Byeon Woo Seok to star as lead with IU in new drama
MANILA, Philippines — IU and Byun Woo Seok are reuniting in a series after 2016’s cult favorite K-drama “Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo.”
Earlier this week, news broke out that IU and the “Lovely Runner” breakout star will be the leads of “Wife of a 21st Century Prince,” a drama set in a fictional constitutional monarchy in South Korea.
Kakao Entertainment announced the casting of the two stars in the drama it will be co-producing with MBC, one of South Korea’s leading broadcasting stations. The drama is the winning script from MBC’s drama competition.
IU will star as Sung Hee-joo, the second daughter of a chaebol family. She meets Prince Lee Ahn (Woo-seok), the second son of the royal family, whose hidden life will be shaken when he meets Hee-joo.
IU and Woo-seok’s drama is scheduled to air in the second half of 2025.
Woo-seok played the cheating boyfriend of IU's Go Ha-jin in "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo," where IU's character transmigrated into the Goryeo dynasty led by the family of fourth prince Wang-so (played by Lee Joon-gi).
"Scarlet Heart Ryeo" remains to be a favorite among many K-drama viewers, with demands for a second season still being talked about by fans until this day to tie up the cliffhanger tragic ending it aired in its last episode.
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