In Netflix K-drama Crash Course in Romance, Jeon Do-yeon takes on a rare lighthearted romcom role opposite Jung Kyung-ho
- Jeon Do-yeon, who won the best actress award at Cannes in 2007, is known for taking a wide variety of roles, but rarely in lighthearted romantic comedies
- In Crash Course in Romance, Jeon plays a mother who gets her daughter into a private education course, and ends up in a relationship with her tutor
By Lee Gyu-lee
Actress Jeon Do-yeon has taken on her first role in a romantic comedy series in about 18 years with Korean broadcaster tvN’s new series Crash Course in Romance.
“When I got the script for this series, I was drawn to its sparkly story,” Jeon says. “At the same time,I couldn’t remember the last time I had a script for a lighthearted piece. So I felt overwhelmed with concern about if I could pull it off.”
The series, set to premiere on January 14 and also streaming on Netflix, revolves around a former national handball player, Nam Haeng-sun (Jeon), who runs a small food shop while single-handedly raising her high-school-age daughter.
When her daughter tries to get into a private education course, run by a celebrity maths instructor, Choi Chi-yeol (Jung Kyung-ho), Haeng-sun steps into the cutthroat world of private education for high-schoolers while becoming entangled in a relationship with Chi-yeol.