▲ These photos, provided by each artist's agency, show Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Seol In-ah, and Shin Eun-soo. (PHOTOS NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Yonhap) -- An array of budding South Korean actors/actresses, including Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Seol In-ah, and Shin Eun-soo, have confirmed to star in tvN’s upcoming television series “Sparkling Watermelon” (literal translation), which is expected to premiere in the second half of this year.

This forthcoming fantasy coming-of-age television series will follow the story of a prodigy who was born with a natural talent for music crash-landing into an unknown space of a suspicious musical instrument store. He encounters suspicious youths at the store, and they form a band named “Watermelon Sugar.”

In the series, Ryeoun will suit up as CODA Eun-gyeol who was born to deaf parents. Although he is a perfect model student during the day, he lives a double life as a guitarist of a band at night. In the meantime, Choi Hyun-wook, who plucked to stardom by starring in multiple hit series including “Twenty-five Twenty-one” and “Weak Hero: Class 1,” has been slated to play the role of Lee Chan, a high school student who seems to be from Generation X, rather than Gen MZ, by growing up with older college students at his grandmother’s inn.

Meanwhile, Seol In-ah will star as Se-kyung, also dubbed the cello goddess of Seowon Art High School, and Shin Eun-soo is set to play the role of Cheong-ah, a cold-hearted and arrogant congenital deaf student.

The series will be based on the script written by screenwriter Jin Soo-wan, who has credits for writing the hit television series “The Moon Embracing the Sun,” “Kill Me, Heal Me,” and “Chicago Typewriter.” Director Son Jung-hyun, who is known to have previously delivered the romance series “When My Love Blooms,” will take the helm.

The exact premiere schedule is yet to be determined.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)

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