# Good Casting

Good Casting (Korean: 굿캐스팅; RR: Gutkaeseuting) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young, Kim Ji-young, Lee Sang-yeob, Lee Jun-young and Lee Jong-hyuk. It aired on SBS TV from April 27 to June 16, 2020.

## Synopsis

Legendary espionage agents give girl power a whole new meaning in this thrilling action comedy. Once part of South Korea's top secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents are reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Baek Chan Mi (Choi Kang Hee) was reassigned to the cybersecurity team, but dreams of returning to her former role. Hwang Mi Soon has left agent life behind and became a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Lim Ye Eun, a smart single mom and desk agent dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Don Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do or die mission.

## Cast
### Main

* Choi Kang-hee as Baek Chan-mi / Baek Jang-mi
* Yoo In-young as Im Ye-eun / Im Jung-eun
* Kim Ji-young as Hwang Mi-soon / Gi Mi-sun
* Lee Sang-yeob as Yoon Seok-ho
* Lee Jun-young as Kang Woo-won
* Lee Jong-hyuk as Dong Kwan-soo

### Supporting
#### National Intelligence Service

* Jung In-gi as Seo Gook-hwan
* Park Kyung-soon as Bae Moo-hyuk
* Hwang Bo-mi as Gan Tae-hee
* Kim Jin-ho as Geum Dong-seok

#### Il Kwang Hitech

* Woo Hyun as Myung Gye-chul
* Lee Sang-hoon as Tak Sang-gi
* Kim Yong-hee as Ok Chul
* as Byun Woo-seok
* Han Soo-jin as Assistant Goo
* Jo Young-hoon as Seol Young-hoon
* Kim Kyung-sook as Park Kyung-sook

#### Main's entourage

* Cha Soo-yeon as Shim Hwa-ran
* Lee Seung-hyung as Nam Bong-man
* Yoon Sa-bong as Prison boss
* Kim Bo-yoon as Nam Joo-yeon
* Bae Jin-woong as Pi Chul-woong
* Sung Hyuk as Kwon Min-seok
* Noh Ha-yeon as Kwon So-hee

## Production
### Development

The series is based on a screenplay which was one of the winners of the 2016 2H MBC Drama Screenplay Competition (miniseries category), alongside the 2019–20 SBS television series Hot Stove League.
Early working title of the series is Miscasting (Korean: 미스캐스팅; RR: Miseukaeseuting). Director Choi Young-hoon first wanted to name the series that way because the characters are miscasted for the operation, but he changed it to Good Casting as all three actresses showed good team work.

### Filming

The series is entirely pre-produced. Filming ended on February 7, 2020.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 2.183 | 1.986 | 1.780 | 2.186 | 1.993 | 1.746 | 1.660 | 1.648 | 1.515 | 1.606 | 1.529 | 1.505 | 1.585 | 1.615 | 1.566 | 1.782 | 1.743 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Lee Sang-yeob | Nominated |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Choi Kang-hee | Nominated |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Lee Jong-hyuk | Nominated |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Kim Ji-young | Nominated |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Character Award, Actress | Choi Kang-hee | Won |
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Lee Jun-young | Nominated |