Rowoon And Choi Yi Hyun Confirmed For Upcoming Historical Drama Set To Premiere In October

Rowoon and Choi Yi Hyun have been confirmed to star in the new KBS 2TV Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Wedding Showdown’.

Scheduled to premiere in October, KBS 2TV’s new Monday-Tuesday drama ‘Wedding Showdown’ (written by Ha Su Jin, directed by Hwang Seung Ki, Kim Soo Jin) is a comical melodrama that unfolds the “wedding operation” of a young woman and a bachelor. The bachelor meets the widowed head wife of the Qing dynasty, she mediates marriages between representative women and bachelors in Joseon. It is expected to present a “Joseon version of Love Actually” where the top daughter-in-law of Hanyang, Shim Jeong-woo, and the widowed head wife, Jung Soon-deok, gather their strength to marry Joseon’s representative women and bachelors.

Rowoon will play the role of Shim Jeong-woo, the “Hanyang’s top son-in-law.” Shim Jeong-woo has a brilliant mind as he achieved the youngest Jangwon-level examination, but due to the princess who left the world during the wedding, he is a character with a strong old-fashioned principle who is blocked from pursuing his career and marriage.

Choi Yi Hyun will take on the role of Jung Soon-deok, the “widowed head wife” and “double life matchmaker.” Jung Soon-deok is officially the second daughter-in-law of Jwauijeong’s house, but unofficially, she is a character who leads a double life as Hanyang’s top matchmaker.

The production team stated, “Rowoon and Choi Yi Hyun will join ‘Wedding Showdown’ together,” and expressed their anticipation, saying, “‘Wedding Showdown’ will provide a perfect chemistry and a different charm that will excite and entertain people of all ages.”