Though longtime couple Kim Woo-bin and Shin Min-a are co-starring in a drama sequence collectively, it might come as a shock to followers that the 2 aren’t romancing one another onscreen.
Through the digital press convention for his or her new drama sequence My Blues on April 7, author Noh Hee-kyung defined why she didn’t solid the couple as lovers within the sequence.
“I knew they wouldn’t be a part of the sequence in the event that they appeared as a pair. After I was casting them, I instructed them that they might not seem as a pair and they’d every have a romantic relationship with another person.”
“I wished to solid them as a result of they’re nice actors. I didn’t assume a lot about anything — they’re cool {and professional}.”
My Blues is an omnibus-style sequence that showcases the tales of 14 characters, whose lives are intertwined by way of the Seopseop Market in Pureung village, Jeju Island.
Min-a performs Min Seon-a, a mom who leaves her youngster to maneuver to Jeju. Her character romances Lee Dong-seok (performed by Lee Byung-hun) a truck driver who was born and raised on the island.
Although it was Min-a’s first time taking part in a mom onscreen, the 38-year-old welcomed the problem, including that she may relate to her character’s feelings.
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“I may perceive the ache Min Seon-a was feeling and it damage my coronary heart. I believed it will be enjoyable to play this function,” she mentioned.
Alternatively, her co-star, Byung-hun, took a bit extra time familiarising himself together with his function as a result of he wasn’t certain which function he was solid in at first.
“What’s attention-grabbing about an omnibus drama is that in a single episode you’re the lead, and in one other you’re not.”
Because the 51-year-old could be very used to taking part in the main man, he assumed that he could be taking part in the function of Choi Han-soo, whose story seems first within the script.
Han-soo (performed by Cha Seuong-won) is described as a tall character who was good at basketball.
“I used to be constructive it was me, however then I discovered it wasn’t,” he mentioned.
The Squid Recreation actor additionally thought he would play Woo-bin’s function — a ship captain named Park Jeong-jun. He solely discovered he could be taking part in Dong-seok after studying 5 volumes of the script.
“I needed to begin [reading the script] once more on a clear slate, and begin wanting into Dong-seok.”
Kim Woo-bin felt seasick whereas filming at sea
Nevertheless, Byung-hun would possibly simply have dodged a bullet as Woo-bin shared that he acquired seasick whereas filming his scenes as a ship captain.
“I’d take capsules prematurely to alleviate the nausea, however I nonetheless felt sick. If somebody acquired sick whereas we have been filming we must flip the boat round and movie the scene once more, so I simply targeted on the horizon and targeting respiration.”
“As soon as I acquired the grasp of it, it was really calming, nearly like meditating. It made the nausea go away.”
Our Blues premiered on Netflix on April 9.
This text was first printed in AsiaOne.
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