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[Lily's Take] Seo Kang-joon Cast for New Drama "Something About Us"

Actor Seo Kang-joon's agency, Fantagio revealed that the actor is confirmed to star in the upcoming drama, "Something About Us".

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"Something About Us" is a popular webtoon-based campus romance drama and it is bound to be your favorite heart-fluttering romance drama of the year. The original webtoon "Something About Us" tells the story of the two childhood friends attending the same university and they must make a choice between keeping their precious friendship or risk everything and follow their hearts, accepting the reality of falling in love with each other.

The webtoon was a series published in 2014 through 2017, proudly holding the crown of no.1 webtoon in not just romance genre, but overall categories in Lezhin webtoon, which is one of the three biggest webtoon platforms in South Korea. "Something About Us" has total of more than 130 million views and is extremely popular among the readers in their 20s and 30s for how the author solved the cliché topic of best friends turning into lovers with charming characters, detailed emotions, and the adorable art style. Since the original webtoon is already such a popular content, the expectation for this drama is high.

Actor Seo Kang-joon will be playing the character Han Woo-jin and the synchronization of the actor and the character is near perfection. His character is handsome, charming, kind-hearted and friendly to everyone, which is the description for Seo Kang-joon in real life as well.

(Comparison of the character and Seo Kang-joon)

 

This is the second time Seo Kang-joon will be playing a character in a popular webtoon-based drama since "Cheese in the Trap". There have been a lot of webtoon fans who were disappointed by Seo Kang-joon's acting in "Cheese in the Trap", but this time, many of the "Something About Us" webtoon fans agrees that the actor is a splendid choice for the character.

The details of this drama such as the director, writer, and other cast members have not been revealed yet, but the production team was confirmed to be the Eightworks, who've also created the drama "Cheese in the Trap".

If anyone wants to get a taste of the story before the drama begins, visit the Lezhin website to read "Something About Us" in English.

By: Lily Lee

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