Less Than Evil

Less Than Evil is a 2018 South Korean television series based on the British series Luther. It stars Shin Ha-kyun, Lee Seol, Park Ho-san and Kim Gun-woo. It aired on MBC from December 3, 2018 to January 29, 2019.

Synopsis
The drama centers on the ongoing psychological battle between a brilliant psychopathic murderer and a hot headed, justice-driven Detective Chief Inspector.

Main

 * Shin Ha-kyun as Woo Tae-suk
 * A tough and unscrupulous detective with the highest arrest rate, a character based on DCI John Luther.


 * Lee Seol as Eun Sun-jae/Bae yeo-wool
 * A female psychopath based on antagonist Alice Morgan.


 * Park Ho-san as Jeon Choon-man
 * A leading detective in the metropolitan area who is at odds with Woo Tae-suk


 * Kim Gun-woo as Jang Hyung-min
 * A serial killer who pretends to be a prosecutor and Woo Tae-suk's greatest enemy based on serial killer Tom Marwood.

Supporting

 * Cha Sun-woo as Chae Dong-yoon
 * A straight-as-an-arrow detective who graduated early from the police academy based on Luther's partner DS Justin Ripley.


 * Bae Da-bin as Shin Ga-young
 * A prickly police officer based on DCI Erin Gray.


 * Bae Yoo-ram as Ban Ji-deuk
 * An expert in IT programming who sets up her own detective agency based on DS Benny Silver.


 * Yoon Hee-seok as Jo Doo-jin
 * The head of the PR department at the police station and Woo Tae-suk's best friend based on John Luther's best friend DCI Ian Reed.


 * Yang Ki-won as Lee Moon-ki
 * A policeman on Woo Tae-suk's team


 * Kim Na-yoon as Team Leader Sung
 * The head of forensic investigative team based on Luther's bosses DSU Rose Teller and DSU Martin Schnek.


 * Hong Eun-hee as Kim Hae-joon
 * A lawyer and Woo Tae-suk's wife based on John Luther's wife Zoe Luther.


 * Cho Yi-hyun as Bae Yeo-wool
 * A victim of a case that Woo Tae-suk cannot forget


 * Bae Yoon-kyung as Woo Tae-hee
 * Woo Tae-suk's sister


 * Ryu Tae-ho as Choi Jung-woo
 * A timid head detective who is indecisive. He works with Jeon Choon-man


 * Kim Yi-kyung as Kwon Soo-ah

Special appearances

 * Ahn Nae-sang as Commissioner general.

Production
The actress Lee Seol was chosen among 300 others who auditioned for the role of Eun Sun-jae to play the female lead.

The first script reading was held in early September, 2018 with the attendance of cast and crew at the MBC in Sangam-dong.

Ratings

 * In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
 * NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
 * N/A denotes that the rating is not known.