Fantasy sageuk Mirror of the Witch casts its king

by javabeans

Casting is continuing swiftly on JTBC’s fantasy sageuk Mirror of the Witch, and with its leading roles filled, we’re on to the supporting cast, with the latest additions being Lee Ji-hoon (Six Flying Dragons, School 2013) and veteran supporting actress Jeon Mi-sun (Who Are You—School 2015, Maids).

The drama is now largely done with its casting, with Yoon Shi-yoon headlining as royal doctor Heo Jun, who wrote the famous medical text Mirror of Eastern Medicine and personally attended to King Seonjo, the father of future kings Gwanghae and Injo. Seonjo will be the role played by Lee Ji-hoon, who in the drama will suffer from a mysterious and painful disease that causes thorns to grow on his body. He does everything he can to cure his ailment and becomes entangled adversely with the cursed princess’s fate; played by Kim Sae-ron, the princess then becomes a witch with a “frozen heart,” though I’m not quite sure what that means yet.

Jeon Mi-sun, meanwhile, was reportedly happy to reunite with her Maids director and takes on the role of an ambitious woman whose gentle appearance hides her shrewd inner side, doing anything necessary in order to achieve her aims. She’s married to our hero’s father, but isn’t Heo Jun’s mother; he’s born illegitimate, so I’m anticipating that their relationship will be conflicted, to say the least.

Already cast are Yeom Jung-ah (Royal Family) in the role of a powerful witch, Jang Hee-jin (Village: Secret of Achiara) as the cursed queen, and Lee Sung-jae (Warm and Cozy) as the princess’s helper. Kwak Shi-yang (Oh My Ghostess) will play a warm, sweet young man whose first love was the princess; he became both her friend and brother-like figure when his father brought her home as a child and kept her safely hidden, making him her only source of connection to the outside world.

Mirror of the Witch follows Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-ki as a Friday-Saturday drama on JTBC beginning in May.

Via Ten Asia

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