Park Hyung-sik and Park Shin-hye from ‘The Heirs’ to reunite in K-drama romcom series, ‘Doctor Slump’
- The actors will be co-leading the new show, reuniting about 10 years after working together on the hit teen romance series The Heirs
- Story features a successful plastic surgeon who gets involved in a mysterious malpractice incident and an anaesthesiologist experiencing burnout
Park Shin-hye (left) and Park Hyung-sik in a still from The Heirs (2013). Photos: SBS; NetflixActors Park Hyung-sik and Park Shin-hye will be co-leading JTBC’s coming romcom series Doctor Slump, reuniting about 10 years after they worked together on the hit teen romance series The Heirs.
The network announced the two have confirmed their roles, along with actor Yoon Park.
The new series will follow a romance story between a man (Park Hyung-sik), who has had an extremely fortunate life, and a woman (Park Shin-hye), who is going through burnout syndrome.
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Park Hyung-sik will play the character of a celebrity plastic surgeon, Yeo Jung-woo, who has always had everything handed to him while topping his classes in school and graduating from the best medical school in the country.
Yeo has become a top plastic surgeon. However, when he gets involved in a mysterious medical malpractice incident, he finds his life on the brink of falling apart.
“I’m pretty nervous and excited since this is my first romcom in a while. It’s nice to work with Park Shin-hye again, and I’m thrilled,” the actor said via the network.
Park Shin-hye’s character, Nam Ha-neul, is an anaesthesiologist who has never had any fun in her life. Growing up, she was called a genius and dedicated herself to her studies. After becoming a doctor, she had no life outside her work.
One day, upon realising there has been no purpose or happiness in her life, she sets out to make some changes by reflecting on the events that have shaped her.
“I think everyone meets a moment of depression. I’m the type of person who thinks about wise ways to get through it and live a healthy life. So I could relate to Ha-neul,” the actress said. “My heart went out to the character as I could empathise with the situations she faces.”
Yoon will play a plastic surgeon Bin Dae-young, who considers himself Yeo’s rival.
The series will be helmed by Oh Hyun-jong who directed the 2016 drama series Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo and is scripted by Baek Sun-woo who wrote the 2018 romcom series What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim.