My star Um Jung-hwa ♥ A middle-aged romance with Song Seung-heon, I can't believe I'm so excited!
Sep 24, 2025
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Uhm Jung-hwa met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 23rd and had an interview with the end of the original Genie TV `My Star Like Gold' (Pak Ji-ha, directed by Choi Young-hoon). Uhm Jung-hwa is "12 episodes, so time flies. It hasn't been long since it started, but it ended right away, so it's a pity that "It's a pity that the 25 years of the listener have not been sufficiently explained as it becomes a 12-episode series. Since I abbreviated it briefly. So the writer also missed that part a lot. I couldn't capture the listener's story in detail."
Uhm Jung-hwa then said, `It seems that the writer paid a lot of attention to how the listener spent 25 years and not to look too gloomy or heavy because there is a color of the drama. So it seems that he devised a way to implicitly express the time when the listener was secluded and avoiding people.'
Bong Cheong-ja, played by Uhm Jung-hwa in 'My Golden Star', also attracted attention for her middle-aged romance with Dokgo-cheol (Song Seung-heon). Uhm Jung-hwa says "Middle-aged romance can be so exciting." The characters were so cute, and Song Seung-heon of Dokgo Railroad was so handsome. I looked at the comments section, and I think it was all covered by Song Seung-heon's beauty rather than acting, and I think Song Seung-heon's acting was so natural that it was good because it matched well with Dokgo-cheol. I think that's why the ratings went up," he said with a smile.
Uhm Jung-hwa continued "It's a story that people who come purely with emotions from a long time ago suddenly meet without any irregularities and various stories, and it was amazing and fun to meet this story. I didn't know when this opportunity would come again while filming, so I thought I should enjoy the emotions as much as possible."
Uhm Jung-hwa wants to meet stories across generations in the future. Uhm Jung-hwa said, `I want to meet stories about love as a human being that each has different love, but can feel variously. Since the current generation is not regarded as an older woman just because they are in their 60s as before, there is an expectation that they will be able to dream of love and tell such stories even when they are in their 60s in such a life. My age is also changing. I didn't think I would be able to get a script like this at this age in my 30s and 40s. So I'm looking forward to it."
Then "Now is the time to show that we can do this kind of workfully and make us empathize with each other." Because in my 30s, when I did a movie called 'SINGLES', there were times when everyone thought that life was over after 30. Then 'We can do well without a husband!'We sympathized with each other while talking about this. Just as the movie "Marriage Is Crazy" can now be done more at my age and dream like "Dr. Cha Jung-sook" can be dreamed independently as a woman, it was good that the audience can do anything as long as they have the ability to dream of their dreams again from the bottom.
Lastly, Uhm Jung-hwa hopes to remain as if she showed that a very enjoyable middle-aged romantic comedy is possible. They're having so much fun. I want to try season 2 as well. At that time, he laughed, saying, `What if it was my boyfriend who is like gold,' `My husband who is like gold.'
"My Golden Star" is a romantic comedy about the years in which Korea's top star turns into an ordinary middle-aged woman overnight. Um Jung-hwa was a top star Im Sera and an ordinary female subscriber who lost her memory, struggling to recover lost time and receiving support from viewers. Starting with 1.3 percent of viewers, "My Golden Star" more than tripled and was loved by viewers, surpassing 4.2 percent." (National standards for paid households in Nielsen Korea)
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