Actress So Yoo-jin is returning to the small screen with the new sitcom ‘Villain‘s Country’.

According to the broadcasting industry on the 8th, So Yoo-jin recently confirmed her appearance in ‘Villain’s Country’ and is preparing for filming. ‘Villain‘s Country’, which she will appear in, is a sitcom that depicts the process of a group of sisters and their family struggling to survive in a world overflowing with villains. It is known as the Korean version of the popular American drama ‘Modern Family’.

So Yoo-jin will appear as Oh Na-ra and her sister in the drama and will portray the comical daily life of the ‘K sisters’. In particular, the setting of So Yoo-jin as a Korean cuisine researcher adds to the fun by reminding viewers of her husband, Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea.

Her older sister, Oh Na-ra, is a flight attendant and housewife with a colorful love story, and their father is actor Park Young-gyu, who created a sitcom craze through SBS’s ‘Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic’.

Above all, it is drawing attention that So Yoo-jin is taking on a lead role in a sitcom for the first time in 19 years since SBS‘s ‘Cute or Crazy’ in 2005. She has since made special appearances in MBC’s ‘High Kick Through the Roof’, tvN‘s ‘Potato Star 2013QR3’, and so on, but this is the first time in a long time that she is meeting viewers as a lead role in a sitcom.

In addition, he took on the role of Soyong Jo in MBC’s ‘Lovers’ last year, making his first historical drama attempt. He plans to show comical and lively everyday acting through the sitcom ‘Villain‘s Country’, which has a 180-degree different charm from his previous work.

Meanwhile, ‘Villain’s Country’ is planned to be a total of 32 episodes. The production team plans to begin its first filming soon. It is already creating a buzz as it is predicted to breathe life into sitcom production, which has recently disappeared from the broadcasting industry.



Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com