Kim Hye-ja revealed the reason for choosing the work.

On the afternoon of the 18th, an online production conference JTBC new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ (directed by Kim Seok-yoon, written by Lee Nam-gyu and Kim Soo-jin)was held.Kim Hye-ja, Son Seok-goo, Han Ji-min, Lee Jung-eun, Chun Ho-jin, Ryu Deok-hwan, and director Kim Seok-yoon attended the event.

Kim Hye-ja said, “I acted as written in the script.The character Lee Hae-sook has a terrible love for her husband.She is a woman who was thrown into this dangerous world without any preparation after her husband suddenly had an accident.How hard it must have been.But she later meets[her husband]in heaven.Lee Hae-sook would usually say she would go back to her youth, but she goes back to the age of 80, when her husband said she was the prettiest.She believes her husband who always says, ‘You are the prettiest now,’ and goes to heaven at the age of 80.In reality, her husband is the only one who has become younger,” making people laugh.

He then said, “So, how much more can there be to talk about? I think that Hae-sook Lee is a character that all viewers can relate to.”

Regarding the reason for appearing, he said, “When I heard that the director was Kim Seok-yoon, I thought, ‘I have to do it.’When I read the synopsis, the story was interesting.So I thought I had to do it no matter what.I personally really like director Kim Seok-yoon.” He continued, “There are many stories about relationships, but I thought that the beautiful, unbroken relationship between Lee Hae-sook and Ko Nak-joon would not happen in real life.That’s why I wanted to do this work even more.”

‘More Beautiful Than Heaven’ is a romantic comedy that transcends the present life as Lee Hae-sook(played by Kim Hye-ja)arrives in heaven in her 80s and reunites with her husband Go Nak-joon(played by Son Suk-goo)who has become younger and looks like a 30-year-old.It contains the dynamic story of Lee Hae-sook’s entrance into heaven as she begins her second life at the end of her life called death.Director Kim Suk-yoon of ‘The Light in Your Eyes’ and writers Lee Nam-gyu and Kim Soo-jin have teamed up again for this work.The film stars Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-goo, Han Ji-min, Lee Jung-eun, Chun Ho-jin, and Ryu Deok-hwan, who are collectively known as the ‘Kim Suk-yoon Division’.

‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ will first air at 10:40 PM on the 19th.

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

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