IU and Byeon Woo-seok to star in a new drama

Heidi Hsia

2 December 2024 at 1:03 am·1-min read

2 Dec - IU and Byeon Woo-seok are going to star in a new drama together.

On 2 December, IU's representation, Kakao Entertainment announced that the two stars will lead the MBC series, "The 21st Century Grand Prince's Wife" (working title), a romance drama set in an alternate version of Korea.

IU plays an heiress who has everything but a royalty status

In the drama, which sees Korea as a country with a constitutional monarchy, IU plays Sung Hee-jo, an heiress who has everything but the title of royalty, while Byeon plays a prince named Lee Ahn who has nothing except the latter due to him being the second son.

However, life begins to change for Prince Lee Ahn after he meets Hee-joo.

The series is scheduled for 2025 airing.

Byeon plays a royalty who has nothing but his title

(Photo Source: IU IG, Byeon Woo-seok IG)

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