The director of ‘I Stole the Male Lead ‘apologized for the cultural property damage incident.

The drama was embroiled in controversy even before it aired, as three KBS officials were sent to prison for damaging Byeongsan Seowon, Historic Site No.260 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

On the 11th, the production conference to commemorate the first broadcast of KBS2’s new Wednesday-Thursday drama ‘I Stole the Nam-joo’s First Night ‘(directed by Lee Woong-hee and Kang Soo-yeon/written by Jeon Seon-yeong)was held.Director Lee Woong-hee and actors Seo Hyun, Ok Taec-yeon, Kwon Han-sol, Seo Beom-jun, and Ji Hye-won attended the event.

Director Lee Woong-hee opened the production conference with a mention of the controversy, saying, “There was an incident of cultural property damage during the production process.I apologize for causing concern.It was absolutely wrong.After the incident, all related filming was canceled, and KBS also reorganized the existing guidelines.”

Director Lee continued, “We took priority measures because the National Heritage Administration and related organizations are investigating.Since we need to monitor the wood for a year based on expert opinions, no immediate restoration has been done.” He apologized repeatedly, saying, “I need to give joy to viewers through the drama, but I’m sorry for delivering bad news during the production process.”

‘I Stole the Male Lead’s First Night ‘is a romance fantasy drama about a supporting character in a romance novel with the soul of an ordinary female college student who spends a night with the male lead who is obsessed with the novel.It is based on the Naver series web novel of the same name, which recorded a reader rating of 9.8 points and has a combined cumulative view count of over 600 million for the original web novel and webtoon.

In’ The First Night of the Male Lead ‘, the bold supporting role Cha Seon-Cheok(played by Seo Hyun)who will shake up the original work, the cold-blooded male lead Lee Gun(played by Ok Taecyeon), the female lead Jo Eun-Ae(played by Kwon Han-Sol), the supporting male lead Jung Soo-Kyum(played by Seo Beom-Jun), and the villainess Do Hwa-Seon(played by Ji Hye-Won)are expected to embody the classic romance novel clichés.

Cha Seon-chae(played by Seo Hyun)was a minor character with no presence in a romance novel, but one day, she suddenly becomes the central character who shakes up the flow of the novel when she is possessed by the soul of an ordinary female college student who is an avid reader of the novel.After spending her first night with the male protagonist, Lee-burn(played by Ok Taecyeon), the tyrant Lee-burn makes a beeline for Cha Seon-chae.

Jo Eun-ae(played by Kwon Han-sol), who is entangled with the second choice and this time, is the person that K cheered for the most since his days as a novel reader before he was possessed by the second choice, and they became friends after the possession.Jung Soo-kyum(played by Seo Beom-joon), the sub-male who has a crush on Jo Eun-ae, becomes caught in a complicated emotional flow due to the second choice’s appearance.Do-hwa-seon(played by Ji Hye-won), who has a crush on Lee-ne, is wary of the second choice and Jo Eun-ae, who keeps getting entangled with him, and shows hostility.

‘I Stole the Male Lead’s First Night’ will first air on June 11th at 9:50 PM.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

This article is automatically translated using Google AI. If you notice any inaccuracies, please let us know at allkstar@donga.com.