Fashion magazine Harper‘s Bazaar Korea has released a pictorial with actors Kim Dae-myung and Lee Je-hoon, who will be appearing in the JTBC drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’, which will be aired for the first time on March 8th. This pictorial continues the concept of the drama, which depicts the activities of a large company M&A team, and contains scenes that can be captured in an office.

In the drama, Lee Je-hoon, who returns with a shocking silver hair, plays the character of ‘Yoon Joo-no’, a large company M&A expert, and the nickname “‘White Snake’ fits him perfectly. Snakes are so quiet, aren’t you afraid because you never know when, where, or how they‘ll move? Yoon Joo-no is a character who is good at meticulous calculation, cool-headed judgment, and clever persuasion. He said, “The silver hair styling was inspired by a real person who was the motif.”

Kim Dae-myung, who plays lawyer ‘Oh Soon-young’, a legal advisor on the M&A team, said, “Oh Soon-young knows everything, but she looks at it from afar. In terms of position, she’s like a mother. ‘The Art of Negotiation’ may seem cold when you just look at the title, but it‘s actually a drama with many cute aspects. I really love this drama, and I’m looking forward to seeing how other people will perceive it.”



When asked about his first time working with director Ahn Pan-seok, Kim Dae-myung said, “Actually, at our age, we don‘t often hear people say we’re good or good at something, but rather hear things that need to be fixed. This time on set was different. He said, “Thanks to the director who never overlooks even the smallest thing, I was able to often touch on the ways that have become habits when acting or the parts that I hadn’t noticed before.”

Lee Je-hoon also said, “It was an experience that will have a great influence on my future acting career. The director thinks reality is very important not only in the actors’ acting, but also in the props and settings. It was great to be able to act as a living, breathing character in a production that thoroughly guards against fakery. I think I’ve done a lot of works, but I wonder if there has ever been a set this enjoyable and happy. If I had to rank them, it would definitely be number one.”



Lastly, when asked about his chemistry as a fellow actor who debuted in the same year and is approaching his 20th anniversary, Kim Dae-myung said, “He tells a lot of trivial stories. In fact, I wanted that kind of relationship. If we weren‘t close enough, we would have just talked about acting. I’m glad that I‘ve become a person who can talk about personal things with Lee Je-hoon and go out to eat delicious food,” he said. Lee Je-hoon said, “On set, the four of us, including actors Ahn Hyun-ho and Cha Kang-yoon, who formed a team with us in the drama, were busy joking, chatting, and having fun.”

You can see the pictorial of the two in the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar Korea.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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