December 31, 2020
Shin Hye-sun in a still from Mr. Queen, a Korean drama that is part royal palace period piece, part body-swap comedy. She plays a queen whose body is invaded by a male chef from the present day.
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Mr. Queen, the latest Korean television drama to captivate viewers at home and around the world, brings together two of the medium’s most well-worn tropes: the treacherous and twisty royal palace period drama and the frothy body-swap comedy.
The tvN drama starring Shin Hye-sun and Kim Jung-hyun, which took over the slot in domestic TV schedules vacated by Start-Up, begins in the present with Choi Jin-hyuk, fresh from his leading roles in Rugal and Zombie Detective, playing Jang Bong-hwan, the cocky head chef for the president in the Blue House. One day, his arrogance gets the better of him and he finds himself without a job.