South Korean actor Lee Min-ho put a lot of thought into the role that would be his small-screen comeback since his discharge from mandatory military service last year. The 32-year-old eventually decided on fantasy romance drama The King: Eternal Monarch.
In a video call with media outlets from Singapore and the Philippines, he says through an interpreter: "I looked at a lot of scripts and the first thing that attracted me to this role is that he is an emperor. I don't think I'll get a chance to play that again.
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