Good Casting


Good Casting is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young, Kim Ji-young, Lee Sang-yeob, Lee Jun-young and Lee Jong-hyuk. It aired on SBS TV from April 27 to June 16, 2020.

Synopsis

Legendary espionage agents give girl power a whole new meaning in this thrilling action comedy. Once part of South Korea's top secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents are reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Baek Chan Mi was reassigned to the cybersecurity team, but dreams of returning to her former role. Hwang Mi Soon has left agent life behind and became a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Lim Ye Eun, a smart single mom and desk agent dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Don Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do or die mission.

Cast

Main

Supporting

National Intelligence Service

  • Jung In-gi as Seo Gook-hwan
  • Park Kyung-soon as Bae Moo-hyuk
  • Hwang Bo-mi as Gan Tae-hee
  • Kim Jin-ho as Geum Dong-seok

Il Kwang Hitech

Main's entourage

Production

Development

The series is based on a screenplay which was one of the winners of the 2016 2H MBC Drama Screenplay Competition, alongside the 2019–20 SBS television series Hot [Stove League (TV series)|Hot Stove League].
Early working title of the series is Miscasting. Director Choi Young-hoon first wanted to name the series that way because the characters are miscasted for the operation, but he changed it to Good Casting as all three actresses showed good team work.

Filming

The series is entirely pre-produced. Filming ended on February 7, 2020.