Yoo Yeon Seok and Lee Se Young in Talks for Romance Sageuk Drama Princess Covets the Scholar

A manhwa is getting a K-drama adaptation and the set up is straight out of the bibimbap of selecting oft used elements in the entirety of drama land. Yoo Yeon Seok and Lee Se Young are up for Princess Covets the Scholar, the sageuk romance between an assertive princess who falls for the capable scholar in her father’s Joseon court and insists on marrying him. They then have to navigate the conflict and political tensions between their families. Lol, nothing like get married first and deal with problems later. I have no problems with combining typical set ups as the execution and acting makes or breaks a lot of dramas anyways, and this casting gives me deja vu from Yoo Yeon Seok’s recent thriller romance When the Phone Rings with Chae Soo Bin.