After the presidential election, the right time...Running mate, now it's time to pick the president of the student council (comprehensive)
Jun 12, 2025
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A production presentation for the original `Running Mate' was held at the Stanford Hotel in Sangam, Mapo, Seoul on the 12th. Director Han Jin-won, actors Yoon Hyun-soo, Lee Jeong-sik, Choi Woo-sung, Hong Hwa-yeon, Lee Bong-joon and Kim Ji-woo attended the event.
`Running Mate' is a high-teen cheerful political drama in which Roh Se-hoon (Yoon Hyun-soo), who was teased by all students due to an unexpected incident, is nominated as a vice president of the student council's election, and runs toward the election through all kinds of tricks. The simmering desires and joys and sorrows of young people in the fierce election for the president of the high school student council, and the friendship and warm growth story in them are expected to provide different fun.
Above all, drama fans are paying attention to the fact that it is the production debut of Han Jin-won, who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay as a co-writer of Parasite. Director Han Jin-won said, `It's a sweaty story of six girls and boys who entered the election. Covering the election materially does not mean relying solely on extreme fights and conflicts. Like the '90s high-teen drama, it also included positive energy " he introduced the play.
It seems that he will feel burdened by the fact that he will make his directing debut after the Oscar for Best Screenplay. Coach Han said, `Five years have already passed, I felt heavy and I was cautious and nervous around me. If it was something that contributed to the work of the great movie seniors and put spoons on it, now I decided to do what I could"
Regarding the reason for combining high-teen and politics, "The reason for sending a message was not the purpose of making the work. I wanted to share my emotions. We tried to evoke the desire, desire for recognition, timing, jealousy, respect, hatred, loss, and longing we have. When I reach the age of 40, I am not a young man, but a middle-aged man, and it was a greeting and letter as the last young man. liked the 'Misaeng' and the 'Our distorted hero'. I was wondering if we could make it into the current version. I thought it would be nice to bring up the theme of election" he explained.
Coincidentally, it was released shortly after the presidential election. "I think it's good because it's released at the right time," Han said. What was interesting about this election period is that students are also interested in the election," he nodded.
Teving, who successfully succeeded in a series of academies with different subjects such as 'After-school War Activities', 'Pyramid Games' and 'Study Group', is making drama fans excited with his new 'High Teen Political Drama'. Director Han said, `I think TVing is the best OTT for Korean academy" expressed satisfaction.
In particular, even though it is a subject of high-teen, it is of interest that 'Politics' was used differently from other plays. One director said "I wanted to show reality. Just because I'm a high-teen in a school uniform, I don't want to diagnose now, but I wanted various generations to feel emotional about each other."
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Lee Jung-sik took on Kwak Sang-hyun, a candidate for student council president and a gold spoon who does not easily reveal his inner feelings. "The high-teen election itself came fresh because it had never been seen in the existing formatAs you can see when you see "Lee Jung-sik ", each character has a variety of charms. I hope that our enjoyment will be conveyed to the viewers well, how it will be expressed in a charming and individual way in our drama."
Choi Woo-sung, who performed as Yang Won-dae, the choir director who leads the camp with perfect leadership, said "It was good because it contained emotions that could only be felt when he was in his teens." I wanted to do it because this character seems to express the desire or ambition that I can only have then"I hope it will be an opportunity to remember the role of Yangwon University, which I played, saying, "There was such a senior when I was a student."
Kwak Sang-hyun and Yang Won-dae, who will face off as candidates for student council president, and the desire for reversal, heat up the election war. Yoon Jung-hee, the strategist of Kwak Sang-hyun's camp and the top student in the extreme 'T', is Hong Hwa-yeon, Sehun's best friend and Youngjin High School's mood maker Park Ji-hoon is Lee Bong-joon, and Youngjin High School's first love Ha Yoo-kyung is Kim Ji-woo.
Hong Hwa-yeon meets viewers as Yoon Jeong-hee, a strategist at Kwak Sang-hyun's camp and the top student in the school. Hong Hwa-yeon recalled a lot of her friends from her school days. As many characters came out, the story sounded very attractive"I actually remembered when I was in high school. I filmed it with pleasure" he recalled.
When I see Jihoon, I think I can think that there were friends like that around meThere are some people who have not experienced this age yet, and I think those who passed will see it. I hope that various emotions such as anticipation, excitement, and nostalgic memories come to mind."
Kim Ji-woo "I was so nervous when I got to participate because the story was fresh. I filmed it with the mindset that I want to express Yookyung really well"I want to hear that Yu-kyung is a charming child because she has a lot of unexpected charms in the play."
Yoon Hyun-soo and Choi Woo-sung compete with 'running mate', but in their previous work 'Investigation Team Leader 1958', they appeared as a team. Yoon Hyun-soo shot "'Running Mate' first and 'Investigation Team Leader'. I got to audition when I was in the middle of filming 'Running Mate'. Thankfully, I was cast first. First of all, I remember teasing my brother by saying 'It's stuck', and Choi Woo-sung said "I was in a situation where the results weren't coming out. I hope the teasing comes out soonI thought ' While keeping it a secret, he appeared at the scene of the investigation team leader, and he was surprised.
Finally, Yoon Hyun-soo wished that `those who may have felt tired after watching the politics of adults can relieve that feeling by watching our teenage political stories.'
The TVing original 'Running Mate' will be released on the 19th (Thursday).
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