KBS's anthology drama series Drama Special has announced two new installments, and have both cast rising pretty boy actors as their respective leads. So let's take a look at Rainy Nara and Adolescence Medley.
Yoo Min-kyu has snagged his first leading TV role with his Drama Special installment titled Rainy Nara. He's had a few supporting roles in the past two years, most recently in To the Beautiful You but perhaps much more fondly recalled as Casanova bassist Ha-jin in Shut Up: Flower Boy Band.
In the episode, Yoo Min-kyu plays a high schooler who loses his father, and both consoles and is consoled by a high school teacher named Nara who lost her husband on the same day. The Drama Special purports to be a delicate and sensitive portrayal of human emotion, which I can see working with the format and premise. (Drama Specials are particularly good at delving into the little moments of truth in real-life situations and emotional beats.)
The second project is a bit longer at four episodes (most Drama Specials are one-offs, though sometimes they can be as long as eight episodes, as with White Christmas) and is called Adolescence Medley. It stars Kwak Dong-yeon, a 16-year-old actor who first gained some exposure with the popular weekend series You Who Rolled In Unexpectedly, with Lee Se-young (I Miss You) as his co-star.
Kwak Dong-yeon plays a teenager who's a perpetual transfer student all through middle and high school, thanks to his father's frequent work reassignments. The series is based off a popular webtoon of the same name, and the webtoon writer will be writing the show as well. It'll be directed by PD Kim Sung-yoon of Dream High and Big, and while any mention of the latter tends to spur knee-jerk reactions, I remind myself that Big was beautiful to look at and was flawed mostly in the writing department.
Kwak Dong-yeon's character is in the same class as Lee Se-young (though the actress is actually five years older) and in the teaser scene pictured below he whispers, "It's a secret" as he gives her a forehead kiss. Pretty smooth moves for a teenaged transfer kid. Looks like this one will be a sweet, sentimental look at adolescent romance, which could make for a refreshing watch. This one will be 100% pre-produced—which, at 4 episodes long, is less of a concern than with full-length drama series. But not a bad thing in any case.
Adolescence Medley begins its run on July 10. Rainy Nara will air after it in August.
Via TV Report, Asiae
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