Girls' Generation's Lim Yoona Gets Her 'Unnatural' Co-Star as Lee Jin Uk Joins tvN Remake

Girls' Generation's Lim Yoona has a new scene partner for her next drama. Lee Jin Uk is set to star opposite her in tvN's Korean remake of Unnatural, Soompi reports.

The series, which is still going by a working title, adapts the award-winning Japanese drama of the same name. It is a medical mystery that follows forensic pathologists as they dig into cases of unnatural death to find what really happened.

Yoona was confirmed earlier as Song Do Eun, a forensic pathologist. Lee Jin Uk takes the role of Gu Seung Hyuk, her colleague at the U.D.I. center.

Gu Seung Hyuk is calm and guarded, seldom letting others see what he feels. His focus on the dead over the living has earned him the nickname "Jeoseung (afterlife) Hyuk" among his coworkers.

With close to 3,000 autopsies on his record, he works fast without losing the precision needed to catch the faintest marks on a body.

The part marks a shift for Lee Jin Uk, whose earlier roles include detectives and lawyers chasing the truth behind their cases. This time he approaches that search from the autopsy table.

The production team praised the match between actor and character:

"Lee Jin Uk's signature chilling aura and restrained emotional expression will create remarkable synergy with Gu Seung Hyuk, a character who rarely reveals his true feelings. Please show a lot of interest in Gu Seung Hyuk's story as Lee Jin Uk brings the role to life with his own distinctive style, delicately conveying even the subtle emotions hidden behind the character's expressionless face."

Unnatural is slated to premiere in 2027. Until then, Lee Jin Uk can be seen in Dear Hyeri on Viki.