Fact Check: ASTRO’s Cha Eunwoo Cast In BL K-Drama Alongside “True Beauty” Co-Star Hwang In Yeop

ASTRO‘s Cha Eunwoo (also romanized as Cha Eun Woo) has become one of the hottest actors in the K-Drama industry!

Eunwoo made his K-Drama acting debut in 2017 with Hit the Top (also known as The Best Hit).

b23aad98e6ca101149d797754262d563 — Eunwoo in “Best Hit”

He has since appeared in Sweet Revenge and starred as the male lead characters in ID: Gangnam Beauty, Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung, and True Beauty.

MV5BYmY4YTg2MjUtOTg3ZC00MWU4LWEwMDgtNjU0OGJlYmIyYTBjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzk0NTA5NQ@@._V1_ — Eunwoo in “ID: Gangnam Beauty” | *JTBC*

MV5BOWU1NWE3OWEtZDE5NS00NTI0LWE3ZjItMTY5MGY2MmNiNDIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDY5MjMyNTg@._V1_ — Eunwoo in “True Beauty”

13cca4f43436c0d33a5b16581614747f — Eunwoo in “Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung” | *MBC TV*

Recently, Eunwoo starred as Priest Johan in Island. This earned him the “Popular Star Award” at The 2023 Blue Dragon Awards (also known as The 2nd Blue Dragon Awards).

Island-Cha-Eun-Woo

“First of all, hello I’m CEW. I also didn’t know I’d be getting this award. I’m so thankful to receive this precious award. I’ll show good sides of me in future too. Thank you.”

Congrats Eunwoo on winning PopularityAward at Blue Dragon Series Awards 2023!pic.twitter.com/bQ2d3r2Dbg

— christy | 최차 (@christyroha) July 19, 2023

Now, fans are anticipating Eunwoo’s return to K-Dramas…

A post went viral on TikTok, sharing that a new BL (Boy Love) K-Drama series, My Sister’s Boyfriend Is A Walking Red Flag, had been announced. It showed actors Hwang In Yeop (also romanized as Ywang In Youp) and Cha Eunwoo in a poster.

Screenshot_20230721_133700_TikTok — | *@ch4i1i/TikTok*

This post on TikTok went viral with 1.2M views and 274.2K views at the time of writing. Netizens were excited about the possibility of the True Beauty co-stars reuniting, especially in a BL K-Drama.

Screenshot_20230721_133721_TikTok — | *@ch4i1i/TikTok*

The two had portrayed friends who ended up liking the same girl in True Beauty. Yet, fans especially loved their bromance and admired the actors’ chemistry.

eunwoo gave 6 hot packs to inyoup and he still has more in his pockets?????? pic.twitter.com/83ydBZOaYh

— 엉동민 (@ongdongminn) January 29, 2021

eunwoo and inyoup enemies to lovers cuz we were robbed https://t.co/bMHDEdaKlS pic.twitter.com/GSXq4H9OBA

— f (@inyeopuh) July 15, 2021

So, their fans are excited. It soon started getting reposted across social media, primarily TikTok.

@nunbin_8
#chaeunwoo #hwanginyeop #truebeauty #BL ??

♬ original sound – Krim.oww – Krim.oww

@takuma97_
Real?? My Sister’s Boyfriend is a walking redflag, a new ongoing korean bl short series starring Cha Eun Woo and Hwang In Yeop! cr: fb #chaeunwoo #eunwoo #hwanginyeop #inyeop #fypシ゚viral #fypシ #fypage #bl #blserie

♬ original sound – takuma• – Jorie

But are the two really now starring in a BL series together?

A fan page for Cha Eunwoo and Hwang In Yeop shared the now-viral post announcing the alleged BL K-Drama. This account frequently shares edits of the actors, including together.

@ch4i1i
He’s so majestic || #mysistersboyfriendisawalkingredflag #eunwoo #hwanginyeop #astro #kpop #kdrama #kbl #truebeauty #kbl #boylove #gmmtb #foryoupage #foryou #fyp

♬ original sound – Chai – Chai

@saijee51
#mysistersboyfriendisawalkingredflag OMG!! CAN’T WAIIIIITTT!!

♬ original sound – @saijee – Nothingnameofit

Additionally, there are no official announcements regarding A BL K-Drama, starring Cha Eunwoo or Hwang In Yeop. Eunwoo’s upcoming projects are A Good Day to Be a Dog and Wonderful World.