The Universe's Star () is a South Korean television drama starring Suho (EXO) and Ji Woo. The drama is one of the "Three Color Fantasy" drama trilogy by MBC and Naver. The drama's color is White and it will be followed by Romance Full of Life (Green). It is airing on Naver TV Cast every weekday at 23:59 (KST) starting from January 23 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 (KST) starting from January 26, 2017.
Plot
The Universe's Star is a love story between a gifted singer-songwriter Woo-joo (Kim Jun-myeon) and Byul (Ji Woo), a 19-year-old student who becomes the Grim Reaper after dying in an accident.
Cast
Main
Kim Jun-myeon as Woo-joo
Ji Woo as Byul
Supporting
Shin Hyun-soo as Koo Se-joo
Na Hae-ryung as Dr. Yoon So-ri
Yoon Jin-sol as Gak-shi
Go Gyu-pil as Manager Ko, Woo-joo's manager
Lee Si-eon as grim reaper
Lee Ji-hoon as Uhm Dae-pyong
Special appearance
Joo Jin-mo as Manager Ko
Lee Dae-yeon as Woo-joo's father
Lady Jane as Jo Yi-na
Production
The drama is pre-produced as a co-production between Naver and iMBC.
The drama is written and directed by Kim Ji-hyun who's known for Splash Splash Love which won an award at the 20th AsiaTV Awards as the best short drama.
First script reading took place in September, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.
Original soundtrack
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.