Producer Shin Won-ho "Unseuljeon" Ko Yoon-jung feels like an easygoing elementary school student...Cynthia, Kang Yoo-seok, and Han Ye-ji are all acting monsters."
Apr 15, 2025
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At the director's talk 'Unseuljeon' held in Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul on the 15th, creator Shin Won-ho and director Lee Min-soo directly delivered the behind-the-scenes story of the casting.
'Life of a Slugi-ul major' (Creator Shin Won-ho, Lee Woo-jung/Director Lee Min-soo/ Playwright Kim Song-hee / Planning CJ ENM Studios/Production Eggs Coming) ' (hereinafter 'Unseuljeon') is a drama about the turbulent social life of Oi-young (Ko Yoon-jung), Pyo Nam-kyung (Cynthia), Um Jae-il (Kang Yoo-seok), and Kim Sa-bi (Han Ye-ji), a first-year resident of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jongno Yulje Hospital.
Creator Shin Won-ho revealed the casting process of Ko Yoon-jung, Cynthia, Kang Yoo-seok, and Han Ye-ji, the four first-year residents of obstetrics and gynecology, which is the centerpiece of this work, and `I met the actors in person this time around through auditions. It was the process of finding real characters to make up the drama rather than pretty and cool actors."
The first actor mentioned is Ko Yoon-jung, who plays 'Oh Yi-young'. The new creator was very interested in actor Ko Yoon-jung. There may be a stereotype of 'this will be the case' because of your pretty appearance, but when I met you, it felt completely different. He described himself as 'like a fifth-grade boy in elementary school'. Such easygoingness fits well with the character Oi-young. "The strength of the expressionless face and the power of the expressionless face are also great. The smoke was delivered efficiently."
Cynthia, who plays the role of `Pyo Nam-kyung', explained `Actor with rich emotional texture`. The new creator thought that the coy image from that face could make a big impactThe fact that he was an actor who broke through the competition ratio of 1400 to 1 at the time of auditioning for "Witch 2" exceeded expectations. While filming, I kept discovering new things."
As for Kang Yoo-seok, who plays the role of `Um Jae-il,' he felt similar to Ahn Jae-hong's first casting. He is a likeable person, an actor born with a good impression from birth. "But it's not just light." There is a heavy center. That was very important in this drama."
Han Ye-ji, who plays the role of "Kim Sa-bi," will be in public for the first time through this work. The New Creator is "the first audition in life, the first casting, the first leading film. It was an actor that we didn't know either, but the casting director recommended it"The image was different from that of Kim Sa-bi we thought, but it had a different charm. He acted so well that I wondered if he was an acting monster. Even though I was a beginner, I was not afraid or intimidated, so I admired it," he added.
Lastly, as for actor Jung Joon-won who plays the role of `Koo Do-won,' he was an actor in my jewelry box. I really wanted to do it together someday, and I cast it right away because it matched the character 'Koo Won'. Actors who have excellent acting skills as well as natural acting skills in their daily lives.
Producer Shin asked for expectations, saying, `Seeing the growth narrative of attractive newcomers is also the point of view of this drama.'
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