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Lee Hyun-woo Joins Cast Of “Money Heist” Korean Remake After A 3-Year K-Drama Hiatus

Lee Hyun-woo joins Korean Money Heist cast


On 31st May, Netflix Korea confirmed that Lee Hyun-woo will be starring in the Korean spin-off of Money Heist. This marks Lee Hyun-woo’s first small screen project after a 3-year hiatus.


Money Heist is getting a Korean remake


Money Heist is a crime drama about a mastermind, nicknamed the Professor, who plans to carry out the “biggest heist in history”. To do so, he recruits a group of 8 criminals. 

Their 1st heist takes place at the Royal Mint of Spain, where they plan to print out 2.4 billion worth of money in 11 days without any casualties.


Images adapted from: Netflix and Netflix

There are a few familiar faces in the line-up, such as Park Hae-soo, who’s known for his role as Lee Je-hyuk in Prison Playbook, and Jun Jung-seo, who won the Best Actress award at the 57th Baeksang Awards for the film category. Hae-soo will be acting as the Professor’s right-hand man, Berlin, and Jong-seo will play Tokyo, the protagonist who’s also the narrator of the show.

The cast features veteran actors such as Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Won-jeong, and Lee Kyu-ho. They’ll act as the Professor, Moscow, and Oslo respectively. Kim Ji-hoon, from Flower of Evil, will play Denver, Moscow’s son.

Other members of the gang include model-cum-actress Jang Yoon-ju as Nairobi, and Kim Ji-hun as Helsinki.


Image credit: Netflix 

The latest addition to the cast is Lee Hyun-woo. He will be playing the genius hacker, Rio, who’s the youngest of the gang. Hyun-woo will be replacing Park Jung-woo, who dropped out of the drama due to unspecified reasons. 


Image credit: Netflix

The members of the task force set up to stop the heist include Kim Yun-jin, who will act as Seon Won-jin, and Kim Sung-o, who will play Cha Moo-hyuk. The hostages of the heist, Cho Young-min and Yoon Mi-sun, will be played by Park Myung-soo from Parasite, and Lee Joo-been from Lovestruck in the City.

The Korean version of Money Heist will consist of 12 episodes.


Lee Hyun-woo’s recent works


After his military discharge in 2019, Lee Hyun-woo appeared in IU’s music video for above the time. He is currently starring in 2 movies that are slated for release later this year.

He will be playing Kim In-sun in the movie Dream, starring alongside Park Seo-joon and IU. Filming has already begun for this movie, and his close friend, Kim Soo-hyun, even sent a coffee truck to show his support for Hyun-woo.


Image credit: @hihyunwoo

Hyun-woo is also starring in a movie called Hero. The movie is based on a 2009 musical of the same name. Hero is based on true events that took place in 1909, when the Japanese Resident-General of Korea, Hirobumi Ito, was assassinated by Ahn Jung-geun, a member of the Korean independence movement. 

Check out the trailer here:

Video credit: CJ ENM_Movie


Lee Hyun-woo to star in Korean remake of Money Heist


We’re excited to see Lee Hyun-woo return to the small screen after a long 3 years. 

The official airing date of the Korean remake of Money Heist has yet to be released, but we look forward to seeing what the cast has in store for us.

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Cover image adapted from: Netflix and Awesome Entertainment 

Erica Ng

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