K-Pop star Ok Taec-yeon will be one of the leads in a new Netflix love story called Soul Mate.
The live-action drama series stars Hayato Isomura and Ok Taec-yeon, a member of South Korean boy band 2PM.
Soul Mate, written and directed by Shunki Hashizume, explores the journey of souls connecting and enduring over the years despite distance. The series touches on “joy, pain and deep bonds.”
As described by Netflix, “traversing the cities of Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, Soul Mate tells a 10-year-long love story between two young men. It all starts when Ryu Narutaki (Hayato Isomura), who left everything behind in Japan, is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang (Ok Taec-yeon) in a foreign land”.
On X/Twitter, Netflix posted a still of Taec-yeon and Isomura from the series which it described as telling “a 10-year-long love story between two young men”.
Following the tweet going live multiple quote tweets called on Netflix to ensure the love story is just that, and not just a bromance.