from Missing Crown Prince.

Hong Ye-ji in a still from Missing Crown Prince.

Suho in a still from Missing Crown Prince.

K-drama Under the Gun: SF9’s Zuho and Jo Soo-min lead teen romance with poker symbolism, but nothing else sets it apart so far

Zuho as Go Gun, a poker-playing youth from the wrong side of the tracks, in a still from Under the Gun. This new high school romance Korean drama has plenty of poker imagery, but little else that so far makes it stand out.

Jo Soo-min as go-getting student Cha Se-young in a still from Under the Gun.

Zuho as Go Gun in a still from Under the Gun.

Zuho (left) as Go Gun and Jo Soo-min as Cha Se-young in a still from Under the Gun.

Seo Ji-won plays Go Gun’s cocksure rival Joo Tae-ha in Under the Gun.

Disney+ K-drama review: Wonderful World – Kim Nam-woo, Cha Eun-woo drive middling melodrama to strong finish

Cha Eun-woo in a still from Wonderful World.

Kim Nam-joo as Eun Soo-hyun, a mother whose son is murdered, in a still from the Disney+ Korean drama Wonderful World. Cha Eun-woo, Kim Kang-woo and Im Se-mi co-star.

Cha Eun-woo as Kwon Seon-yul (left) and Kim Nam-joo as Eun Soo-hyun in a still from Wonderful World.

Kim Kang-woo as Soo-hyun’s husband Kang Soo-he (left) and Cha Eun-woo in a still from Wonderful World.

Cha Eun-woo (left) and Kim Nam-joo in a still from Wonderful World.

Disney+ K-drama Blood Free: Ju Ji-hoon, Han Hyo-joo lead sci-fi series that looks like it’s dumping its big ideas already

Han Hyo-joo in a still from Blood Free. Photo: Disney+.

Ju Ji-hoon as bodyguard Woo Chae-woon in a still from Blood Free. Ju and Han Hyo-joo star in the sci-fi action series by writer Lee Soo-yeon. Photo: Disney+

Han Hyo-joo as Blood Free CEO Yun Ja-yu in a still from Blood Free. Photo: Disney+

Ju Ji-hoon as bodyguard Woo Chae-woon in a still from Blood Free. Photo: Disney+

Jeon Kuk-hwan (left) as former South Korean President Lee Mun-gyu and Ju Ji-hoon as bodyguard Woo Chae-woon in a still from Blood Free. Photo: Disney+.

Who is Kim Hye-yoon, hard-working K-drama star of Lovely Runner, SKY Castle and Extraordinary You?

Kim Hye-yoon in a still from Lovely Runner.

Korean actress Kim Hye-yoon, who is back on screens in April in drama series Lovely Runner. A hard worker, she has had roles in more than 50 productions since 2013, some while still at university and including hit series SKY Castle. Photo: Instagram/@hye_yoon1110.

Kim Hye-yoon as Im Sol in a still from Lovely Runner.

Kim as Kang Ye-seo in a still from SKY Castle.

Kim as Eun Dan-oh in a still from Extraordinary You.

Kim as Gye Bun-ok in a still from Snowdrop.

Kim as Goo Hye-young in a still from The Girl on a Bulldozer.

Kim as Seo Han-sol in a still from Ditto (2022).

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Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is considering the lead role in One Second, while Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve
Lee Jong-won has been offered a part in In the Name of Alcohol, and Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin are confirmed as the leads of Hyper Knife


In our round-up of the latest Korean drama casting news, Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is considering the lead role in Disney+’s One Second, Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve, and lots more.


Lee Jong-suk considers Disney+’s One Second, Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve - Korean drama casting latest

Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is considering the lead role in One Second, while Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve Lee Jong-won has been offered a part in In the Name of Alcohol, and Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin are confirmed as the leads of Hyper Knife

1. One Second

Big Mouth star Lee Jong-suk is considering the lead role in One Second, while Ji Chang-wook may join Ma Dong-seok in Twelve

Lee Jong-won has been offered a part in In the Name of Alcohol, and Sol Kyung-gu and Park Eun-bin are confirmed as the leads of Hyper Knife