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!

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Cha Eunwoo

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

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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. 

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Eunwoo in “ID: Gangnam Beauty” | JTBC
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Eunwoo in “True Beauty”
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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).

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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.

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| @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.

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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.

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.

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Hwang In Yeop does not have any new K-Dramas announced recently. His last role was SBS‘s Why Her? alongside Seo Hyun Jin.

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“Why Her?” poster


source https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/fact-check-astro-cha-eunwoo-hwang-in-yeop-cast-bl-k-drama/

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