BLACKPINK’s Jisoo explores virtual dating in Netflix rom-com

Undeterred by criticism of her previous acting, BLACKPINK’s Jisoo now has her eyes set on rom-com queen status in the upcoming Netflix series “Boyfriend on Demand.” The singer-actress will portray Mi-rae, an exhausted webtoon producer who finds escape in a mysterious app that delivers a custom-fit heartthrob boyfriend each month to tend to her emotional needs. “Virtual reality didn’t feel like a distant future, and my character, Mi-rae, is about my age too. I chose this project because I could really relate myself to the way Mi-rae wrestles with her worries and works through them,” the actor shared during a press conference for the show at JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul on Thursday. The virtual dating subscription in the show delivers 900 themed dates at the slip of a simple device, letting anyone dive into risk-free romance, hitting home for today’s burned-out people, where even dating feels like just another grind. “As a total homebody, when I saw the device, I immediately thought, ‘You could travel through all kinds of worlds without ever leaving your house,’