05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
K-drama casting news about Jun Ji-hyun, Ji Chang-wook, Lee Do-hyun and more
The stars align for a major fantasy series, and lawyers tackle violence against women, in the latest small-screen casting announcements out of South Korea.
1. Human X Gumiho
Stars Jun Ji-hyun and
Ji Chang-wook have received offers to lead the coming fantasy drama Human X Gumiho.
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Beyond the hint from the title that this will be a fantasy drama involving gumiho – mythological 'nine-tailed foxes' who take on human form, usually as a beautiful woman, to seduce a man – no concrete plot details have been revealed so far.
Ji Chang-wook in a still from Welcome to Samdal-ri.
Known for timeless works such as My Sassy Girl and My Love from the Star, Jun was most recently seen in
Jirisan and will next be seen opposite Gang Dong-won in the big-budget Disney+ series Tempest.
Ji has been very busy of late, appearing in three series in 2024 –
Welcome to Samdal-ri
Queen Woo and
Gangnam B-Side – as well as the film Revolver. He will also appear in the Disney K-drama The Manipulated and next year's highly anticipated Netflix period drama Scandals alongside Son Ye-jin.
The series is being penned by Doom at Your Service scribe Im Meari, a former assistant to legendary K-drama writer Kim Eun-sook (Descendants of the Sun).
2. Efficient Dating of Singles
