Lee Sang Yeob and Lee Ji Min Preview a New Romantic Thread in ENA’s Dream To You

ENA’s upcoming romantic comedy Dream To You is giving viewers a closer look at one of its supporting romantic threads before the drama arrives. Newly released preview material centers on Lee Sang Yeob and Lee Ji Min, whose characters cross paths through the entertainment industry and appear set to add a warm, playful layer to the series.

The drama is built around the reunion of Woo Soo Bin, played by Hwang In Youp, and Joo Yi Jae, played by Girl’s Day’s Hyeri. Soo Bin is described as a gifted film director who returns after reaching the dreams he once chased, while Yi Jae is a reporter who has drifted away from her own ambitions. That central setup places the story in familiar romantic-comedy territory: two people with shared history meeting again after life has reshaped their priorities.

Lee Sang Yeob plays Seo In Wook, the head of a film production company. In Wook is not simply a business figure in the plot; he is presented as an older-brother-like presence for Woo Soo Bin, someone who remained beside him until the director found success. When Soo Bin comes back to Korea in search of his first love, In Wook joins him, creating the circumstances for his own unexpected connection.

A Dating Show Writer Meets a Film Executive

That connection is Choi Sa Rang, played by Lee Ji Min. Sa Rang works as a writer for a celebrity dating show, a job that gives the drama an easy bridge between scripted romance and the reality-TV machinery that packages romance for audiences. Her personality also leans fully into the genre: she is described as a hopeless romantic who dreams of fated love and enjoys reading romance novels.

The previewed scenario starts with Sa Rang trying to cast In Wook in a dating program after a chance meeting. It is a sharp comic premise because the characters seem to approach love from very different angles. In Wook moves through the film world as a practical executive and trusted industry insider, while Sa Rang is professionally surrounded by romance narratives and personally invested in the idea of destiny.

Stills from the drama show the pair in a hotel lobby, with Sa Rang approaching In Wook while he is on a phone call. The image is simple, but it points to the kind of small social collision romantic comedies often use to launch a relationship: one character is trying to stay composed and businesslike, while the other disrupts that routine with curiosity, confidence, or a proposal that is hard to ignore.

Why This Pairing Matters Before Premiere

For Dream To You, this supporting storyline could help widen the emotional range around the main reunion between Soo Bin and Yi Jae. Romantic comedies often work best when secondary characters are not only there for exposition, but also carry their own questions about timing, sincerity, and what it means to believe in love after seeing how messy real life can become.

Sa Rang’s work on a celebrity dating show may also give the drama room to comment lightly on how entertainment turns private feelings into public spectacle. If the series uses that backdrop well, her interest in In Wook can become more than a cute casting attempt. It can ask whether someone who professionally manufactures romantic setups can still recognize an authentic one when it happens to her.

In Wook’s role may be equally important. As the person who stayed beside Soo Bin through his rise, he appears tied to the drama’s themes of ambition, loyalty, and return. His possible romance with Sa Rang could contrast with Soo Bin’s first-love journey by showing a relationship that begins not with nostalgia, but with an unexpected present-day encounter.

The casting also gives viewers another reason to watch how the ensemble balances tone. Hwang In Youp and Hyeri carry the main reunion story, but Lee Sang Yeob and Lee Ji Min’s preview suggests the drama is also investing in side chemistry and workplace-adjacent humor. That can be especially valuable for a series set across film production, journalism, and dating-show culture.

Dream To You is scheduled to premiere on July 13 at 10 p.m. KST and will be available on Viki. Ahead of that debut, the new stills position Lee Sang Yeob and Lee Ji Min’s characters as a potentially charming counterpoint to the lead couple’s more emotionally loaded reunion.

For now, the key question is whether the drama can turn a light casting gag into a relationship viewers want to follow. The ingredients are clear: a polished film executive, a romance-loving dating show writer, and a story world where dreams, careers, and old feelings are all about to collide.