Confirmed! Kim So-Hyun Has A New Historical K-Drama

It's happening! Kim So-hyun, the 21-year-old actress known for K-Dramas Moon Embracing the Sun, Love Alarm and The Tale of Nokdu, is officially starring in an upcoming historical drama.

Titled River Where the Moon Rises (formerly Cut by the Heart),the period piece has its roots in Korean legends and centers around the scandalous love story between Princess Pyeonggang, daughter to King Pyeongwon of Goguryeo and a general named On Dal. 

Kim So-hyun has accepted the lead role of the princess, a character described as a woman with immense political ambition, but who encounters love unexpectedly and struggles with her conflicting emotions. And as the story goes, she falls in love with On Dal who not only is below her royal rank, but is a social outcast; hunchbacked and thought of as the town fool, he has much to prove to the world, and their relationship will be tested to its limits more than once. 

It won't be Kim So-hyun's first time to work on a period drama, and in fact, it might just be her forte!

She's been dubbed "The Goddess of Historical Drama" by Korean press for the ease in which she slips into historical roles, a title that sets the bar incredibly high for her upcoming project. Fans have learned to anticipate only the best from this child star-turned-leading lady who has more than almost 40 K-Drama credits to her name, an expectation we're sure she'll meet!

More details about the drama have yet to be released, but it's said to be scheduled to premiere sometime in 2021's first half. 

Son Ye-jin was previously rumored to star in this historical drama alongside Kang Ha-neul. The When the Camellia Blooms actor is confirmed to appear on the series, albeit only for a special appearance. Interestingly, Kim So-hyun is dubbed as the "little Son Ye-jin" due to their resemblance; the younger actress, in fact, played a teen Son Ye-jin as Princess Deokhye in the period drama film The Last Princess. 

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