'Trauma Center' Casts Jeong Ye-in to Replace Hayoung Following Great-Grandfather Controversy

Group LOVELYZ member and actor Jeong Ye-in has joined the Netflix series The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call following the departure of actor Hayoung.

Netflix announced today (September 29) that Jeong Ye-in will star in the new season of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call.

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call is a medical drama that depicts the lively exploits of a genius surgeon who saves lives with a single scalpel.

Season 1 was released last year and received love from viewers at home and abroad, and filming for Season 2 and Season 3 will begin simultaneously starting next month.

Hayoung made her face known through this work in the role of Cheon Jang-mi, a trauma team nurse.

She was originally scheduled to appear in the sequels alongside Ju Ji-hoon and Choo Young-woo, who also starred in Season 1, but after suspicions were raised online regarding pro-Japanese activities by her great-grandfather Ahn Sang-ho, she apologized by saying, "As a descendant, I sincerely apologize," and stepped down from the project.

Following Hayoung's departure, Jeong Ye-in was cast in the role of Cheon Jang-mi after going through multiple auditions.

Jeong Ye-in debuted with LOVELYZ in 2014 and received love for hit songs such as Ah-Choo, Destiny, and Hi~.

She began acting in 2017 as the child counterpart of Moon Chae-won in the tvN drama Criminal Minds.

Since then, she has appeared in Tving and Watcha's Narak: The Quiz Show and DramaBox's The Mysterious Chaebol Daughter, among others.

This marks her first time taking on a leading role in a standard television drama.

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