Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo Light Up the Room at Script Reading for "The Descendant of the Sun"

New photos released on June 3 are giving excited fans a glimpse at the first gathering of the cast of the upcoming drama “The Descendant of the Sun“!

Fresh from the army, Song Joong Ki joined his co-stars Song Hye Kyo, Jin Goo and Kim Ji Won for their first script reading in Seoul on May 28.

During their introductions, Song Joong Ki made a short speech to the cast and crew. “While I was in the army, I thought a lot about days like this, when I’d be at script readings or wrap parties,” he said. “Thank you for working on this together with me. I will put my all into this.”

Top star Song Hye Kyo said, “I’m happy to have met you all through this great work. I’m glad that I’ll be working together with such excellent sunbae colleagues and hoobae actors. Thanks to them, I know everything will be great as long as I work hard.”

According to reports, whenever there were romantic moments between Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo’s characters, people in the room made comments and cheered.

After they wrapped up the reading, it’s said that the actors and staff all said the script was so great that they’d smiled so much it made their faces hurt.

“The Descendant of the Sun” is expected to air in the second half of this year on KBS.

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