Between Idol and Actor: From Nana to G-Dragon
From ex-After School member Nana's The Scandal to Son Ye-jin, Lee Byung-hun of No Other Choice, Squid Game and BigBang's T.O.P: a relay along shared casts showing K-pop and K-drama are one world.
This course starts with Nana's role in The Scandal and moves station by station along shared casts — Son Ye-jin, Lee Byung-hun, Squid Game, T.O.P, BigBang and G-Dragon. Each stop is a casting overlap, never a private relationship, tracing how K-pop and K-drama draw on one shared talent pool strictly along career and work credits.
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NanaCantoresOpens with Nana, a former After School singer turned actress, and her role in the 2026 series The Scandal. - 2
After SchoolGrupos de K-popMoves to After School, the girl group Nana debuted in, showing idol-to-actor careers are a familiar path. - 3
The ScandalDoramasThe Scandal's leads Son Ye-jin and Ji Chang-wook carry the relay from Nana into the next stations. - 4
Son Ye-jinAtoresSon Ye-jin of The Scandal also starred in the 2025 film No Other Choice, carrying the relay forward. - 5
EojjeolsugaeopdaFilmesPark Chan-wook's No Other Choice, where Son Ye-jin co-starred with Lee Byung-hun, shifts focus to him. - 6
Lee Byung-hunAtoresLee Byung-hun, also known as the Front Man of Squid Game, carries the relay into that series. - 7Squid GameDoramasSquid Game, Lee Byung-hun's series, also cast BigBang's T.O.P in season two, crossing back to an idol-turned-actor.
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T.O.PCantoresT.O.P, who appeared in Squid Game season two, was originally BigBang's lead rapper, leading into the group itself. - 9
Big BangGrupos de K-popBigBang, T.O.P's group, leads to its leader G-Dragon. - 10
G-DragonCantoresCloses with G-Dragon, BigBang's leader, retracing how idols and actors move within one industry.
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