Kim Nam-gil VS Ju Ji-hoon VS Yoo Yeon-seok

Kim Nam-gil, Ju Ji-hoon and Yoo Yeon-seok are set to appeal to viewers. Attention is focusing on whether there will be a change in the entertainment industry's box office formula, which has been prominent in female actors' performances for some time. Male actors are expected to compete at the same time with new faces in different genres such as action, romance, and thriller.

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Kim Nam-gil will wear his pastor suit again after five years with SBS's new Friday-Saturday drama "The Fiery Priest - Season 2". "The Fiery Priest - Season 2" will begin broadcasting on the 8th with Kim Hae-il (Kim Nam-gil), a hot-blooded pastor with an anger control disorder who acts as a priest during the day and the Angel Clan boss for the role of Belato at night, leaving for Busan and facing with the nation's top drug cartel.

Since "The Fiery Priest" is the representative work of SBS's Friday and Saturday Cider Universe, which had a maximum viewership of 22.0% in 2019, expectations for "The Fiery Priest - Season 2" are also high.

Above all, the key is whether Kim Nam-gil, who led the popularity of season 1, will stand tall again as the main star at the box office. Kim Nam-gil plans to return as Kim Hae-il, the pastor of more intense anger. "I'm still angry", Kim Nam-gil said about Kim Hae-il in season 2. "I'm still very angry", he said. "I was angry but sometimes I wondered if this was right, but in season 2, I found my identity through clear team play", he said, raising expectations for his performance in chemistry with actors Kim Sung-kyun and Lee Hanee, who are united as the 'New Avengers' following season 1.

Ju Ji-hoon and Yoo Yeon-seok will shake women's hearts.

Ju Ji-hoon will have a romance with actress Jung Yu-mi in tvN's new Saturday-Sunday drama "Love Your Enemy", which will premiere on the 23rd following "Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born". "Love Your Enemy" is a romance about Seok Ji-won (Ju Ji-hoon) and Yoon Ji-won (Jung Yu-mi), a man and a woman who was born with the same name on the same day with their families as enemies, reuniting 18 years after a painful summer breakup at the age of 18. Seok Ji-won, played by Ju Ji-hoon, is a natural-born character who is good at everything from books to exercises.

Ju Ji-hoon heralded the return of the romance king through "Love Your Enemy". Ju Ji-hoon rose to stardom in 2006 with the romance drama "Princess Hours" which caused a syndrome, but has since appeared mostly in genres such as "Devil", "Kingdom", "Hyena", and "Jirisan". "Love Your Enemy" plans to create excitement through the chemistry of the two enemies which also seems like anti-romance.

Through MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama "When the Phone Rings" Yoo Yeon-seok transforms into the youngest presidential office spokesperson Baek Sa-eon who has everything from family background, appearance, and ability. He will portray the ever-changing aspect of the character, who lives married to Hong Hee-joo (Chae Soo-bin) as a show-window couple through a political marriage in the drama, and whose life begins to fluctuate with a threatening phone call one day. "When the Phone Rings" is set to premiere on the 22nd.

Yoo Yeon-seok will show his cool-headed and cold charisma through Baek Sa-eon. Above all, he is said to show various suit fits based on sharp facial expressions through the character of the presidential spokesman. The fact that "When the Phone Rings" is a romance with a thriller adds freshness, and Yoo Yeon-seok also cited it is a great opportunity to appear in the drama, saying, "Baek Sa-eon was very attractive in that he is a spokesperson for the presidential office who agonizes between romance and conflict. As the play progresses, viewers will be able to discover new aspects of the character that are layered like onions, in addition to his cool-headed side".