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The popular high school fantasy romance webtoon “July Found By Chance” is been adapted into a drama. It joins the numerous list of other dramas of 2019 based on webtoons. The title of the drama is slightly different. It is "Haru Found By Chance" or it also can be translated as "A Day Found By Chance". The official English title is "Extraordinary You".
The cast is young and composed of rising actors. Actress Kim HyeYoon -the main actress of the drama- got very popular with the hit drama “SKY Castle”. In Korea, she is recognized by many.
The male lead actor is SF9's RoWoon. RoWoon first acted as the lead actor in a small web drama "Click Your Heart" produced by FNC when SF9 debuted. After that, he kept on improving his acting skills and got supporting roles in "School 2017" (2017), "About Time" (2018), and “Where Stars Land” (2018). In the latest one, he gained the attention of the public and with his various activities has gained more fame. This drama is his first time as the lead actor in a major drama.
APRIL‘s NaEun is the second lead female character. The acting-dol has especially been gaining popularity with her acting in "A-Teen" season 1 and 2. Rookie actor Lee JaeWook has the second male lead role, he previously acted in dramas such as "Memories of the Alhambra" (as a supporting role). The actor caught the attention of many in "Search: WWW". Lee TaeRi also has a role in the drama, he previously acted in dramas such as "Rooftop Prince" (2012) and "Hospital Ship" (2017).
The PD of the drama is Kim SangHyub who previously worked on dramas such as "The King in Love" (2017), "Glamorous Temptation" (2015-2016), and "7th Grade Civil Servant" (2013).
For those of you who want to read the webtoon, you can here in Korean. It is unfortunately not available in English officially.
Here is more information.
Extraordinary You (2019)
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Information
Title: Extraordinary You/A Day Found By Chance/ Haru Found By Chance/July Found By Chance/Eojjeoda balgyeonhan haru/어쩌다 발견한 하루
Director: Kim SangHyub
Writer: Song HaYoung, In JiHye, based on the webtoon written by MooRoo named July Found By Chance (어쩌다 발견한 7월)
Network: MBC
Runtime: From Oct. 2
# of Episodes: 32
Language: Korean
Summary
It tells the story of a girl who realizes that she is a supporting character inside a romance manga named "Secret". She tries to change the fixed story for her love and life.
Cast
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Kim HyeYoon as Eun DanOh
A high school student of 18 years old. She is the only daughter of a wealthy family.
Eun DanOh has only one weakness: it is her weak heart. Despite several surgeries, her heart disease is still ongoing. But she doesn't feel sorry for her situation.
She needs to control her heart or she might be even sicker. However, there is one thing she can't control. It is when she sees a handsome guy and that is Baek Kyung.
She had been in a one-sided love for him for 10 years but these days her feelings are not the same. Her heart does not beat for him anymore. Around that time, she found out that she is just a supporting character inside the manga "Secret".
She can't control her feelings and movement. She is scared the writer kills her because she doesn't want to die like this.
She will try to have a love that is stronger than the main characters. She wants to find a man that will make her heart beats and not the one decided by the writer.
Even if the world doesn't revolve around her, when she looks at the world around her from her percepective she is the main character.
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SF9's RoWoon as Number 13/HaRu
A second-year high school student from class 7. He is 18 years old.
HaRu is also an extra character in "Secret" called Number 13 because he has no name in the story. How can be someone as handsome as him be an extra?
He has no role and no line. They shouldn't have known each other but that day DanOh's life all changed when HaRu saved her. Back then, she knew he was going to change their fixed destiny.
With such a plan, they formed a special alliance to take their destiny back. DanOh's heart started to beat for him and she started to wonder if it might be her first love.
Back then she didn't know about HaRu's secret and what they were going to go through.
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Lee JaeWook as Baek Kyung
He is a high school student of 18 years old. He is a supporting character in the manga "Secret". He is the 3rd rank in the high school. He is part of the A3.
DanOh had a one-sided love for him for 10 years. He is her fiance. He is very handsome with bad guy vibes and many women like him. He is the official Casanova of the high school.
He never disobeys his father but if he does he will be covered in scars.
His father is the one that chose his fiance because of his business. He didn't like DanOh but stayed with her for 10 years.
However, these days he started to act differently, maybe he started to like her?
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APRIL‘s NaEun as Yeo JuDa
The main female character in manga "Secret". She is the 18 years old new student of the high school.
Yeo JuDa is the typical heroine from mangas. She is poor but is energetic and courageous. She is also beautiful and kind. Her family situation is so difficult that it is almost impossible to find a part-time she has not done.
She entered the school with a special scholarship. She is doing good in the middle of the wealthy students of the high school. She always laughs even if she is bullied.
She wanted to be in the school quietly but she has issues with Oh NamJoo, the number 1 guy in the high school. Because of her mistake, he keeps looking for her to ask for laundry fees. He makes her life harder.
There is the number 2 guy in the high school Lee DoHwa, he appears every time she has a hard time. He is like a guardian angel to her.
She is in the center of the love triangle with Oh NamJoo and Lee DoHwa, both part of the A3. All the guys are falling for her but she doesn't know their heart.
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Kim YoungDae as Oh NamJoo
The main male character in manga "Secret" and is 18 years old. He is also the number one in the high school.
There is F4's Gu JunPyo in "Boys Over Flowers" and Kim Tan in "The Heirs", in "Secret", there is Oh NamJoo. He is the leader of the A3 [A3 is a group of 3 handsome guys at the high school of the story].
He is the most popular. He is 185 centimeters tall and smart. He is a 'face genius' with an arrogant personality.
He is a chaebol of the second generation from a fashion company.
He has one pain. He will overcome it by meeting with Yeo JuDa. With his best friend Lee DoHwa, he will be in a love triangle with the girl.
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Jung GunJoo as Lee DoHwa
He is the sub-lead male character in the manga "Secret". He is an 18 years old high school student. He is the second guy in the high school and is part of the A3. On the overall, he is maybe 5% more lacking than NamJoo.
He has a lot of aegyo and is playful. He has a kind personality that goes well with anyone. Whenever he walks down the street or does sport, he earns the cheers of girls because of his good looks.
He may seem bright however he is hiding a kind of depression. Moreover, with his close friend and leader of the A3's Oh NamJoo, he is in a strange love triangle including Yeo JuDa. He always has bad timing and is behind NamJoo. He is leaving the sad destiny of the second lead character.
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Lee TaeRi as Fairy JinMiChae / Fairy Dried Squid
A secret character whose age, nationality, origin, and name are not revealed. He is called Fairy JinMinChae [meaning in Korean: dried squid] because every time dried squid is at the school menu, he appears. He is not a student of the school but he is popular among female students who want to include him in the A3 and thought of an A4.
He is the only person who knows the secrets of this world. He plays an important role in the development of the story and is helping DanOh.
He's the closest to the writer and he is the most secretive person to the writer. Some days he is kind and he is cold. He is very mysterious and hard to understand.
Teaser & Posters
Here is the first teaser.
Here are the official posters.
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Interesting Facts
In "SKY Castle", Kim HyeYoon acted with SF9's Chani. This time, it will be RoWoon who she is in love with.
In the webtoon the main characters have a huge height difference, in the drama it will also be the case because Kim HyeYoon (1996) is 160 cm and RoWoon (1996) 190.5 cm.
"July Found By Chance" Webtoon / Newsis / Rowoon Way
Here is a glimpse of the webtoon.
"July Found By Chance" Webtoon
Here is the lead male character.
"July Found By Chance" Webtoon
Here is the A3.
"July Found By Chance" Webtoon
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