Actor Lee Min-ho resumes filming for drama

Lee Min-ho [10Asia]

Actor Lee Min-ho got into a car accident yesterday but is healthy enough to continue filming his ongoing TV series "City Hunter."

A car Lee had been in while shooting a scene where he is driving, crashed and got partially wrecked in the front, the show's promoter 3HW.Com explained through a press release on Tuesday.

Lee suffered no major external injuries however, and immediately received thorough medical examination at a hospital as a precautionary measure, 3HW said.

Producers had advised him to rest but he returned to set today to resume filming of the show, added 3HW.

In "City Hunter," based on a popular Japanese comic of the same name, Lee plays Lee Yoon-sung who vows to get revenge on his father's death by following through a plan which begins with him working at the Blue House after receiving his doctorate from MIT.

The show, also starring Park Min-young, Gu Hara, Lee Jun-hyuk and Hwang Sun-hee, is a collaboration by famed producer Jin Hyuk of hit dramas "Brilliant Legacy" and "Princess Prosecutor" and scenarist Hwang Eun-kyung of "New Hit" and "The President."

A 20-part series in total, "City Hunter" has fared well so far, staying the No. 2 show in the Wednesday and Thursday primetime lineup and its ratings seeing constant gains every week.

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