‘Boomsak’ IU “‘Public Relationship’ Lee Jong-suk‘s reaction? He’ll be busy... Today I‘m just Kwan-sik♥” [DA:Interview④]

Singer and actress IU (Lee Ji-eun) briefly shared her real-life experiences and thoughts regarding the breakup and marriage in ‘Boomsak, Fooled Me’.

In an interview for the Netflix series ‘Boomsak,’ held at the Grand Ballroom of the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 2nd, IU said about her breakup with ‘Young-beom’ (Lee Jun-young), “I’ve never experienced such a heartbreaking breakup. The breakup scene with Young-beom was described in such detail and meticulousness that I wondered ‘Did the writer have an experience like this?’ He said, ”I wanted to do well because it was a well-written story.“

‘BokSsakDasuda’ is a Netflix series that unfolds the adventurous lives of ‘rebellious girl’ Ae-soon, born in Jeju Island, and ‘iron man’ Gwan-sik, through four seasons. It expresses the lives of ‘Ae-soon’ and ‘Gwan-sik’, who go on an adventure together against the waves of life, through four seasons.

IU plays ‘Ae-soon’, a literary girl with many dreams who is not intimidated by anyone, no matter the situation. She acts alongside Park Bo-gum, who plays ‘Gwan-sik’ in his youth. Moon So-ri takes up the baton as ‘Ae-soon’ in her middle age. IU also played the role of ‘Geum-myeong’, the eldest daughter of ‘Ae-soon’ and ‘Gwan-sik’, playing two roles.

With the support of ‘Ae-soon’ and ‘Gwan-sik’, ‘Ae-soon’ entered Seoul National University and dated ‘Young-beom’, a classmate from the same university, for 7 years and even promised to get married. However, they ended up breaking off the engagement due to the opposition of her future mother-in-law who was obsessed with her son. It was a breakup that ‘Geum-myeong’ chose and decided on her own, just as ‘Ae-soon’ had hoped, wanting her daughter to be the one who knocks over the table rather than setting it.

IU said of Young-beom, “I don‘t hate him, but I do feel very sorry for him. He said, ”I shouted ’mother‘ too much,“ and cooed, ”When I first read the script, I thought it would be so difficult for actor Lee Joon-young to act. It’s hard to be a god who repeats the same words. But at the same time, you have to feel the emotions and be different. She had to be a slightly different ‘mother,’ and when I saw actor Lee Joon-young really become Yeong-beom on set and shout out different ‘mother,’ I empathized with him.“

Did she have any changes in her thoughts on marriage? IU said, ”My personal thoughts haven‘t changed because I did this project. Of course, from a family perspective, if it’s guaranteed that Gwan-sik and Geum-myeong and Eun-myeong are the best family for each other, then that‘s fine, but since that’s not guaranteed, it‘s hard to jump to conclusions.“

There was also a question about actor Lee Jong-suk’s reaction, who is in a public relationship. IU said, ”I think he must be busy. He said, “I know you’re busy,” and joked, “Today is the last promotional day for ‘Bokssak Cheotsuda.’ At events related to the work today, I think I only know Kwan-sik. Tomorrow might be okay.”

‘Bokssak Cheotsuda’ consists of 16 episodes, and was released four times a week, with the final fourth act airing on the 28th of last month. ‘Bokssak Cheotsuda’ ranked first in the ‘Today’s Korea TOP 10’ series category as soon as the first act was released, and in its third week of release, it ranked first in the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English), ranking in the upper ranks of the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English) category. After the release of the fourth act, it recorded 6 million viewers (viewing time divided by the total running time of the work) and rose to third place in the Global TOP 10 Series (Non-English) category. It made a beautiful ending by making it to the TOP 10 list in a total of 39 countries including not only South Korea but also Bolivia, Chile, Morocco, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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