Now and then, there is a lot of drama series that was being recreated due to high ratings and overall appeal to the audience. These are the drama series with a unique storyline that it would be great to have a remake, but of course, it will vary from one country to another.
On July 9, JTBC released a statement that Yeon Woo Jin and Han Sun Hwa confirm to appear on the Korean remake of the British series, "Undercover."
Co-produced with BBC America， Undercover is a six-part BBC television drama series which premiered last April 2016. In the United States, the drama series was shown as a six-hour mini-series played for two days, airing from November 16 to 17, 2016 on BBC America. While in Canada, it began its run on the CBC in August airing every Mondays at 9pm/9:30 NT starting 22 August 2016. Meanwhile, on Canal + in France, it started airing in January 2017.
Maya Cobbina is a criminal law and human rights barrister and later on she became the Director of Public Prosecutions. Undercover follows the lives of Maya Cobina and her husband Nick Johnson as well their family. Maya has long been fighting legally to prove that Rudy Jones, who is an American, is innocent and should not be put on death row.
Maya's husband Nick Johnson is a former undercover Detective Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police and has been hiding his identity even from his wife.For their Korean counterpart, Maya will be played by the multi-awarded Kim Hyun Joo and Nick will be played by Ji Jin Hee also a multi-awarded actor.
In the meantime, "Undercover" is just the working title. Choi Yeon Soo (Kim Hyun Joo) is a human rights lawyer, and she eventually became the first head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit which aims to fight for justice. On the other hand, Han Jung Hyun (Ji Jin Hee) is a man who has been hiding his identity as an undercover.Han Sun Hwa and Yeon Woo Jin and will play the younger versions of Choi Yeon Soo and Han Jung Hyun.
Han Sun Hwa is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She was cast for supporting roles in several drama series namely, Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek, God's Gift - 14 Days and Marriage, Not Dating. Aside from being an actress, she is busy with her modelling career. She was coined as "White paper", or "baekji", a term used by Netizens and the cast of Invincible Youth, which means "dumb blonde." Her role helped the popularity of Secret because of her dumb blonde persona.
Meanwhile, in 2007, her co-star Kim also began his career as a fashion model in Seoul Fashion Week and also model for the brand Evisu the next year. He started to gain recognition for his role as the youngest brother in the hit drama Ojakgyo Family. He got his first lead role in the four episode Drama Special Just an Ordinary Love Story where he fell in love with the sister whose brother was the murderer of his brother. His latest drama was KBS2's I Wanna Hear Your Song.
Brace yourself as "Undercover" is yet to premiere early next year.
