The colorful Good Casting poster above features Choi Kang-hee (Mystery Queen 2) front-and-center as the lead for this “Delightful, refreshing, satisfying Sprite-like action comedy.” The psychedelic Austin Powers-esque style makes an interesting contrast with the characters’ serious expressions. The new drama is about a set of female covert operatives who were put on the sidelines and made to work desk jobs. They get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take on a new field operation.
In the teaser, orders come from above to bring Choi Kang-hee and have her take down “Michael” at whatever cost. Choi Kang-hee, the slightly crazy problem child of the intelligence community, strides out of prison. Lee Jong-hyuk (Spring Must Be Coming), who plays the team leader of the operation, promises to lead his team into the lion’s den to lure out the fugitive.
Choi Kang-hee and Kim Ji-young (Here Comes Love) send flying punches at a criminal, as they promise to finish things cleanly. Kim Ji-young plays a legendary black ops agent who retired eighteen years ago and became an ordinary housewife who fears menopause more than anything. In the next scene, she orders Yoo In-young (Cheese in the Trap) to turn the truck they’re driving, but it ends in an inevitable explosion.
Yoo In-young plays a white ops agent who is sexy and intelligent, but with a lovable clumsy side to her. The next clips show these women kicking ass as the text onscreen says: “Their refreshing action begins.”
Also on the main cast list are Lee Sang-yub (Weekend Afternoon Lovers) and Lee Joon-young (Class of Lies). Lee Sang-yub plays a handsome tech company CEO with a great scholastic and family background. Behind his gentle manners is a stubborn personality. Meanwhile, Lee Joon-young plays a rising star who acted as a popular second lead in a hot new drama.
SBS Monday-Tuesday drama Good Casting, written by Park Ji-ha and directed by Choi Young-hoon (Second to Last Love), will begin airing on April 27.
