Girls’ Generation singer and actress Seohyun has been cast as the lead in the upcoming sci-fi movie Finding The King (literal translation).
South Korean outlet Daily Sports reported today (February 8) that Seohyun has been cast as the lead in Finding The King, which is set to begin filming in the first half of this year and whose premiere is scheduled for 2024. will be set in the 1980s, in a remote town near the DMZ (demilitarized zone) between North Korea and South Korea, after a giant has set foot there.
Thus, Seohyun becomes the latest star to be cast in the film, after it was reported in December 2022 that Koo Kyo-hwan (Escape From Mogadishu) and Yoo Jae-myung were in talks to star in it. According to Daily Sports, the two actors have confirmed their participation in the new film.
Finding The King will be directed by Won Shin-yeon, previously known for his work on 2019’s The Battle: Roar to Victory and 2017’s Memoir of a Murderer, the latter also credited as a screenwriter.
According to Daily Sports, Seohyun will be the only nurse in the village working at the local clinic, while Koo and Yoo will play a doctor sent to the village and a “village full of justice” respectively. The three actors will be the main stars of the film.
Seohyun recently starred in the 2022 KBS drama Jinxed At First alongside co-star Na In-woo. In a four-star review of the series, Rhian Daly of NME described the romantic drama as “funny and heartwarming, putting a unique spin on a fantastical fairy tale and brimming with infectious energy in its scenes, plots and stars”. .
He also starred in the popular Netflix movie Love And Leashes, which revolves around fellow cast members Ji-woo and Ji-hoo (played by singer-actor Lee Jun-young, formerly of U-KISS and UNB). ), the whose former accidentally receives a dog leash during a delivery mix-up and discovers his subordinate’s fetish. The pair begin a sadomasochistic relationship after Ji-hoo asks her to become his master.
In August 2022, Seohyun also reunited with his fellow Girls’ Generation members for a long-awaited musical comeback with the album “Forever 1.” It was the band’s seventh studio album and their first as a full band in five years. It also marked the end of the veteran group’s long hiatus, which began after Seohyun, Tiffany, and Sooyoung left SM Entertainment in October 2017.
In other Korean movie news, Song Joong-ki has been cast as the lead in the upcoming Netflix film My Name Is Loh Kiwan, which chronicles the romance between a North Korean defector who comes to Belgium seeking asylum and Marie, a professional shooter. Korean living in Belgium. Song plays Loh Kiwan, while Choi Sung-eun from The Sound of Magic joins him as Marie. My Name is Loh Kiwan will stream exclusively on Netflix at an undetermined date.