♥ Lee Jong-seok was injured while filming a kiss scene with Moon Ga-young..Postponement of pain in Seocho-dong
Jul 24, 2025
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While tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『Seocho-dong" (played by Lee Seung-hyun and directed by Park Seung-woo) is drawing attention with sensuous directing and emotional visual beauty, director Park Seung-woo and cinematographer Sang-woo reveal behind-the-scenes work, drawing attention.
First of all, director Park Seung-woo, who is inducing empathy for reality with detailed directing, thought that the power of "'Seochodong' was the character and reality, so I thought that I hope the reality and drama would not be very different. In order to fully express it, most of the locations were actually in Seocho-gu.
Even when I was talking to actors and directing, I tried to make a delicate difference to express my daily life that was not great in the amplitude of emotions, and I worked hard from the casting stage because I wanted to show the small daily lives that I tried to express well in this drama. I would like to thank not only the main characters but also all the actors who appear in minor roles. He also thanked the actors for capturing the calm daily life and characters of the drama 'Seochodong'.
In order to capture the detailed performances of these actors, he also had a lot of conversations with director Sang-woo. "We talked the most about the difference between the different moments of the five main characters and what kind of harmony they would give when they all got together." It was my first work with a great cinematographer, and it was a fun work to learn a lot about the reputation that was made up of constant thought, effort, and conversation," he said, adding warmth.
Director Sang-woo Chang also tried to clearly distinguish the visual tone when the five protagonists are together and when they are in different spaces. When we were together, we completely changed our sense of balance and energy, and when we were alone, we filmed it with a tone that allows us to focus deeply on the inner side of the character. " It is an attempt to realize the real image that is revealed when you are alone through space.
Among them, reactions are pouring in to the Hong Kong scene where Ahn Joo-hyung (Lee Jong-seok) and Kang Hee-ji (Moon Ga-young) began to form a relationship. Director Sang-woo Chang said, "With an accidental meeting in Hong Kong 10 years ago, we tried to capture emotions beyond time and space for Joo-won and Hee-ji's narrative, which now leads to a fateful reunion. We chose a place that captures the classical atmosphere and gave a unique rough feeling to the film camera, making the scene look like a memory in your memory."
It also draws attention by revealing that there was a moment when I realized the actor's passion for acting during the work. "There was a dizzying accident in which actor Lee Jong-seok fell while filming the kiss scene. The filming was almost stopped, but he endured the pain and continued his emotions with focused acting. It was a moment when actor Lee Jong-seok's professionalism shone, and I was also impressed.', suggesting the passion of the actors and staff.
Beyond the inflection point, the global popularity of 'Seochodong' is also still ongoing. It maintains the top spot in the Middle East in the global OTT Rakuten Vicky and maintains the top 5 in terms of viewers in 137 countries, including the United States, Brazil, France, the United Arab Emirates, and India. It was the only Korean drama to rank 2nd and 4th overall in Japan's largest platform UNEXT ranking. Not only is it on the rise, ranking No. 1 in Taiwan's iQiyi and No. 2 on Friday, but it is also topping Disney+ Hong Kong and Taiwan, proving its global popularity. In addition, tvN Asia, Southeast Asia's largest K-drama service channel, has been ranked No. 1 in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines for two consecutive weeks since its premiere. Ratings are also rising every week, continuing their march to No. 1 at the same time in cable and general programming channels.
tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『Seocho-dong" will air every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20 p.m., after the actors and staff report their move-in to the hearts of viewers with careful efforts.
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