Lee Sun-bin revealed why she chose the project.

On the afternoon of the 27th, a production conference for tvN‘s new weekend drama ‘Potato Research Institute’ (directed by Kang Il-soo and Shim Jae-hyun, written by Kim Ho-soo) was held at the Grand Ballroom of Ramada Seoul Sindorim Hotel in Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul. Actors Lee Sun-bin, Kang Tae-oh, Lee Hak-joo, Kim Ga-eun, Shin Hyun-seung, and director Kang Il-soo attended the event.

Lee Sun-bin, who plays the potato-crazy researcher Kim Mi-kyung, said, “It’s a character that can show various personalities. She‘s righteous, says what she wants to say, and lives without stress. She’s a person with a lot of determination and tears. She also has great empathy,” and added, “Usually when a drama encounters a case, her standout personality comes out, but Kim Mi-kyung will be able to see her solve problems in various ways.”

Regarding the reason she chose the project, she said, “I thought it was a project where I could show the kind of acting that I was looking for. When I read the script, there weren‘t any useless characters that were thrown away. They’re lovely. There weren‘t any ugly characters. Acting on set didn’t feel like doing homework, it was just fun. I also wanted to work with actor Kang Tae-oh,” he said.

‘Potato Research Institute’ is a healing comic romance that depicts Baek-ho (played by Kang Tae-oh), a cold-hearted man of principle, appearing in front of Mi-kyung (played by Lee Sun-bin), for whom potatoes are her whole life, and swirling around like a whirlwind of potatoes. The romance that unfolds against the backdrop of the Potato Research Institute, which involves baking, frying, and boiling, is expected to present pleasant laughter and a different kind of excitement. Director Kang Il-soo and writer Kim Ho-soo, who previously worked on ‘Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung’, and ‘Solomon‘s Perjury’, have once again teamed up for this project. Lee Sun-bin and Kang Tae-oh will act as the male and female leads. Here, Lee Hak-joo, Kim Ga-eun, Shin Hyun-seung, Yoo Seung-mok, Kwak Ja-hyung, Woo Jeong-won, Yoon Jeong-seop, Nam Hyun-woo, and Kim Ji-ah will appear.

‘Potato Research Institute’ will first air at 9:20 PM on March 1st.

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

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