The young Korean actor Choi Min Young has barely gotten through all the buzz around him after his portrayal of Baek Yi Hyun in the super-hit Korean drama Twenty Five, Twenty One by the television channel tvN, and now he has been confirmed for a brand new role! It has been reported that Choi Min Young has bagged the role of the main lead in Netflix’s XO, Kitty, which is a spin-off based on the hit Netflix movie franchise To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
The nineteen-year-old Choi Min Young is going global with this new opportunity to star in a Netflix show that is promoted and revered by fans worldwide. Choi Min Young is going to play the role of Dae in XO, Kitty. Dae appeared in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021) as Kitty’s love interest from Seoul, South Korea. In the movie, Dae was played by Jeon Ho Young.
Other Works & Achievements by Choi Min Young
Choi Min Young is deemed to be a “monster rookie” in the Korean entertainment industry due to his showcasing of versatile and dynamic talents from a very young age. Making his debut as a child actor in the 2014 KBS2 drama The Magic Thousand-Character Classic, he went to star in the 2016 KBS2 drama The Promise. His filmography includes impressive acting credits from popular shows like W: Two Worlds Apart (2016), Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon (2017), Chicago Typewriter (2017), Mr. Sunshine (2018), Itaewon Class (2020), and You Are My Spring (2021), among others.
Choi Min Young has garnered a number of awards in various fields like acting and singing, for example, being awarded the ‘Best Performance in Acting’ in the 2012 Korean International Youth Film Festival and the ‘Grand Prize’ at the 2020 Youth Musical Contest “The 6th DIMF Musical Star”.
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Choi Min Young has recently signed a contract with the famous Korean agency for actors called Saram Entertainment which has actors like Gong Myung, Uhm Jung Hwa, Choi Won Young, Choo Jin Young, Lee Je Hoon, Moon So Ri, Kim Min Ha, Kim Sung Kyu, Min Sung Wuk, Park Ye Jin, Lee Honey, Girls’ Generation Choi Soo Young, Jung Ho Yeon, etc. in their roster. Since there are stars like Jung Ho Yeon, who has starred in the Netflix global phenomena Squid Game (2021), and Kim Minha, who is in the lead role in Apple TV+ historical drama Pachinko (2022), moving to Saram Entertainment has opened up several avenues for Choi Min Young to not only be a domestic but also an international powerhouse.
Choi Min Young recently was part of the tvN’s global hit drama Twenty Five, Twenty One (2022), where he played the character of the younger version of Baek Yi Hyun, the younger brother of Baek Yi Jin (played by Nam Joo Hyuk). He received favorable reviews for portraying a character that was having a hard time being harassed by his friends, as well as being motivating to his guardian-like brother Baek Yi Jin.
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XO, Kitty: Plot Summary and Public Reception
The upcoming drama XO, Kitty was announced to have started production in early April, meeting many polarizing reactions from netizens: on one side, rom-com viewers couldn’t be happier that the beloved side-character from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies Kitty is nor only getting a spin-off of her own, but also that she is getting the multi-episode series treatment; on the other hands, some viewers were appalled that this series is getting yet another addition when there are cult-favorites like Mindhunter and Santa Clarita Diet series that have been canceled despite being loved by viewers and critics alike all over the world.
