Who doesn't enjoy a good cameo? Here are our favourite memorable A-lister cameos from recent Korean dramas, starting with Squid Game, that are short, sweet, and crafted for maximum effect. Sometimes these celebrities appear as themselves, and other times they play roles that are so brief but memorable that we have to watch the scene 50 times.
1. Lee Joon-Gi In Hotel Del Luna
Lee Joon-gi and IU reunited in IU's supernatural drama Hotel del Luna, following their hot chemistry in Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo in 2016. Lee makes an appearance as a priest executing an exorcism, much to the chagrin of IU's character, who granted him the power to see ghosts in the hopes that he would join her hotel, only for him to become preoccupied with hunting down dangerous ghosts instead.
2. Kwak Dong-Yeon In It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
Before his incredible performance in Vincenzo, Kwak Dong-yeon appeared in It's Okay To Not Be Okay, in which he played Kwon Ki-do, a psychotic patient. He flashes Ko Moon-young (Seo Ye-ji), who laughs at his teeny weenie, before going amok at his father's political campaign event, dressed in a trench coat with nothing below and a crazed expression in his eyes.
3. Choi Ji-Woo In Crash Landing On You
The emergence of OG Hallyu superstar Choi Ji-woo as herself was another CLOY cameo that had fans excited. In the touching scene, North Korean soldier Kim Joo-muk (Yoo Su-bin), a major fan of the 2003 drama Stairway to Heaven and its female heroine, discovers that Yoon Se-ri has planned a surprise meeting with his favourite actress.
4. Kim Soo-Hyun In Crash Landing On You
Kim Soo-hyun, a K-drama A-lister and one of the industry's highest-paid performers, had one of the craziest appearances in recent memory. Kim humorously reprises a character from his 2013 comedy-drama Secretly, Greatly as Won Ryu-hwan, a North Korean agent disguised as a rural fool, in Crash Landing on You, the 2020 K-drama that made millions around the world drool and become a K-drama lover.
5. Lee Sung-Kyung In Record Of Youth
Weightlifting Fairy Lee Sung-kyung, who also appeared in Dr Romantic 2, plays an actress who has a heated encounter with Park Bo-gum’s character. She even has a part when she does a modern dance routine for the audience. That is what we call a genuine cameo!
6. Hyeri In Record Of Youth
The actress, who was most recently seen in the hit K-drama My Roommate Is a Gumiho, starred alongside Park Bo-gum in 2015's Reply 1988 as Duk-seon and Choi Taek in one of K-drama history's most beloved episodes. Fans were overjoyed to learn that Hyeri would appear in Record of Youth and were looking forward to a pleasant reunion.
7. Park Seo-Joon In Record Of Youth
Park Seo-joon comes as a famous actor who presents the Best Actor award to Park Bo-character gum's in the PBG film Record of Youth after Park Bo-gum appears in his show Itaewon Class. In character, the two also engage in some backstage banter.
8. Park Bo-Gum In Itaewon Class
The vision of a glowing Park Bo-gum in slow motion in the last episode of Itaewon Class is too much for our small hearts to bear. Her shocked "daebak" (wonderful) response to his appearance as a chef hoping to acquire a job at Kwon Na-restaurant. ra's His cooking, fortunately, is also daebak.
9. Gong Yoo In Squid Game
The actor portrays the mysterious Salesman, who persuades the main character Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) to join the high-stakes Squid Game at a subway station. They play ddakji, a traditional Korean children's game in which you try to flip your opponent's tile over by throwing a folded paper tile.
10. Yeo Jin-Goo In Start-Up
Yeo Jin-goo fans who adored him in Hotel del Luna and The Crowned Clown were in for a major surprise with last year's Start-Up, as he technically plays two different roles. Young Sil, an AI virtual assistant utilised by Han Ji-pyeong (Kim Seon-ho), is voiced by him, and he has some amazing lines and moments in the programme. In the last episode, he also appears as the founder of a start-up that matches young orphans with adult mentors.
