2020 was a really good year for K-dramas, no? We were *blessed* with fantasy shows, kilig rom-coms, and tearjerkers! With these K-dramas come THE BEST award-winning K-drama actors. In no particular order, here are the Korean bb boys who made this crazy year better, according to Cosmo Girls:
1. Park Seo Joon
His 2020 K-drama: Itaewon Class
His next project: His next movie, Dream, will be about a team trying out for an international soccer event called the Homeless World Cup. Park Seo Joon plays team coach Yoon Hong Dae, a professional soccer player on disciplinary probation!
2. Lee Dong Wook
His 2020 K-drama: Tale Of The Nine-Tailed
His next project: According to Soompi, Single In Seoul is a romantic comedy film that will follow "three single people being 'single' in their own ways and will focus on how things change once they cross paths." Lee Dong Wook will play the role of Park Young Ho, "an influencer who embraces his single lifestyle so well that he receives an offer to write a book about it."
3. Kim Bum
His 2020 K-drama: Tale Of The Nine-Tailed
His next project: In Law School, he will star opposite Reply 1988’s Ryu Hye Young. The drama revolves around "South Korea's top law school, and how a bunch of students and professors get tangled up in a strange case."
4. Park Bo Gum
His 2020 K-drama: Record Of Youth
His next project: ICYMI, before enlisting in the military, Park Bo Gum finished two other projects: the films Seo Bok (2020) and Wonderland (2021). He will officially ~return to the spotlight~ in 2022!
5. Lee Min Ho
His 2020 K-drama: The King: Eternal Monarch
His next project: Pachinko, a drama based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee. Lee Min Ho will play the role of Hansu, "a rich and powerful merchant with ties to organized crime."
6. Woo Do Hwan
His 2020 K-drama: The King: Eternal Monarch
His next project: "Unbreakable Sword" Woo Do Hwan enlisted in the military after filming The King. He even had an adorable mini-reunion with the TKEM cast in November!
7. Kim Soo Hyun
His 2020 K-drama: It's Okay To Not Be Okay
His next project: His upcoming drama sounds every bit as stressful as IOTNBO: it's called Bloody Finger! Kim Soo Hyun is still in talks to star in it: he received an offer to play the role of "an interior designer who is a sociopath with a dissociative identity disorder." (Via Soompi)
8. Kim Seon Ho
His 2020 K-drama: Start-Up
His next project: Nothing's *confirmed* yet, but "Good Boy" Kim Seon Ho might star in a new drama called Link! It's about "a chef who built his own restaurant in the same place where his twin sister disappeared 20 years ago."
9. Lee Jae Wook
His 2020 K-drama: Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
His next project: He made a cameo in True Beauty along with his Extraordinary You castmates Kim Hye Yoon and Lee Tae Ri!
10. Lee Do Hyun
His 2020 K-drama: 18 Again
His next project: He's currently starring in the Netflix series Sweet Home! It's based on a cult favorite webtoon of the same name and is set in a "unique world in which people turn into monsters that reflect their internal desires."
Bonus: Ryu Jun Yeol
Sure, he doesn't have a 2020 K-drama, but there have been so many new fans of Reply 1988 this year, it'd be impossible not to mention the original "nagpaubaya" character!
His next project: In August 2020, Soompi reported that he was in talks to star in the drama Disqualified As A Human, which will tell the story of "a 40-year-old ghostwriter who feels lost and like she has accomplished nothing and a 27-year-old man who is scared that he will achieve nothing with his life."
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