Yoona has been cast as the lead female role in an upcoming Chinese drama, “God of War Zhao Yun”. The 60-episode drama is about the hero Zhao Yun, whose life is dramatized in the historical novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. It will consist of war, love, and development of characters set in the latter part of the Han Dynasty.
Yoona will play the heroine of the story, Xiahou Qing Yi, and will be working alongside actor Lin Gengxin, who will play Zhao Yun, one of the Five Tiger Generals under Liu Bei. In the story, Xiahou Qing Yi falls in love with Zhao Yun, but later discovers that he had killed her father.
Shooting for “God of War Zhao Yun” is set to begin next month, and the drama will begin airing in August on Hunan TV.
