Jo Jung-seok and Shin Se-kyung seduce one another in teaser
by Jenzy
The most recent teaser for Charming the King drops us proper into the connection between the mad king Jo Jung-seok (Hospital Playlist 2) and our cross-dressing, baduk-playing spy Shin Se-kyung (Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun), leaving us to ask who precisely is seducing who.
The teaser opens on King Lee In (Jo Jung-seok) daydreaming of an encounter he had again when he was a prince enjoying baduk with a person named Mong-woo (Shin Se-kyung), whom he tenderly calls his “misbehaving brother.” We then minimize to them current day — Lee In as a king and “Mong-woo” now again to her unique id Hee-soo — as they consider one among their ultimate encounters. Hee-soo as Mong-woo had given Lee In a small stone to look at over whereas she left, promising to return again for it by the subsequent rainfall.
We don’t know what went down of their ultimate assembly, however after we minimize to our characters in current day, Lee In wastes no time telling Hee-soo what he’s at all times felt: “Mong-woo, I such as you.” Then comes an emotional flurry of scenes from their previous because the music swells: them enjoying baduk, strolling collectively, and goofing off. All to finish on the ultimate scene the place Hee-soo tells Lee In within the voiceover that she has a want as she leans in to kiss him.
Whereas we do know their love story will ultimately turn out to be polluted with revenge, subterfuge, and political scheming, it’s good to initially floor ourselves within the leads’ chemistry and get an understanding of how issues will need to have been earlier than issues soured. I’m additionally simply so excited to see Jo Jung-seok enjoying an earnest, melodramatic function once more as I’ve been ready for literal years for him to return to his King 2 Hearts-level pining.
Written by Kim Solar-deok (The Topped Clown) and directed by Jo Nam-gook (The Good Detective), Charming the King will premiere January 21 on tvN.
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