After gracing the television screen in 2015's romance-drama "Bubble Gum," Lee Dong Wook is now in negotiations to co-star with Gong Yoo in tvN's "Goblin." King Kong Entertainment announced today that Lee has been offered a major supporting role in the upcoming fantasy drama from the screenwriter of "Descendants of the Sun," Kim Eun Sook.
On May 5, a representative from Lee's agency stated to Yonhap News Agency that Lee received an offer from the show's production crew and stressed that they are reviewing the offer favorably. If he does end up accepting the offer, Lee will play the amnesiac Grim Reaper (Angel of Death), who somehow ends up living with a modern day Dokkaebi (Goblin), played by Gong Yoo.
It is said that dead souls were stunned by the magnificence of the Grim Reaper, only to be belatedly surprised later by their own death. The Dookaebi, on the other hand, is currently on a mission to locate a human bride to end his immortal life.
The new fantasy drama is expected to recount the mysterious, peculiar, sad and beautiful daily lives of the Grim Reaper and Dokkaebi, as they help dead souls to go through the afterlife. It is poised to be developed for television screen by producer Yoon Ha Rim of Hwa and Dam Pictures.
Producer Yoon is confident that "Goblin" will be a new sort of drama for the viewers both inside and outside South Korea. He added that they have been preparing for the said TV show even before the "Descendants of the Sun."
"We have been preparing to make this drama for three years," producer Yoon told Soompi. "The focus of the drama will be on goblins, which is a very common character in traditional folktales, but has not been the main topic for dramas yet."
Further, "Cheese In The Trap" star Kim Go Eun has been offered the lead female role and is currently considering it positively. Details about Kim's supposed character are being kept under wraps.
Nonetheless, production is expected to commence once the casting is finished for the drama's main characters. "Goblin" is looking to air in mid-November on tvN's Friday-Saturday timeslot. Check out the video below: