When the Stars Gossip
2025 South Korean television series
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When the Stars Gossip (Korean: 별들에게 물어봐) is a 2025 South Korean television series written by Seo Sook-hyang, directed by Park Shin-woo, and starring Lee Min-ho, Gong Hyo-jin, Oh Jung-se, and Han Ji-eun. The series follows the fateful encounter of a space tourist and an astronaut on a space station.[6] It aired on tvN every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST) from January 4 to February 23, 2025. It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
| When the Stars Gossip | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 별들에게 물어봐 |
| Lit. | Ask the Stars |
| RR | Byeoldeurege mureobwa |
| MR | Pyŏldŭrege murŏbwa |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Seo Sook-hyang |
| Directed by | Park Shin-woo |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Nam Hye-seung[2] |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 minutes[3] |
| Production companies | |
| Budget | ₩50 billion[5] |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | January 4 – February 23, 2025 |
Synopsis
The series centers on Eve (Gong Hyo-jin), a commander overseeing a space station, and Gong-ryong (Lee Min-ho), a gynecologist who visits the station for a few days as a space tourist.[7]
Cast and characters
Main
- Lee Min-ho as Gong Ryong[6]
- An obstetrician-gynecologist with a strong sense of responsibility who arrives at the space station as a tourist.
- Gong Hyo-jin as Eve Kim[6]
- A Korean-American astronaut.
- Oh Jung-se as Kang Kang-su[8]
- A space experiment expert who has been on the space station for ten months.
- Han Ji-eun as Choi Go-eun[9][10][11]
- The CEO of MZ Electronics, Choi Jae-ryong's daughter, and Gong Ryong's fiancée.
Supporting
- People at MCC
- Kim Joo-hun as Park Dong-ah[12]
- A veteran astronaut who has been to the space station three times, and also a member of Seoul's MCC with Eve Kim.
- A world-famous astronaut and the first Korean-American woman to become IOU Space Center Vice President.
- Lee Cho-hee as Dona Lee[13]
- Mina Lee's twin sister. A space doctor of IOU who checks the overall medical condition of the astronauts of Expedition 3.
- Lee Hyun-kyun as Han Si-won[13]
- A director of flight operations.
- Park Ye-young as Ma Eun-soo[14]
- MCC's mouse experimental partner.
- People at ILS
- Lee Cho-hee as Mina Lee[13]
- A space scientist in charge of plants, and Dona Lee's twin sister.
- Heo Nam-jun as Lee Seung-joon[13]
- A space scientist in charge of mice.
- Alex Hafner as Santiago Gonzalez Garcia.[15][16]
- An astronaut from IOU Space Center.
- People at MZ Group
- Kim Eung-soo as Choi Jae-ryong[17]
- The chairman of MZ Group.
- Baek Eun-hye as Na Min-jung[17]
- A pediatrics and adolescents doctor at MZ Hospital.
- Kim Kyung-duk as Secretary Go[17]
- Go-eun's secretary.
- Im Sung-jae as Jeon Yi-man[17]
- Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MZ Hospital.
- People around Gong Ryong
- Jeon Soo-kyeong as Ji Hwa-ja[18]
- Ryong's mother.
- Choi Jung-won as Jang Mi-hwa[18]
- Jung Young-joo as Jung Na-mi[18]
Special appearances
- Jo Jung-suk as newscaster
- Park Jin-joo as a reporter[19]
Production
Casting
On November 18, 2021, it was revealed that Lee Min-ho and Gong Hyo-jin were in talks to take on the lead roles of a new drama series written by writer Seo Sook-hyang.[20] On January 26, 2022, it was revealed that Oh Jung-se was offered a role which was under review.[21] On March 28, 2022, Lee and Gong were confirmed as the lead actors.[6]
Filming
Filming began in April 2022.[5] On February 8, 2023, Lee Min-ho announced on his Instagram account that the filming of the series had ended.[22]
Release
Original soundtrack
Part 1
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feel Like a Million" |
|
| Big Naughty | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Feel Like a Million" |
| 3:19 | ||
| Total length: | 6:38 | ||||
Viewership
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 890 | 969 | 628 | 744 | 462 | 721 | 425 | 521 | 500 | 673 | 454 | 572 | 436 | 454 | 393 | 593 | 590 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[25] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | January 4, 2025 | 3.324% (1st) | 3.818% (1st) |
| 2 | January 5, 2025 | 3.883% (1st) | 3.910% (1st) |
| 3 | January 11, 2025 | 2.237% (4th) | 2.679% (3rd) |
| 4 | January 12, 2025 | 2.781% (2nd) | 3.042% (1st) |
| 5 | January 18, 2025 | 1.8% (NR) | 1.939% (6th) |
| 6 | January 19, 2025 | 2.905% (4th) | 3.076% (2nd) |
| 7 | January 25, 2025 | 1.826% (10th) | 2.144% (2nd) |
| 8 | January 26, 2025 | 2.199% (5th) | 2.321% (1st) |
| 9 | February 1, 2025 | 2.075% (4th) | 2.078% (3rd) |
| 10 | February 2, 2025 | 2.693% (1st) | 2.791% (1st) |
| 11 | February 8, 2025 | 1.898% (3rd) | 1.786% (3rd) |
| 12 | February 9, 2025 | 2.073% (2nd) | 2.039% (2nd) |
| 13 | February 15, 2025 | 1.852% (3rd) | 2.103% (3rd) |
| 14 | February 16, 2025 | 1.928% (2nd) | 1.980% (1st) |
| 15 | February 22, 2025 | 1.783% (3rd) | 2.097% (2nd) |
| 16 | February 23, 2025 | 2.550% (1st) | 2.517% (1st) |
| Average | 2.363% | 2.520% | |
