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Girls Day's Lee Hye Ri is confirmed to make a comeback in the K-drama land!
On July 17, media outlet OSEN officially confirmed that Lee Hye Ri will be the main lead of the upcoming webtoon-based K-drama titled Friendly Competition. The upcoming K-drama will be produced by Studio X+U and YLab Flex.
This will be the return of Lee Hye Ri to K-dramas after almost three years.
She was last seen in the 2022 K-drama May I Help You with UKISS Lee Jun Young, Song Deok Ho, Tae In Ho, Lee Kyu Han, and Oh Dae Hwan.
Lee Hye Ri's movie Victory is currently available in Korean theaters nationwide. In this film, she worked alongside Park Se Wan, Lee Jung Ha, Jo Aram, Choi Ji Su, Baek So Hyun, and more.
The idol actress will also star in the upcoming film Night Fever which will be led by Woo Do Hwan, Jang Dong Gun, Park Sung Hoon, Kim Min Seok, and Kim Min.
Lee Hye Ri is known for being part of the K-dramas Moonshine, My Roommate Is a Gumiho, Miss Lee, Two Cops, Reply 1988, Seonam Girls High School Investigators, and more.
Friendly Competition will base its story on the webtoon of the same name written by Song Chae Yoon and illustrated by Shim Jae Young. It will revolve around two students from Chaehwa Girls High School who will compete to be the no.1 in school. The story will showcase the competition between Yoo Jae Yi, the top 1 student from a rich family, and the transfer student Woo Seul Gi who grew up in a local nursery. The two will become best friends but will eventually become rivals due to their desire to become the top student.
Lee Hye Ri will portray the role of Yoo Jae Yi. She is an influential figure at Chaehwa Girls High School. She is smart, pretty, and comes from a rich family. Although the school is filled with smart students, she still stands out from the rest.
Director Kim Tae Hee and writer Min Ye Ji will work together for the upcoming thriller K-drama.
Friendly Competition will premiere in 2025.
