Sung Joon Lands the Leading Male Role of tvN’s “I Need Romance Season 3"

Actor Sung Joon has been cast for the leading male role in tvN’s new drama “I Need Romance Season 3.”

According to multiple broadcast representatives, Sung Joon will be working with writer Jung Hyun Jung and director Jang Young Woo who have been working together since season one of the drama series.

“I Need Romance Season 3” tells the day to day lives of managing directors at a home shopping network and the love and friendship among today’s Korean “alpha girls.”  The series gained attention in Season 1 starring Jo Yeo Jeong and Kim Jung Hoon and in Season 2 starring Jung Yumi and Lee Jin Wook.

Sung Joon will be playing a 26-year-old composer named Joo Wan. He returns to Korea after 17 years with the memory of his childhood friend Shin Joo Yeon.

“I Need Romance Season 3” production team plans to wrap up casting for all of the characters and begin filming. The drama will premiere January 2014.