Song Ji Hyo, Nam Ji Hyun, and Rookie Chae Jung Hyeop Start Filming Fantasy K-drama Welcome to Witch’s Restaurant

One good thing that came out of the brain hurty jTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth was discovering a new talent. I was like Park Hyung Sik’s character in Heirs when he first meets female lead Cha Eun Sung and he swans over with a cheeky “Dugu, new face?!” I’m talking about Chinese restaurant boy Sun played by rookie actor Chae Jung Hyeop who got his first role in Stove League. He’s on the rise going from small part to the male lead of upcoming fantasy drama Welcome to Witch’s Restaurant with Song Ji Hyo and Nam Ji Hyun. Song Ji Hyo is the titular witch who can cook up dishes to grant wishes and in exchange takes something she wants, fair and totally creepy trade lol. Nam Ji Hyun runs the restaurant with her and Chae Jung Hyeop is a server and also total eye candy. If he proves in bigger roles that he can act I see his career taking off similar to Ahn Hyo Seob. Witch’s Restaurant is adapted from the same name novel published in 2016 and will air as an 8-episode run on streaming site TVing.

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