‘Real’ Surges on OTT Amid Controversy Over Forced Scene Allegations

By Wooju, Lee

Mar 30, 2025

‘Real’ Surges on OTT Amid Controversy Over Forced Scene Allegations



While the bereaved family of the late Sulli claimed that actor Kim Soo-hyun and director Irobe of the movie Real forced bed scene, Real' is running backwards on various OTT platforms.

As of the 30th, the 2017 film 'Real' ranked fourth on the global OTT platform Netflix. It ranked third in Coupang Play, fifth in TVing, and second in Watcha. The unexpected reverse seems to be due to a series of controversies over Kim Soo-hyun, who has recently been beleaguered due to allegations of grooming minors. Recently, Sulli's bereaved family also demanded an explanation from Kim Soo-hyun and Irobe, claiming that 'Real' forced Sulli's bed scene.

Sulli's bereaved family said in a statement on the 28th that they heard questionable information at the time of Sulli's funeral in 2019"At the time of filming the 2017 movie "Real", Bedshin's band existed, and the band who couldn't come because he was sick was actually at the filming site. "




The bereaved family said "I heard that the scene between Sulli and Kim Soo-hyun was not so concrete in the original script"I know there was a stand-in actor about Sulli's naked body at the time of filming, and the stand-in actor was on the scene, so I would like to ask why he persuaded Sulli to force Sulli to sleep and naked body without using a stand-in."," he said, calling for a fact-finding mission. However, Kim Soo-hyun's side has not expressed its position on this.

‘Real’ Surges on OTT Amid Controversy Over Forced Scene Allegations
Immediately after its release, the movie 'Real' was criticized for highlighting the unnecessary exposure and excessive bed scenes of actresses. Han Ji-eun, who was a rookie at the time, also filmed a high-level bed scene through 'Real'. Since then, Han Ji-eun has suffered significant aftereffects for a while after filming the movie "Really" through an interview with the 2018 film "Expansion"It was difficult to film the scene without washing all the wounds from "Real", but he was comforted and recovered through "Expiration" he once said. In addition, there was a controversy over the fact that the public audition announcement for Real required high-level exposure acting and that some applicants auditioned in unusual exposure costumes at clubs.

Director Lee Jung-seop, who was in charge of directing before he was replaced by Irobe, said, `I am not qualified for an official explanation because I do not have a 'Director Credit', but the production team did not allow me to appear at the scene in the early stages of the audition. "I was excluded from the selection site for fairness. I was able to meet the final eight actors selected by the production team, and I picked one of them myself, and Han Ji, a rookie at the time, was accepted as an actor, so I had fun filming with him as the main character", he explained.






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