Actor Park Boyoung is reuniting with the director of Over the Hill (literal: Over Speed Scandal) after 18 years, signaling a potential rom-com hit.
On the 8th, OSEN reported that Park Boyoung will appear as the female lead in the new film titled If I'm with you (working title). In particular, If I'm with you is director Kang Hyoung-chul's new work, marking the first reunion between Park Boyoung and director Kang Hyoung-chul since Over the Hill 18 years ago, drawing broad anticipation across the film industry.
If I'm with you is a fantasy romantic comedy set aboard a cruise ship carrying Korean and foreign actors, depicting the stories that unfold there. Sidus is producing and NEW is distributing, and Park Boyoung was offered the female lead. She is expected to show rom-com chemistry with Son Suk-ku, who was offered the male lead.
In particular, If I'm with you is director Kang Hyoung-chul's new work, who has presented his own cheerful films such as Over the Hill, Sunny, Tazza: The Hand of God, Swing Kids and High Five, and it is drawing expectations. Among them, Over the Hill was Kang Hyoung-chul's feature debut and was a box-office success in 2008, drawing about 8.22 million viewers.
At the time, Park Boyoung, who was then a child actor and nearly unknown, became an overnight star through Over the Hill. Afterward, Park Boyoung opened her first heyday with the "ppoblli" image that continued through the film A Werewolf Boy and the drama Oh My Ghost. Accordingly, If I'm with you is attracting attention as the work in which director Kang Hyoung-chul of Over the Hill and Park Boyoung reunite after 18 years.
Recently, Park Boyoung has shown varied acting transformations through works such as the Disney+ original series Gold Land, the tvN drama Our Unwritten Seoul, the Netflix series Daily Dose of Sunshine, and the film Concrete Utopia. Choosing a rom-com project after a long break, she raises further anticipation for the unchanged charm she will show through her reunion with director Kang Hyoung-chul. <
[Photo] OSEN DB, film poster source.
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