Lee Jun-ki turns waiter in drama "Hero"

Photographs of Hallyu star Lee Jun-ki playing a nightclub waiter in upcoming TV series "Hero" were released on Friday.

Lee donned a white shirt with a glittering flower-print vest on top, briefly transforming into a waiter in the new Wednesday and Thursday night drama, according to a press release by broadcaster MBC.

"On set, Lee was so good at playing the role that the staff joking asked if he really had worked part-time at a nightclub before," an official at production company Media Zoo was quoted as saying.

In the drama, about a group of youngsters who rebel and fight against a corrupt society, Lee plays the role of a passionate newspaper journalist named Jin Do-hyuk.

The 27-year-old actor became a household name in 2005 playing a woman-like clown in the hit film "The King and the Clown" and was recently voted the most popular Korean Wave star in China.

"Hero" is set to air in Korea starting November 11.