Behind Every Star
Behind Every Star is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Baek Seung-ryong, and starring Lee Seo-jin, Kwak Sun-young, Seo Hyun-woo and Joo Hyun-young. Based on the French TV series Call My Agent!, it premiered on tvN on November 7, 2022, and aired every Monday and Tuesday at 22:30 for 12 episodes. It is available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
In December 2022, a second season was confirmed.
Synopsis
It depicts the lives of celebrity managers of an entertainment management company called Method Entertainment, whose work is professional and life is an amateur.Cast
Main
- Lee Seo-jin as Matthew / Tae-oh
- Kwak Sun-young as Chun Jane / Jae-in
- Seo Hyun-woo as Kim Jung-don
- Joo Hyun-young as So Hyun-joo
Supporting
People around Matthew
- Shin Hyun-seung as Go Eun-gyul
- Jung Hye-young as Song Eun-ha
People around Chun Jae-in
- Noh Sang-hyun as Lee Sang-wook
People around So Hyun-joo
- Kim Young-ah as So Jung-hee
Method Entertainment
- Shim So-young as Shim Myeong-ae
- Kim Gook-hee as Yoo Eun-soo
- Kim Tae-oh as Choi Jin-hyuk
- Hwang Se-on as Kang Hee-sun
- Choi Yeon-gyu as Choi Won-jae
- Lee Hwang-ui as Wang Se-ja
Other
- Lee Ji Hye as Amy - Ceo of director Talundinor
- Kim Won-hae as Cho Ki-bong
- Moon Hee-kyung as Kang Kyung-ok
Special appearances
- Cho Yeo-jeong as herself, an actress affiliated with Method Entertainment
- Kim Soo-mi as herself
- Lee Hee-joon as himself, an actor from Method Entertainment
- Claudia Kim as herself, an actress who returned after giving birth
- Seo Hyo-rim as herself
- Jin Seon-kyu as himself, an actor from Method Entertainment
- Lee Ji-hye as the agency representative, a representative of director Quentin Tarantino's agency.
- Young Tak as himself, a new star who has gained popularity
- Park Ho-san as himself
- Oh Na-ra as herself
- Kim Soo-ro as himself
- Kim Ho-young as himself
- Choi Su-rin as Joo Ha-min's mother
- Kim So-hyun as herself
- Son Jun-ho as himself
- Heo Sung-tae as Goo Hae-joon
- Kim Ji-hoon as himself
- Na Yeong-seok as himself
- Kim Joo-ryoung as herself
- Go Geon-han as Alex
- No Min-woo as Oh Hyun, a genius actor, and film director.
- Daniel Henney as himself
- Ryu Hyun-kyung as Ye Min-soo, Film director.
- Kim Ah-hyun as Ah-hyun, world class model
- Lee Soon-jae as himself
- Kim Ah-joong as herself
Production
Development
In May 2021, Studio Dragon announced that they are remaking the French drama series Call My Agent!, as they have signed an official publishing right contract. Studio Dragon CP Yoo Sang-won said, "The character and story are really attractive, so I purchased the original, and now the script is going smoothly, and casting will start soon." He further stated, "A well-made drama with this will be released soon."Casting
In October 2021, Lee Seo-Jin was offered the role of main character in the Korean version of Surviving as a Celebrity Manager. At the same time Kwak Sun-young was offered the role of female lead in the remake series.Filming
The series, produced by Studio Dragon and Baram Pictures, is a hardcore workplace comedy drama, whose principal photography began on June 8, 2022.On October 31, tvN announced that it had postponed the drama's press conference, which was originally scheduled for November 2. A new date will be announced at a later date due to the aftermath of the Seoul Halloween crowd crush.