Until now, many fans are waiting for the reunion of "The Heirs" stars Lee Min Ho, 29, and Park Shin Hye, 27. Recently, the two were named top celebrities in South Korea in an international survey.
The survey was conducted by the Korea Creative Content Agency with more than 4,700 Korean Wave fans who are based in the United States as respondents, The Strait Times has learned. They voted Lee as the top South Korean actor and Park as the female counterpart.
Like most South Korean hit drama series, "The Heirs" Season 2 is not likely to happen. Regardless, fans seem to be saying that Lee and Park are ready to level up and pursue a Hollywood career, and what better way to do this than by including them in the cast of the upcoming ABC medical drama series "The Good Doctor," a remake of the South Korean medical drama series of the same name.
"The Good Doctor" is expected to premiere on ABC before 2018. It will be executive produced by "House" creator David Shore and "Hawaii Five-0" star Daniel Dae Kim, who was born in Busan, South Korea, but moved to the United States with his family when he was only two years old.
Shore wrote the script of the upcoming ABC series with Seth Gordon as the director. Kim is not included in the cast.
"Bates Motel" star Freddie Highmore will play the title role in the ABC series, TV Line has learned. He will play Dr. Shaun Murphy, a medical savant with autism.
Confirmed to be joining Highmore in the cast as series regulars are "Grey's Anatomy" alum Irene Keng and "CSI" New York" alum Hill Harper, who will play resident Dr. Elle McLean and head of surgery Dr. Horace Andrews, respectively Deadline has learned. The characters of the three actors work at the prestigious San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.
"The Good Doctor" marks Keng's TV comeback after playing "Grey's Anatomy" character Dr. Audrey Shaw in 2015. Also joining her in the cast of the upcoming ABC series are Nicholas Gonzalez, Antonia Thomas and Chuku Mudu.
It is still not impossible for Lee and Park to be added in the cast of the American remake of "The Good Doctor." Meanwhile, watch "The Legend of the Blue Sea" star singing "Love Motion" here:
