Lee Sang Yi will play a new character in the No Gain, No Love spin-off, but he will still be Han Ji Hyun's love interest.
On September 20, it was officially confirmed that Lee Sang Yi will lead the spin-off Spice up Our Love. TVING also confirmed that the upcoming K-drama will premiere on October 3.
Spice Up Our Love is a new story about a writer who finds herself inside her novel. The novel is a romantic fantasy about a 19+ web novel writer who becomes the main character of her work. The story is based on one of the main characters from No Gain, No Love, Nam Ja Yeon.
Han Ji Hyun and Lee Sang Yi will lead the upcoming K-drama. Han Ji Hyun will be playing two roles in the upcoming K-drama. She will continue to play Nam Ja Yeon, and she'll also be playing Seo Yeon Seo, the main character of her web novel.
Lee Sang Yi will have a different role in the spin-off. He'll be playing Kang Ha Joon, the CEO of GB Electric. Kang Ha Joon is the male lead of the web novel and is known for being a perfect conglomerate.
According to reports the upcoming spin-off will have a total of 2 episodes. The K-drama will exclusively premiere on the OTT platform TVING. It will be released on October 3, Thursday.
In the parent series of Spice up Our Love, Lee Sang Yi stars as Bok Gyu Hyun, the CEO of Honeybee Education. He finds himself intertwined with writer Nam Ja Yeon after being involved in a legal dispute over hateful comments. As their relationship develops through unexpected circumstances, fans are eagerly anticipating a potential relationship between the two.
After these romantic K-dramas, Lee Sang Yi will meet viewers in a different genre in his upcoming K-drama. The actor is set to return to Bloodhounds Season 2. He will work alongside Woo Do Hwan, Rain, and 2 PM Hwang Chan Sung.