WINNER’s Yoon Confirmed To Make His Acting Comeback In MBC’s Upcoming Drama “Kairos”
It’s official! WINNER‘s Yoon will be making his long-awaited return to acting through an upcoming MBC drama!
Over the past few weeks, fans have been crossing their fingers that Yoon would be returning to the small screen after it was reported that he was in talks to join the cast of MBC’s upcoming fantasy-thriller Kairos and those wishes were recently granted. On May 20, YG Entertainment confirmed Yoon would be joining the drama as a member of the main cast!
This will be Yoon’s first drama comeback in about 3 years since his role on tvN’s 2017 hit Prison Playbook. For this new drama, he will be joining Shin Sung Rok, Lee Se Young, Ahn Bo Hyun, and Nam Gyu Ri who were previously announced to have joined the drama as lead cast members.
Kairos is a fusion of romance, fantasy, action, thriller, and time travel. The drama tells the story of Seo Jin (Shin Sung Rok) who races against time to find his missing daughter a month in the future. Meanwhile, a month in the future a woman named Ae Ri (Lee Se Young) is searching for her missing mom. The two work together to reverse the tragedies that have happened in their lives.
In the drama, Yoon will be playing Ae Ri’s friend Im Gun Wook who forever supports her and is always there to help her whenever she needs. He is said to play an important role in Ae Ri’s search for her mom.
As for Yoon’s return to acting, he was very excited to greet everyone as an actor once again!
As soon as I read the script for ‘Kairos’, I thought it was fascinating. I’m very excited to be greeting you all as an actor after such a long time. I still have a lot to learn, but I will do my best. I would appreciate it if you all watched ‘Kairos’ with warm eyes. Thank you.
— Yoon
Kairos is expected to air in the second half of this year.