Actor Lee Min Ho is coming back to the small screen with a new historical drama soon! The drama series is titled "The King: The Eternal Monarch". The story of this drama will focus on two parallel worlds which are the Empire of Korea and the Republic of Korea.
This The historical fantasy thriller is one of the most anticipated Korean drama to air this year 2020. Since this will be the very first project of the lead cast Lee Min Ho after being released from his military services. Before his enlistment, his last project was "The Legend of the Blue Sea" which aired in the year 2016 under the SBS network.
In this drama, Lee Min Ho will be working once again with writer Kim Eun Sook. Both of them have worked together in the most famous Kdrama "The Heirs" in the year 2013. In The King, the Korean heartthrob will be portraying the emperor named Lee Gon.
His character in this drama is a man whose main priority is closing the doors between the two worlds which is the Empire of Korea and the Republic of Korea. He does that by linking with a detective named Jung Tae Eul from modern-day Korea. The two of them will be working side by side to protect the lives of people by fighting against the devil.
On a live broadcast on Instagram last August, actor Lee Min Ho announced some details about his upcoming historical drama. He shared with his Instagram followers that the series will be a romantic thriller and they can look forward to seeing him as a "King of romance."
The female lead is going to be portrayed by actress Kim Go Eun. She will be portraying two characters. One is the lookalike criminal from the Empire of Korea named Luna and the other one is the detective named Jung Tae Eul from modern-day Korea. Her detective character is said to have a love triangle with the emperor and one of her team members.
Other actors that are also cast in the Kdrama are Woo Do Hwan, Kim Kyung Nam, and Jung Eun Chae. Do Hwan will be playing two roles in this Kdrama which is the ordinary public service worker named Jo Eun Seob and the bodyguard of Emperor Lee Gon named Jo Young.
The character of a detective named Kang Shin Jae will be portrayed by Kyung Nam who is characterized as a young and handsome person but with a cold personality. He is popular for having expertise in solving cases. Kang Shin Jae also has a close relationship with the female lead Tae Eul and eventually falls in love with her.
The young female prime minister of the Korean monarchy named Gu Seo Ryung will be played by Eun Chae. Gu Seo Ryung's character is an ambitious person, who targets the emperor due to this the onscreen couple will be facing several challenges.
The King: The Eternal Monarch is penned by Kim Eun Sook and is expected to premiere on SBS in March 2020.
