(JYP Entertainment, Bhc)

Actress Shin Eun-soo has been cast in the upcoming SBS TV drama “The Legend of the Blue Sea.”

Shin, 14, will be assigned to play the teenage years of the female lead -- a modern-day mermaid -- while veteran actress Jun Ji-hyun plays the lead.

Screenwriter Park Ji-eun, who wrote the hit drama “My Love from the Star,” worked on this new production.

“The Legend of the Blue Sea” will begin airing in November on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Top Hallyu star Lee Min-ho has also been cast in a lead role.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

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