On April 21, according to South Korean media reports, the fantasy Korean drama "Asda Chronicles" produced by tvN TV last year was once given a high expectation value by fans and netizens because of the starring of Korean actor Song Joong-ki. However, after the broadcast, the audience was mixed, and in the second season of the upcoming production of "Asda Chronicles", the Korean media reported that the cast would change blood, and Lee Joon Ki and Shin Se-kyung replaced Song Joong-ki and Kim Ji-won, causing widespread discussion among fans and netizens.
Set against the backdrop of the hypothetical ancient civilization ideal state of "Asda", Song Joong-ki plays twin brothers "Silver Toad" and "Saya" with very different personalities, and Kim Ji-won, a female friend who has partnered with Song Joong-ki in "Descendants of the Sun", plays his first love "Prophecy Girl Tanya". The show reached a highest rating of 7.7%, but audience evaluations were mixed. However, some media reports show that the second season will not see Song Joong-ki and Kim Ji-won working together, and the production company "Studio Dragon" said that Lee Joon-ki and Shin Se-kyung will replace the performance.
South Korean media reported yesterday that after decades of the plot of "Asda Chronicles 2" in the first season, Silver Toad and Tanya grew up to be replaced by Lee Joon Ki and Shin Se-kyung, and Jang Dong-jin continued to play Asda's hero and Saya's adoptive father "Tokun". Studio Dragon insiders confirmed that the company did send invitations to Lee Joon Ki and Shin Shi-kyung, but the brokerage companies of the two sides said they were still discussing whether to take over the show.
After song joong-ki performed "Asda Chronicles", he also took over the Korean drama "Vincenzo", playing a lawyer who is also good and evil, and created the peak of his acting career. In addition, he also flew to Colombia to shoot the movie "Bogotá", and this year also took over the new JTBC drama "The Little Son of the Chaebol", has been filming abroad, and only returned to South Korea after finishing filming last week.
According to reports, "Asda Chronicles" invested 50 billion won in production costs, and the crew built a 10,000-square-meter-large ancient civilization kingdom in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The second season, like the first season written by Kim Young-mun and Park Sang-won of "Queen Seondeok" and "Deep Roots of the Tree", and directed by Kim Kwang-sik of "Queen Jeol-in", was originally going to open in the second half of 2020, but it has been postponed for various reasons, and the crew hopes that the second season can be broadcast in 2023.
The first season of "Asda Chronicles" broadcast in 2019 was divided into 3 parts and a total of 18 episodes, with the highest rating of only 7.7%, and the ratings were not proportional to the production costs, causing controversy. Song Joong-ki also announced his divorce from Song Huiqiao before the broadcast of episode 9, the rating dropped to 5.8%, many crews came up with a new way to deal with Song Joong-ki's divorce incident, adding "divorce liquidated damages" details on the contract, if the actor's divorce news affected the TV series, it will compensate up to 3 times the liquidated damages. Therefore, "Asda Chronicles 2" also wants to use this change of male and female protagonists to fight a ratings turnaround battle.