Yook Sungjae “Romance with Kim Jiyeon, my best friend for 16 years? I was worried…” (Gwigung)

Actors Yook Sung-jae and Kim Ji-yeon showed off their ‘real friends’ chemistry.

At the production conference SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Gwigung’ held at SBS building in Mokdongseo-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 17th, Yook Sung-jae said about his romantic comedy chemistry with his longtime friend Kim Ji-yeon, “At first, I was worried if I could film a romance with someone I’ve known for 16 years, but we were able to directly point out and supplement each other without worrying about what each other thought.Since we talked freely, there was synergy.I think you can look forward to our chemistry in both the romance and the exorcism.”

Kim Ji-yeon emphasized, “I think it was good that we could talk honestly to each other.I think it went well because Kang Cheol and Yeo-ri in ‘Gwigung’ bicker like friends(just like us in real life).”

Both of them were impressed by their friend’s ‘professional spirit’ while working together.Yook Sung-jae confessed, “When I saw him before, he was the type to whine, but I think I whined more this time.Ji-yeon did a good job quietly and focused on Yeo-ri’s character and led her well.She was cool because she was a professional.I wondered if my friend had such an attitude.” Kim Ji-yeon praised him, saying, “I’ve never seen us work together before and we looked into each other’s work.When we were acting on set, it was my first time with a fantasy drama so there were some difficult parts, but Sung-jae is an actor who specializes in fantasy dramas so he was like a professional.I learned a lot from watching him and tried to absorb him.”

‘Gwigung’ is a new SBS Friday-Saturday drama ‘Gwigung’ (written by Yoon Soo-jung/directed by Yoon Sung-sik)is a fantasy romantic comedy about a shaman named Yeo-ri who rejects her fate as a psychic, and Kang Cheol-i, an imoogi trapped in the body of Yeo-ri’s first love, Yoon Gap, who face the eight-faced ghost who holds a grudge against the royal family, and their bodies and souls become tightly entangled.It is a work by director Yoon Sung-sik, who directed the dramas ‘Mr.Queen,’ ‘The Best Lee Soon-shin,’ ‘Gaksital,’ and ‘Daejoyeong,’ and writer Yoon Soo-jung, who wrote the dramas ‘The King’s Face ‘and’ Cheeky Go Go.’It will be the follow-up to’ Treasure Island’ and air for the first time on the 18th(Friday)at 9:50 PM.

Reporter Jeong com -yeon, Donga.com shine2562@donga

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