Snow White's Revenge (Korean: 스캔들) is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Han Chae-young, Han Bo-reum and Choi Woong. The series unfolds as a woman who becomes a writer and joins her enemy's company to seek revenge by writing a script about her enemy, who killed her father. It aired on KBS2 from June 17, to November 29, 2024, every Monday to Friday at 19:50 (KST).
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Synopsis
Snow White's Revenge depicts the story of a woman who wants to own the world and another woman who risks everything for revenge.
Cast and characters
Main
Han Chae-young as Moon Jeong-in / Moon Gyeong-sook
The 54-year-old CEO of Jeongin Entertainment, born in 1970 as Moon Gyeong-sook. In 1999, she married a kind-hearted doctor, only to strangle him to death, steal his money to start her agency and scare his daughter into running away. After changing her name to Moon Jeong-in, she marries her older lover Min Tae-chang, but blames him for her misery as she dallies with politicians to gain power in the entertainment industry.
Han Bo-reum as Baek Seol-ah/Park Jin-gyeong
A new drama writer. She lost her father and her wealth to her stepmother, Moon Gyeong-sook. Growing up in the care of her former nanny, she was about to marry her long-time boyfriend Seo Jin-ho, only to lose him too to the woman now known as Moon Jeong-in. She takes on the pen name Park Jin-gyeong and decides to use her popular drama Pokerface, produced unwittingly by Moon Jeong-in, to take revenge on her tormentors by making her life story public.
Choi Woong as Seo Jin-ho / Joo Woo-jin
A passionate aspiring actor who loathes his life of juggling part-time jobs. When he was about to marry his childhood friend Baek Seol-ah, he loses his memory and begins to live as an actor to be groomed by Moon Jeong-in.
Supporting
Kim Gyu-seon as Min Joo-ryeon
The daughter of Moon Jeong-in and the head of Jeong-in entertainment.
Jeon Seung-bin as Na Hyun-woo
A star director.
Jin Ju-hyung as Kim Seok-gi
A college senior of Min Joo-ryeon and head of Jeongin Entertainment's planning department.
Oh Young-joo as Go Eun-byeol
The director of Skin Experience Research Institute.
Kim Yu-i as Park Ji-yeon
A stylist.
Kim Jin-woo as Na Seung-woo
Na Hyun-woo's younger brother. He is also an assistant director at a broadcasting company.
Lee Byung-joon as Min Tae-chang
The husband of Moon Jeong-in and the chairman of Mind Trading company.
Lee Sook as Nanda Park
The aunt of Park Il-joong.
Jo Hyang-gi as Choi Mi-seon
The aunt of Baek Seol-ah and Il-joong's wife.
Hwang Dong-joo as Park Il-joong
The uncle of Seol-ah and the husband of Choi Mi-soon.
Special appearance
Moon Ji-hoo as Kang Eun-jae, the waiter (Ep. 1)
Production
Development
On May 13, 2024, the video of the script reading session was revealed. Three days later, the first still cuts were released. This series is script writer Hwang Soon-young's 4th daily drama for KBS2, after Ruby Ring, Two Mothers and Red Shoes.
Casting
Han Chae-young and Han Bo-reum's casting was announced in April 2024. In May, the main leads' casting was confirmed. This marks Han Chae-young's comeback two years after starring in the cable drama Sponsor in 2022, as well as her first-ever regular appearance in a daily soap opera since she began acting in 2000. Speaking about her role as a 54-year-old evil stepmother, the 44-year-old Han Chae-young said: "I was very worried when I received the offer, but the character and script were very sparkly, and various complex stories were interesting... I wanted to try a long-breathing drama."