“Two Best Actors in One Frame’: K-drama fans excited over Namkoong Min’s cameo in the upcoming episode of Lee Je-hoon’s Taxi Driver 2

On March 18, 2023, SBS dropped episode 8 of the Lee Je-hoon’s ongoing drama Taxi Driver 2. By the end of the series, it gave a preview of the upcoming episode where Namkoong Min was seen in his One Dollar Lawyer character Chun Ji-hoon saying something to protagonist Kim Do-ki.

After watching the preview for the upcoming episode 9, K-drama fans could not contain their excitement at the prospect of watching the two actors in a drama together. User @iconickdramas tweeted:

Taxi Driver 2 revolves around the reunion of the Rainbow Taxi team, who plan to carry out the revenge on behalf of the victims who have either been wronged by evil people or the law. The team pledged to provide justice to the victims in their own manner. Kim Do-ki, the star taxi driver, carries out the plan under the leadership of Jung Sung-chul.

K-dramas fans can’t keep calm as Lee Je-hoon and Namkoong Min will be seen together in the upcoming episode of Taxi Driver 2

Lee Je-hoon is one of the most well-known actors in South Korea and is known for his well-known dramas, including Tomorrow With You, Where Stars Land, Move To Heaven, Signal, and others. He is also a director and has contributed to Unframed. Meanwhile, Namkoong Min is considered to be one of the most versatile actors in the South Korean entertainment industry and has appeared in dramas like Doctor Prisoner, Hot Stove League, Awaken, The Veil, etc.

Actor Lee Je-hoon has already made a guest appearance in two of Namkoong Min’s dramas - One Dollar Lawyer (2022) and Hot Stove League (2019). Now, with the release of the preview clip showing the two actors for the upcoming episode of Taxi Driver 2, fans cannot wait to see them share the screen one more time.

Following Namkoong Min’s cameo in the ongoing drama, many fans are calling it the best cameo of the year as he is returning the favor of his previous drama One Dollar Lawyer to Lee Je-hoon. The latter has previously hinted that there will be a crossover between Taxi Driver 2 with another drama, which soon turned out to be One Dollar Lawyer.

As such, with the narratives of Taxi Driver 2 and One Dollar Lawyer coming together briefly, fans have taken to Twitter to share their excitement.

Taxi Driver 2 is a sixteen-episode drama featuring Lee Je-hoon as Kim Do-ki, Kim Eui-sung as Jang Sung-chul, and Pyo Ye-jin as hacker Ahn Go-eun. The show is helmed by director Park Joon-woo and penned by screenwriters Oh Sang-ho and Lee Ji-hyun.

Meanwhile, SBS drama One Dollar Lawyer revolves around a lawyer named Chun Ji-hun who used to charge his client only one dollar for his fees and solve their cases sincerely. The show featured actors Namkoong Min, Kim Ji-eun, and Park Jin-woo.

Lee Je-hoon's Taxi Driver 2 is slated to premiere every Friday and Saturday and is available to stream on Viki.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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