A fresh twist on romance fantasy erupts as Seohyun steps into a delightfully offbeat role in KBS 2TV’s upcoming Wednesday-Thursday drama, The First Night with the Duke, premiering June 11.
Blending time-slip, comedy, and high-stakes romance, the series tells the story of a modern-day college student who wakes up in the body of a side character from her favorite novel—and accidentally becomes the male lead’s unexpected first love.
Seohyun stars as Cha Seon-chae, a privileged but irrelevant noblewoman in a romance novel set in the Joseon era. Her life takes a dramatic turn when the soul of K, a jaded college student and passionate web novel reader, suddenly inhabits her body. Having spent her days observing the story from the sidelines, K now finds herself thrust into the spotlight—and the bedchamber—of the novel’s most dangerously obsessive male lead.
As K rewrites her own narrative from within the story, she begins shifting the novel’s original plot with her bold, 21st-century perspective. Will this second-tier character-turned-main heroine manage to restore order to the novel’s love triangle, or will she carve out an entirely new destiny for herself?
Stills from the drama cleverly contrast the stark transformation of K—from a hoodie-clad, glasses-wearing student in the real world, to a confident noblewoman with a knowing smile inside the novel’s universe. Her journey from passive reader to active game-changer promises both humor and heart.
Seohyun’s nuanced approach is central to the drama’s charm. She carefully prepared three versions of her role: K, the emotionally bruised realist from the modern world; Cha Seon-chae before possession, a hollow aristocrat with a scripted life and Cha Seon-chae after possession, a lively, self-aware woman who knows she’s in a story and isn’t afraid to bend the rules
“I was captivated by the quirky yet emotionally charged relationships,” Seohyun said of her reason for joining the project. “K is a character who starts out worn down by reality, but after being thrown into the novel, sees it as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to live differently.”
Expect laughter, romance, and unexpected character growth as Seo Hyun breathes life into a heroine who dares to rewrite her fate—one stolen night at a time in The First Night with the Duke premiering on June 11 on KBS2TV.
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