Then there’s idol boy
Kang Min-hyuk in his second
drama outing, looking adorably rumpled below as Jun-hee, another student
at the arts university. He’s Jung Yong-hwa’s groupmate in real life in
their idol band CN Blue; he’ll also play Jung’s bandmate in the drama.
Jun-hee’s a literature lover with a particular attachment to poet Baek
Seok who’s got a cute, innocent appeal. (Let’s hope his charm can carry
him through this role, ’cause he was pretty awkward — though cute — in
It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl, where his inexperience really showed.)
The main cast also includes real-life musical veteran
Song Chang-eui playing a famed musical director-producer, as well as
Woori as Park Shin-hye’s love rival, and
Lee Hyun-jin (
Assorted Gems)
as an eighth-year student in the department who’s having difficulty
graduating. (That makes him, what, a super-super-super-super senior?)
The drama is directed by
Coffee House, The World They Live In, and
Full House director
Pyo Min-su.
Don’t expect it to be side-splitting comedy, though, since I’ve seen it
described as youth melodrama, not rom-com, which I interpret to mean
that there’ll be some light-hearted moments, but that the overall tone
will be more like
World and less like
Full House. The drama will follow
Best Love on MBC, with the first episode airing on June 29.