A month before its premiere, the upcoming KBS drama Face Me has started promotions with scenes from its script reading. Blending the mystery genre with a medical setting, the drama brings together a pragmatic doctor and a zealous officer to puzzle out a crime.
Lee Min-ki (Crash) stars as the elite surgeon Cha Jung-woo, whose exceptional skills have him hailed as a miracle worker. Trained in both plastic surgery and emergency medicine, Jung-woo can immediately pinpoint the damaged areas and visualize the necessary reconstruction upon seeing a patient. However, his efficiency has one drawback — he may as well be a machine, for he doesn’t connect with his patients on an emotional level.
That is, until an unexpected case brings him to a certain lady. When Jung-woo performs a reconstructive surgery on a crime victim, he winds up recruited by the detective in charge to assist with the case. She’s the violent crimes ace Lee Min-hyung, played by Han Ji-hyun (Spice Up Our Love), and she’s as empathetic as she is courageous. In the face of her relentless passion, perhaps Jung-woo’s ice-cold heart will finally begin to melt.
Joining our stoic surgeon in the hospital is his high school best friend Han Woo-jin, played by Lee Yi-kyung (Marry My Husband). In contrast to Jung-woo, the cheerfully idealistic Woo-jin dreams of gifting every girl the beauty they desire. He’s insightful yet carefree, and prudent yet gallant, making him quite the charming man. Aware of the wounds Jung-woo harbors deep within, Woo-jin is set on doing all he can to help his friend find his footing.
To round out our main cast, Jeon Bae-soo (Dear Hyeri) takes the role of Jung-woo’s mentor Kim Seok-hoon. As the director running one of the most renowned plastic surgery clinics in Gangnam, Seok-hoon extends a benevolent hand to Jung-woo after the latter finds himself caught up in a crisis. Though it’s partially out of his own business interest, Seok-hoon’s motives aren’t entirely self-serving, and he regards Jung-woo with a personable warmth.
Helmed by PD Jo Rok-hwan (Voice 2) with scripts written by Hwang Ye-jin (Secret Mother), Face Me is scheduled for a November 6 premiere.