NUEST's Minhyun Acting Debuts In Live On Drama
JAKARTA - For a long career in the music industry, Minhyun from the NUEST group will soon debut as an actor. Through the drama Live On, he confirmed his presence with actress Jung Da Bin on Friday, June 26.
Previously, Sports Seoul reported that Minhyun and Jung Da Bin were considering this new project. Live On will be produced by Keyeast, JTBC Studio and Playlist Studio which are better known for producing web dramas such as A-Teen and Love Playlist.
A romantic comedy genre, Minhyun will play Go Eun Taek, a man who works in the broadcasting department who always plans what he does. Jung Da Bin will play Baekho Rang, a popular woman on social media who is so perfectionist that she only has one friend in her life.
Later, Go Eun Taek and Baekho Rang will meet and start building relationships through Live On.
The Korean drama Live On will be Kim Sang Woo's directorial debut after helping with the production of My Mister. Meanwhile, the script was written by Yoo Jung Bang.
Minhyun is known as a vocalist in the group NUEST. He had participated in the second season of Produce 101 competition and received great attention from the public because he always ranked at the top. After that, he debuted with the group Wanna One which is the winning group Produce 101.
Meanwhile, actress Jung Da Bin has been acting since 2005 when she was 5 years old, but she started to gain attention when playing Seo Min Hee in the Netflix drama, Extracurricular this year. Because this drama is distributed internationally, he is increasingly recognized by the public.
The plan, Live On will have 8 episodes and air on the JTBC television channel in September.