Lovely Runner is one of the highly anticipated K-dramas right now. Starring Kim Hye-Yoon and Byeon Woo-Seok in the lead, the drama is a fantasy rom-com as it shows time travel.
The drama’s storyline revolves around a young girl, Im Sol (Kim Hye-Yoon), and a star, Ryu Sun-Jae. The series shows how big a fan Im Sol of Sun-Jae is. When he dies, in a mysterious turn of events, she gets transported 15 years back. How she goes to all extents to save her favorite star is all the K-drama is about.
tvN’s Lovely Runner is based on a web novel, The Best of Tomorrow, by Gimppang. Boo Sung-Chul, Yoon Jong-Ho, and Kim Tae-Yeong are directing, and True Beauty writer Lee Si-Eun is penning the series.
What is the Lovely Runner webtoon about?
Lovely Runner is the adaptation of the webtoon The Best of Tomorrow, where a prominent South Korean star meets his tragic demise, and his ardent fan travels back in time to alter his fate. It’s a love story with a hint of sci-fi fantasy. The time-slip webtoon has now been transformed into a series starring Kim Hye-Yoon and Byeon Woo-Seok.
Watch the trailer here:
Byeon Woo-Seok plays Ryu Sun-Jae in tvN‘s drama. He is a popular celebrity whose life looks perfect from the outside. However, in reality, he is exhausted all the time. Suddenly, he meets with a tragic death. This news devastated his biggest fan, Im Sol (Kim Hye-Yoon). However, in a mysterious turn of events, she goes back in time to when Sun-Jae was 19 years old. She confronts Sun-Jae. They form a deep bond that will blossom into love. But how she averts the situation and changes his destiny is what we’ll discover after watching the episodes.
Since the trailer dropped, fans have been waiting to see the two actors together. Recently, Byeon Woo-Seok gave an outstanding performance in Strong Girl Nam-Soon.
Lastly, Lovely Runner will be released on April 8, 2024, at 8:50 pm KST on tvN.
