Shocking casting buzz: i-dle’s Miyeon is reportedly set to headline the new season of a smash-hit K-Drama, taking over as the franchise’s newest queen.
According to a Korea Economic Daily report on the 24th, Miyeon will appear in the MBN drama Bitch x Rich 2’s expanded-universe spinoff, Bitch x Rich: Royal Camp.
Per reports, Miyeon has been offered the role of Semi, Cheongdam International High School’s new “queen.” Semi is the only daughter of the mega-conglomerate Taeyang Group and grew up like a princess with powerful support from her mother’s side of the family. Notably, she’s described as a layered, chilling character who oddly finds emotional stability in the discomfort and fear others feel in her presence—raising expectations for Miyeon’s shocking transformation on screen.
Bitch x Rich: Royal Camp carries over the original universe while introducing an entirely new cast of characters. The story is set at a transfer camp for rising 11th graders vying to enter the elite Cheongdam International High School. At its core is an intense power struggle and conflict between the Taeyang Group chairman’s illegitimate son—who joins the camp seeking recognition as part of the chaebol family—and the new queen, Semi, who holds absolute power.
Premiering in May 2023, Bitch x Rich earned massive domestic and global popularity for its unflinching portrayal of raw ambition and class conflict inside a coveted elite school—strong enough to warrant production through Season 2.
Meanwhile, Miyeon, who has steadily built her acting chops through multiple projects, is drawing attention for the explosive synergy she could create by joining the cult-favorite Bitch x Rich series.