Top actress Oh Jin-shim (
Yoo In-na), who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (
Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.[10]
Cast
Main
Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name), a top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a drug scandal with a third-generation
chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she gets field experience in law by posing as Jung-rok's secretary.[11]
Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[12]
Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[13]
Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.[14]
Supporting
Always Law Firm
Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[15]
The first script reading of the cast was held on November 27, 2018, at
Studio Dragon's head office in
Sangam-dong,
Seoul; and filming started in the same month.[20][21]
Actor
Shin Dong-wook was originally cast for the role of Kim Se-won, but later stepped down from the series amidst controversies surrounding fraud claims and a subsequent lawsuit.[22] He was replaced by actor
Lee Sang-woo.[23]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (
KBS,
SBS,
MBC and
EBS).
^
abcKim, Ji-young (January 29, 2019).
"카카오 인기웹소설 '진심이 닿다', 드라마로 방영된다". Naver News (in Korean). Money Today.
Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
^"Late Vacance". Marie Claire Korea (in Korean). MCK Publishing Co. Ltd. 2018-10-25.
Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
Top actress Oh Jin-shim (
Yoo In-na), who goes by the stage name Oh Yoon-seo, has a scandal that damages her career, leaving her jobless for two years until she has a chance to earn a major role in an upcoming drama. However, in order to clear her name and secure success, she must first take a job working as a secretary to a lawyer named Kwon Jung-rok (
Lee Dong-wook). Eventually, they fall in love and the events following form the crux of the story.[10]
Cast
Main
Yoo In-na as Oh Jin-shim / Oh Yoon-seo (stage name), a top star who loses her fame after getting embroiled in a drug scandal with a third-generation
chaebol. In order to make a comeback by starring in a famous writer's project, she gets field experience in law by posing as Jung-rok's secretary.[11]
Lee Dong-wook as Kwon Jung-rok, a workaholic elite lawyer who always wins his cases and cares deeply about his firm's reputation.[12]
Lee Sang-woo as Kim Se-won, Jung-rok's best friend who is an elite prosecutor.[13]
Son Seong-yoon as Yoo Yeo-reum, a prosecutor, whom Jung-rok had a crush on. She and Se-won dated in university, but he broke her heart.[14]
Supporting
Always Law Firm
Oh Jung-se as Yeon Joon-kyu, the CEO of Always Law Firm. An ardent fan of Yoon-seo.[15]
The first script reading of the cast was held on November 27, 2018, at
Studio Dragon's head office in
Sangam-dong,
Seoul; and filming started in the same month.[20][21]
Actor
Shin Dong-wook was originally cast for the role of Kim Se-won, but later stepped down from the series amidst controversies surrounding fraud claims and a subsequent lawsuit.[22] He was replaced by actor
Lee Sang-woo.[23]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (
KBS,
SBS,
MBC and
EBS).
^
abcKim, Ji-young (January 29, 2019).
"카카오 인기웹소설 '진심이 닿다', 드라마로 방영된다". Naver News (in Korean). Money Today.
Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
^"Late Vacance". Marie Claire Korea (in Korean). MCK Publishing Co. Ltd. 2018-10-25.
Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.