K-pop Idol EXO’s DO Kyung-soo and TV Series Heroine KIM So-hyun to Star
Director LEE Eun-hee’s melodrama Pure Love started production in Goheung, Jeon-nam Province on June 22.
The director’s debut feature will star teen actress
KIM So-hyun, who is best known for her roles in TV dramas (
Who Are You: School 2015,
Moon Embracing the Sun), and K-pop boyband EXO's D.O. (
DOH Kyung-soo), who debuted in
BOO Ji-young’s 2014 social drama
Cart.
According to the press release distributed by the production house,
Jupiter Film,
Pure Love focuses on first love experiences of the two leads, through the exploits that are illustrated in a letter delivered to a radio station.
In addition to the young actors, veteran thespians also have joined the production:
PARK Yong-woo (
Swiri,
Papa) will play the radio DJ who finds the letter and reads it on his program; a mysterious woman who has the key to the development of the whole story will be played by actress
KIM Ji-ho (
Unbowed).
LEE Beom-su, who recently appeared in
NEW’s upcoming title
The Beauty Inside will also make a guest appearance in the film.
Pure Love is tentatively set for a late 2015 release.