Relative Rookie Kim Jae Won Cast as Male Lead Shin Soon Rok in Season 3 of Yumi’s Cells Opposite Kim Go Eun
Well this is a wildly out of left field and unexpected male lead casting. I along with probably the majority of viewers of Yumi’s Cells just went on a major Google fest to find out who this newb male actor is haha. Young and relative rookie K-actor Kim Jae Won has been confirmed to play Yumi’s third and final love interest in the story Shin Soon Rok for the upcoming season 3 of the drama. Kim Jae Won has about 6 dramas under his belt as smaller supporting to guest starring roles to the third male lead so this is a big step up. Not sure why the production cast him as there are lots of actors fans have been clamoring for, of course the big name stars won’t take this but there are other male lead who have more track record to be cast. Kim Go Eun is returning as the female lead and she’s hot off winning the Baeksang movie side Best Actress and remains the top of her generation so it’s even more wonderful that she will come back to wrap up the story of Yumi properly.
Lee Chaemin, Choi Hyunwook, Cho Youngwoo and now Kim Jaewon. I’m starting to see a pattern here and looks like Kdrama finally has the 20s actors we’ve desperately been waiting for. With the acting credits and top stars they’re pairing up with it looks like a new era is finally arriving. It’s been a drought since the Lee Minho, Lee Jongsuk, Kim Woobin and Park Bogum era. Song Kang and Lee Dohyun took too long to establish themselves and are already in their 30s. This new line of male leads is shaping up nicely. I also have high hopes for Cha Woomin, Lee Minjae and Hong Mingi. The 2000s stars are looking good.
I would like to add Lee Won Jung in “high hopes” list. He filmed in Hierarchy with Lee Chae Min and Kim Jae Won and stood up the most there, both by charisma and acting skills.
is his character should be younger than her?? I dont mind young actor but the level of acting skill is too different especially after ahn bo hyun and jiiyoung. Kim Jae Won lacks charisma when I watched him in Trauma Code
yes, it’s supposed to be a noona romance
Mama Mia. You mentioned Trauma Code and I finally located him in ep 7 and 8. He can act. In a newbie sort of way and he has a lisp as well. However he had the wide eyed look.
Well hope the male lead role is charismatic for S3. I am invested in this series and I presume the writer has a good plan for PD as the final male lead. I am trying to imagine him as the male lead in S3. Its not quite working.
wide eye with barely any emotions in it. its gonna be bad if he didnt improve especially next to KGE
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That does sounds really bad. Description wide eye with barely any emotion always brings me hong suzu ptsd
I don’t really know him so I can’t judge his acting. I hope he will be convincing as the end game cause honestly even jinyoung couldn’t beat the chemistry she had with ahn bohyun
Yumi’s Cells? Is that fun to watch? I like KGE anyway.
I remember how people complained about age gap at Park Seo Joon’s casting news and called it inappropriate, and someone even said about predatory. But if main lead is their fave, I guess age gap suddenly becoming normal and people quickly forgetting their high “moral” code.
I’m okay with their age gap, but can’t not notice hypocrisy of reactions on casting news of different people.
ngl I’m a bit disappointed, not because I expected any Big Stars but because this person looks quite generic and up and coming without any solid credentials to back him up. I hope I’m terribly wrong and he’s amazing, he will need some strong charisma to make Soon Rok work lol He was my fave male lead in the comic but he can look plain and boring if he’s not acted well. In any case, I thought S3 would never be made so I will take that as the big positive and hope for the best.
Tbh I just checked his works, and none could land him such high profile casting alongside kim goeun. Was there any audition for this role? Because if it’s chinese ent I would have called nepo baby real fast
I just hope that they know what they are doing . I enjoyed watching the 2 seasons and was waiting for this one .