MBC DRAMA
MEAN TO BE
Details
Network: MBC
Episodes: 122
Genre: romance, drama, revenge
Airdate: april 17th to october 20th 2023
Airtime: 7:50 - 8:30 KST
Directed by Kim Jin Hyung
Written by Yeo Jeong Mi
oficial page:
https://program.imbc.com/Cast/Meanttobe
Plot
A work depicting the lives of two women, Lee Hae In and Kang Se Na, who were placed in different destinies in childhood.
Cast
Jeon Hye Yeon as Lee Hae In
The daughter of Soon Young Lee and Chi Hwan Kang, who saved her life through Soon Young's sacrifice. She grew up trusting and relying on her adoptive father, Lee Chang. She is also friendly. She is popular and confident, and at the decisive moment, she has a strong and bold side like a contestant.
Her birth mother was lost within a few days of her birth and she was left in an orphanage where she was raised until the age of 8. Her artistic sense is excellent. Haein's life is completely destroyed due to Lee Chang and Jung Im's sudden accident.
Jung Woo Yeon as Kang Se Na
Although Lee Chang is her biological father, she was born and grew up as the daughter of Chi Hwan and is loved unconditionally. She is Shine Cosmetics exclusive model, with an upper-class background and striking looks, she stands out wherever she goes and becomes the center of attention. She looks glamorous, provocative and charismatic, but she doesn't have the 'fighting spirit' that Chi Hwan has, and she disappoints her father. Her goal is to become her dad's full and safe successor.
Se Na and Jin Woo grew up like siblings. Her first love is Jin Woo, but when she sees Jin Woo dealing with Hae In, she is jelous and with all her might, she chooses to drive Hae In to the edge of the cliff.
Seo Han Gyeo as Ha Jin Woo
He is the owner of Seonju Fashion. He is majoring in business administration, but he is trying to direct a play. He was known for his excellent learning ability and was superior in everything. He has a great artistic sense, and he has everything he can't do, such as music and art. He was a loving and affectionate parent more than any other couple and was able to develop a stable inner world and rich sensitivity. He met Hae In at the nursery school and made beautiful memories with her.
Jin Ju Hyun as Moon Do Hyeon
He is observant and perceptive. He is as talkative as he thinks a lot, but He has his own far-reaching aspirations and castle behind his quietness. He has a ferocious fighting spirit to achieve the goals he has set for himself. He lived while experiencing the difference between heaven and earth in his status with his whole body. He lives in a doghouse on one side of the mansion and runs when called. A mother who works as a housekeeper, and an uncle who works as a driver. He likes Se Na, but there was no way he could rise in status like Jin Woo. He passed the bar examination and became a prosecutor.
Support cast
Kim Yu Seon as Kang Chi Hwan (Lee hae In's biological father, Kang Se Na's father)
He believe that money and power are stronger than the law. He want to stand above the law. In order not to be swayed or destroyed by money and power anymore. He had to become a strong man who grabbed them with both hands. He can't be satisfied and he is hasty, reckless, mean, and greedy.
He fully learns the social structure of the weak meat and uses it thoroughly.
Ko Eun Mi as Jeon Mi Gang (Kang Chi Hwan's wife)
She has a noble and seductive appearance with a strong self-esteem and narcissistic personality. Growing up in abundance thanks to his wealthy father, she knows nothing of the darkness or difficulties of the world. There is no mercy for those who disobey or betray her. There is no choice but to kneel.
Choo Eun Sook as Na Jeong Im (Lee Hae In's adoptive mother)
She has a smart and warm heart. She wants to live a normal life, dreaming of a future, but the harsh reality made her live a heartless and tight-fisted life. As a child, she grew up under a tyrannical stepmother but she never lost her self-esteem. She fall in the trap of Chi Hwan. In order to pay off the debt to him, she became his secretary and for her success, she relentlessly endured Chi Hwan's evil deeds.
She is a person who shows extreme maternity to Hae In.
Lee Hoon as Yoon I Chang (Lee Hae In's adoptive father)
He is a theater director. Mi Kang's former love and Jeong Im's current husband. He has the unique pride and perseverance of an artist. He is mysterious because he has many secrets, and he is strong because he has endured so much pain. Due to Kang Chi Hwan's trick, he was framed as a drug offender and sent to prison. After being released from prison, while wandering around the world as a taxi driver, he meets Jeong Im and Hae In.
Jo Mi Ryung as Chae Yeong Eun (Ha Jin Woo's mother)
She is Mi Kang's friend. She is a former announcer who was introduced by Mi Kang and remarried Ha Yun Mo, the heir to the Seonju Group. A person who graduated from a prestigious university. After her marriage, her relationship reversed, and she coyly attacked Mi Kang.
Byun Woo Min as Ha Yoon Mo (Ha Jin Woo's father, Seon Joo Fashion owner)
Chairman of Seonju Fashion. He was born into a royal family.
She is always relaxed and has high self-esteem because she is rich in everything, including property, academic background, and personal connections. In his family, he was a husband and father full of love and affection. After passionate love with his wife, he decided to marry and lived happily ever after than any other family. However, after losing her wife who saved Jin Woo from being swept away by the current, Yun Mo loses everything to her.
Jung Han Yong as Jeon Sang Cheol
Chairman of Moojeong Construction. He became rich in real estate and even established a construction company. He likes things that are thorough and certain. His own word is law. The only person who can move Chairman Jeon is his only daughter, Mi Kang.
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