Good Casting

Good Casting
Promotional poster
Hangul	굿캐스팅
Genre	Action Comedy
Created by	SBS Drama Headquarters[1]
Written by	Park Ji-ha
Directed by	Choi Young-hoon
Starring	Choi Kang-hee Yoo In-young Kim Ji-young Lee Sang-yeob Lee Jun-young Lee Jong-hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producer	Park Hae-sun
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Box Media Corporation
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	April 27 (2020-04-27) – June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16)

Good Casting (Korean: 굿캐스팅; RR: Gutkaeseuting) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young, Kim Ji-young, Lee Sang-yeob, Lee Jun-young and Lee Jong-hyuk. It aired on SBS TV from April 27 to June 16, 2020.^[2][3]

Synopsis

Legendary espionage agents give girl power a whole new meaning in this thrilling action comedy. Once part of South Korea's top secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents are reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Baek Chan Mi (Choi Kang Hee) was reassigned to the cybersecurity team, but dreams of returning to her former role. Hwang Mi Soon has left agent life behind and became a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Lim Ye Eun, a smart single mom and desk agent dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Don Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do or die mission.^[4]

Cast

Main

• Choi Kang-hee as Baek Chan-mi / Baek Jang-mi^[5]
• Yoo In-young as Im Ye-eun / Im Jung-eun^[6]
• Kim Ji-young as Hwang Mi-soon / Gi Mi-sun^[7]
• Lee Sang-yeob as Yoon Seok-ho^[8]
• Lee Jun-young as Kang Woo-won^[9]
• Lee Jong-hyuk as Dong Kwan-soo^[9]

Supporting

National Intelligence Service

• Jung In-gi as Seo Gook-hwan
• Park Kyung-soon as Bae Moo-hyuk
• Hwang Bo-mi as Gan Tae-hee
• Kim Jin-ho as Geum Dong-seok

Il Kwang Hitech

• Woo Hyun as Myung Gye-chul^[10]
• Lee Sang-hoon as Tak Sang-gi
• Kim Yong-hee as Ok Chul
• as Byun Woo-seok
• Han Soo-jin as Assistant Goo
• Jo Young-hoon as Seol Young-hoon
• Kim Kyung-sook as Park Kyung-sook

Main's entourage

• Cha Soo-yeon as Shim Hwa-ran
• Lee Seung-hyung as Nam Bong-man
• Yoon Sa-bong as Prison boss
• Kim Bo-yoon as Nam Joo-yeon
• Bae Jin-woong as Pi Chul-woong
• Sung Hyuk as Kwon Min-seok
• Noh Ha-yeon as Kwon So-hee

Production

Development

The series is based on a screenplay which was one of the winners of the 2016 2H MBC Drama Screenplay Competition (miniseries category), alongside the 2019–20 SBS television series Hot Stove League.^[11]

Early working title of the series is Miscasting (Korean: 미스캐스팅; RR: Miseukaeseuting). Director Choi Young-hoon first wanted to name the series that way because the characters are miscasted for the operation, but he changed it to Good Casting as all three actresses showed good team work.^[12]

Filming

The series is entirely pre-produced. Filming ended on February 7, 2020.^[13][14]

Original soundtrack

Good Casting OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2020
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	SBS Content Hub Vlending Co., Ltd.

Part 1

Released on May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Feel It!"	Kim Min-jae Yoon Kyung-won	Kim Chang-rak Kim Soo-bin Cho Se-hee	Cheetah	2:39
2.	"Feel It!" (Inst.)		Kim Chang-rak Kim Soo-bin Cho Se-hee		2:39
Total length:					5:18

Part 2

Released on May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"The Day" (그날)	Zigzag Note Moonc	Zigzag Note Moon Sang-sun	Lee Min-hyuk	4:34
2.	"The Day" (Inst.)		Zigzag Note Moon Sang-sun		4:34
Total length:					9:08

Part 3

Released on May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Let's Make Love" (사랑하자)	Major League	Major League	Lee Jun Young Soyeon (Laboum)	3:45
2.	"Let's Make Love" (Inst.)		Major League		3:45
Total length:					7:30

Part 4

Released on May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Red Bag" (빨간 책가방)	Park Ji-ha Choi Young-hoon	Zinhadi	Lee Sang-yeob	2:49
2.	"Red Bag" (Inst.)		Zinhadi		2:49
Total length:					5:38

Part 5

Released on June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Maybe Love"	ZigZag Note Lee Shin-sung	ZigZag Note Kim Sun-woong	Lee Shin-sung	3:31
2.	"Maybe Love" (Inst.)		ZigZag Note Kim Sun-woong		3:31
Total length:					7:03

Viewership

Good Casting : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	2.183	1.986	1.780	2.186	1.993	1.746	1.660	1.648	1.515	1.606	1.529	1.505	1.585	1.615	1.566	1.782	1.743

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[15]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Part	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
			Nielsen Korea[16]		TNmS[17]
			Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	1	April 27, 2020	9.5% (7th)	10.5% (5th)	8.5% (11th)
	2		12.3% (4th)	13.2% (3rd)	9.5% (8th)
2	1	April 28, 2020	9.8% (5th)	10.9% (5th)	9.5% (8th)
	2		10.8% (4th)	11.8% (4th)	9.8% (7th)
3	1	May 4, 2020	8.5% (8th)	9.4% (5th)	7.7% (11th)
	2		9.8% (5th)	10.8% (4th)	9.2% (7th)
4	1	May 5, 2020	8.7% (8th)	9.9% (6th)	8.7% (9th)
	2		11.1% (5th)	12.8% (3rd)	10.5% (6th)
5	1	May 11, 2020	8.6% (7th)	9.3% (5th)	7.9% (10th)
	2		10.3% (4th)	11.1% (4th)	9.3% (8th)
6	1	May 12, 2020	8.4% (7th)	9.2% (5th)	8.5% (10th)
	2		9.2% (5th)	10.0% (4th)	9.3% (6th)
7	1	May 18, 2020	7.6% (11th)	8.3% (8th)	7.8% (11th)
	2		9.1% (5th)	9.9% (4th)	9.1% (8th)
8	1	May 19, 2020	7.4% (9th)	8.8% (7th)	7.5% (10th)
	2		8.5% (6th)	10.0% (5th)	8.6% (9th)
9	1	May 25, 2020	6.9% (9th)	7.5% (9th)	6.7% (13th)
	2		8.5% (7th)	9.4% (6th)	8.2% (8th)
10	1	May 26, 2020	7.1% (7th)	7.6% (6th)	7.0% (12th)
	2		8.7% (5th)	9.4% (4th)	8.2% (7th)
11	1	June 1, 2020	6.5% (13th)	6.9% (11th)	6.8% (11th)
	2		8.0% (6th)	8.2% (6th)	7.7% (9th)
12	1	June 2, 2020	7.1% (9th)	7.8% (7th)	6.6% (10th)
	2		8.3% (5th)	9.0% (5th)	7.9% (7th)
13	1	June 8, 2020	6.1% (12th)	6.8% (8th)	5.7% (13th)
	2		8.4% (6th)	9.4% (5th)	7.8% (7th)
14	1	June 9, 2020	6.7% (8th)	7.3% (7th)	6.1% (12th)
	2		8.5% (6th)	9.3% (5th)	7.9% (8th)
15	1	June 15, 2020	6.6% (8th)	7.3% (8th)	6.3% (12th)
	2		8.1% (7th)	8.9% (6th)	7.6% (9th)
16	1	June 16, 2020	7.9% (6th)	8.6% (6th)	6.5% (12th)
	2		9.8% (4th)	11.0% (3rd)	8.2% (7th)
Average			8.5%	9.4%	8.0%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2020	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama	Lee Sang-yeob	Nominated	[18]
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama	Choi Kang-hee	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama	Lee Jong-hyuk	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama	Kim Ji-young	Nominated
		Best Character Award, Actress	Choi Kang-hee	Won
		Best New Actor	Lee Jun-young	Nominated

References

1. Kim, Hye-in (March 2, 2020). "SBS Drama Headquarters to Go Independent in March". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
2. Lee, Gyu-lee (April 28, 2020). "Choi Kang-hee returns to small-screen with comedy 'Good Casting'". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
3. Choi, Ji-yoon (March 9, 2020). "Choi Kang-hee, Yoo in-young, Kim Ji-young, Korean Charlie's Angels in "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
4. Good Casting | Rakuten Viki, retrieved 2021-04-23
5. Kim, Joo-won (June 11, 2019). "Choi Kang-hee Confirms Lead in SBS Drama "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
6. Schwartz, William (July 19, 2019). "Yoo in-young Cast for "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
7. Jo, Eun-ae (April 29, 2020). "Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young and Kim Ji-young's "Good Casting" Has the Makings of a Hit". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
8. Kim, Hyun-soo (April 23, 2019). "Lee Sang-yeob Jumps Into the World of Entertainment". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
9. Schwartz, William (August 16, 2019). "Lee Jong-hyuk and Lee Jun-young Confirmed for "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
10. Jung, Hee-yeon (March 31, 2020). "Woo Hyun Confirms Appearance in "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
11. "2016 MBC 드라마 극본공모". iMBC (in Korean). Retrieved May 28, 2020.
12. Jung, Gyu-jin (April 22, 2020). "오합지졸 멤버 모였는데... 제목이 '굿캐스팅' 된 이유". OhmyNews (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
13. Schwartz, William (February 7, 2020). "Choi Kang-hee Announces Completion of Filming for "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
14. Lee, Seung-rok (April 22, 2020). "Yoo In-young Shares Her Thoughts on the Pre-Produced "Good Casting"". HanCinema. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
15. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
16. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved April 27, 2020.
17. TNmS ratings:
    • "Ep. 1". Break News (in Korean). April 28, 2020.
    • "Ep. 2". Break News (in Korean). April 29, 2020.
    • "Ep. 3". Break News (in Korean). May 5, 2020.
    • "Ep. 4". Break News (in Korean). May 6, 2020.
    • "Ep. 5". Break News (in Korean). May 12, 2020.
    • "Ep. 6". Break News (in Korean). May 13, 2020.
    • "Ep. 7". Break News (in Korean). May 19, 2020.
    • "Ep. 8". Break News (in Korean). May 20, 2020.
    • "Ep. 9". Break News (in Korean). May 26, 2020.
    • "Ep. 10". Break News (in Korean). May 27, 2020.
    • "Ep. 11". Break News (in Korean). June 2, 2020.
    • "Ep. 12". Break News (in Korean). June 3, 2020.
    • "Ep. 13". Break News (in Korean). June 9, 2020.
    • "Ep. 14". Break News (in Korean). June 10, 2020.
    • "Ep. 15". Break News (in Korean). June 16, 2020.
    • "Ep. 16". Break News (in Korean). June 17, 2020.
18. Kim, Jong-eun (January 1, 2021). "'남궁민 대상→'펜트하우스' 9관왕, SBS 빛낸 두 작품 [종합]". TV Daily (in Korean).

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Good Casting at IMDb
• Good Casting at HanCinema