President Shin's project Bae Hyun-sung ♥ romance between seven and nine years apart..an effort to be light

By Jiyoun, Moon

Oct 29, 2025

President Shin's project Bae Hyun-sung ♥ romance between seven and nine years apart..an effort to be light
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Actor Bae Hyun-sung (26) mentioned his romance with Ire.

Bae Hyun-sung recently met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and was interviewed at the end of tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama 『New President Project" (written by Ban Ki-ri, directed by Shin Kyung-soo). Bae Hyun-sung drew attention by completing his romance chemistry with Yire in the play. Bae Hyun-sung said "As they played romance, I thought that I wanted to have a simple romance without being burdensome. I wanted a cute romance with each other, thinking that it would be nice not to get in the way of the play. So I talked about that a lot with Mr. Ire, and I tried to make him excited and cute in the cute part."

President Shin's project Bae Hyun-sung ♥ romance between seven and nine years apart..an effort to be light
Photo provided = Awesome ENT
In the play, Philip and Zion appeared with a nine-year difference, and there was also a burden on viewers for romance breathing. Bae Hyun-sung also said that he had a lot of concerns about this. "So I think he tried to make it light and not burdensome. I was worried about the age difference, so I thought I wanted to reduce it as much as possible, but one of the important things for Xion is that there is a 'first vote in life'. The writer said he wanted to talk about it, and Philip also became a judge at the elite course as fast as possible, so I don't think he changed the setting. So I tried to make it as light as possible, not too much.'




Bae Hyun-sung also had to play much more roles than his age, playing Cho Philip in his 30s in the play. He "It was the first time I played a character older than me. However, there is only a five-year difference from my actual age. So at first, I thought I was 32 years old. What should I do?I thought ' and then I thought 'There's not much age difference with me. So I think the worry disappeared quickly. If I show my forehead, I can't see my younger image, so I decided to show my forehead. In the beginning, I wore glasses and came out, so I thought it would be good to show it to you because I haven't shown you that."

'New President Project' is a dispute-solving hero drama in which a new president with a mysterious secret solves cases and embodies justice by crossing expediency and compliance. It ended with 9.1% (11 episodes, national standards for Nielsen Korea paid households), its highest ratings. Bae Hyun-sung played Cho Philip, who became a paratrooper at a chicken restaurant overnight from an elite new judge in the play. Adding a strange charm in the face of principleism, he boosted the play's vitality with a priestly bromance with President Shin (Han Suk-kyu), and created a delicate and warm romance chemistry with Zion (Lee).





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