Girls’ Generation’s Im Yoon-ah eyed for A Tyrant’s Chef and more Korean drama casting news

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Im Yoon-ah in a still from Big Mouth. Im has been offered a part in time-travel drama A Tyrant’s Chef. Photo: Disney+

Published: 7:15pm, 5 Oct 2024

A talented chef travels to the past and twins trade places in the latest Korean TV dramas for which casting has been announced.

1. A Tyrant’s Chef

Girls’ Generation K-pop group member Im Yoon-ah (or Lim Yoon-a) has been offered a part in the new drama A Tyrant’s Chef. Described as a time travel drama, the show is the latest from director Jang Tae-yoo, known for the smash hit My Love from the Star.

The series concerns a talented chef who, at the peak of her career, finds herself whisked back in time. In the past, she is confronted by a tyrannical king who is also known for being a gourmet.

Girls’ Generation member Im Yoon-ah in a still from Big Mouth. Photo: Disney+

Recalling the hit Mr. Queen, a period drama with a similar time travel and food-themed premise, A Tyrant’s Chef is eyeing Im for the title role.

Im recently appeared alongside Lee Jong-suk in the legal thriller Big Mouth and will soon grace the screen again in the film 2 O’clock Date, for which she will reunite with Exit director Lee Sang-geun.

2. God and Law Firm

Hospital Playlist actor Yoo Yeon-seok has been cast as the lead in the coming supernatural legal drama God and Law Firm.

Yoo Yeon-seok as Kang Dong-joo in a still from Dr. Romantic season 3. Photo: Netflix