Kim Young-dae swears allegiance to Dear X Kim Yoo-jung
by tccolb
Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Young-dae
TVING’s new series Dear X has announced their main lineup, pushing Kim Yoo-jung (Chicken Nugget) and Kim Young-dae (Moon in the Day) to the extreme – all in the name of that thing we call love – in our story’s self-proclaimed “chillingly beautiful melo-thriller.”
Based on the popular and same-titled webtoon, our heroine is actress Baek Ah-jin (Kim Yoo-jung) who hides her true nature behind the mask of Korea’s beloved star. This has been Ah-jin’s survival mechanism, honing manipulative tactics to rise from the bottom dregs and reach the top of A-list fame. But in doing so, she neglected her own inner self – as well as the lingering trauma from her childhood – and now everything she built has started to crumble.
Yoon Jun-seo (Kim Young-dae) believes, though, that loving Ah-jin means saving her and has stuck by Ah-jin’s side to be her shelter – helping her to feel safe while also becoming her one Achilles’ heel. Ever the stalwart and true knight, he’ll to go down to hell if that’s what it takes for ~love~ and come what may, he will be with Ah-jin until the very end.
But it seems our troubled Ah-jin also has an admirer and unconditional aide in second lead Kim Do-hoon (Your Honor) playing Kim Jae-oh. Like Ah-jin, Jae-oh experienced a terrible childhood under an abusive, cult-following father and he finally finds his life purpose in Ah-jin by choosing to become her shadow.
Further complicating things, Lee Yeol-eum (The 8 Show) plays the idol-turned-actor Lena, who has fallen in a one-sided love on Jun-seo. Owing to her good looks – along with good luck’s helping hand – Lena has been enjoying popularity and fame, though she continues to be criticized for lacking talent.
Coming to our screens in 2025, production for TVING’s Dear X has PD Lee Eung-bok (Sweet Home, Mr. Sunshine) and PD Park So-hyun co-directing, along with scripts by Choi Ja-won (No Path Back).
Via Sports Donga
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1 Diana Hansen
August 10, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Willing to try it for Kim Yoo-jung, although not liking her latest dramas all the much. Hope this will be better.
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2 peiyeelai
August 10, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Good...a thriller/action drama. She should try something different so she can grow.
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3 Unaspirated
August 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Jeez, KYD is super busy these days. Is this a big push before he enlists (I don’t think he’s done his service yet but could be totally wrong)?
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4 Relisher
August 10, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Who is this man's agent and can Woo Dohwan get him too... I feel like I see KYD's name in every other drama announcement nowadays, can Mr beautiful part-time golfer imitate this man's drive and also get into a lead role in an interesting drama soon?
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5 jillian
August 10, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Not quite liking hhe character description of FL. I hope this is good for KYJ.
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6 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
August 17, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Gosh who writes these story descriptions - "chillingly beautiful melo-thriller". How clear. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
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