"The Heirs" and "Monstar" actor Kang Ha Neul is considering a new drama role. According to his agency Sam Entertainment, he is currently reading the script for a weekend drama titled "Angel Eyes."
"Angel Eyes" is a melodrama about two lovers who reunite after being separated for 12 years. Difficult family circumstances forced the young lovers to break up but they have never forgotten each other. When they reunite as adults, the feelings that they have struggled to ignore will resurface and reshape their adult lives.
Twenty-three-year-old Kang Na Heul is considering playing the younger version of the lead character Dong Joo. He will play Dong Joo as a high school student. The actor has had plenty of practice playing high school students. In the hit drama "The Heirs," he played Lee Hyo Shin, the pressured son of the attorney general. The Jeguk High School student had a crush on his older tutor and was one of the few Jeguk students who befriended Park Shin Hye's character Cha Eun Sang.
When he was asked about the atmosphere on the set of "The Heirs," Kang Na Heul said, "When we were all together, we had a lot of fun. Sometimes it felt like we really were in school."
In "Monstar" Kang Na Heul also played a high school student. He was the musically talented class president Jung Sun Woo.
"Angel Eyes" will not only offer the actor another chance to play a student. He will get a second chance to work with actress Nam Ji Hyeon. The 18-year-old actress will play the younger version of Dong Joo's love Soo Wan. Both actors appeared in the teen drama "To The Beautiful You." Kang Ha Neul played Min Hyun Jae, a track star who was friends with the lead character Kang Tae Joon, who played by Minho. Nam Ji Hyeon played Hong Da Hae, an old friend of another lead character Cha Eun Gyeol.
Nam Ji Hyeon has also worked with the drama's director Choi Moon Seok before. She appeared in "Will It Snow For Christmas," a drama directed by Choi Moon Seok.
Screenwriter Yoon Ji Ryeon, who wrote the scripts for "Boys Over Flowers" and "Operation Proposal," has written the script for "Angel Eyes." The weekend drama will air in March, following "She Married Thrice."
No casting decisions have yet been made on the actors who will play the adult roles.
