September 20, 2024

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‘Our Blues’ about therapeutic and hope: Korean famous person Lee Byung-hun on new Netflix drama 

Through PTI

NEW DELHI: Well-liked Korean famous person Lee Byung-hun, who’s returning on Netflix after “Squid Recreation” with the brand new drama “Our Blues”, says the multi-starrer sequence is concerning the scars that folks raise with themselves and the way they conquer those wounds.

A collaboration between widespread creator Noh Hee-kyung and director Kim Kyu-tae of “It is K, That is Love” repute, “Our Blues” brings in combination an exhilarating forged of one of the largest names within the Korean leisure international.

Lee who has had an illustrious profession with displays corresponding to “A Bittersweet Lifestyles”, “I Noticed the Satan” and “Mr Sunshine” in addition to Hollywood productions “GI Joe: The Upward push of Cobra” and “Pink 2”, will superstar as a Jeju Island-based truck maker within the omnibus-style drama about heartache and therapeutic.

“Folks say each and every soul has a scar. This drama displays the ones scars and the ones scarred other people. Dwelling lifestyles approach seeking to omit the ones scars, attempting to triumph over them. Folks with wounds and the way they conquer the ones scars might be manifested within the drama in a touching manner and impart hope to the audience,” Lee instructed newshounds all over a press convention in Seoul on Wednesday.

Within the press convention that was once are living streamed on Netflix Korea’s web site, the actor additionally spoke about running with “Homeland Cha Cha Cha” superstar Shin Min-a for the 3rd time.

Each the actors are paired in combination within the drama, which additionally stars Shin Min-a’s actual lifestyles boyfriend Kim Woo-bin.

“I first labored with Min-a in her debut piece. She was once my more youthful sister and was once it ‘Gorgeous Days? Sure, it was once. Then we labored on “A Bittersweet Lifestyles” in combination the place my personality had unrequited love for her. Being in a romantic dating or having our characters each like each and every different in a drama is the primary time. It was once superb to paintings along with her, we had nice chemistry,” the actor, who performed the frontman on Netflix hit “Squid Recreation”, mentioned.

Shin Min-a, perfect identified to Korean drama fans for her position in displays such “My Female friend Is a 9-Tailed Fox”, “My Love, My Bride”, “Oh My Venus”, “The following day, With You”, “Leader of Body of workers” and “Homeland-Cha-Cha-Cha”, mentioned her chemistry with Lee is healthier this time.

Requested about taking at the position of a mom for the primary time in her profession, the 38-year-old actor mentioned that was once one of the most primary causes for her to characteristic within the sequence.

“Min Seon-a (her personality) is anyone who continues to be living in her ache. This was once my first position as a mom of a kid. There was once extra power on me to depict her emotional adjustments and the way she overcomes her ache moderately than the truth that she is a mom. Weirdly, I had an figuring out of her personality and mindset and I felt her ache and her will to triumph over that.”

“Seon-a’s personality was once the most important reason I took in this piece. Her feelings and persona have been relatable,” Shin mentioned.

Creator Noh, who’s perfect identified for penning displays corresponding to “Are living”, “Expensive My Pals”, “It is K, That is Love”, “That Iciness, the Wind Blows” and “Worlds Inside”, mentioned she made up our minds to paintings on an omnibus layout as a result of she was once drained to look tales revolve handiest round female and male pair in dramas.

“Omnibus genre is one thing that I sought after to take a look at on a drama sequence for over 10 years. I more or less were given unwell and bored with simply seeing a male lead and a feminine lead. We are all of the lead characters in our lives. However why is it that the whole lot revolves round two other people in a drama? The ones questions led me to this genre,” the creator mentioned.

Noh mentioned she selected Jeju Island as a result of there the Korean and native sentiments nonetheless stay intact and it has a closely-knit tradition. Director Kim mentioned the display felt like a hybrid between a drama sequence and a movie and he made up our minds to stick with the fundamentals moderately than pass overboard.

“I were given again to the fundamentals and I sought after to move about it within the vintage and complex manner. In this day and age we have a tendency to look a large number of fancy video tactics or occasionally we simply opt for immediate thrills and stimulus, however I sought after to center of attention extra on characters, their tales and their feelings.”

 Actor Cha Seung-won, perfect identified for hit displays corresponding to “Town Corridor”, “The Largest Love” and “Hwayugi”, performs the position of Choi Han-soo, who returns to his place of birth of Jeju as a great city guy.

His old flame is performed via “Parasite” superstar Lee Jung-eun and her personality owns a fish stall within the display.

The actor mentioned there was once no reason why for him to mention no to the drama that starred such nice actors. “Director Kim instructed me that everybody right here can be in it. I in point of fact could not consider that each one of those actors would acquire in combination to be in a single drama. I really feel satisfied and happy for the primary time in a in point of fact very long time.”

Lee Jung-eun mentioned she were given a large number of lend a hand from senior actors each time she felt caught in a scene. She additionally discovered the Jeju Island dialect as her personality was once born there.

Han Ji-min, who performs a beginner haenyeo, a time period used to explain the feminine divers of the island whose livelihood depends upon harvesting mollusks and seaweed, mentioned it felt nice to collaborate with creator Noh’s once more after “Padam Padam”.

“Additionally that is my foray into an omnibus drama so the power is not only on me only as I had an excellent forged to depend on,” the actor, perfect identified for romantic displays “Acquainted Spouse”, ” Hyde, Jekyll, Me” and “One Spring Night time”, mentioned, Han mentioned the most efficient factor about creator Noh’s displays is that her characters revolve round odd other people and their lives.

“A Witch’s Love” superstar Uhm Jung-hwa mentioned it was once in her bucket listing to superstar in a display written via Noh and that was conceivable with “Our Blues”. Her personality within the sequence is a devoted pal to Lee’s personality. The tvN drama will get started streaming on Netflix India from April 9.