Actor Lee Kwang-soo brings out the ‘difficulty’ hidden inside him through the Netflix original series ‘Bad Romance’.

‘Bad Romance’, which will be released on April 4th, is a crime thriller series that depicts the story of six people entangled in a bad relationship that they cannot escape even if they want to. The lead roles are Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, and Gong Seung-yeon.

At a production conference held at the JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square in Seoul on the 31st ahead of the first broadcast, Lee Kwang-soo said, “There‘s a saying that makes your palms sweat. The ‘Bad Romance’ script was like that. I sweated so much while reading the script that it was soaking wet. He expressed his confidence in ‘Bad Romance’, saying, ”It was to the point where I had to print it all out.“ He continued, ”I felt rich, especially when I put the actors in the characters. I wanted to work with these actors, so I really wanted to participate.“

In the drama, he plays the role of ‘An Kyung-nam’, a successful oriental doctor who lives a decent life but approaches ruin in order to cover up an accident caused by a mistake in the middle of the night. Lee Kwang-soo drew attention by explaining, ”I wanted to express the process in which An Kyung-nam becomes desperate after the incident in a petty way. I especially wanted to express the ‘stidness’ that the character has when he is pushed to an extreme situation.“

He then emphasized, ”I’ve talked a lot about wanting to play a villain since a long time ago, and in a way, I think I‘ve properly achieved that dream through ‘Bad Romance’. So I’m really grateful to the director.“



Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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