Gong Yoo attends the 'Train To Busan' photocall during the 69th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo : Getty Images/Andreas Rentz)
Starring "Train to Busan" actor Gong Yoo, "Goblin" was a big winner at the 2017 Korea Cable TV Awards. The drama series aired on tvN from Dec. 2, 2016 to Jan. 21.
On March 10, Friday, the winners of the 2017 Korea Cable TV Awards were announced. The awards ceremony was held at the COEX auditorium in Seoul, South Korea, Soompi reported. People behind "Goblin" rejoiced as the TV series won two awards.
Instead of having one overall grand prize winner, there were grand prize awards in specific categories at the 2017 Korea Cable TV awards. This is similar to the awards ceremony in 2016.
The Daesang or Drama Grand Prize was given to "Goblin." The series also won the same category in the Cable VOD (Video on Demand) Grand Prize Awards.
"Goblin" won two more awards in the Cable Star Awards. K-Pop boy band BtoB member Yook Sung Jae, who is professionally known as Sunghae, won the Rising Star, Acting award while Amy Lee, who is professionally known as Ailee, received an award for singing "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" as OST of the series.
Among the TV networks, tvN was the big winner at the 2017 Korea Cable TV Awards, as well. Aside from "Goblin," tvN series "Good Wife," "Problematic Men" and "Another Oh Hae Young" also won awards in the Cable Star Awards.
tvN is set to release its first sci-fi drama series. Kim Kang Woo and Yeo Jin Goo will star in the new drama series titled "Circle," which is set both in present-day Korea and in 2037, Korea Herald reported.
Gong played the title role in "Goblin." Joining Gong and Lee in the main cast were Sungjae as rebellious but kind-hearted chaebol heir named Yoo Deok Hwa, Lee Dong Wook as the Grim Reaper, Kim Go Eun as an optimistic and bubbly high school student named Ji Eun Tak and Yoo In Na as a bright and attractive chicken restaurant owner named Sunny.
Four actors made cameo appearances in "Goblin." They were IU's "The Producers" co-star Park Hee Von and "While You Were Sleeping" stars Jung Hae In, Kim So Hyun and Kim Min Hae.
Here is a video featuring Gong:
