MBC has offered Yoo Seung-ho (Ruler: Master of the Mask) to headline its upcoming drama titled I Am Love. The drama does not have a time slot or an airdate yet but is set to be broadcast in the first half of 2018.

An official from MBC confirmed on September 5 that Yoo Seung-ho is positively considering the offer. If he accepts the role, he will play Kang Chun, a lonely young man with genius painting abilities who resorts to using his skills in making forgeries. He was adopted to the U.S. when he was a child but was then rejected by his adoptive families. Later on, he faced deportation due to a drug trafficking incident, after which he lives in Jeju as a monastery priest during the day and as a forger at night. I Am Love will focus on Kang Chun’s story as he meets and falls in love with a woman. The production staff of the drama has yet to announce the actress who will be possibly playing opposite Yoo Seung-ho.

The rising actor will be playing his third leading role in a television drama should he decides to take the project. He last starred as a brave Joseon crown prince in MBC’s Ruler: Master of the Mask last summer alongside young actress Kim So-hyun. He had his biggest success as a relatively rookie actor in 2015 when he got to play the leading role in Remember: War of the Sons as a lawyer with photographic memory opposite actress Park Min-young (Seven Day Queen).

I Am Love will be directed by PD Choi Won-seok whose past projects include Miss Ripley in 2011 and daily dramas Here Comes Oh Ja-ryong in 2012-2013 and Make A Wish in 2014-2015. These series had been broadcast on MBC.

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