Lee Min-ho reunites with writer of K-drama series The Heirs Kim Eun-sook for new Korean TV show
- The romantic fantasy drama, tentatively titled The King: Permanent Monarch, is set in a ‘parallel universe’. Filming will start this year
Leading Korean actor Lee Min-ho will star in a new drama penned by star writer Kim Eun-sook, the production company said on Tuesday.
The romantic fantasy drama, tentatively titled The King: Permanent Monarch, is set in a “parallel universe”. Lee plays imaginary Korean Emperor Lee Gon, who attempts to separate “reality” from the “parallel world”.
“This is the second time Lee has teamed with Kim,” the company said. “Viewers will discover the mature sides of the actor through the upcoming TV series.”
Lee, 32, featured in Kim’s hit soap opera The Heirs in 2013 with Park Shin-hye and Kim Woo-bin.
Other cast members for The King: Permanent Monarch are not yet known, but filming will start this year.
Lee shot to fame thanks to TV series Boys Over Flowers in 2009 and has appeared in Personal Taste in 2010 and City Hunter in 2011. He resumed civilian life in February after compulsory military service.
Kim wrote the drama Descendants of the Sun (2016) and Mr. Sunshine (2018).
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