"Journalist" actress Lee Ha Na will be working in the new drama "Our Gab-Soon." The actress' agency informed News1star of the project, which is set to air its first episode sometime in September 2016.
Lee is set to play a female lead role named Gap Soon, a longtime girlfriend who has high hopes of receiving a proposal from his boyfriend. She is turning thirty, and as she clings to her boyfriend's hopes of passing the civil service exam, she works several part time jobs to stay afloat, K Drama Kisses reported.
"The Idle Mermaid" actor Song Jae Rim, on the other hand, will play a young man named Gab Dol from a poor family. His mother was a widow who had to raise the kids alone. She had hopes for Gab Dol's future, but the son is unemployed and has failed the law exam multiple times.
The upcoming "Our Gab Soon" takes over the SBS Saturday and Sunday 21:00 time slot previously occupied by "Yeah, That's The Way It Is," My Drama List reported. The show will explore different relationships and family ties, while dealing with traditional marriage, separation, divorce, and remarriage issues. It will be directed by Boo Sung Chul, known for his dramas "Mask" and "The Heirs." The series will be written by Moon Young Nam, known for the dramas "Wang's Family" and "Live In Style."
"Portrait of a beauty" star Kim Gyu Ri will also cast in a major supporting role, which is not yet revealed. Actress Yoo Sun, known for "Sweet Savage Family," is also up for the role of Song's older sister, Jae Soon, who failed at her first marriage and made a quick rebound to her second. Artists Lee Byung Joon and Moon Sung Ho are also said to cast in the show.
"Our Gab-Soon" project is a reunion of the two stars after their last appearance together in KBS2 drama "Unkind Ladies."