Lee Je-hoon‘s white hair secret is revealed.

JTBC’s new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘The Art of Negotiation’ (directed by Ahn Pan-seok, written by Lee Seung-young) is a drama that depicts the activities of a legendary negotiator and an M&A expert of a large corporation and his team.

According to the production team, Lee Je-hoon will play the white snake of the negotiation world, Yoon Joo-no, and show off an unconventional white hair style. What is the reason that Yoon Joo-no, the young leader of the M&A team, went white?

Lee Je-hoon said about his white hair style, “I expressed the character‘s near-perfect inner self as a negotiator in a way that could be understood just by looking at her first appearance. Through this, I also came to perceive Yoon Joo-no as a special character who is differentiated from others.”

In particular, it is said that this style was born upon the strong recommendation of director Ahn Pan-seok. Lee Je-hoon explained, “When he first suggested it, I and those around me were worried that it might not be possible. However, the director strongly recommended it, and our makeup team and costume team worked meticulously and in detail, so I was able to proceed with confidence.”

Director Ahn Pan-seok explained that he viewed Yoon Joo-no’s white hair as an object. Director Ahn Pan-seok said, “Since it is a character who deals with important people, I thought that fundamentally, he shouldn‘t just look young, but should look equal to the people around him. That’s why I thought that the white hair that the writer initially wrote in the script would be okay as an object that would make it impossible to guess his age.”


Then, “The person who is actually providing advice has white hair, and he said that his hair turned white in his early 30s. “The intention was to add depth to the character so that viewers would feel a strange feeling when they see Yoon Joo-no’s hair, just like Marie Antoinette’s hair suddenly turned white during the French Revolution,” he said.

Regarding Lee Je-hoon, he said, “From the moment he arrives on set until the end of filming, he lives as the character in the play. He’s so immersed in the character that he maintains that pose even during breaks or meals, so please look forward to everything about actor Lee Je-hoon.”

“The Art of Negotiation” will first air on March 8 at 10:30 p.m.

Reporter Hong Se-young, projecthong@donga.com

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