Park Eun Bin and Yang Se Jong Preview Chaotic Partnership in tvN’s Spooky in Love

tvN’s upcoming drama Spooky in Love is positioning Park Eun Bin and Yang Se Jong at the center of a partnership built on panic, mistrust, and unusually good timing. The series, scheduled to premiere on July 18 at 9:10 p.m. KST, has released both new stills and a first-episode preview that show its leads being pushed together before either character is ready to call the other an ally.

The drama is an occult romance adapted from the 2011 film Spellbound. Its premise pairs Cheon Yeo Ri, played by Park Eun Bin, with Ma Gang Wook, played by Yang Se Jong. She is a hotel heiress who has been able to see and hear ghosts since surviving a near-death experience. He is a prosecutor whose professional courage is complicated by a deep fear of the supernatural.

That contrast is the show’s central engine. Cheon Yeo Ri does not simply live with ghosts in the background of her life; according to the setup, she has been told by a shaman that she must help restless spirits resolve their grudges if she wants to remain safe. Her daily routine is therefore shaped by other people’s unfinished business, even when that business leads her directly into danger.

The latest preview places that danger in motion almost immediately. Cheon Yeo Ri appears furious as she gets into her car, seemingly after a hit-and-run incident. Before she can take control of the situation alone, Ma Gang Wook suddenly enters the passenger seat and insists that he will help her. The moment is comic, tense, and awkward at once, because she reads his arrival less as assistance than as an intrusion.

The clip also hints that the two characters have crossed paths before. Once they recognize each other, their exchange turns sharper: he tries to establish authority by identifying himself as a prosecutor, while she pushes back against both his timing and his assumption that she needs him. The preview’s final beat adds the supernatural complication, as Ma Gang Wook becomes confused when Cheon Yeo Ri reacts to a voice that he cannot hear.

An Action Beat With Romantic-Comedy Friction

Newly released stills expand the picture beyond the car scene. They show Cheon Yeo Ri and Ma Gang Wook encountering suspicious men at a crime scene connected to a ghost’s nightly visits. The pair are then shown chasing armed robbers and becoming involved in a physical confrontation, despite having no established partnership and little reason to trust each other yet.

What makes the setup notable is that the drama is not waiting for its leads to gradually become a team. Instead, it throws them into a shared crisis and lets their coordination emerge under pressure. The stills suggest that even while they bicker and resist each other’s presence, the two are capable of reading a dangerous situation quickly and responding in sync.

For Park Eun Bin, Cheon Yeo Ri offers a role that mixes composure, vulnerability, and action. The character’s wealthy background could have made her a conventional romantic-comedy lead, but the ghost-seeing premise gives her life a darker obligation. She is not merely haunted; she is actively negotiating with the demands of spirits who pull her toward unresolved incidents.

Yang Se Jong’s Ma Gang Wook is built around a different contradiction. As a prosecutor, he is expected to confront suspects and pursue justice, yet the occult side of the story makes him uneasy. That tension gives the character a reason to depend on Cheon Yeo Ri even when he appears to be the one forcing his help on her.

Why the Premiere Setup Matters

The premiere materials make clear that Spooky in Love is aiming for more than a simple opposites-attract romance. Its first hook is procedural: a ghost’s message leads to a crime scene, a chase, and a confrontation. Its second hook is emotional: two people with very different relationships to fear must learn how to operate together when neither fully understands the other’s world.

That balance is important for an occult romance. If the ghost story overwhelms the comedy, the pairing can feel secondary; if the banter overwhelms the danger, the supernatural premise can become decorative. The early footage suggests tvN wants the two ingredients to collide directly, using the characters’ first conflict as both a chase sequence and a relationship test.

The drama also enters the schedule with recognizable audience interest around both leads. Park Eun Bin has built a reputation for roles that depend on precise emotional shifts, while Yang Se Jong returns to a format that gives him room for both urgency and comic frustration. Their chemistry will likely determine whether the show’s unusual premise feels fresh across its run.

For now, the first-episode preview and stills establish a clear promise: Spooky in Love will begin with two reluctant partners already in motion, surrounded by criminals, ghosts, and misunderstandings. Whether that chaos turns into romance is the question the premiere is designed to launch.