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IOI’s Jung Chae-yeon to join Reunited Worlds

by tineybeanie

According to her agency MBK Entertainment, DIA idol Jung Chae-yeon (Drinking Solo) has confirmed a role in upcoming SBS drama, Reunited Worlds, and is currently working out the details of scheduling and character importance. The new fantasy rom-com is about how an 18-year-old boy and a 31-year-old woman who are friends born in the same year fall in love despite their current age gap.

Because of the setup, I’m assuming there’s going to be a time-slip or other fantasy element involved somewhere, which would be awesome. Names that are currently being floated around to play the two leads are Yeo Jin-gu (Circle) and Lee Yeon-hee (Hwajeong), but both are still only tentatively considering. Jung Chae-yeon will be playing the heroine’s adolescent counterpart, probably 18 years old like the male lead.

Jung Chae-yeon initially gained fame through her performance on the reality survival show Produce 101, managing to become part of the top eleven that formed a temporary but extremely popular group called IOI. Although the group disbanded earlier this year, Jung Chae-yeon has remained a trending name, and has been dipping her toes into acting waters. She played the part of a haughty student in last year’s Drinking Solo, and while I haven’t seen it, I like seeing fresh faces on screen.

Jung Chae-yeon’s next drama, Reunited Worlds, will begin airing on SBS this coming July.

Via Sports DongA

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1 kdramaskimchi

June 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM

okay

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2 Key

June 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM

Lee Yeon-hee looks young though.. It's so weird for her to have a younger counterpart that's almost adult.

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dooleygongshil

June 2, 2017 at 12:17 PM

My thoughts exactly. Lee Yeon-hee probably doesn't even look that different from when she was actually 18 lol!

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3 Satinder

June 2, 2017 at 10:03 AM

I liked her character in Drinking Solo. So yay

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4 nerdy

June 2, 2017 at 10:43 AM

This casting is...weird.
I liked Cha-yeon in Drinking Solo, but does Lee Yeon Hee even need adolescent counterpart? If dramabeans didn't remind me in previous post, I would think Yeo Jin Gu and Lee Yeon Hee are the same age (5 year difference at best)

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Ek Ladhki Thi is Kim Eun-sooks no 1 fan

June 2, 2017 at 11:05 AM

She probably needs the younger counterpart to play her high school self. Remember, while she and Yeo Jin-gu are supposed to be the same age, she continues to age while Yeo Jin-gu does not.

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I Quit

June 2, 2017 at 12:01 PM

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5 ana

June 2, 2017 at 11:04 AM

Chaeyeon! I watched Produce 101 and I'm currently watching the second season. 'Pick Me' is still stuck in my head.

She's a pretty girl and they even resemble each other a bit, so why not. I liked her character in Drinking Solo.

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Josephina

June 2, 2017 at 1:43 PM

I think Lee Yubi also looks a bit like Lee Yeon Hee after reading the other article :)

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6 Ann

June 2, 2017 at 11:05 AM

Well Lee Yeon Hee is young but at least they got someone younger than her by 9 years to play her counterpart. I still can't forget how shocked I was when I found out Han Ji-min and Song Hye-kyo playing the same character.