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

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Popular Korean famous person Lee Byung-hun, who’s returning on Netflix after “Squid Game” with the brand new drama “Our Blues”, says the multi-starrer sequence is in regards to the scars that folks carry with themselves and the way they overcome these wounds.

A collaboration between widespread author Noh Hee-kyung and director Kim Kyu-tae of “It’s Okay, That’s Love” fame, “Our Blues” brings collectively an thrilling solid of a number of the greatest names within the Korean leisure world.

Lee who has had an illustrious profession with exhibits similar to “A Bittersweet Life”, “I Saw the Devil” and “Mr Sunshine” in addition to Hollywood productions “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Red 2”, will star as a Jeju Island-based truck maker within the omnibus-style drama about heartache and therapeutic.

“People say every soul has a scar. This drama shows those scars and those scarred people. Living life means trying to forget those scars, trying to overcome them. People with wounds and how they overcome those scars will be manifested in the drama in a touching way and impart hope to the viewers,” Lee advised reporters throughout a press convention in Seoul on Wednesday.

In the press convention that was stay streamed on Netflix Korea’s web site, the actor additionally spoke about working with “Hometown Cha Cha Cha” star Shin Min-a for the third time.

Both the actors are paired collectively within the drama, which additionally stars Shin Min-a’s actual life boyfriend Kim Woo-bin.

“I first worked with Min-a in her debut piece. She was my younger sister and was it ‘Beautiful Days? Yes, it was. Then we worked on “A Bittersweet Life” together where my character had unrequited love for her. Being in a romantic relationship or having our characters both like each other in a drama is the first time. It was amazing to work with her, we had great chemistry,” the actor, who performed the frontman on Netflix hit “Squid Game”, stated.

Shin Min-a, greatest recognized to Korean drama lovers for her position in exhibits such “My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox”, “My Love, My Bride”, “Oh My Venus”, “Tomorrow, With You”, “Chief of Staff” and “Hometown-Cha-Cha-Cha”, stated her chemistry with Lee is best this time.

Asked about taking up the position of a mom for the primary time in her profession, the 38-year-old actor stated that was one of many foremost causes for her to characteristic within the sequence.

“Min Seon-a (her character) is someone who is still dwelling in her pain. This was my first role as a mother of a child. There was more pressure on me to depict her emotional changes and how she overcomes her pain rather than the fact that she is a mother. Weirdly, I had an understanding of her character and mindset and I felt her pain and her will to overcome that.”

“Seon-a’s character was the biggest reason why I took on this piece. Her emotions and personality were relatable,” Shin stated.

Writer Noh, who’s greatest recognized for penning exhibits similar to “Live”, “Dear My Friends”, “It’s Okay, That’s Love”, “That Winter, the Wind Blows” and “Worlds Within”, stated she determined to work on an omnibus format as a result of she was drained to see tales revolve solely round female and male pair in dramas.

“Omnibus style is something that I wanted to try on a drama series for over 10 years. I kind of got sick and tired of just seeing a male lead and a female lead. We’re all the lead characters in our lives. But why is it that everything revolves around two people in a drama? Those questions led me to this style,” the author stated.

Noh stated 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 stated the present felt like a hybrid between a drama sequence and a movie and he determined to stay to the fundamentals fairly than go overboard.

“I got back to the basics and I wanted to go about it in the classic and sophisticated way. Nowadays we tend to see a lot of fancy video techniques or sometimes we just go for instant thrills and stimulus, but I wanted to focus more on characters, their stories and their emotions.”

 Actor Cha Seung-won, greatest recognized for hit exhibits similar to “City Hall”, “The Greatest Love” and “Hwayugi”, performs the position of Choi Han-soo, who returns to his hometown of Jeju as an ideal city man.

His old flame is performed by “Parasite” star Lee Jung-eun and her character owns a fish stall within the present.

The actor stated there was no cause for him to say no to the drama that starred such nice actors. “Director Kim told me that everyone here would be in it. I really couldn’t believe that all of these actors would gather together to be in one drama. I feel happy and satisfied for the first time in a really long time.”

Lee Jung-eun stated she obtained a variety of assist from senior actors every time she felt caught in a scene. She additionally realized the Jeju Island dialect as her character was born there.

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

“Also this is my foray into an omnibus drama so the pressure is not just on me solely as I had a great cast to rely on,” the actor, greatest recognized for romantic exhibits “Familiar Wife”, ” Hyde, Jekyll, Me” and “One Spring Night”, stated, Han stated the perfect factor about author Noh’s exhibits is that her characters revolve round extraordinary folks and their lives.

“A Witch’s Love” star Uhm Jung-hwa stated it was in her bucket checklist to star in a present written by Noh and that turned attainable with “Our Blues”. Her character within the sequence is a loyal pal to Lee’s character. The tvN drama will begin streaming on Netflix India from April 9.