Park Hae-jin to star in 'Cheese in the Trap'

Published on 2015/05/20 | Source

Park Hae-jin's casting has been confirmed for 'Cheese in the Trap'.

Eight Works, the production company of 'Cheese in the Trap' has confirmed Park Hae-jin's cast. 'Cheese in the Trap' is a drama adaptation of the popular webtoon with the same title.

Park Hae-jin took on the leading role as Yoo-jeong. Dramas or movies based webtoon or cartoon have enjoyed much popularity. Kim Soo-hyun's 'Secretly and Greatly', Lee Min-ho's 'Boys over Flowers' and Park Yoo-chun's 'The Girl Who Sees Smells' are the examples. Whether or not Park Hae-jin will be able to continue the trend with 'Cheese in the Trap' is garnering attention.

'Cheese in the Trap' depicts conflicts, events, love among many characters including Hong-seol, a hardworking college student, her boyfriend at the same campus and other various characters.

Since the news broke out that webtoon 'Cheese in the Trap' would be dramatized, it has been drawing heated attention. Even before the production was confirmed, fans started posting parodies and their own fantasy cast.

Park Hae-jin has been the number one on the hopeful cast list for the leading role, Yoo-jeong. Yoo-jeong is literally a perfect guy, who is equipped with handsome appearance, renowned family, academic ability, fashion etc. However the character is hiding a scary aspect behind his kind and gentle face. Park Hae-jin has been the most popular candidate for the leading role, Yoo-jeong for his face matching the webtoon character the most.

With the webtoon popular in Asia, the production company famous for producing high quality dramas and the trusted actor who has been receiving the support, the anticipation level is growing.

Eight Works said, "Park Hae-jin is just a perfect match for the role. We kept sending our love calls to him while he had rejected the offer a couple times. We feel thankful he finally made the positive decision. We will try our best to produce the best drama with Park Hae-jin, who is currently working hard to prepare for the drama".