NCT's Jisung Joins Lee Min-ki's Traffic Crime Team as ENA's 'Crash 2' Heads to a Nov. 16 Premiere
ENA's 'Crash 2: Road of Fury' held its press conference in Seoul on Nov. 10, with returning stars Lee Min-ki and Kwak Sun-young joined by NCT's Jisung, who plays a rookie officer. The season premieres Monday, Nov. 16, at 10 p.m. KST.
The T.C.I. team is back on the road. ENA's 'Crash 2: Road of Fury,' the second season of the 2024 traffic-crime drama 'Crash,' held its press conference in Seoul on the afternoon of Nov. 10, six days before its premiere.
Director Park Joon-woo and the returning cast, Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-cheol and Moon Hee, were joined by NCT's Jisung, credited under his real name Park Ji-sung. According to Sportal Korea, the new season follows the Namgang Traffic Crime Investigation team after it is reborn as a metropolitan investigation unit under the National Investigation Headquarters, handling traffic crime cases nationwide.
"I was genuinely happy to reunite with a character I love," Lee Min-ki said, according to Maeil Business, adding that the character "has also become more sociable and, emotionally, has grown closer to the team." Jisung, who plays rookie officer Ji Dae-se, said his NCT bandmates teased him, asking "Who are you to act with senior actors like that?", and that he found it comforting.
'Crash 2' airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 10 p.m. KST on ENA, starting Nov. 16.
Confirmed
- The production press conference for ENA's Monday-Tuesday drama 'Crash 2: Road of Fury' was held on the afternoon of Nov. 10 at the Stanford Hotel Seoul in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, attended by director Park Joon-woo and actors Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Ho-cheol, Moon Hee and Park Ji-sung (NCT's Jisung).
- 'Crash 2' premieres on Monday, Nov. 16, at 10 p.m. KST on ENA.
Reported by other outlets
- Maeil Business reports that Jisung plays Ji Dae-se, a rookie officer in the Namgang Police Station traffic division who admires the T.C.I. team.
- According to Maeil Business, director Park said the new season deals with crime patterns arising from autonomous driving and AI, and that the first 'Crash' ranked as the second-highest-rated drama in ENA's history when it aired in 2024.
- Soompi lists the drama as available on Viki.
Analysis
2FC NEWSROOM analysis: With the first season among ENA's biggest hits, adding an NCT member to the returning cast gives 'Crash 2' a built-in global fan audience on top of its existing viewers.
Sources
- Maeil Business: 'Crash 2' press conference report (Nov. 10, 2026)
- Maeil Business: 'Crash 2' star Park Ji-sung on NCT members' reaction (Nov. 10, 2026)
- Sportal Korea (News1): NCT's Jisung joins as the new youngest member of 'Crash 2' (Nov. 10, 2026)
- Sportal Korea (News1): Lee Min-ki on 'Crash' Season 2 (Nov. 10, 2026)
- STARNEWS: 'Crash 2, Takeoff!' press conference photo (Nov. 10, 2026)
- Soompi: 14 New K-Dramas To Watch In November 2026