Red Velvet Irene's fans, who have been clamoring for her return to acting, will finally get their wish because the idol, recently, received an offer to play the lead in the youth drama Double Patty.
According to Soompi, Irene has been cast for the lead role in Double Patty. She will play the character of a student who dreams of becoming a news anchor.
SM Entertainment has confirmed the reports and said that Irene has agreed to take on the project.
Double Patty will be directed by Baek Seung Hwan. It is a comig of age film that chronicles the growth and journey of young people as they reach for their dreams.
While this will be the first time for Irene to appear in a movie, this is actually not the first time that she has taken on an acting job. It can be recalled that Irene appeared as one of the main characters in 2016 web drama Game Development Girls.
Red Velvet's Irene took on the role of Ah Reum, an employee of a game development company who loves horror movies and cola. While she wears glasses for the most part, her beauty still shone through as she portrayed her role.
Irene received a lot of praise for her acting debut from fans and production members alike. In one article, a source from the production team said that they were impressed by Irene's skilful portrayal and her ability to assimilate to the set quickly.
Fans have been wondering why the Red Velvet leader has not been given more acting projects like her member Joy, who has appeared in two fill length dramas in recent years.
Joy took the main roles for 2018's Tempted opposite Woo Do Hwan and 2017's The Liar and his Lover opposite Lee Hyun Woo.
Irene's big screen debut Double Patty is expected to begin shooting in August, around the same time that Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi completes promotion for their debut album MONSTER.
Recently, Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi debuted the first Red Velvet subunit with great success. After facing several delays in the debut date and the MV release, the duo received a lot of love from local and overseas fans.
MONSTER, which was also the title of the title track, topped local real time charts and physical album charts on the first week of release and also topped the iTunes charts of 45 regions in the world, All Kpop reported.
