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Fan Bingbing to make Korean TV drama debut in Insider; The Penthouse star Kim So-yeon set to lead Tale of the Nine-Tailed season 2 – K-drama casting latest
- Chinese superstar actress joins cast of Insider after a four-year hiatus, while K-pop star Doyoung from NCT will appear in To X Who Doesn’t Love Me
- Meanwhile, Kim So-yeon from The Penthouse joins the second season of Tale of the Nine-Tailed
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A Chinese star wades into the busy Korean drama market, a hit show returns with a new leading lady and the K-drama landscape welcomes a new face from K-pop in our latest round-up of K-drama casting news.
Insider
Fan Bingbing is set to appear in a Korean drama for the first time. The Chinese star recently completed filming a role in the upcoming drama Insider.
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Korean broadcaster JTBC is keeping the nature of Fan’s role and the extent of her participation in the 16-part drama under wraps at present.
The action-drama stars Kang Ha-neul (When the Camellia Blooms) as a rookie lawmaker who finds himself in prison after an investigation, and Lee Yoo-young (Dr Brain) as a successful businesswoman.
Fan, who recently ended a four-year hiatus after starring in the Hollywood film The 355, previously appeared in the 2011 Korean film My Way. Insider is due to air in the first quarter of the year.
Tale of the Nine-Tailed Season 2
Kim So-yeon, known for her leading role as the villainous soprano Cheon Seo-jin in The Penthouse, is set to play the lead female role in the upcoming second season of Tale of the Nine-Tailed.
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