Kim Seon-ho to play male lead in 'Touching the Void' this July

Actor Kim Seon-ho / Captured from Instagram

By Kwak Yeon-soo

Actor Kim Seon-ho will return to the stage with the play, "Touching the Void" in July.

The actor's agency Salt Entertainment confirmed that Kim has been cast as Joe Simpson in "Touching the Void," based on the 1988 mountaineering memoir of the same title.

The play is about the mental battle Simpson faces when fighting for survival in the Andes in 1985. The docudrama immerses the audience in Joe's frightening experience as he makes life-and-death decisions.

A film of the same name was released in 2003 and a play premiered in the United Kingdom in 2018.

Kim has removed himself from the spotlight since October last year, when he was accused of coercing his ex-girlfriend into having an abortion. Kim was removed from his leading role in films such as "Dog Days" and "Date at 2 O' Clock," but later his acquaintances sided with him to provide evidence to prove the allegations were untrue.

Kim debuted as a theater actor in the comedy play, "New Boeing Boeing," in 2009 and has starred in a number of TV series, including tvN's "Start-Up" (2020) and "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha" (2021). He will be featured in the upcoming film, "Sad Tropics," which centers on a Korean-Filipino boxer.

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