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Actors Jung Kyung-ho and Jeon Yeo-been are set to share the screen in a new drama entitled « Romance of Forty« . According to information revealed on March 4 by Korean media outlet MyDaily, the 2 stars have been chosen to play the lead roles in this romantic comedy centered on love and the doubts of midlife.
The story follows two very different characters who, despite their flaws and complicated backgrounds, end up rekindling their feelings and rediscovering the possibility of love.
Star presenter faces midlife crisis
In this drama, Jung Kyung-ho plays Na Yi-jun, a star news presenter. Born into a middle-class family, he has always distinguished himself by his brilliant career: an excellent student, he obtained a perfect mark in the national exam and became the youngest presenter in the history of his channel.
But at the age of 40, his life was turned upside down when he began to suffer from premature andropause. This personal crisis shatters his self-confidence and forces him to confront his own fragilities.
A provocative screenwriter who no longer believes in love
Facing him, Jeon Yeo-been would play Seo Hae-yun, a writer who has been working in TV newsrooms for over ten years. Accustomed to producing sensationalist stories and media scandals to boost ratings, she has earned a reputation as a provocative writer obsessed with ratings.
Impulsive and direct, she has neither the patience nor the desire to play games of seduction, which complicates her romantic relationships.
The drama will tell the story of how these 2 colleagues, who were initially at loggerheads, are forced to work together to save a TV show that has fallen to rock bottom in the ratings. In the course of their work together, they gradually awaken their dormant feelings and discover love at an age when they thought they'd stopped expecting anything from romance.
The project will be produced by How Pictures and directed by Lee Chang-min, known for his work on the JTBC drama Agency and on the Netflix series Cashero.
