tvN courts Kim Nam-gil and Kim Ah-joong for time travel medical drama

After four years away from the small screen,Kim Nam-gil's comeback project might be tvN's latest drama withKim Ah-joong.

On May 11th, cable network tvN announced plans to produce a new drama"Live Up to Your Name"to air in July, with offers out toKim Nam-gilandKim Ah-joongto star. If he accepts,Kim Nam-gilwill be cast as a Joseon-era doctor of traditional medicine who is frustrated in his career by his status as the son of a concubine. He travels forward in time to modern-day Seoul where he meets a medical doctor (Kim Ah-joong, if she accepts), who hides her secrets underneath a cold exterior.

Time travel dramas can be hit (see"Tunnel - Drama"or "Queen In-hyun's Man") or miss (see "Dr. JIN"), but I just can't resist them. On the upside, the team seems like the type who can give us something a little deeper than the usual fish-out-of-water hijinks followed by prolonged angst.Hong Jong-chanrecently won a Baeksang Award for"Dear My Friends"and the writer,Kim Eun-hee-IIworked on "The Queen's Classroom", both of which had great female characters and a strong emotional core. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do with such a fantastical premise, especially ifKim Nam-gilandKim Ah-joongsign on.

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