Actors Kwon Nara and Joo Won cried during a script reading for their new K-Drama.
Kwon Nara (left) and Joo Won (right) | ENA
Midnight Studio (also known as Midnight Photo Studio and Nightly Photo Studio) is a new K-Drama from ENA (Extraordinary Attorney Woo). It stars Kwon Nara as the female lead, Han Bom, and Joo Won as the male lead, Seo Ki Joo (also romanized as Seo Gi Joo). Kim Yi Rang wrote the script with Song Hyun Wook (The King’s Affection) as the director.
Midnight Studio Poster
As it is soon premiering, new promotional images and videos were released on February 15. This includes footage from the cast’s script reading. Actors Joo Won, Kwon Nara, Yoo In Soo, Eum Moon Suk, and others were present.
A clip from the script reading has garnered attention on social media as netizens were shocked to see that the entire cast cried. All the lead actors broke down in tears during the script reading.
[The chemistry] was perfect despite it being their first time working together. On this day, there were endless laughter and tears on set. Please anticipate their performance.
— Production team
Some were even spotted wiping their faces with tissues. This makes K-Drama fans wonder just how emotional and heartbreaking Midnight Studio will be.
actually most of them are sobbing, that particular scene is pretty emotional i guess damnpic.twitter.com/lxPjPS9uC8
— dran (@daheeverse) February 15, 2024
not at them laughing at each other’s crying face cuties! #kwonnara #joowon #midnightphtostudio #야한사진관 pic.twitter.com/kKN3hTmKHF
— kwonosua @.@ (@kwonnaraosua) February 15, 2024
Midnight Studio is described as a “healing romance.” The story of this K-Drama will focus on photographer Seo Ki Joo of Midnight Studio, a photo studio that is open only at night, helping souls find refuge.
On the other hand, Seo Ki Joo cannot find refuge himself. He is bound by a contract to take pictures of the dead for generations. Still, as he is a human who sees ghosts, he spends his days with them as well while struggling with both insomnia and anxiety.
Unfortunately, he is also not expected to live long. Seo Ki Joo is cursed with a life expectancy of only 35 years.
Meanwhile, the once-successful lawyer Han Bom now suffers from financial struggles. Yet, she believes that our cursed photographer might be able to change his fate.
Seo Ki-Joo (Joo Won) is a photographer and runs a small photo studio. He is the 7th owner of the photo studio and the shop is only for ghosts. Seo Ki-Joo takes portraits of the ghosts that come into the store. Meanwhile, Han Bom (Kwon Na-Ra) is a lawyer who is passionate about her work and does not tolerate injustice. Somehow, she ends up in a partnership with Seo Ki-Joo’s photo studio. The studio also has two employees: Assistant Manager Go (Yoo In-Soo) and Baek Nam-Koo (Eum Moon-Suk). Assistant Manager Go is in charge of bringing in ghosts as customers and Baek Nam-Koo is in charge of taking care of small chores around the store.
— AsianWiki
Midnight Studio Cast
While advertisements and trailers have made the upcoming K-Drama appear comedic, netizens suspect it could get emotional like Tomorrow since its story focuses a lot on deceased people and the male lead is technically dying.
Midnight Studio will premiere on Monday, March 11, 2024, at 10 p.m. KST, with new episodes releasing every Monday and Tuesday.
