Ong Seong Wu Is Playing the Most Dangerously Charming K-Drama Villain of 2026 — First Look at Spooky in Love

tvN’s Spooky in Love is shaping up to be one of the summer’s most electrifying K-dramas, and the newly released first stills of Ong Seong Wu in character have only cranked up the anticipation even further. Here’s everything you need to know before it premieres.

Spooky in Love — Show Overview

What Is Spooky in Love About?

A remake of the 2011 film Spellbound, Spooky in Love is an occult romance drama about the chaotic partnership between Cheon Yeo Ri (Park Eun Bin), a hotel heiress who can see ghosts, and Ma Gang Wook (Yang Se Jong), a passionate prosecutor who is terrified of them.

It’s the kind of premise that makes K-drama fans sit up — a ghost-seeing heiress and a ghost-fearing prosecutor forced into each other’s worlds. Already sold? Wait until you hear about the third piece of the puzzle.

Occult fiction blended with romance has always been a winning formula in Korean storytelling, and with Park Eun Bin leading the charge, the genre is in exceptional hands.

Ong Seong Wu’s Character — The Wolf in Gentleman’s Clothing

This is where things get genuinely thrilling. Ong Seong Wu plays Kang Min Hwan, the CEO of CL Raymond Hotel who pursues his dark ambitions hidden behind a gentlemanly face. With a sharp mind and attractive looks, he is the heir to CL — a hotel and resort group — and serves as the CEO running its subsidiary CL Raymond Hotel.

On the surface, he looks like the perfect man. As a capable figure known for a polite and rational personality and efficient execution of work, he earns deep trust from those around him — including his close friend Cheon Yeo Ri.

But beneath that immaculate exterior lies something far darker. The production team explained: “Kang Min Hwan uses the trust of those who follow him whenever he needs it. When he sets a goal driven by his desire and feeling of emptiness to be loved and recognised by his parents and his company, he will stop at nothing to achieve it. He is a meticulous strategist who wears a gentle face as a mask, targets his opponent’s weaknesses, and ultimately achieves what he wants.”

A villain born not of pure evil, but of a desperate need to be loved — that’s the kind of layered antagonist that stays with you long after the finale.

Why Ong Seong Wu Is Perfect for This Role?

Kang Min Hwan’s unexpected darker side will be brought to life through Ong Seong Wu’s strong performance, with the actor set to demonstrate his acting range by portraying a character with extreme contrasts. Fans who have followed Ong Seong Wu since his Wanna One days know his natural warmth and charisma — which is exactly what makes him so effective as a character who weaponises those very qualities.

The first stills show him in both modes — the charming, polished hotel CEO and the quietly intense figure whose eyes hint at calculations happening beneath every smile. It’s compelling casting.

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