Lee Hye-ri from ‘Friendly Competition’ spoke about the same-sex bathtub kiss scene.

On the afternoon of the 6th, a press conference for the STUDIO X+U drama ‘Friendly Competition’ was held at CGV Yongsan I-PARK MALL in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Actors Lee Hye-ri, Jung Soo-bin, Kang Hye-won, Oh Woo-ri, Kim Tae-hoon, Young-jae, and director Kim Tae-hee attended the press conference that day.

Director Kim Tae-hee said about the bathtub kiss scene between Lee Hye-ri and Jung Soo-bin in ‘Friendly Competition’, “When we were planning it, we planned to realistically capture the emotions of teenagers, but we didn‘t target teenagers. We worked on it with a youth rating in mind. I did a lot of research, but this work was about reflecting reality rather than controlling the level in order to realistically capture the common denominator emotions that adults who have experienced the college entrance exam competition can understand these children.”

Lee Hye-ri continued, “I wasn’t that worried. When I read the script, it was a very understandable and convincing emotional line. It can clearly show the characters. I filmed while imagining the two friends’ appearances being beautifully captured.”

Meanwhile, ‘Good Competition’ is a mystery girl thriller about friends who reveal their desires to ‘Seul-gi’, who transferred to Chaehwa Girls’ High School, a top 1% school in Korea where a fierce college entrance exam competition takes place, and the suspicious death of her father, who was a member of the college entrance exam committee. It will be first released on the 10th.

Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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