Well, we’ve been lamenting the lack of big name castings in K-dramas and now we have a big shocker that I legit never ever thought about before. IU and Byun Woo Seok are confirmed to star in a MBC drama scheduled for mid 2025 titled 21st Century Prince’s Wife. It’s basically The King: Eternal Monarch but without the parallel worlds and time jumping, and hopefully a whole lot less PPL haha. It’s set in a fictional 21st century Korea that still has a monarchy and Byun Woo Seok plays the second prince of the King who has only his royal identity but nothing else. IU is the second daughter of Korea’s biggest chaebol but lives the life of an ordinary citizen. The two embark on a romance that breaks through their identity and class structure. The script for this drama reportedly was selected from MBC’s open call screenplay competition.