Unexpected 4th Gen Idol To Lead Netflix’s Next Romance K-Drama

A familiar face from the K-Pop world is making a bold move into leading lady territory.

According to My Daily, ITZY‘s Yuna has been cast as the female lead in the upcoming Netflix Original K-Drama Do Not Cross The Wall. It marks her first leading role after a relatively quiet start in acting.

Yuna will play Kim Riji, a transfer student at an all-girls high school with a magnetic personality and a love-supremacist attitude. She enters the school on an athletic scholarship for long-distance track and quickly disrupts the studious atmosphere by bragging about her old co-ed school days and showing off boys’ phone numbers to anyone who’ll listen.

The K-Drama itself centers on two elite rival schools — one all-boys, one all-girls — separated by a single wall. When both schools elect equally headstrong student council presidents, an inevitable romance sparks. However, getting caught dating means expulsion.

It’s a classic high-teen setup with some real stakes, and the script comes from Lee Na-eun, the writer behind the beloved Our Beloved Summer, so expectations for the storytelling are already high.

ITZY’s Yuna is officially set to star as the lead in Netflix’s upcoming drama ‘Don’t Cross the Wall’.

Described as a “high-teen romance full of fiery, forbidden first-love antics” Yuna will play the role of Kim Riji starring alongside actors Moon Sangmin and Shin Si-ah. pic.twitter.com/CJS0IiYA4F

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Yuna debuted as an actress earlier this year with a special appearance in tvN’s Undercover Miss Hong, and she’s also set to appear in a supporting role in the upcoming My Favorite Employee K-Drama later this year.

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Fans have been reacting with surprise and excitement to the news, with many noting they didn’t see a leading Netflix role coming this soon in her acting career.

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