Director Lee Kwang-young and writer Seo Eun-jung personally revealed the behind-the-scenes story of the birth of the unprecedented princess character.

The TVING original series ‘Chunhwayeonaesam’ (written by Seo Eun-jung, directed by Lee Kwang-young), which will be first aired on February 6th, is a romantic youth historical drama that unfolds as the city is in an uproar over the unconventional love story collection ‘Chunhwayeonaesam’, and Princess Hwa-ri (played by Go Ara), who failed in her first love, declares that she will find her son-in-law herself, which gets the city‘s biggest womanizer Hwan (played by Jang Ryul) and the number one groom Jang Won (played by Kang Chan-hee) involved.

The setting, which is the story of youths who dream of ‘Jamanchu’ (short for ‘Pursuit of Natural Encounters’) in an era when men and women were considered special, is stimulating curiosity, and writer Seo Eun-jung, who is in charge of writing, said, “There is a book circulating with a pornographic picture of a princess’s face from a fictional dynasty.”In a time when the class system was strict, who would dare to draw a princess‘s face as a pornographic picture? After imagining and imagining again, the character of Princess Hwari came to mind.”

Director Lee Kwang-young’s first impression of writer Seo Eun-jung‘s imagination was “Easy.”Director Lee Kwang-young said, “I think there is nothing more important than making it easy for viewers to understand the main character’s emotions, so I found it very appealing. Although these characters come from a different era and background than us, I think viewers will be able to ‘e easily’empathize with their hearts just like I did.”

Regarding the character of Princess Hwari, writer Seo Eun-jung said, “Hwari is a person who is curious about many things. She asks ‘why’even things that everyone in her time took for granted. And she puts them into action. It may seem reckless and childish, but it was touching,” she said. “Just as there was a time when everything we take for granted now wasn’t, isn’t it true that the world changed little by little thanks to those people?” she explained the way in which she captured the subjectivity of women at that time.

In particular, attention is focused on Go Ara, who is challenging her first OTT work, and Jang Ryul, who is drawing attention with his unique acting transformation. Go Ara had been absent from work for a while. Why did the director choose Go Ara?

Director Lee Kwang-young said, “Hwa-ri is a character who received a lot of love and grew up her whole life, so I thought it would be nice if she was an actress who could give off that kind of feeling, and actress Go Ara was close to Hwa-ri in that way. Choi Hwan may seem strong and easygoing, but he is a character who has a boy in his heart who has not been able to grow up. In that sense, I thought it would be great if actor Jang Ryul, who at first glance seems to have thick lines but has a delicate and boyish smile, could do it,” he said, expressing high satisfaction with the casting.


Writer Seo Eun-jung also said, “I just want to say thank you to all the actors. I was so happy that the world in the piece that I had only imagined in my head was portrayed so realistically through the actors’ acting,” and expressed her gratitude to the actors.

Lastly, Director Lee Kwang-young said, “In ‘Chunhwa Romance,’ Princess Hwa-ri, for whom love was important, starts off by ‘losing’ love from the beginning. “I created this work with the hope that this love would be an important factor in helping Princess Hwari, who was like that, start loving again, and furthermore, step out into the world beyond the palace walls,” she said. “I think you’ll smile as you read the warm love stories told by various characters.”

Writer Seo Eun-jung also said, “Since it was a time when even princesses of noble birth couldn’t do anything, they must have been able to imagine more freely than anyone else in storybooks,” and added, “I hope you watch it and cheer on Hwari, who had a reckless dream in an old era.”

“Chunhwa Romance” will be released for the first time on February 6.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com, projecthong@donga.com

This article is automatically translated using Google AI. If you notice any inaccuracies, please let us know at allkstar@donga.com.