The sound-catching, crime-solving duo of OCN’s Voice

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Drama Casting & News

The sound-catching, crime-solving duo of OCN’s Voice

Character posters are out featuring the two leads of OCN’s upcoming thriller Voice: Jang Hyuk (Beautiful Mind) stars as the “mad dog” former detective who becomes a police call center dispatcher, and Lee Hana (Unkind Women) is the voice profiler whose extraordinary sense of hearing detects important clues that would otherwise go unnoticed. The same serial killer who devastated their lives is still on the loose, and together, they race to catch the criminal before it’s too late and more innocent lives are lost. After all, the “golden time” to save a person in danger is a mere three minutes, so time is of the essence.

Voice is written by Ma Jin-won (I Am Legend), and after a last-minute PD switcheroo, it will now be directed by PD Kim Hong-sun of tvN’s Pied Piper and Liar Game fame, taking over the reins from PD Kim Do-hyuk (I Love Lee Tae-ri) who had to leave on account of production schedule changes for the movie he’s been working on.

Normally, I’d be wary of a director swap so close to the premiere date, but it’s not PD Kim Hong-sun’s first time at the rodeo when it comes to directing slick and thrilling dramas, so I’m somewhat at ease. I think the dark and sinister tone of Voice was well established by PD Kim Do-hyuk in the haunting teasers, and the stylized character posters are a continuation of that, highlighting Lee Hana’s heightened auditory ability and Jang Hyuk’s fearless and merciless pursuit of justice.

Their respective copy reads: “Just by hearing, I can see. I will catch that sound,” and “You guys don’t know me yet…that I’m a mad dog.” The tagline of the posters is, “The sound that mustn’t get away.” If the new direction stems from the solid foundation that’s already been put in place, production should go off without a hitch.

Voice will premiere on OCN on January 14, 2017.