Kim Yoo-jung set for Netflix’s Sweet and Sour Chicken; Ji Chang-wook in Disney+ crime drama The Worst Evil – K-drama casting latest

Squid Game’s Wi Ha-joon will appear in Disney+ crime drama The Worst Evil alongside Ji Chang-wook, while Kim So-hyun of Love Alarm is set to star in Is It Fate?

Kim Yoo-jung will star in quirky-sounding Netflix series Sweet and Sour Chicken, and Lee Dong-wook has reportedly been offered a role in action drama Good Man

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Kim Yoo-jung has been newly added to the cast of Netflix’s Sweet and Sour Chicken, one of several K-dramas that have announced additions to their casting line-ups. Photo: Instagram

Published: 6:15pm, 8 Oct 2022

Several of South Korea’s hottest young stars recently signed on to an exciting array of new projects, including a crime drama, a romantic comedy, an action comedy and a story about a girl who turns into a piece of sweet and sour chicken.

Find out more in our latest K-drama casting round-up.

1. Sweet and Sour Chicken

The previously announced drama Sweet and Sour Chicken has added Kim Yoo-jung to its star-studded line-up. This will mark the second Netflix project in a row for Backstreet Rookie and Lovers of the Red Sky actress Kim, who is about to premiere the Netflix original film 20th Century Girl at the Busan International Film Festival.

Sweet and Sour Chicken, which is based on a web comic of the same name, will also star Extreme Job lead Ryu Seung-ryong and Ahn Jae-hong of Be Melodramatic. The series will be directed by Lee Byeong-hun, who made Extreme Job and Be Melodramatic.

Kim will play the unfortunate Mina, who is turned into a piece of sweet and sour chicken by a mysterious machine in her father Choi Sun-man’s company. Sun-man, played by Ryu, and Ahn’s intern Ko Baek-joong must work together to turn her back into a human.

Production on this 12-episode series is expected to kick off in November.

2. The Worst Evil

Ji Chang-wook, who just wrapped up the hospice drama If You Wish Upon Me, will next be seen in the crime drama The Worst Evil. This Disney+ series, which will also star Squid Game and Little Women actor Wi Ha-joon and Lim Se-mi of True Beauty, is being eyed for release during the second half of next year.

Ji Chang-wook in a still from If You Wish Upon Me.